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" .. . Issued. Pally Exeopt Monday by " - 1 THB ftTATE&MAV PTTBLISHINQ COatTAYY t , ; Booth Commercial Rt.. Salem. Oretroa 1 i (Portland Off ico. 801 Worcester Bid., C. F. Williams. Vfr.) R. 3. HENDRICKS I Preside . . . CABLE ABRAM3 "r Secretary 1 ' . : MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED FBXSS i Ts Associated Frees is exclusirely entitled to tbe ate for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. i ; ... It. 3 Hendricks John L. Brady Frank JaakoskJ I ' ,! - . BUSINESS OF FICKS: ! 1'. Thomaa T. Clark Co.. New York, 141-145 West Sth St.; Chicago, ntarqoetta Build ' I a inc. W. 8. Grotnwahl. Mgr. S - .., - ; Bvialnesa Office . Kawa Departssonk . , . . -; t Job Department Entered at the Poatofflco In Salem. THE BRITISH The British elections of loosing of a Parliament that ernment at the head of whieh is Stanley. Baldwin, Conservative J Premier. The membership of 615 in that law making body will -be made up of only about 260 Conservatives to nearly 200 Laborites and their sympathizers and 155 Liberals and their J sympathizers " , 1 Though there are many cross-currents of sympathy on the t main issue involved in the election The main issue was whether " Great Britain should lean further to the idea of protection for British capital and labor, or should return to a greater degree to the traditional policy of free trade. if I The leading London Socialist newspaper, the Daily Herald, speaking a few days ago, said: , , "The workers of Great Britain are passing 5 t. . i through a period-of distress ;more severe than, any ; : t aUil wunin living memory, beaten down and their stanaara oi uving reauceu. Unemployment on an unparalleled' scale has be come a permanent feature of our .industrial sys tem.; For: the fourth winter in succession more than a sixth of the working population is idle" or ; continuously underemployed. : - Vl : . , ? k i . . "Conservatives and Laborites agree that the . ' condition of the worker is desperate ; but they dif- i ferf radically concerning the remedy to employ. The Labor -party would relieve the present stress . r oa the working population by a capital levy. They would "tax the rich to feed the poor," until what they consider a condition of temporary unemploy ment passes. The Conservatives assert that this . ," would only be a palliative that would drive capital fromT, the country and make the condition of the ; i i u ,r workers still more deplorable. They proposed a iivprotective -tariff which would both raise consider- .. able revenue and would preserve the British mark- etstn part at least, for British: labor and indus-' V Commenting on the statement of the Daily Herald quoted 'above, the London Morning Post said a few days ago: ! ; ; '$acJi is the state of the country that used to I ' boast itself the . workshop of the world and which still follows an economic policy abandoned or re jected invery' other nation The patie-isv-ear-w--y . ' tainly ill, ill that if there 'as a remiedyit would " " 4 be criminal not to try it. If we. confine "ourselves " to tranquility we sliall probably end in the tran ; quility of death. "We must try some prescription . ' ; and the question is whether we are to try a cure . I v.whiehv4ias been tested by the experience' of every country in the world or a remedy that has never ' ueentried anywhere, but the mere threat of which , . .'. recently threw Switzerland into convulsions.' ' ,t Great Britain will; probably "muddle through, as she has always done. Many individuals in the Labor party are in favbr of a protective policy.5 responsibility of power, they will draw back from the cupping and "bleeding of the Socialist program " - ' - v ' 'Perhaps they will look . to , the United States where, as stated; by one of them a few days ago, "at the present time things are better both for master and man than iriany other country in the world." i ! I -The term 'master and -man'- shows something of the dif ference in view point between the two countries. :We are not divided into classes of masters and men in the United States. We. are workers together, each for the good of all,,- At least we are such for the most part. This is our traditional condition That is the Tight way, for. stability, serenity,, peace and pros- penty. ' . ; . . -The fight of the Baldwin government offers ' anInspiring "example of merr wjio are willing to sacrifice their present politi- eal 'dominance, as well as to risk their political future, for what . theyvbelieve to bj4iie salvation .of Brtishaabor and industry. Through such .'sacrifices does a people not only become , gret, but maintain' its greatness. r "' j ? ; J LOokin? at the result nt :lhe 'Tlritisli eleefinns fmm -the 1 most'pessimistic view point, jthere is nothing but the blackness of despair, even the sinister shape of red anarchy, ahead , But remembering the disposition and capacity of the British people to "muddle through, we J hapsthough, things may be a uetier. . 1 That is a strange government, any way; a people of some o5fOQO000, without a constitution, and with what seems a loose , system,-being the governing force of domains with hundredss of millions scattered around the world and, of, the 35,000,000 only a bare lew thousands being the JLIiKETLNG WI1E.VT . The farmer is asking the goT . ernment to do for him precisely -.what it does for the manufactur f ins1 indnstry. under the tariff, bo more, no' less. For one hundred years we have" pointedjlo our pr'o- tectlvc tariff as the evidence ot i our ability to -take care of our laboring , peopled . When we com Vmence to apply; this principle to 4 our farmers?-we find objection froa"'thoj.Trotectedindustriev I is a shame. AValter J. Robinson, ; NOMINATION COUPON " The Oregon Statesman Automobile Compctitiori , ' : GOOD FOR 10,000 VOTESm ... , , v I nominate as a member oMhe Oregon Statesman Automobile Competition: ; Iianc . ' Address . Tov.a.. -;--!r ! by ' 1, tc XJrAy four of thrs3 entry "OianKs win dc ac- i. t. BRADY Vice-President -. ; If aaater - -S Editor lEaaagar Job lept. TELEPHONES: 23 Circulation Offieo 23-109 Society Editor S8S 10 MS OregV as second ease naitter. ELECTIONS Thursday have resulted in the will be against the present gov- iiuur wac ukzvh Perhaps upon study, with tKe . - - : y - may expect better things: per lot worse before they are .much - rv? ly: i i -y.-y- real governing force. , ?; general manager of j the Washing ton Wheat- Growers' ; association Just back from Washington, told the Spokane conference that "Those fellows pack there seem to think we are after' a subsidy and are askins.tbem to pay our losses oilt of the treasury- It is surprising the' propaganda : ttiire is against us." I" . . .- The bounty plan.' so far as it has been discussed in this region, contemplates the purchase by a government commission of the ex portable surplus, the commission ; : r - RFD. Stale. ----- : ' to 'market the surplus abroad . and pay the bonus out of a fund to be derived from a tax on the entire wheat crop of the United States. While that appropriation would be a loan, and would eventually return to the treasury, it would be difficult as Manager Robinson says, to educate part of the Ameri can people to the fact that it would be only a loan, and not a subsidy. It is fortunate for the wheat growers that the bounty plan is not dependent on the buying and marketing of th.e exportable sur plus by government agency. A government 'agency "could confine Its duties to the collection of the tax on the wheat, crop and the pay ment of the export "bounty out of the fund thus ' created. That would not require a government appropriation. It would permit the exDorted wheat to flow abroad through , the usual channels, the government commission merely paying out of the fund. The bounty should be sufficient to put t he ' price of American grown wheat on a level with the prices that the wheat grower mast pay for labor, farm machinery and all the other-commodities he has to buy. If that just and desirable end can : be attained through a bounty plan, to be supported by the wheat growers themselves and without appropriations, from the federal treasury, it should s have the approval of both great, parties in congress. The republican plat; form of 1920 truly said. 4"The farmer is the backbone of the na tion," and that "the crux of the present agricultural condition lies in prices, labor and credit." : THE PULPIT We just read an article from a man who is leaving the church because he concluded that there was more politics than religion in the pulpit. The poor boob! The pulpit is not saturated with politics. The pulpit 4s the one in stitution that has kept itself clean in America. .The church has nof met the challenge always, but there are? mighty few- Instances wherein the pulpit has failed. We get mighty tired of hearing the pulpit denounced by men in capable iotjnaking' fair conclu sions. The pulpit is the spokes man of the church and it speaks In righteous language. WILL IMPROVE Jast now there is a terrible dis regard for the truth in liquor cases. Men, -vftre perjuring them selves with impugnity and offi cers, accept bribes without consid ering the '.consequences.- It is a horrible ." situation but one that every state, has. gone through in the prohibition legislation and en forcement.' However, it is not a hopeless situation. In time the men will learn that perjury is a crime and will appreciate the ser iousness of bribery. The prohibition Jaw is one to which the people must be edu cated, and only time can do that. In enforcing the revenue laws in the mountains the government's greatest difficulty was making the officials understand that they were committing a crime. We re call one instance where four min isters were arrested, and they ar gued that inasmuch as it was their own com they had a right to do as they pleased with it. The men were not ' criminally minded. This situation extends alover. he country in me newer promomon states. Later public ' conscience will be aroused and men will not perjure themselves the way they do now. It is true that prohibition makes perjurers of honest men, but it Is also true that it effects its own cure in time. . DAZED) ' Senator Johnson is dazed. The president might have started in to hit him between the eyes, but he ended by ' submerging him. . Be fore he makes a statement he must have time to shake himself, get all the water out of his mouth, nose and ears, and he may have to tick his finger down his throat in order to relieve his stomach. But it will come. You can't keep a man. like:Wm"a6wn r:U' BUY SEALS : The Oregon Statesman, has, up on more than One occasion, -urged the people of Marion and Polk counties to buy Christmas seals. Every penny so invested is an in vestment in the fight against the white plague. A liberal sale this year means a' continuation of the great progress that is being made In mastering this terrible disease. WE ACT FIRST If you will notice Americansi tbey always act first and investi gate afterward-.1. They never lock the garage . door until after the "spare" has been stolen. We are a .great people to Investigate, to rrnch conclusions when 1 nothing Cap'n Zyb If you boys want to get Dad something- he 'really wants for Christmas, make him one of these collar-boxes. A. bought collar box Is expensive, but you can make I CoterBox f cui boxdoun sue one every bit as nice as a bought one at an expense of about forty five cents. ' . T Get a square cigar box and cut It as shown In the drawing. Enam el it white inside and out. Take a piece of flexible, brown leather 7"xll" and put it in place, as shown, with large, brass headed tacks, f Trim the leather which overhangs the front of the box so that there will ibe tbrtee flaps which are to have ''buttonholes" slit , in them to fit1 over wooden peg buttons. " " The -white enamel is used be cause it is washable, easily kept clean and looks clean at all times. About one and one-half dozen col lars can easily be kept In a box the size of the one Illustrated and they will be kept clean and not crushed out of shape. j r. ; capx zyb. to reverse the .process'. We" are going ; to investigate in advance and then anything that gets by Is going to be all right. A GOOD MOVE The Oregon, Statesman; has learned with a good deal of inter est that Adam Engle is going to build a seven apartment bungalow. All the rooms will be on the first P ry? . header tufifeensme I' 'IJ ... Yw delicious salad oil The most wholesome fat for frying - - - And an excellent shortening floor, and every tenant will have a little bit of yard. These build ings are becoming popular over the country and they meet a real need. Mr. Engle has not been. in Salem long, but he has done his portion of the building. 4 LEST WE FORGET The contributors to the . Red Cross, never -. intended for their money to be loaned .out. They did -Intend for it to be used for service. The district composed of the two counties needs a nurse. The organization has the money with which to hire one. A'OT A PATRIOT Germans are not all patriots even to their own country. The man Stinnes is typical of the sor did selfishness of German money grabbers. He is willing for any thing to happen to Germany," just so long as it does not happen to him. Germany's greatest enemy is Hugo Stinnes and his gang of confederates. The proposal convention is not representative of the people, more especially of public sentiment. Candidly. President Coolidge has mighty little advantage in South Dakota, The endorsement he received carried 'tfith it very little political significance. The Oregon Statesman wishes it were possible to' entirely elimin ate the cinder evil. It believes that it" can. practically be done. Every effort should be made to keep down the evil. , The sheriff of an Idaho county was convicted of booze running, but refuses to give up his office. There Is a good chance for the law to assert Itself and kick tb un worthy official out. A new fad has made its appear ance. It is to use Ice as a beauti fier. We dissent. Mud is more plentiful and more easily applied. We continue to vote for mud as a beautlfier. The rains the last few days, especially the wind, make a mid dle west man feel ''very much at home, ' , ; The Copyright, 1033, Associated Editors. IN 3N0PPYQU0P LAND L . iti frrrrrrf This gentleman, whom we will call Will Barrow, because that's his name, has just crossed Forty-Second Strand Broad way in defiance of the traffic laws, and the laws of gravitation. In spite of this, he upholds himself wtih dignity, and sails down the, boulevard with all the bovine bravado of a brave,. beautiful barrow. , : '..'t .r.;' l;V ' . ' :. '. ' ' Look at his knees! See the chimney just South-of .his ear! (It enables him to sneak a smoke behind his "back.) Will he get there though? ' ' ' 1 ? ' See that tack in the path of this human garden implement? If he hits it Oh boy! There'll be a pretty puncture which will exhaust both his air and his patience. V FOLEY PILLS RRIXG RELIEF "FOLEY PILLS are the best I have tried. My kidneys work a lot better since I received your gen erous offer," writes John W. Bro gan, Adams, Mass. FOLEY PILL are a diuretic stimulant for the KIDNEYS and while being ta ken close attention should be paid to the diet. Avoid sweets, pastry, starchy food, alcoholic drinks, tea and coffee. Drink plenty of good fresh water, and keep the body warmly clothed. Refuse substi tutes. Sold everywhere. Adv. You need a fat as good as Wesson Oil to make fried food as good to eat and as wholesome as fried food ought to be. Haven't you ever used Wesson Oil for anything but salad dressings? lnd Girls Statesman Biggest IJtUa Paper In the World, v . 7 v ; WHERE KOTHTNO SEEMS QUEEB T FUTURE DATES T December 11, Tuesday Election of of ficers by (,'bcrrians. . December 12, Wednesday Annual Bo tarian ladies' night.. lerember 12. Wednesday Fourth An imal banquet ot Company il, 162nd in fantry. December 13. Thnriday United Arti sans bazaar ' in Odd Fellowa halL 'December 14, Friday Annual elertion of officer for the Chamber of Commerce. December 14. Friday 40 & 8 Cero raonial at Silverton. lcrfmber 15. Hatnrday -Organiiation of rft-erTc offirera association, armory. December 25, Tnesday Christmas day. .IWnntipr 27. Tlnrrtr Awmul lw . LOADS 0 FUN 11 ill ,'. Edited by John M. Miller. A CHEISTMA6 CORNUCOPIA The pink sugared pop corn, candy," nuts and what-not that is the due of every ; member of the family' on Christmas day might Just as well be hung on the Christ mas Tree In cornucopias Instead of crowding oat room in the stock ings that might otherwise be filled with more presents! To make a cornucopia, tie a piece of chalk in the end of a string. Hold the string six Inches from the' chalk with your thumb. With the other hand swing the chalk around on a piece of stiff paper to make a circle. ' Use one fourth of this circle for the corn ucopia -with an extra flap on one side tor pasting. Fasten it in the cone shape. ' '' Make a four Inch circle for the holder. By tracing around the top of the cone on the circle yon win get a line ' corresponding to the dotted one in the diagram. Cut out a smaller piece from the cen ter of the holder, then cut uniform flaps to the dotted line. Yon tlad that the cone will slip Inside and you may paste the flaps under neath to hold it in place. tHang the cornucopia to the tree by red strings. ; ; . tion of offieer-Bnsine Mens Leafae. January 1, Tneadav Now Teari r. January 8, Tuesday -Installation ( t fieera. Capitol Post Ko. 9, Americaa Le cion. January 10, 11 and 12, County jd? sad commissioners of Oregon to meet is. Slw. January iz, paturoaj 1 mmmwiim aw ( omonial at Albany. , ; February 23, Saturday Dedication statu Th Circuit &i4ar." la stsU . houso i grounds. . - Classified Ads in Th3 -Statesman Bring Results -1 - i--i - - a "I ; 1 I i L