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THE OREGON STATES rtfAN, SALEM. OREGON SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1923 Issued Dally Except Monday by TILE STATESMAN PUBLISHING ; COMPANY 215 S. Commercial St., Salem Oregon (Portland Office, 627 Board of Trade Building. Phone Automatic ' ? '-.. . ; 611-93 i: 1 s -- i' ,.-: 1 ; - - IfflCMBEIt OF TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS - . .The Associated Press la exclusively entitled to the use tor. publi eatlon of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited la tills paper and also the local news published herein. v- '' R. J. Hendricks .................. .Manager Stephen A. Stone ............... ............. . .Managing Editor Ralph. Glorer -. ......... ... . . ......... ... ........... .Cashier Frank JaskosTtl .. . Manager Job Dept. TEIDPIIONES: Business Office, 2S . . . Circulation Department. 681 Job Department, 6S3 I Society Editor, 10 i !, loitered at the Postoffice in Salem,' Oregon, as second class matter - ' -t " .. - " ''-ll''- " 1 DIRECT PRIMARY LAW NOT SATISFACTORY ; "Do you consider the direct primary law satisfactory? Vi "Would you favor a return to a convention system? "Would you favor a change to some form of direct elec tion? , , ' . ... "Please comment.' - - j - The above is a letter from a high school boy of Oregon to the editor of The Statesman. He explains: "I wish this opinion' for debate work and would appreciate an immediate reply" The letter is dated Thursday. Presumably he has sent a similar letter to other Oregon newspapers. . The editor of The Statesman does not consider the direct primary 'law of Oregon satisfactory He does not think it gire3 or guarantees, on the average, any better candidates, or any better officials, than did the old convention system per fcaps not as good ? . And it is expensive; very expensive. Expensive to the taxpayers ' And expensive to the candidates, or their friends. Theoretically it gives the poor man a chance. In practice it does the crppsite,, generally speaking, j - v No ; the editor would not favor a return to the conven tion system. It 'yrould do no good to wish it for the present, for the majority of the people have not yet had enough of .he direct primary system.;. A sort of idol worship will hold it for a time yet. JBut there can and will no doubt finally be worked out a system that will eliminate some of the faults of both the convention system and the direct primary, sys tem ' ".'.? A better sytem than either ' '' r Eliminating the faults of the expensiveness of the direct primary system and its likelihood to result in the nomination of the least fitted among a large field of candidates for any particular nomination. And eliminating the viciousness of the boss rule that grew up under the old convention system, Kand that would grow up again if it were brought back as it was in the days before the direct primary system was adopt ed. - - j ' - !,-- i.. - . ! There remains this question: "Would you favor a change . to some form of direct election?" ) Just what does the high school student mean by this? : We 'have direct election now; in Oregon, for principal state, district, county and municipal officers. The election is direct, , whether the nominations are by direct : primary or by con ' vention. ' - r - - - . ; - The writer believes there should be a direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States-cut-ing out the Electoral College, which has never since the first election functioned as was intended, by the men who framed .the Constitution of the United; States. ; Coming, back to the, first two questions: The "old con vention system was not satisfactory. The present direct primary system1; is not satisfactory- i It does not come up to specifications ; does not bring about ' the reforms the people who" proposed it and, voted for it believed and - hoped it would.- - . ' j . S Any 'system in this field will have its faults. Popular mm trosts Coxjrf-ht, 1023, Associated Edit For Boys Basketball Lessons No. 8. llay of the Forwards (This Is the eighth of twelve lessons : In basketball - by, , Wll tlam O. Grave ,of thai 'University of Pennsylvania, . Intercollegiate high scorer for 1921. Mr. Grave was, captain of his team in 1921, aid was named as All-Collegiate renter In 1919, 1920. and-1921. lie holds thft record of having played 90 basketball games and loelng only five.) . . The forwards are the scoring aces of the team: . They should be" fast, good - shots, and good dribblers In fact, they must be good in all the phases of the game. When , his team has", tbe ,. ball, the forward should . always ' be cutting: for the basket. Cutting tor the basket is a quick dash toward the basket bo that the guard can be left behind. Many forwards are useless' because they' fetop cutting . after a; lew tries. The game Is to cut all the tim If yon cut 10 times and receive only - one pass' and a goal lg scored, that means -two po'nts successfully made. Outwit the Guard . la liain up. for a fplay f rom center, try , to get between your nr ftil Jtrp-oal. TMs would ors The Biggest Little and Girls If your guard will not let you do this, and the signal calls for you ; to dash , for the basket. you can ; usually outwit tno cuard by making a feint to dash . up the floor. Make a lunge forward as though to go ud the floor by taking one step Then when the guard follows you. a quick dash, the other way will j catch r him unawares and you will be i able to take a pass a ndsiore before , ho can catch you. ! , Do not try to i crowd the cen ter when yon see tbe Signal that the center Is to tap to you. To do this will draw' the. guard up with you, and he will inter fere with your receiving the tap. Walt nntll yon see the ball well on its way up, then , dash for ward and; receive the tap. - r - Play on lH?fens 11 Just because you are ; a for ward do not think that you must ,not f play defensive basketball. You, are JuBt as responsible for your .' man ; as a guard Js , for his. If your man scores, .-. it ;: Is your fault alone. ' Many . teams are lusting a guard who comes up the floor to score. Such - a man is . a neavy scorer n ue uws .him who Is on ne job.: A forward shout 1 always fol government is a matter of growth; of experiment. Nothing made with human hands or springing from finite minds will ever be perfect. We can only approximate perfection. In the course of time, there will be "new experiments in the field under discussion . ' 1 j And let us hope that the new system, that will I itself be on trial and subject to be put aside for a still better system, will be better than either the old convention or the present direct primary system. ! We haye here in the United States, and in the different states in this country, the best governments in the world, and the best the world has so far seen; but this is not saying that there may not be constant improvements. 'There must be, if we are to remain progressive if we are to benefit from all past experience and all new knowledge. The way to retrench is to re trench. You cannot eat your cake and have it too. There can-be no low ering of taxes .without cutting down expenses. A shifting of bur dens may help some,v too, if they are arranged Justly; and some new sources of revenue may be found without ; hampering indus try and initiative. Why would it not be a good idea to have a commission of Am erican 'business men aid In the solution of the reparations prob lem ? It Is understood i that the initiative of such a movement came from the3 United States Chamber of Commerce, of which Julius H. Barnes -is president. If the penitentiary can be made self supporting, that will count for about $175,000 a year in the saving of a million dollars annu ally promised to the taxpayers of Oregon during the last campaign. A dollar earned Is a dollar saved. The penitentiary can be made self supporting. Developing : the flax industry there will do it. ; The sane corsairs of commerce in this country who were against the protective tariff, to a large extent, are 'the ones who are op posing and seeking to hold up the proposed ship subsidy bill, or any legislation looking to the cre ation of an adequate American merchant marine. The increase in foreign trade under the pro tective tariff law is discrediting these pirates of business, and the enactment of the right kind of a bill aimed at encouraging" Amer ican ships on all the trade ror.tes would discredit them as badly as they are being discredited by the operations of the present tariff law or worse. , . NOVEMBER ANSWERS AXTI PROTECTIOXISTS , An. $8 6,0 00,0 00 Increase In ex ports' November, 1922, over No vember, -1 921, . is a very definite answer to the statement persever ed in by opponents of i the new tariff law, while It was under de bate,; that It would put the brake on our foreign 'sales. Exports for November, 1921, totaled $294,- Paper in the World t ! low every long shot that la I tfeken by his team, i Many a bas ket can be scored by a5 quick follow-up' shot. If - the ball is not closely followed the .other team will: get the ball and your tram will have to go on the de fensive. Cut fast and often, fol lowe every Bhot, and you will score many points. (Next week: Play .of J the Center.) I THE SHORT STORY, JR. ; - . Rover and ' the' lost Fur Gone! It was gone! . Pauline leaned against the car and; tried to swallow her heart, s which insisted in jumping out of her throat: Her mother's lovely fur was lost. "It just couldn't have fallen out," she thought. 'lt must have been stolen." Being too warm with her coat and the fur both on . she had taken it off and put It in the back of tbe car. "Home again. Polly?" asked her ..father... "Why, what's the matter? You look as though you had lost your last friend. "Oh, Daddy. .It's worse . than that. What shall I do? I've lost mother's new sable fur.", "Whew!" whistled Mr. Black. lioklng serious. "That is bad When, where, and how?" r ' ' Pauline told him all that she krew about it. Mr. Black jump ed Into the car. He decided they better go back and look for it. "Where's Rover?" he asked, as they tore along the road." "Why. I don't know." Pauline answered. ' "He did go to town with me, didn't he? : I don't remember when I saw ., him last. He just won't stay with mey : He always Is straying off." ' i . . ' " . V i i 000,000. and for November, 1922, the first full month : under the Fordney-McCumber law, i( October figures Included 10 days of Sep tember) they totaled $38 0,000, 000. With the exception of ex ports to Asia, which fell! off $4, 000,000, those to every other grand division showed j marked Improvement. To Europe they increased $63,000,000; to North America, $15,009000; to South America, $9,000,00, and tjo Africa and Oceania, $3,000,000.. j . Every European country men tioned in the advance sheet of the department of commerce took more of our goods in November, 1922, than' in Novembeij. 1921, the most marked increases being to France, $13,000,000; jto Ger many, $3,000,000; to Italy, $5, 000,000; to the Netherlands, $3, 000,000; to Rursla in Europe, nearly $2,000,000; to Spain, $2, 000.000; to Sweden, $1,000,000, and to the United Kingdom $29,. 000,000. These are the countries which some of the Democrats as sured us, would stop buying from us when the law became opera tive. ' . -,-f 1 The country was assured laBt September that the Republicans were erecting a Chinese i tariff wall from Eastport, Maine,! to Puget Sound, Washington, j to keep : out Canadian goods, and that as a. consequence i Canada would probably boycott American goods and the country, would be ruined. But we sold Canada $41, 000,000 worth of our products In November, 1921, when the Dem ocratic tariff law was in! opera tion, and $56, 000, 00.0 worth In November, 192 2. And Canada got a good slice of our market at Lthe same time. ... j Sales to Mexico . fell off $4, 000,000, the 'two period 4 com pared, but to the ten other Latin American, territories meniioned, which include Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Colombia, our exports increased from $26,000,000 to $39,000,000. A 45 per c?nt in crease to Cuba is worth Rioting, since we were told that jan In creased duty on sugar j would peeve the Queen of the Antilles so that she would take he? trade to some other shop. Exports to Australia and New Zealand in creased $2,600,000,; Indicating that there is no insuperable wall HTTM03' PLAT WORK Edited by John Millar "Look! There he is now! cried her father, pointing aheaa of them to a dark spot in the road. "Whatever is he doing to that man?' They watched the dog, a mere sfceck in the road which rapidly grew larger. He seemed to be guarding something from the man. ' "Oh, what an awful look ing tramp!" cried Pauline.' As the car drew up to them the tramp slunk away to the side lueiu ie side Ing il )U !CK- of the road. Rover snappl his heels. "What are you leg?" cried Mr. Black. . The tramp pointed to a black object up the road: "The dos won't let me get "that fur me aife lost." he whraed.'-, ! ; "Fur!" In a second Pauline v. as hugging hfv mother's! sable fur in one arm and dear old Hover in the other. "And to think I -.scold because he's In dependent. . Why, he has better sense .than I have." I PICTURE PUZZLE I HOW MANY COUNTRIES DEC n m CAN YOU FIN0IN U THIS CICTURCf I TTT W I r '" ' i i '- I i !'.,-. -t-'.-:l Aawrr . y-Uwday': R. . S.4 V. V. (hoe, Totf, lt"V " J V between' us and ; the wallabies,' and they have their own' protec tive policies also. ' There was' a falling off in exports to Japan of $4,600,000, which farther con founds the Democratic prophets, since they were precidcting that the decreases. in sales would be to our debtors and Japan is not one of our debtors. Japan has a little kink In her purchasing power just now, and besides, she is increasing her ability to manu facture her own goods. ' Altogether, the export trade for November is a pretty good Indi cation that the opponents of tbe new law did not know what they were talking ! about a few 'months ago, and that the sob sisters of anti-protection -are a hard lot to be wished off on our Uncle Sam uel. ' i THAT NATION OF SIIOPKEEP- V i ERS. hWhen Napoleon sneered at the British for being "a nation of shopkeepers," he touched the se cret spring of their long domi nance in world affairs. Since then a' greater nation of shop keepers has come to the front yet even this greater nation ap parently! can still learn points from its older rival. t- In the present muddle of post war debts and settlements the British instinct for scenting a good bargain is standing that na tion in good steadl ' Thus while America was building wooden ritips to win the World war, Brit iln ' was consolidating the rnbber supply of the world against the coming peace.. In the Malay peninsula and other tropical British possessions theiii planters developed so Im mense a supply of crude rnbber that the price tumbled to levels never before reached, in the Philippine Islands : Americans have lands equally adapted for theit production of rubber, but wbijie they could buy It so cheaply from I the British, American capi tal fought shy of entering this seemingly over-exploited 'field, i More than once American in- ibsitry has had to pay the price of jthus relying on foreign im ports. The rnbber deal has iroen another striking case In point, t For while American man ufacturers employ 701 per cent of the 'rubber produced the British sontrol 80 per cent of the world's rubber supply. 1 f ' - Itfis the old story of having 'irst established a monopoly with the object of afterwards fixing x price. Only in this case the British government has been the price-raiser land the '.reason for 'he rise has been a stiff tax on ill rubber grown In British terri tory, the tax to pay the war debt owed by that nation to America, which,:; of course, upsets all the preconceived notions that England Is still a free, trade country, j This Is now, merely a tradition. As soon as it comes to paying for eign debtors the British govern ment will turn to a high tariff with no regar4 at all for the ghosts of Bright and. Cobden. - The old nation of shopkeepers Is evidently still capable of en gineering a shrewd business deal. By manipulating the world's rub ber market the Briton can In ef fect make the American automo bile owner pay the debts England contracted during the war. And ilnce it takes at least seven years to bring a rubber plantation In to bearing, the American auto mobile 'owner has no apparent alternative but to pay the tax. A debtor, that can practically make a creditor pay his debts for him doesn have to fear dishon orable bankruptcy. While the British retain this business In stinct, the day of the Anglo-Saxon will close in, nothing darker than mellow northern twilight. PASSING OP PARNASSUS The harsh arm of the iconoclast is ever busy, n Now they say that Parnassus Is t being given over to Toat pasturage. This memorable mountain, which once housed .the shrine of Apollo and overlooked the groves of Delphi, is now the stamping ground of a flock cf Angoras. The peak: where v the Bacchantes had their mystic rev els is . now i peopled by nannies. The inspirational source of ooetry and song is now a mere bleatery for a herd : of phlegmatic goals. The beautiful ' groves of Parnas sus and Its cooling spring are now under the domination of a group of Nubian bucks. Thero Is no more poetry or- Imagination left n the world. Parnassu j has been given to the goats. , COMING BACK Austria is making another de termined effort to get back Into the world. .The wise heads are planning for the future.. They realize that they must Improve old records to get on. . The far mer must raise more than 20 j bushels of wheat to the acre and the- cow .must Increase her store of milk. So. they 'are using se- EDITORIALS OF THE PEOPLE Is There Oil In ' the, Willamette Valley Editor Statesman: Many attempts have been made to answer the above query by persons who had faith enough to believe there was, to induce, them tq, spend their money to put down test wells to ascertain if there was enough petroleum under the surface of this beautiful vajley. Generally, for lack of capital, the work has been abandoned before a sufficient depth was attained to determine what was below us. , It remained for the Willamette Valley Oil . & Gas Co., putting down a test well 18 , miles north of Salem, to demonstrate the fact that there is oil in the Willam mette valley. While drilling at a depth of a little more than a thousand feet a small, vein of oil was found which evidently was forced up through a seem in the shale rock in which they were drilling, from a lower level, by gas pressure, and as the seepage of oil is continuous as the drill goes deeper is a strong Indication that it is coming from a larger body of oil below. ( Are Enthusiastic , . The Willamette Valley Oil & Gas Co. and others who have in vestigated, are enthusiastic in ex pressions of their belief that oil in paying quantity will soon be found.' The' oil company is. send ing their drill deeper "with good prospects of soon achieving the rtnRiroil rAsriiltn . . :' Two other companies who have been watching the .progress kit this well are so pleased with the showing for. oil that tjiey are bringing in machinery and mater ial preparatory to beginning op erations on other rells in that vicinity. Would Assure Prosperity The citizens of Salem and vic inity can scarcely realibe what it would mean to the business in terests and property holders of this valley if oil In paying quan tities was found at this well. The enhancement of property values, the increased volume of business among the merchants, the Influx of thousands of people with money to invest, the erections of hund reds of derricks in all parts of the valley to drill down and tap the great source of wealth, the petroleum itself if It actually now lies unused beneath the surface of the. "Willamette valley would bring to this vicinity a wave of prosperity that the most optimis tic have scarcely dreamed of. Money Needed The Willamette Valley Oil & Gas Co. have done bravely in the prosecution of. this work so tar. They have given liberally of their services and means to demonstrate that there is oil in this valley, but they lack the money to fin ish the undertaking and bring In the flow of oil that we believe from present indications Is near at hand. We believe every bus iness man and every property holder Interested in the. prosperity of this valley should contribute toward the completion of this work by investing a small amount in stock of the company, and thus help bring success to. this enterprise and add to the prosper ity of our state. The board of directors of this company consist of six business men 'who are selected to conduct the business affairs of the com pany and to see that all money received from the sale of stock is used in the prosecution of. the wofk at the well so as to obtain the -desired result as quickly as possible. Few Dollars Wanted Mr. L. H. Roberts Is the Sa lem representative on this board. He is prepared to give accurate information in regard to the well and to the expenditure of all money received from the sale of stock. If you are interested in lected seed and extensively fertil izing the soil for their farms and gardens. They, are breeding high grade stock. They are perform ing wonders in cultivation. They will soon be able to feed and clothe themselves and after that industrial replacement will come. They can almost dispense with their" low-grade money. . Great Sermons Sunday by H; M. Barnett STEPS HEAVENWARD? THE QUESTION OF THE AGES MUSIC v SAXOPHONE AND TROMBONE QUARTET, with Organ and Piano accompaniment' ; "WHEN THEY RING , THE GOLDEN BELLS" by Mr, Harbison, soloist and director ' Special Services Every Evening the success of this Industry In our midst, Mr. Roberts Is at his of fice at 331 State street. We feel assured ' from present Indications at the well that every one who Invests a few dollars to .help this industry along will In the hear future ". reap a rich re ward and help bring prosperity to the Willamette valley, tho Garden of Eden of the - United States, - j ALBERT COPLEY. Salem, Oregon. 1 BITS FOR BREAKFAST : v . ' . i .. . . . Legislators taking a rest. . L V "W ' Bo t the rests will be less the rest of tbe session.- -, W S You can "easily get up a first class fight by taking sides on the murder trial in old Polk. b .: Mr. Smith, the new superinten dent of the penitentiary, is going down- tbe line on the flax indus try. If he gets the proper back ing, he will make the prison self supporting;' and then some. Then he will be the biggest man in his line in all Oregon. w Life an$ hash aie what J you make them. W "W Henry Ford makes $254,026.41 a day, and a Salem man says he's glad he ' it not . Henry, because he could never have ' the tferve to take a day off. , V ; One of the problems of life Is o get bur neighbors to love us as we love ourselves. . 1. When a member of the legis lature votes against any old bill that looks like an appropriation or an' Increase of taxes he is re membering what he said In the last campaign. So do not hold it against him. U V In certain .ways, on certain days, this old world is getting bet ter and toettcr. On other days, you wouldn't notice it so much. 30 CARS OF PAPER ilClIE The Last Piece Is Due Next Week, and the Big Mach ine Will Soon Run-; Tho men -' who are setting up the' new machinery for the great new paper making 'machine of the Oregon Pulp and Paper Co., in Salem's paper .mill. ' are more or less marking time just now. They are waiting for some of the , machinery. Some of It has arrived, and all of It is On the way, and the last piece is due and expected to arrive next week; will be here if it is on-schedule time. There are 30 car loads of this machinery; to 'say nothing of a great deal ' of the" driving and otlrer parts that have been and are 'being made here. - ' It will not take long to get all the parts of the big machine to gether when the last one arrives -and in a few weeks It- will be adding substantially to the out put of this great mill. What next? . . There are' rumors of still more additions-and more machines for making paper. If -all expectations are fulfilled, this will be not only the best but . one of the largest paper mills in the United States, or in "the world. :.--, - rflDN'EY TROUBLE jCAUSES IjAMENESS- . "A lameness followed me for some time,, and I felt that It was caused from kidney trouble.. One bottle of Foley Kidney Pills had the desired effect,"; writes H. B. Arbuckle, South Barre. Vermont. Backache, rheumatism, dull head ache, too frequent or burning uri nation are symptons of Kidney and Bladder trouble. Disordered kidneys require prompt treat ment. Neglect causes ' serious complications.' Foley Kidney PIUs glvo qukk relief. Sold every where. Adv. Why not have a propagandalo get rid of "the word propagatfua? Doesn't it grate on your nerves? Center and High Streets J.J. Evans, Minister MA DAIRY i.IET S SMI Ice Cream Manufacturer: and House Committee Cannot Agree There may be some members of the food and dairy committee of the house of representatives who agree with some members cf the ice cream manufacturing in dustry of the state, but there was nothing ,ln the. hearing held on the two bills to raise the butter fat content of ice . cream that would indicate this situation. "Put in more butter' fat ai53? you help the dairyman," argue I Representatives Overturf and Carr. authoirs of the two bills now before the house. ' 1 Situation Strained I " uu"v' 'under this bill and the dairymea of the state will lose $230,000 a year," argued the ice cream man ufacturers, who treKKea up to Salem to protest before the com mittee. Tbe committee has reached no decision: There was a "more or less siraineu siiuanuu iuvuuuvui hearing, which started off with a statement by Chairman Cary to the effect that the farmers be lieved they had been misled Iocs: enoneh by persons claiming to be working for the beai;iatereft3 of the agricultural and dairy in dustries of the state. - ; s i Bleanlngs Resented : one present admitted that he ;was the object of the . veiled thrust but several appeared to resent the Implied meaning. ". Only once did ' the potential dynamite of the meeting get near the surface ,and , that , was when John . Mickle, former state food and dairy commissioner, and now representative of the Oregon Dairy council, questioned tTae origin of the move to change the; Ice cream butter fat iconlent. "Everyone was satisfied, until the last political campaign," said Mickle. "and this thing is born and! it aoes not come irom a very good source.' ; : ' The manufacturers" presented statistics to show that a high but ter ! fat content produced a heat ing effect onNthe body, cut down the sale ' of ice cream and there fore ut down ' the sale of mll'x and cream for the dairymen. , i May Amend Bill It was suggested thlt-the till would be amended before It fcal reached the floor of the house- tJ provide that in addition to rais ing the butter fat content thai the per cent age of solids -not t&V should also be definitely; fixed at possibly 10 per cent, - . Members or the committee weo complained against the retail cost of lee cream appeared surprised to learn that the wholesale price of ice cream in Portland is $1.10 a gallon. - . r.1 and as a TnVft (fr. Lax stive iULJL tabimts -V The First and Original Cold and Grip Tablet The box bears this signature 30a Closing Friday 1 Ilk Inrtn r l r