The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, May 25, 1923, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextV Issued Daily Except Monday by . THE STATESMAN PUBUSIUNa - COMPANY T-r.T?- T' " 'T 21S S. Commercial St, Salem. Oregon (Portland Oft lee, 7 Board of Trade. Building Phone Beacon X19S The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled 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. ft; IU J. Hendricks, Stephen A. Stone . . . ..... . irranlt Jaskoskl .. . . . . . V TELEPHONES: Business Office . . . . . . Circulation Department Job Department Soiety Editor . Entered at the Postoftlce In Salem, ONE WAY TO KEEP PRICE OF SUCAIt DOWN There is one way to keep . , "And there is only one way. . ! 1. A;t 'J - -1 As long as Cuba produces annually about 4,000,000 tons of sugar, and this tonnage is controlled absolutely by the American sugar refining interests and men and concerns allied with these interests, running clear back to the owner- ship by Americans of the sugar lands in Cuba---. : ; '" p. '.And as long as the continental United States, produces v. .pnly about 70,000 tons of sugar annually ' ' ."'.;.. Our people are under the heel of the trust; at its, mercy J0 an-saying how high the prices shall be and how large their "profits: . -; - , ' "Vr , V.p t The- tariff has practically- nothing to do with it. t" . The tariff commission is now investigating this phase of ;TJ tne situationlxharged miih ithe duty; by;. President Harding, and under legal obligation to' report to him with recommenda- ' . ..Bt?t thly x come home, and report their findings eary and often, and the President may ;act uyca 'their recommendations at his will, as he is charged with the-duty of doirigunder the sections of the new tariff "' " Taw intend ed to give us a flexible tariff,. . .. ; ' But nothing will happen to relieve the present situation ; to keep it. relieved. , . . - The flexible tariff will not flex in this case V - " The one way- of relief is to build up the beet sugar fac tcriea of the United States. This is a matter calling for statesmanship. , . ' f , . . ' - ; (t. high enough tariff, insured for a term of years would 1 FuEBd ys and Giwjs Newspaper . ; ' i ' :-' ; , The Digest Uttle Paper tn the World : V, Xf: v; THINGS TO DO 1 Copyrfsbt, 1023 Associated Editors. . 1 Gun-Drop Bouquets Where did you get them? They '-' look, good enough, to eat-" . Alice could not help smiling with pride as the girls sat down at the table ';ard a chorus "of-i exclamations " arose. 'All the other girls had en, tertained the club, ' and when Alice's tarn came it eeemed that t i ; those clever, girls had used all the ideas tn decorations and surprises 1 and lett her without anything for ' ". ; fcer 'party. Al .glance In a candy " store window had set Alice's nlm ; 3 tie mind and fingers to work, and bad solved her problem With, one pound each of the lin lest gum-dropsand varOd col ored spice ; drops, V spool of tine green crepe paper, and small pa ler lace doilies she .made little . corsage bouquets , that '- were as , ; colorful and even "sweeter" than those of realflowers. To make them she cut the wire Is to' three-Inch lengths, twisted ' one-half inch strip of the green crepe paper around them to make the stems, and on the end of each - she stuck a gum- drop or spice drop. She then bound a" cioster - cf about 10 6r 20 Tarieff tolorjr ;a- gfcilifcFBhHhg in aJtew leayeso? T ? crepe- paper here, and there. & i ' Already the effect -'was- promla- ' and only jthe finishing" tench . .. jwas "needed a, "1 make perfect nosegay, t for.thls, Alice used the . , lace doily. She cut two slltB about one-half ..inch, long in form of a - crassr exactly In the V middle. . Through this she slipped the stems and with a few deft twists . herCbouqUet was complete with Its frilly collar. l Ti:3 snpax STOnY, JR. I TIUJ "SCARECROW" "You know It's a picnic,", . said .Jean; . " . t If I dressed up so fine I'd look " green. You don't like what I wear? " -Well, I'm sure I don't care, Though I think you are dreadful . . " "ly mean.',' ' i ' ... - i ... . -"You're not going looking like that, are you?" Bob looked, at Jeam with anything but brotherly , ..love. "That middy and those old torogues!" Words failed him. so he' centered all his intentions up- .on tying his best tie. - , "Well, It's : a jpicnie, isn't It ?" ' ' Jean defended herself." "We can't V?have anyi-fun if we're -dolled np. - I don't see why you want to wear that tie." . .- ;';; "Gee. don't you have any; pride ' at all?" sputtered .her brother. "rhe other kids will be all dress- ed up. Just see" if 'they aren't.' "Oh, I don't, believe they wUl THE OREGON 5TATES3.IAN, SALI2J OREGON : I -1 -.' ... .... j .Manager ...i.....;;...... Managing Editor ; . r . . . . . . . . . Manager Job Dept. ....883 ess me Oregon, as second class matter. the price of sugar down : ' - " ' :i : " ,- v-;M"r i " - ' - v Hoss uvsr. ovy i ,or . SCHOOU v-" t : Bledical Advice -; ' Thermometers- in: summertime . You never ought tS buy; They're lower in the wintertime,' I Says.Dr.Ezra Spry, : . L Poor Fellow'-- , Cnstcmer, (browsing , in book store) : ! "Last Days of 3 Pompeii, What did he die of?" - Clerk: "Ohwme sort of ; an eruption, I guess." , Wasted Energy ! . . :5 51 e heard she walks in her sleep.7; ariy -and they with two au tomobiles, : r - HI He Knew Too Well 1 ; ,CfJones strikes me a a very promising young man." ' "He strikes, me that way, too; but he never pays it back." ' Answer ' to -yesterday's riddle: Never allow your toes to. turn in. be- Anyway. I'm going Just like this." j 'Well, come f on then If you're bound to go. looking like . a. scare crow." Bob grabbed np the basket and started out. They-were to meet Nancy," Rose Maryland their brothers . on the corner. ' Jean taged along sulkily. She did hope the girls wouldnt be ell dressed up. But: her heart eank when he eaw them. 'Rose Mary was wear ing a large) white hat; a Huffy or gandie dress, . and . white kid pumps. : (Nancy he-d on a new silk sweater and white skirt. Bob cast .one J I-told-you-so glance at his sister and then pro ceeded to ignore her. Jean's spirit did not rise as she plodded along beside the others5 That "scarecrow" wesstUl rankling. The picnic. waV riot' a great suc cess.' Firstapcy -eaught her sweater and toreatr ugly rent in it. . .Then Rose Mary steped into a mud puddle with her kid pumps and a law mlnutes,later ofte heel came of f. ."AJJ Uptime? Cob com Bletely ; ignored$ean.t l Itlwas a 8ham4 for dim 4o be so nasty. At last to liven -things up a little Rose Mary grabbed Bob's cap end threw it up in a tree. ; ' : .'Hat' Ha! ? Hob laughed! good naturedly. j V'l' suppose I'lL-haye to climh.nA'aterlttHe.ipnlled off his best tJe:"Here;- lean, you're j,o taref nf cl 'your gpod things,' keep this for me," he said as he landed it. to her. - Jean looked at him In disgust. settle the matter. But this wil not likely (be .the solution, for in the mean time the consumers might be penalized fear fully; would be, if the sugar barons could get away with it. Oregon does not need to be at the mercy of the sugar trust. The sugar beets can be produced here) for all the sugar this state may use; can be produced iif the Salem district alone iri quantities sufficient to supply all Oregon. ; : ! The -same is true -of most of the states, or sections of most of them. .....- - - j .True statesmanship ought to find a way to. develop our sugar beet interests to a" point 'where ourj country will be independent of the sugar trust. ' ' - , Here is a task for some of the big men m the two branches of Congress. The people of the United States are in a temper now to line up behind a constructive program that will free them from the gougings of the siigar barons. Whatever else the loganberry growers may do, at their meeting in Salem tomorrow afternoon, they should provide for organization; andto make it 100 per ceijt and water tight. If they will stand together to a man, f of -the good of the whole industry, they will prof it individually in the immediate future and t they will stabilize--and perpetuate , the whole industry. "They will keep it going and growing and making money for every one engaged in it, clear down the line. ; . When "Uncle Joe" Cannon en tered congress fifty years ago it was engaged In reconstruction af ter the war.? When he left it vas engaged in the same workv . New York i City is after thei Demooratlc natfonal ' convention. It is a long time since hel has been so honored. In 1868 Sey mour and Blair .were nominated there, only to be ; defeated jby Grant and Colfax. '. Both parties are a bit shy of New York. Wall street Is in that meCropoliJt One thing the country needs and agriculture needs as a means of. getting back on its feet Is a hen, hog and cow campaigns-Capper's Weekly. That is what ; the Slogan editor, of The Statesman thinks- He i is doing, "this x very thing,! week In and week ont, year iq and year out. ' And the Salem district is on the way to being the most prosperous section of "this country, or any other old country; as Its natural advantages provide and proclaim that it should be. . In selecting a new farm for the boys training school, the reputa- i ' LOADS OF FUN Edited by John !. Miller. A ( Diving Board "Aw, gee, I wish we had a div ing board like we had at ; school. This old piece of. wood Isn't jany good," said Jim when the gang was swimming at camp one' day. "I know how Jo make f one, If you fellows'll help," the small boy who likes to play with tools spoke up. And the fellows got: together to make their board. -. j ; ! . First they took six strips o! white ; ash, 1 1 2 feet long, two by four inches, placed them aide by side, and strong them together with three two by four J braces. one at each end and one in; the middle.' They left a space of half an inch between each of the 12 foot' strips. I ; : - ' : .With, the board Itself made, they placed it so six - feet would hang out over the water and then moored the rear end solidly - to the pier with 12-Inch screws. To give it spring, they placed a six Inch., square block, two feet long. under the board, four feet from the. shore end.'.:' . i -'- "Well, she's all finished now, said Jim the next day. :-rt -j 'CZ. ; "Oh, no, we've still got to cover it with - cocoa matting' so your feet won't slip.'f objected the boy who likes to play with tools.! - I After the matting had been tacked on with ldrge-Me"ded tacks the gang tried ont their new board ana it was a dandy the b same kind all the champion divers use. . Answer to yesterday's j word puzzle: The names of the three states are, Maine, Maryland and Kansas. . . ; . :. ; 'Wonder what he would have done If I had thrown his old cap up there, she thought. "My, but he makes me mad!", She quickly grabbed a; paper, saek beside her, When no one was looking she thrust the tie in it and hid it un der a large stone. It would serve him right, i i i' ; : The cap. recovered, the party decided to go home. Rose Mary limped along with her . one ! heel Nancy seemed worried about her sweater. NO' one -was In j.very high spirits. Jean walked on ahead. ' the only one that did not need help over every fence. Af ter a while Bob ran and caught up with her. "Gee, they make f- me tired," he panted, f "Let their fool brothers take care of them. Say. you're all right, sis. "You're a good sport. ; I'm sorry I was so mean." . , . "Oh, wait a minute, will you. Bob," Jean ":: cried; "I forgot something." But (Bob , went along and they both laughed as they rescued the best tie from un der the stone. "Thafa the last picnic it'll ever see," Bob said. . ' , . j i x - tton of the present administration is at stake; to-secure land, that may te - adapted to ' the' plan to make the institution, self support ing. ! , ;. The Statesman, of next Thursday will try to prore ; that Salei' has a rich mining country at her front door that calls for speedy de-H velopmentL If yoa can help the Slogan editor In this respect, youl are Invited to hold up your hand; and quicklyj- " '. , A bill in Ithe 'British house of commons, introduced by a.Labor ite, hks gone to second reading, abolishing all titles. This will not come now. England loves wher lords But t will come In 1 due time. The wotld will finally come to be safe for democracy. . ROOF; FOR A RIVER That Its crowds and traffic, may move, Chicago may put a root oi nine-inch ' concrete over ten miles of the Chicago river. . The roof in reality is to be a street 200 feet wide carrying two boulevards fifty feet wide, with a vacant space seventy feet wide j In' the center and two sidewalks of fifteen feet each. Roofing the river would not interfere with navigation as the concrete would be supported ' on concrete -piling from twenty to thirty; feet" above the surface of the water, i The increase in value of adjacent property would pay the cost. Cities of the future are to be as marvelous as any of H, G. Wells's imaginings, but may not grow much larger when the air plane has become "domesticated and people can live farther out. ' A hews item fronv MarysvillS, CaL, recently recorded the fact that a young man who was lost during a . sriowstonn In the 'moun tains near there and had his feet frozen was within a few miles of an orange grove where the trees were in bloom. The United States has many brands of climate,' and some of them' are close together. THE WORLD'S VIEWPOINT i America as an outsider is un able to explain her attitude or po sition to the League, of Nations and therefore cannot , counteract the impressions which Frenchmen carelessly suggest. ' The -French diplomats are- all s passing ' the duck to America. ? II they are hardton the Germans it is because we are -also Insisting upon oar pound of flesh. It will be impos sible for them to moderate their demands upon Germany if France and Belgium are required to fulfill their every obligation to Ameri ca. Asa result of all this "chan cellory gossip , most of the na tions of earth have jumped to the Impression that "America went In to the war for the - money there was in It and Is now Insisting up on collection of the . uttermost farthing. If the United States had membership in the League of Nations her official representa tives could arise and -set forth in clear and succinct phrases the ac tual position of ouru government and the share .we are willing to take in the rehabilitation of the old world. Wewoujd not be so ferociously misunderstood. Op ponents of the League say that it does not make , any difference what the rest of the werld thinks of us so long as we are free from official contacts. The 'selfish' po sition may sometimes be assumed I FUTURE DATES I trk mt si lfeMiBTiU. a erstorto. -tbs Fob . 8a(oa.' May , 8Tr Buadtf . BMbll, i ) 6!ea ; 8entor vs. DonIL Okfrd flilA.-j Mr 27. 8undr Tri-rtty folf natehe IlUae link, Salem,-Eogvna, mttd Cor- Hia participating. - 5n - : 5 , . Uar SS. 19. SO sad 1 Orafoa Jarssy May 30, Wedacsdar afewerial dar i."?,' TiaT BitU Sabaol Jnm S, Saturday School baard pan bids co new Grant ukmi to Jans 4, Uondar Commencement at Ora- . KOB arrtcuitaral Collet. .. 3an 4, Monday School board U bida oa high school addition. opea jane JO, Bandar- CompanjrsJ. leave foe national jraard eaeampBiaat. June 13. Wedneaday - YfiUametU Vnl . .l. . r Jane 14, Tbaraday flac da. ' Jnna 18 Saturday, Marian eovvtv San- , : nm 18. Monday Opening, Dally Va- day school pimto. Jnn IS to 34 7haBtaBo Dallas. Jsn 21, Thursday Regional .Red, Cron eonfereae ia Sales. Jane 19 to SS Salem CbaBtaaon SepUmber 24 to 29 Oregom at ate fair. to be. safe, but is it, ever right? it does not seem possible that a race or - benevolent spendthrifts that we know, ourpelvea Ko i be should be viewed by the rest of the world as a 'selfish group of parsimonious ; dollar-WQrshvfppere. It is the penalty we pay for being an outsider. . . . . i RUSSIAN OBSERVERS Senators Ifing and Lad d are re ported as being about to. make a visit to Russia. It is at the invi tation of the soviet leaders, but the Americans aver that they will pay their own expenses. However, they wjll only view what, the leaders permit them to see. They may think" they are unbiased lob- servers, but their glasses will be colored for 'thenw King is ta Democrat from Utah- and Ladd a Republican ytom North Dakota, but both are said to have indicat ed a disposition to be agreeable with new Russia. The: only way for an American to find out ithe truth about Rdssia is to go there unattached and unknown as tar as possible. . If he can j find safety. protection . and employment as a stranger he may report progress. Unless Russia is safe for the ham blest American citizen the poli ticians have no I business flirting with the Lenin and 'Trotsky ut- THE RED MAN Secretary Work' of the interior department is trying to get at the bottom of the Indian! .'question. The bureau of Indian affairs 'has been , subject to a great ' deal of criticism. and there may be some warrant for some of it. IJhegov ernment wishes to ,be Just-with the Indian, but doesn't always know; how to go about it .: Dr. Workt has nOw called for a con ference of more (than 100' repre sentative men and women-all having some knowledge or author ity in connection with Indian pro blems and affairs. As a result of this conference Ir is hoped to dis close the facts npon which a just and righteouf Indian policy may be based. - from ; a financial standpoint the , American Indians are I the richest people in - the world today, but that is no sign that - they- have .- been accorded justice - and equity. It is hoped that t the conference will render the 'illumination so much .desired.4 v- THE IiONO FLIGHT By their unbroken flight'from Mlneola to San Diego in less than twenty-seven hoars, . Lieutenants Kelly and Macready brought the Pacific Coast at least three days nearer; to the' Atlantic coast; f For distances are .to be measured not merely in miles, but in the actual time required to traverse them. whether by covered wagon, rail road train, steamship, automobile the buys . r: i real FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1923 or airplane. When Kearney led his expedition from the Missouri river to San DIegd his small force spent months crossing the weary wastes of New; Mexico and Arizona. The army has now proved that by air the far longer Journey from coast to -coast can be covered. al most between noon and noon. Speed is the! insistent enemy,, of space. : :' f A writer in the " New .' York World, lays the two army aviators in virtually the same time limit might have flown to Denver and back again, j It would have been an easier course than the last half of their flight across the desert. If they had been sent out to show how the Colorado capital could be bombed by machines starting and returning tol their Long Island base It would, have been no more difficult feat than they perform ed.: With the same skill In navi gation, with the same smooth-run- if iiies iict ; BAD TIE SALTS Says Backache Often -Means Ton ' Have Not Been Drink Inff Enough Water. When you -wake up with bacle- ache and dull misery in the kid ney region it may mean you have been eating, foods 'which create acids,' says a well known authority,-. An excess of such acids over works the kidneys In their "effort to filter-, it from the ! blood and they, become sort of paralyzed and loggy. When your kidneys get sluggish and clog you must re lieve them, like you relieve your bowels' removing 11 the body s urinous Twaste. i else ; you have backache',' j sick j headache, dizzy spells; your - stomach sours, the tongue l is coated, and when" the weather is bad you have rheuma tic twinges. - The urine is cloudy, full of sediment, channels often get sore, water scalds and yod are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night, Either consult a good, reliable physician ! at once : or - get from your pharmacist about four ounc es of Jad Salts take ajtablespoon ful in a glass of . . water before breakfast for a fewtdays and your kidneys may then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and. lemon juice, com bined with lithia, ; and has been used for years to help clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys: also to neutralize acids in the system, so they no longer irritate, thus often relieving bladder weakness, i . Jad Salts is Inexpensive, cannot injure and makes a delightful ef fervescent , vjllthla-water J drink. Drink lots of soft water. By all means have your physician exam, ine your kidneys at least twice a yeir. Adv. 1 u, , ;(-.;: a : HY wa$te time in useless r v -M. tiseinents lay before you w gressive merchant ia town? Why use needless effort b an advertisements enable you to merchandise without even leaving Whypay more than you ought when you can stretch ycur del lar tathe elastic limit by taking advantage of the bargains and good that are daily advertised in T yhy risk dissatisfaction by buying unknown; ushranded geeds when you can assure yourselffcomplete satisfaction by baying ci ' advertised product, backed by the integrity of a man who emends money to establish his name Read the adyerthemehisi CBiiy advertised wares. It is a safe - i . t ; ' a 1, ;... ; . nine engine and the same general run' of luck they would have re ported back; at Roosevelt neia at the end of their day's work ready fori the next adventure. This is to look at the matter from a pure ly military aspect. ; . nUTCil R4IIERS,E31IGItATI3 . j- , K , i f ROTTERDAM, May 24. Dutch liners are carrying many Dutch Back to the Farm for ; i Broddw PATT1 SARROLD OldHome Songs mBnght tightClubsMakeEven Cops Forget to Raid New York Cmr, No matter how citified the New Yorker becomes, a little spark of couritry will still make bwn 4cin to his neighbor. . - . This is being proved on the star- panglcd white . way where every .'tight at the supper clubs and mid . light rendezvous - haunt,- fashion ble night owls lustily yell the chorus f -:Saw Mill River Road as the : dollars orche-s play th- -i 'Jt- . " ; 1 iif. Co-i v- ; "( ta " -?i "shopping around" when ihz :,;';' : :i ,. the choicest wares of every pro .-: endless store-to-stcre c-cst make your choice of the your home? 1 thiYpaper? and to build up public good and soitiid policy i -i farmers and t farm 7 r : i- America. These travelers ui.; ing chjefly to -Pelle, la., ana Hollartcl settlements Iq the sisslppli valley. The swan song of the 12 i : 1 1 it being jsung.: Personally, not say that we are oppo.f ,: their-Retirement, provided a r : er number of fives tak?e the ji j Exchange Pattl ITarrold, herself a : ! country product, started all t! nisceijee craze with the lj r . sings" in 'Glorx.j , , Ecr!) ni :hU Vrz s:r.tc'i : ; i "And it just proves, ! .rold iadds softly, "that rr . dead; only covered up with i Jnderreath, New York is i adrcr- ' vhzn finest w - will?