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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON-
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'GENERAL CONSCRIPTION'
dits in western Canada will make
patrons of the film drama wonder
what bas become of the mounted
police.
Brijsh fortifications at Cha
nak are said to represent "a great
advance over tbose of the World
war." Are we to conclude that the
art of war is only in its infancy?
Move over and give the Balkan
war cloud a chance. It Is her first
appearance for a long time. And
how familiar she looVs.
A shipment of 25,000,000 gold
francs has been sent by the
Greek National bank to the Fed
eral Reserve bank of New York.
They are taking no chances.
The American Legion has embarked upon a constructive
movement in starting a campaign for the passing of a gen
eral conscription" tact by Congress
The proposed law, which would become automatic with the
declaration of war, is to be submitted for general discussion.
Secretary of War Weeks is reported to have approved of
the, proposed measure
' And President Harding hinted at it in his message to Con
gress last year.
Under the proposed bill, labor and capital would be drafted
into the service of the nation as well as the fighting men in
case of war. This is obviously the only just thing to do. It
should have been done during the recent conflict, but the
Congressmen of both parties were too timid to fight for such
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Under the new measure, if it becomes a law, it will be im
possible for the. shipyard worker to be making big wages
while the soldier is fighting in the trenches for $30 a month.
It will be impossiblefor a manufacturer to make money hand
over fist by; making munitions for the allies while his coun
trymen at a nominal sum are keeping the seas open for his
trade.-fin taking up the. cudgels .for "general conscription,"
'the Legion will command the support of every patriot who
believes in justice and fair play.
But it will he interesting to observe how those who clamor
so indignantly about the former service men "putting a price
on theirpatriotism will react to the proposition for "general
conscription.''
If the entire man power of the nation is drafted into the
service in case of another war, the question of pensions af
ter the war will not be a difficult matter. Indeed, will there
; be any pension question at all more especially an "and justed
pension demand. i . -Another
thing - '
The mere general discussion of this proposed measure to
say nothing of the writing of the proposition into the federal
statutes, will help to prevent any future war.; ".
j If every nation had such a law, drafting all men and all
women and all capital in case of war, does any one imagine
that there woujd ever be another war?
j. We have heard from of old about peace being the time to
prepare for .warr.'h';. : f-i;!!.,i, , iV; ' ,. .
But'here is a proposition ! that gives another twist to the
idea of preparing for, war
t And it looks like ta scheme, if worked Out to its ultimate
conclusion: the - world over, . that would usher in permanent
peace rWOuldL while making, every citizen a potential unit in
the", waging fwar,, make every citizen a power to; prevent
anywar at aD;'' '.',;;; V- "
Senator La Foflette has written
to say what he would do if he
lived in Michigan. One thins; he
wouldn't do would be to draw the
salary of a United States senator
trom that state.
I What the Turks really need la
not Thrace.. but thrashing.
In' this neck of .the woods, the
enduring, charm of the Near Bast
Is that It's so far east.
Does' Kemal: , make Turkey's
chance of regaining Constanti
nople better or worse by promis
ing, to enforce prohibition there?
Millions of dollars are pourlr.-;
Into . the nation's coffers on ac
count of the new tariff law. It Is
a revenue producer, all right. '
Hold-ups by automobile ban-
.Senator Borah would have
America say to England and
France "You Bhall find no sym
pathy or succor in this quarter of
the globe." But it is the inno
cent (victims in1, the Near East
who need sympathy and succor.
after ts It can be arranged. iso'
that, the authority from the vot
ers of the state to make the spe
cial tax on . Portland is required
jurt. as before, regardless of the
postponing of the time for hold
ing the exposition.
After carefully considering all
angles, the exposition committer
has decided that there Is not suf
ficient time to create the great
exposition planned by 1925. and
that two years aditional will give
opportunity" to make it even more
extensive than originally planned.
While the state in general will
vote on the proposal to give Port
land permission to tax itself,
that city itself will vote on. a pro
posal to levy a tax of $3,000,000
at the rate of 11,000,000 a year,
the first levy to be made after
private subscriptions to the ex
tent of $1,000,000 have been
raised.
The exposition committee also
has Authorized Immediate com
mencement, if the exposition is
approved at the , November elec
tion, of an Intensive advertising
campaign for Oregon in which its
attractions and opportunities will
be sent forth to the world, and
which is to continue on through
to the period of the exposition.
far there have been forty-four
entrants. Numbers of Americans
have submitted blue prints and
estimate and for some reason
the Frenchmen expect the Ameri
cans to furnish the most popular
and practical plans. If the Ameri
cana equip the French capital
with gliding pavements they may
get a chance to put in a roller
coaster sidewalk In Washington.
We may have one on Commercial
street or State street in the
course of time.
A COURTESY CAMPAIGN
In one respect, at least, the
homeless refugees crowded upon
the Isles of Greece are in & less
desperate situation, than' the
starving people in the interior of
Russia a year ago. They can
easily be reached by sea, and the
world has plenty of surplus ship-'
pXng nfraJBable for their teflielf.
America will do what it can.
At the Brazilian exposition the
entire Portuguese building col
lapsed while it was being built,
from the failure of an iron girder,
and a long delay will result. The
Japanese building was ready with
the exhibits in place on the open
ing day, and it does not contain
an iron girder nor even a nail, be
ing made of bamboo and wooden
tiles with everything tied in
place. In learning the science of
the West, Japan has not forgotten
its own arts, and they the valu
able arts, even by the western
standards of efficiency.
THE 1927 EXPOSITION
The exposition for the exploi
tation of -Oregon's resources and
opportunities is to be known here
after as the "1927 Exposition."
The exposition committee decided
last Friday, bp unanimous rote,
to postpone the time for holding
the exposition for two years, so
that a more creditable one might
be created.' - r .
This action will In no way
change the measure upon Which
the people of the state will tvote
November 7, giving Portland au
thority to tax itself for the expo
sition. No tax is provided outside
of Portland., The measure pro
vides that the exposition shall be
held in 1925. or as soon there-
Qff Agin, On Agin
Artprqps ol Coi(ianUrie'B ca
reer Finnigan's famous report, as
recorded In t Strickland V. ' Gil
lian's, poem and often quoted, Is
so appropriate that it is a good
time to recall it in its setting.
Here -is the. last verse;
He wux shantyin thinwus Fin
' ' ntgin, .
minny - a railroader's been
agin,
the shmoky ol' lamp wuz
burniri" bright
Finnlgin's shanty all that
night
Billn' down his report, wa Fin
nigin! An' he writed this here: 'Mns-
ther Flannigan:
Off agin, on agin. -Gone
agin Flnnigin."
THE ROLLING ROAD
The people of the United States
are supposed to be now operat-
ing under a nation wide courtesy-
rof-the-road campaign. The idea
is to try and take the average
motorist and make a white man
out of him. It , may be a hard
task, but the promoters of the
campaign have not yet declared
it hopeless. It is a tight job to
induce some drrePA to abstain
from cutting corners or bowling
over pedestrians at street car
crossings.
It Is difficult to alter the Im
pulses of the confirmed, road hog.
bat we are assured that polite
ness is not wholly a lost art and
that some day even the driver of
delivery truck will smilingly
wate away his right at a crossing
with the gracious exclamation:
After you, ' my dear Henry."
Most folks will wish the courtesy
campaign success, but will still
be a little dubious about results.
inspiration jto many younger men
who saw in him something that
they didn't have and they want
ed it Th Judge will not talk
war at this! time, but he willttell
the elub something of Interest.
Miss Sadie Pratt of Willamette
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is to sing. Ed Schunke gives "
attendance prise for the day.
The Chinese government will
try to get money in Faris. If they
do. It will be more than Uncle
Sam has been able to-accompllsh.
Legal Ou&matee GivenA
J rmJ KmUw !pals-Uat '
lak to mtt Olo-ma turn TmuMit.
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Paris Is clamoring for moving
sidewalks. The Idea has become
firmly intrenched in the French
mind and the Parisians will not
be happy unless they can do part
of their walking sitting down. Tp
begin with, they will install the
traveling walk on cone or two of
the leading boulevards and,, if it
works well, the system will be ex
tended. The -Parfe municipal
council is offering prizes of ap
proximately 200.000 -francs for
plans and suggestions atid thus
FUTURE DATES "
October 12, Thursday Pre-countjr con
entioa of Christian1 ndearor society,
Preubjrterimo rjiurrh. ,. .1
October 13, Friday Anbfit4 Char
itiec t BHt, Conmcrrial Hub room.
October 7. Tuesday Cyrena Van
Gordon. Prima Donna Mexio contralto, in
concert at armory.
October 28 and 29. Saturday and San
day County Christian endeavor conven
tion at Pratum.
November 7, Tuesday General election.
November 30. Thursday ThankKgiving
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SUCCESSFUL STUDYING
i Tfffi START-OFF '
(- (This Is the second, of a. series
Of articles -which will Aeip young
students to ; learn more ' and get
'better - grades by showing them
how to study more efficiently.)
.'A regular time for studying is
Just, as important as a regular
; place: for studying. ' If you' ate
any old time you happened to feel
like it, youM soon ruin your dl
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tesionand .If you, study
same way you never get half as
far as: you 1 will if you set aside
A special time for gotttng your
lessons and then always stick to
.that plan." :
i Begin your work right on' the
, , First thing' you know you will
.have , formed : a time-study ; habit,
and it'll be just as natural 1 for
.you to ieel like buckling down
and studying - at thct. time as it
is for ou to feel hungry at din
her-Ume. ;c ... J
r Warm-Up"
"', Find out for yuorself whether
you work better by plunging in
and doing the hardest jobs first.
thus getting them out of ; the
way, and then' finish up on, the
easiest ones, or whether you get
better It you start In with - the
easy, lessons and gradually work
np to the hardest ones. Having
decided which plan works best
with youv rriake a lay-out of the
work to . be studied during your
study-time." you mignt jot aown
a list of things to be done, for it
gives quite a bit of satisfaction
to cross off each completed task.!
A good way to get down to bus-1
lness to go through C Warming
exercises. Review rapidly the
lessans of the day before, so as to
get your mind tuned up when ydu
starjt In on,, your new work.
Makn Yourself; Remember
You might read every word of
your history lesson,! and yet not
know a thing about it when you
get , through. In order to really
learn anything, you . must "re
member." Ail the time you are
studying , you must reminds your
self that this is something you are
J Y WcttohMtf
your mental
is up to you to
going to keep in
storehouse, and it
fix It there.
Don't ask for help unless yon
positively have to.
i You Mill s remember much bet
ter things that you work put for
yourself. If 'you lok a word up
In the dictionary ryou remember
its meaning much better than
you would if soe ane told it to
you. Study for i you reel f nad
avoid using mental crutches, and
1ont ever feel that the work you
are doing, is "for ithe teacher."
ITHE SHORT STORY, JR. I
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THB ' HIGHWAYMAN
Uncle Ben Foliehsbee saw him
with his own eyes and told us
boys about it, bo It must be so.
: Down at the end of the Cam
eron road there's anold toll-gate
and alongside Vjf tt' is anotd
house, half decayed, that was
once an inn, ages and ages ago
when the English first IselUed
along the Atlantic seaboard. In
tmomt.. . it ---n hir.tr and
guess you understand what kind '
of a place it-Is.
Well. Uncle Ben ;was walking
along that road late one night,
when the moon was pale, with'
little bits of smoky clouds float
ing across Tit. As he came to the
inn. where the road forks off,
suddenly a man on a horse came
right at hifn from off the side
road and drew up short in front
of him. r ,
The man pointed a gun at him.
and up went Uncle Ben's hands.
Then the fellow jumped down off
his horse, which stood perfectly
still, and came over and took
away his watch and money. Uncle
Ben looked at the man closely,
and he had a very queer feeling.
The fellow was dressed different
from anybody he'd ever seen. He
had on a funny, three-cornered
hat and knee breeches. Uncle
Ben thought he must be coming
home from a masquerade party.
He was a sociable sort of high
wayman. It seemed, and after tak.
ling the money and wach he
stopped to chat. f'I suppose you've
been jazzing' around over at tne
inn," he says, only he used a fun
ny kind of English. "That's sure
a swell place,"- he went on. "I
suppose you've seen the land
lord's daughter, the little girl
with the blue eyes and tatty-colored
hair? Isn't she, the ber
ries? The old man don't know it.
but one of these days, when I
get enough money to go off some
where, we're going to get mar
ried. She's quite a help to me,
too. Whenever some guest leaves
that's sort of harmless and has
a lot ot money, sne sets i ngnt
in a certain window. I have a
fine place to hide in off here, and
I get the signal, and there you
arc." v
i Uncle Ben's hair as just going
straight up. 'Once,,,'says the fel
low, in a puzzled sort ot way, "a
guy I was robbing pulled his gun
When I got well I came back, bnf
there's:; something queer about
"The inn's there, and she's there.
but you look queer yourself.
dressed that way." He looked sq
downcast- that Uncle Ben started
to pat j him on th.e back, but his
hand ; touched empty - air! Just
then a, 'rooster started "crowing,
and the. highwayman wheeled sud
denly and went galloping off.
Uncle Ben's wife, who's an old
scoi a, insists ne tost ms. money
and .watch gambling, but w
well, we stay away from the ruins
ot the Inn.
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A DEMOCRATIC HOPE
We don't know just what char
acter of referendum the country
will hold in November, but we
hope the people will make it as
solemn for the , Republican party
as they made it for us two years
ago. Houston Post-
BITS FOR BREAKFAST i
Dee-llghtful weather.
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The frost .will no doubt soon be
on the pumpkin; bet it is holding
off longer than usual. ?
There has not been enough
frost bot to give color to the
woods; which are still clothed In
their spring verdure, mostly, In
this section.
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The Thursday Statesman will
be literally "furl of prunes," and
it will be a number that should
be in the hands of every prune
grower, and prospective grower,
too.
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The prune industry is better
standardized here in the Salem
district than in any other section
in the wide world; and still it is
progressive, and there is a great
deal yet to learn.
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Salem is taking on the airs of
a city more and more. The apart
ment house periodis setting In.
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Have you taken a drive over
the paved highway from Salem to
Dallas? If y6u have, you do not
need to be told of the beautiful
orchard country you nass
through on entering old Polk's
shire town. But you will agree
that there are few more inspiring
and beautiful sights. The city of
Dallas, itself, is worthy of the
rich and. great country of which
it is the county sent.
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On h?3 return to England from
a visit to the United States, Matt
hew Arnold called on Mrs. Proc
ter, mother of "Barry Cornwall."
The lady was old, but not too old
to be vitty. He expected to be
asked his opinion of America; in
stead, she asked what was Am
erica's opinion of him. "Well."
Arnold replied, "they said that
my clothes didn't fit and that 1
was very conceited." To which
the lady made response. "Matt
hew. I think they were mistaken
about the clothes." Atlantic
Monthly.
CUT THIS OUT IT IS WORTH
MONEY
Cut out this slip, enclose wits
5c and mail it to Foley & Cel.
2835 Sheffield Ave., Chicago, III.
writing your name and addrest
clearly. You will receive in re
turn a trial package containing
Foley's Honey and Tar CompouU
for cpughs, colds and croup; Fo
ley's Kidney Pilla lor pains ir
sides and back; rheumatism, back
ache kidney and bladder ailments
and Foley Cathartic Tablets, a
wholesome and thoroughly cleans
ing cathartic for constipation, bil
iousness, headaches, and sluggish
bowels. Sold everywhere. Adv.
Judge Harris Will Talk
To Kiwanis Club Today
Justice Lawrence T. Harris is
to be the principal speaker at the
Kiwanis Club luncheon today
noon.
Judge Harris Is one of the
kind of Americans who believe
in their Job. When the war broke
out, and they couldn't all go to
the front. Judge Harris said.
"Well, maybe they'll get over
here, or maybe they'll have to
take us for some service 111 get
fit and be ready for the call!"
He drilled over in the armory,
all winter. He drilled like a sol
dier going over the top with a
sword in each hand and a bag of
rreaadea .and a- rifle in 'the other
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Walter M. Pierce
On Taxation
(From an Address Made at Albany, Oregon, October 4 1922)
: I came into this state 40 years ago,
a; wandering ixy, working as a farm
hknd. For thirty years I have, been in
public office. ' I have never deliber
ately misled or deceived anybody. In
ptibiic life I have tried to play abso
lutely square.
j When I was nominated last May,
If said to my friends: I will carry the
message of lower taxes to the people
ot this State. I have no money, but
Ii expect to make a hundred speeches.
Five times I have touched the ocean,
and gone from California to the river
in idaho three times. 1 have gone
wherever the invitation was extended ;
vjrherever I could meet a little group
and talk to them about what I think
is a startling state of affairs. " 1 ani
tiring to do it fairly, honestly, and in
the open.
I Friends, if we save OregOn from
the auction block, if we save our prop
erty from confiiscation 'by taxation we
have got to do some-very hand think
ing. To my mind, the tax question is
the foremost problem in Oregon today.
It rises above all else. The questiqn
is: Axe you going to own your own
homes and your own farm in future
years, or are they going to be -taken
from you by the rising tide of taxes t
j The rental value, of all property in
Oregon is too high according to the
Value. of the property, caused by the
High taxes. It doesn't cut inuh ice in
the money market; when the property
passes from, the man who though he
owned it. He is left with the husk;
the kernel is gone.
j When I went to the Senate the first
time it took about 15 of the rental
f alue of property to pay taxes. : That
year JJmatilla county rafred 3,tXXT,TX)0
bushels5 of wheat. Our State taxes
were $100;000 in that county; .3
of the wheat crop paid its; taxes. This
year that county produced 4,000,000
bushels of wheat, while her taxes are
$1,549,000, of which $433,084 is State
tax, while the whole is 40 of the
value of the wheat crop taken for
taxes. 1 The population of the State'
then was about 313,000. Now it is not
quite 800,000. -
When I entered the State Senate 20
years ago, $1,000,000 was the total
State expense. When I returned to the
Senate six years ago it was $2,500,000
per year. Today $15,000,000 or more
is collected from us in taxation. Can
this tide continue to rise' if" we keep
our property? How high is it going
to go ? t '
There is collected $6,000,000 in fees
now, six times as much as we spent
20 years ago; more than twice what we
spent six years ago.
In knots and in groups I have been
carrying this message to the people':
"THIS MUST STOP!" I shall con
tinue to carry it until election day.
I asked Mr. Day, as Secretary of the
Tax Investigation Committee, to col
lect some figures for me. According
to these figures, there arc only five
or six States in the Union that have
more bonded indebtedness than we
have. In wealth and population we
rank down about thirty-sixth. The
figures show we are spending more
money for State government than the
State of KansaV. Kansas spends $8,
500,000; we spend $15,000,000, while
Minnesota spends only $1,600,000.
You-ask,-"Why is Minnesota away
down there!" It is because Minnesota
has raised from indirect sources the
larger part of her revenue for State
purposes, while we have raised it froW
the farmer, the -cattle man and the
sheep man. They thought these men
could not kick, but theyARE kicking
today. If 1 do not misj my guess, they
will show still more kicking in Noyem
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Minnesota collects 5 on" all public
service corporations in that State. Cal-
ifornia pays her state taxes in the same
way. That should be done in Oregon.
"You may say this tax comes bask upon-;.
the people. Just the same, it is spread
out on more people. It is not on a
few scattered farmers. i..
Today we are confiscating property
and ruining the people of this State -who
are feeding us. They cannot op
erate their farms at a profit, and they
cannot pay the heavy taxes levied upon
them. . ; 1
Minnesota collects 25 cents from
every ton of ore dug up and taken ;
from the State. This is don jrj a sev
erance taxr When you take a'product
from that jState you must pay for
the privilege. I was at a place in Ore
gon where they showed me a mine
from which a company had taken out
a million dollars in gold. It was own
ed by citizens of England. They had
not paid a dollar in taxes to the State
of Oregon for removing, this great
wealth.
A severance tax has been levied by
several States in this Union. It 'is
something for us- to talk about and ,
consider. In a few? years Oregon's,
beautiful forests will be blackened
stumps. Here we allow the govern
ment to set aside great forest reserva
tions from which no taxes are received.
From forests in the reserves Eastern-
ers cut the timber and ship the lumber
to Oklahoma. Thus from. .Oregon V :
great forests in the reserve, there jcome. . ,
no taxes to support the State,
We have $10,000,000 in bonded in
debtedness for the soldier boys. don't
regret the moneyfwc' gaVeHhemIt
was Senator Smith of Coos and I who
introduced the bill. Two and a half
million dollars have been raised to en-. 7
courage the boys to go back to school., ; i
J: am glad we have given thir.mpncy-1.
i fciiciu. , c can ucvci uu iuuvii
for the men - who went tdownon; the
fields of France to doi and to die.
Wd have on the ballot a measure to
impose a flat income tax. I am op
posed to that, but I am in favor of
a graduated income tax, because I be
lieve the man wbo has the large income
should pay more than the man who has
the small income. 1
. A gross earnings tax would be an
other source of revenue.
The cattle grower certainly needs
relief. Cattle are selling cheaper than
they have sold in 30 years in propor-,
tion to cost of production. ; A million
head of cattle in this State are going
to the butcher's block. They, simply
cannot ;be produce'd -'for Sthe money
that is paid for them today The bur
den upon the farm and ranch has be
come unbearable.
There is no question in this campaign
but that of taxes. There is no other
thing to talk about. If I don't do
anything else, I am going to do this
to the end of . time. You can in six
years drive this State into bankruptcy.
I have done and am doing the very
best I know how to carry this mes
sage of lower taxes to the people of
Oregon. Extravagances must stopl
Expenses must be reduced P Taxes
must come down !
It all-depends upon you who read
these words. You can say by your
ballot in November whether you want
to go on paying this terrific cost, or
whether you don't. ?vviCi,v
My pledge is this If elected Gover
nor, I will do every proper thing-.with-in
my power to reduce taxation in
Oregon. On this basis I'ask your sup
port and vote.
You Should Help Pierce
by contributing One Dollar to his campaign
expenses. In doing this yon win help your
self reduce your own taxes, for that is the great
issue Pierce is making for you. Send One
Dollar in cash, money order or check, today
to
T. H. CRAWFORD, Manager
Pierce for Governor Campaign
Gordon Building, Portland. Oregon
(Paid Adr.)
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