. . Iisaed Daily Except Monday by V : TUB . STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY :i 315 8. Commercial (Portland Of hce. 627 Board of, Trade Building. Phone Beacon 1193 - SlKMBKR OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS , The Associated Press is exclusively enUtled to the use tor publi cation of ail news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited la this paper and also the local news published herein. ; R. J. Hendricks . . .... . . . . . ....... Stephen A. Stone . iy. . . . Ralph Glover ..................... frank Jaskoaki TSixpnoiiss: Business Office, SS Circulation Department, ttl Job Dwjartment, 583 ! Society Editor, 10 j Catered at the Postoffice In Salem, t CONSOLIDATION The members of the Senate were working faithfully yes terday and last night the Carkin consolidation bill ; seeking ing to come to an understanding concerning amendments to that bill, or a substitute for it ; j i ! ".' t With th hope that7 today, which is likely to be the last day of the session, a consolidation measure may be passed by the Legislature, redeeming the campaign pledges of the members and the Goyernor, and responding to the wishes of a great majority, of the people of Oregon, who expect this consummation : " ; ! : :j ' And have a right to expect it. i ; " ; ' 'i By this time, there should be an agreement, or at least an accord sufficiently approaching an agreement, to bring this thing to pass. There should be a consolidation measure passed; the one that will be the result of the work of yester day and last night. It may not be perfect. But pass it, and get it to working, and if it has weak points they will appear in the operation of the law, and hence. - ; . - - 5 The income tax bill is a special order in the Senate at 11 o'clock this morning. This bill should be passed; passed up to the people. It will no doubt be referred to them. If the Legislature fails to pass this bill, a more drastic measure may be initiated. There are great forces in Oregon who believe this state should have an income tax.' They have been prom ised an income tax bill.f The governor promised this in his campaign. They expect it, and have a right to expect it. Now that the time is at hand, the last day and the last hour, per haps, there shbuld.be no thought of not passing this bilL And this is written by one who does not believe there should be a state income tax; not because he is not in accord with thaprinciple, but because he thinks the federal income tax i3 enough. . - .""-:'' . ' '. ,- . But a pledge is a pledge, a promises promise, 'and the majority ought to rule. The people should be given what they have been, promised and what they expect and have a right to expect. If,they are denied this j they may .through the initiative foist something upon the state that would be much more drastic and injurious than I anything that has been brought forward in the Legislature at this session. The Statesman' rof tomorroTf will contain some most valuable ; information for prune and logan berry growers, to say nothing of beekeepers. . ,, ' - Joet ' to show - that the United States Is in favor of peace , and plenty of it, the newest army bul let has a range of two and a half miles, shot - from an Infantry rine.- ' bTvrrf fcPOBTS i totTTtrht. 1CS3.- Aasoclatedf Edit For Boys : THREE 'HwC - PLANE L JV - I - I j ATWCMWC NJSW, iaTES FOR WINDY DAYS How to Slake a Three-Plane Kite The' three-plane kite it not . hard to construct, especially If ' yon are a careful workman. It Is a . very unusual design; but ,is an excellent flyer and will go as high as you have ;j string. In 1 addition, you - can I paint - it in ; Irilliant colors, or you can apply , guilt, which-will make it glisten . In the sunlight. t A . The illustration shows a model : 36 inches high, but this dimen- si on can be changed. : " Any sort of soft wood, as ! spruce, yellow pine,' orbasswood ; will do for, making this kite. Or i you can use -bamboo. Buy one 4 or - two fishing-. poles. and1 you have a supply of banboo. What- ever wood" you . use, it. must be ; 3-8 of an Inch thick, and 3-4 of an Inch wide. , Make Jotnte Carefully - 1 , The "soft wood joints can be notched with a knife and fasten " ed . together with - string and i small nails. ; . The bamboo joints cannot - be nailed, - and so require a' little more . time, .but they are strong- et, and for tnis particular type of kUe, better suited. You do not notch bamboo ' Instead, bore small holes at each Joint, and tie w'.th common - thread. iufitoing"the ' thread 'through the THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON St.. Salem, t Oregon . ... . .Manager . .1. ........ Managing Editor ....... Cashier r. -;. .Manager Job Dept. tH? Oregon,' as second elasa matter i t AND INCOME TAX they can be corrected two years The allies have asked Bulgaria for that mere detail of $450,000, 000. ' Whyj not turn - In-on th account some of the ' celebrated Bulgarian , buttermilk? f '-. The members of the house woo yesterday passed unanimously the bill for the penitentiary revolv ing fund, some of , them at least, bullded wiser than they knew, They helped start the Oregon on The Biggest Little and Girls holes of each peace. ; Theseli joints are then varnished,, resulting In a Job that no wind will be able to break, i It is well to bind the thread in straight,;! even lines, as this makes at jneater looking kite, and-tends to make a better rflyer. " -; ,The covering used is common tissue paper, or cambric of any color. However, when you use a cloth covering,! you must .ex- trcise care that the goods is not this unequally , stretched, asi would unbalance the kite. Leave Space Betwetn' .Coverings You will notice that the kite Is not covered entirely, but has three-Inch spaces between each covering. It is not necessary to' have wood partitions here. Instead, strings can be stretched and the , paper pasted on . the string.,4"?: 1 p ;..i :- ,. ; :A - good plan to follow i in the construction of the threeplane kite is to get each piece oT wood completely ; one by one. As each stick is finished, test It on your kite blade to be certain lit bal ances. Bore all "the holes need ed when every piece f s complete, then put them "together and -' var n?sb. " Apply extra coats to the Joints, allowing two : days for each coat to dry. '., " In this' way you ..make! a better kite, for it you' Join each' piece as""T0u"'get i t. - prison on its career towards, ab solute self support;' and to f tbe point of becoming a model -prison, according to modern and en' lightened standards of penology: Another thing: They put sure foundations under the flax Indus- try of Oregon, and that industry, in all its. ramifications, is bound to become: the greatest of all the industries of this state, because all the' natural conditions are here for the growing of tbe very best fiber flax the world can pro duce, and the manufacturing of this fiber, into various valuable articles of commerce, Including the finest linens and laces. , In time, this will keep at home the $30,000,000 annually . now sent abroad far; manufactures of flax, besides bringing here vast sums for these articles sent to the mart kets abroad. The sooner, this' in dustry ' Is developed, the sooner will iSalem become a big city. And the flax industry at the peni tentiary, that will now be on the way to - conservative and consist ent development, will be the means of hurrying this consum mation. The flax manufacturing at the penitentiary will be only a drop in the bucket; but It will be the first drop, and therefore the most important, showing the way to tbe great things that may be and will be accomplished in this wonderfully rich field. (P. S. The senate passed this bill at its session of - last evening; also without a dissenting vote.) Ida Tarbell, the historian of Lincoln; says women must up root jealousy and greed In order to end war. Quite a job to: fin ish before .breakfast. SENATOR EDDY AND THE COX :. STITUTION ! . v t - - Editor Statesman: If Senator Eddy knew the history-of his country as well as he plans to have the high school pu pils .know It, he would realize that in his arguments in behalf of sen ate bill No. 23, he is taking refuge behind the same shelter which so long protected the southern slave COMING EVENTS Feb. 28, Wednesday, Chil dren's Health clinic at Cham ber of Commerce rooms. Mareh 1,12. and 3, Fly ing Squadron, In interest of Prohibition enforcement. : Afternoon and evening meet ings in Presbyterian church March 3, Saturday, Prof. E. S. Conklin talk on "Auto suggestion. before Univers ity's Women's club at Cham ber of Commerce. i'i 4 i . March 5, 6, Monday and Tuesday, Lions minstrel show show for Boy Scouts. I Paper In the World it ready, some will be unbalanc ed.' and when you take the kite out to fly it will not leave the ground. - - ( -." (Next week: "How to Make a Boy Kite.) , ' I THE SHORT STORY, JRi I k A PAGE FROM A DIARY H "Hip! Hip! Hurray i l I'm toff today! There, thatdoes show that when you are excited you're poetical. ' I read , that somewhere,: Kbut , I don't beltete It. Oh,. I jam; hardly wait unUl my train leaves. - - I - leave Toron to In two 1 hours now. I'm so .thrilled! Dad is going as far as Detroit With me to, make sure that ; I get' on the right train. I'm sure I could do It, but he doesn't seem to think so. But then : I'm off all p myself for San Francisco! Oh, won't it .be thrilling, to travel all alone. My very first trip through the states, too. t.-: ),:", i:' '; lr . My, but I hare received a lot of good advice for - this! trip. Kvery one tells me what I should do and should not do. If 1 tiled to remember it 'all; if would ruin my trip, but I'm not going to. , I'm going to have a good time, the very best time of my life' Later: Well, here I am on my way to Chicago. , I had no time to write ' between . Toronto and Detroit.: .'Father was so busy telling .me what to do and what not, to- do. I musn't talk to peo ple, I musn't read too much on the train, I musn't lose ' my ticket- . ' 0-h-h-h-hr The -most terrible thing has ; happentid. i .-, Here " 1 looked to make sure my. ticket from Chicago on to San Francis co was where; Dad said he had put It and It: ish't" there! : He -forgot ' to give it . t me. He still has It in his pocket! un, what shan I do? What can I do? Here comes the conductor, now. Ill ask him., ; - r 1: Later : still: : Here" I -am in a little station. I don't even know the name of the place. Waiting for a train to take me tback home. 'The conductor 'said there was -nothing -else to do. We had holders in tbeir fight against lib erty. To them as to the. senator the Infallible compendium of Am erican ideals was the constitution; The constitution was the .supreme and final expresion of the spirit of our government; to its sacred wordS j nothing could be added, from them nothing could be, taken away. The document had the fin ality and authority of a divine revelation; it was not merely an administrative formula, but also a moral law. Consequently, since the constitution mentioned slav ery, and seemed to tolerate Its existence, slavery could not be wrong; more than that, those who attacked it were guilty of laying Impious, hands- upon- the corner stone of otfr liberties. Tp'root out this pernicious fetish-worship of. the constitution as superior to man's innate) sense of Justice and equality required four years of fratricidal war, and the proved imperfection of the constitution was corrected by three amend ments, of which the south has not even yet fully accepted the spirit. True Americanism, if it is to be made effective, must not be sought exclusively in any form of words or, written document. One: might know the , constitution by heart, and still lack that faith In popular government which ani mated its authors. A study 1 of the debates- n the constitutional convention would be more profit able' than a study of the consti tution itself, if we are to under stand . the principles which ani mate the document. But to teach our children that the constitution is the supreme expression1 of the American spirit, and that any criticism of it is unpatriotic and impious, is to return to the hard and iniquitous literalism of Cal houn and Jefferson Davis. ,( ; The senator seems to take the ground that anything approach ing crjticism of our institutions and government is necessarily un patriotic. This implies that, in his way. of , thinking, .'the estab lished ; order is so nearly perfect that., no Improvement Is possible, and all that is left for us to do is to maintain it as we find it. r Had this been, the spirit of our fore fathers, we should still be under the British crown, and slavery would still be the "peculiar in stitution" of the south. The fath ers of the republic had the cour age to protest against the exist ing order whenever it violated their instinct of Justice, no maU ter by what written documents t was supported. The mere , fact that the maintenance of the ex isting order happens to suit bur lawmakers personally or the so-' cial class to whlqtfi they belong, is not the final test of Its fitness to survive. If there is injustice anywhere,, if any class fails to enjoy that full equality of oppor-. tunlty that , is . the birthright of ET7VOB PLAT WO&K Edited by John H. Millar nc idea where pad was, and of course he couldn't get in touch with me. Oh, what an awful hiess it all is! Later: Home agatn. Mother fainted when I walked in on her. Dad isn't home! yet. Oh, dear my wonderful, i wonderful , trip ended like this! A telegram from Dad in Chicago! He is frantic because he can't find me there. Imagine looking for me pll over Chicago. i I'm oj!f again Dad has made new reservations .for me and is going to start toe off from 'Chi cago this time. With not so much good advice but more ticket this time, he says. PICTURE PUZZLE ; ; : WHAT 10 OBJECTS BEGIIIJSIW& WITH THE SAME LETTER ARff PICTURED. HERE? - i ; i , ia kaad.' I every American; we gain nothing by trying to cover up the fact. Nothing can be -so dangerous to ihe stability of our government as the suppression of criticism. John Morley has said: "Where a so ciety is not able to .resist an as sault upon itsl fundamental con ditions, ' we may be tolerably sure that, the time has arrived when either these conditions must . be dispersed, or else the society must fall into rapid dissolution." Bet ter an occasional outburst, of "radicalism'' than a stifling of that privilege of free thought and free speech which is the corner stone of our republic. John Brown was a "radical," and a decidedly dangerous one In his day; but did his execution help the cause of the slave holders in the end? The attempt to dictate to the ris ing generation what they shall be lieve, about their government; in stead of inspiring thsm with a determination to know the truth at whatever cost, has found a tragic illustration in Germany. The avowed object of the "patri otism" taught in the - German schools was the glorification of the German kaiser and the in stinct of world conquest. It was "my country, right or wrong"; and! we know now -that it was wrong. If our government la founded on a sound basis of equal ity and justice to all, It need fear no-criticism; but whenever tbe at tempt is made to color or sup press facts in . the interest of a supposed "patriotism," we are en tering upon the path that led Germany to the brink of tha abyss. ;' ', The senator's furious attack on the teaching of sociology indicates that' to him education, instead of freeing the mind from prejudice and error, and training it to seek out the truth with an undaunted faith in the ultimate triumph of the right, has as its chief function the putting on of "blinders" and the muzzling of the spirit of free enquiry. Pupils trained under his course of study would make ad mirable clerks In the offices of others, ready at ail times to think as their employers direct; but is the ideal of a free people to be sought among those who have never been taught to think for themselves? It would be very convenient for ; those whom the caprice of (he moment has thrust into the position of law makers, to have the publie so well trained that it would humbly and admir ingly accept whatever legislation they may see fit to- promulgate; but the cause of human freedom would hardly be strengthened thereby. The greatest danger to out schools la that they shall be made the medium of propaganda of any sort, radical or conserva tive, instead of remaining an In strument for the liberation of the human spirit from bigotry and error. , William Tell may not have understood bookkeeping and con stitutional law, but he stands for all time as a .type of the spirit that brooks not the slightest sug-vl gestion of tyranny; - and if the schools can develop this same in stinctive repugnance .to all at tacks on the right of each man to form his own judgment on all questions of the public welfare, the millennium' will indeed have arrived. t - J. C. NELSON, j Salem, Or., Feb. 19 1923. A NICARAGUA CANAL? Few people l today recall the famous speech! made by Senator Morgan of Alabama In 1897 when the question of building an isth mian waterway from the Pacifie to the Atlantic was before con gress. It wag a masterly presen tation of the case in favor of the Nicaragua route.. Later on engineering' experts decided in favor of the Panama canal, at the same time admitting that a waterway via Lake Nicar agua was still, on the tapis. : Present conditions demonstrat ing the . increasing pressure on the carrying capacity of the Pan ama canal have -revived interest in the old Nicaragua project.' This project is again under seri- IS BELIEF HEAD COLDS Colds and catarrh yield like magic to soothing, healing an tiseptic cream that penetrates through every air passage and relieves swollen, -inflamed mem branes of nose and throat. Your clogged nostrils open right up and you " can breathe freely. Hawking and snuffling stop. Don't stay stuffed up and miser able. :- ' --;l'"v.- i' , Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream ; Balm from your druggist. Apply 'ar little in : the nostrils and get 'instant relief. Millions endorse "this remedy known for more " than tifty years.--Adv. . HEALING CREAM QUICK FOB WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21 p-1923 ous discussion; President Hard ing's administration, ; indeed, fa vors a second Isthmian waterway and naval officers ,strongly in dorse the. suggestion.' ; ; . Traffic through! be. Panama canal is growing enormously. January's toll ' receipts exceeded $1,500,000. Every new com mercial development along our Pacific coast--and : these develop ments are the feature of the pres ent decade -means further over crowding of the' Gatun locks. In a few years time, at the present rate of progress, the limit will be reached. t. ' Many business men are there fore asking why ! not take time by the forelock ; and institute .measures looking to building a supplementary canal through Nic aragua, to be financed from the Panama tolls? A treaty with ; Nicaragua al ready confers on the United States full rights to construct this waterway The preliminary sur vey work was carried out :- by United States -government engi neers in the year 1900 and the route completely mapped. " ' Its : length,' of course, exceeds that of the Panama canal, but the greater part of it is occupied by the. great Nicaraguan lake, .con nected with the Atlantic port at Greytown by ' the navigable San Juan river. ( - On 1 the Pacific side 11 miles of artificial excavation would bs necessary , from the lake to the ocean. The estimated cost Is con siderably less than that of the Panama canal. Sv The issue has been raised find it is one of vast importance to the people of this coast. : :":,'" '' -;: .'-s;- SEARCH AND SEIZURE The government has seized one of the big brewing properties in San. Francisco. It was said to be turning out a beer carrying 7 or 8 per cent of alcohol. ; This is about right for' the San Francls- coi palate, but is heavily frowned upon by the Volstead act. In one way or another the government Is accumulating quite a collection Of breweries.' If It ever decides to go rlnto the " business it could get away to a wonderful start. THE AMERICAN VIEWPOINT Professor Cone is returning to his native land. He says the Am erican people .were, disappointed in him because he did not perform miracles. And h never said that he could.. AH ho announced was that they were getting better and better every, day and it was up to thm to prove it. - now the venience tions. classesof telephone Distance" ttM And Telegraph (jbrnp i BITS FOR BREAKFAST I Probably . sine die day. riVT,-,- v -w A good deal of water may pass under J the legislative wheel to day. , r The .eleventh hour may bring both, consolidation and the! In come tax.' -- . V s Every prune man will -want to read The Statesman of tomorrow, And every beekeeper, too. ' Thq .flax growers . who "have pioneered the - Industry will L de serve a monument; to say noth ing of the benefits of better prices and better markets. They are going to discover themselves, after a while, the corner stone people of the greatest industry in1 Oregon. ' After all has ! been said and done, the Bits for Breakfast man still insists that this is on the whole i the ablest and , hardest workinz legislature Oregon ever had. There are a lot of big and brainy men among those ninety workers under the bronze dome. - There will be just one revolv ing fund at the DenitentlaryJ un der the new law. It will take in all the industries. . It will give the superintendent of the peni tentiary and the governor all kinds of authority, and ample funds, for enlarging the Indus- r A Million A M6NTHincome, would not justi fy you in being careless about dental work and dental prices. ' r- ; At a Parker office you get the pro tection of t hirty years of organized dental experience.-;'; - j"; " ;.,,,!' ; Durable dentistry at a price 'you can pay.'. ' - Examinations anteed. , PAINLESS PARKER DENTIST : E. R. PARKER SYSTEM tofent: '7th and Wulamttts SU. . ' Portland: 326 Wnahinrton 8t. ' ' SalMt: Stat and UlxrtT Sts. j i i 1 1 1 i "liong Distance Every Bell telephone is a long distance station from which it is possible to talk with any one of over a million telephones in California, Nevada, Oregon and jWash ington. In . fact, not the boundaries of these states but those of the nation ark boundaries of the service. The service is' prompt ' and 1 efficient The operators are courteous". , The charges are reasonable. It can be made al time and money-saving aid in business ja con and satisfaction in social rela For detailed information as to rates service available cons lilt directory, or call the operator. - Long ... . 1 n i i ,,- " . . ,ca Pacific Telephone tries' there and for establishing new ones. They will proceed cautiously. They will make the fewest possible mistakes. Hut thev will get busy and make a sincere attempt to lift the burden of the support of the prison from the shoulders of the taxpayers: forever and a day.' The Bits fcr Breakfast man says they will succeed. They will go far in the current two years. They win likely go the whole way In the next biennium afterthls. "Truth m Fabric" Bill . Killed by Large Vote - The senate yesterday defeated Senator Zimmerman's 4ruth-in- fabrlc' bill. The measure would require the labeling of goods as to the amount of pure virgin, wool contained therein. , ! , After Zimmerman had defend ed the hill Staples and Corbett fought IL The latter called it "poppycock" and said it was "try ing to lift ourselves by our boot straps.". . s Tooze supported the measure and Joseph as4ailed.it. calling It a "fool bill." The vote was: , Ayes -Kinney, Itltner, Strayer, Taylor, Tobze, Zimmerman, Up ton.' .; - , '' Noes Brown, Clark, Corbett, Dennis, Dunn, Eddy, Edwards, Ellis, Farrell, Fisk, Garland. Hall, Hare, Johnson, Klepper, La Fol lett, Magladry, Moser, Kickelsen, Robertson, Smith. Staples. - Absent -Joseph. 1 , Dollars free. All work guar tint- -s, it and ' the any Tv . irr All II Pi V : P : pi! m- t - I