The Oregon statesman., August 02, 1924, Page 4, Image 4

"T THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST; 2, 1924
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FORSAKE EVIL: Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now
from your evil ways, and from your evil doings. Zechariah 1:4.
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"DECIDED IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS"
41 A decided improvement in business conditions throughout
Oregon is revealed in a survey conducted by the Oregon State
Chamber of Commerce. For the purpose of this survey, A. S.
Dudley, executive secretary of the state chamber, receives con
fidential reports each month from the secretary of the chamber
of commerce and frOm a leading business man.wrhose identity
is not disclosed, in each of 56 cities and towns in Oregon. The
survey for July shows that in35 out of the 56 cities business
is better than it was in June of this year or July of last year.
In 21 cities business is normal, and in two it is worse.
' "At prices now prevailing which may go higher and may
not, the farmers will receive about $1.45 a bushel. Choice mill
ing wheat was quoted ion the Merchants' Exchange here yester
day at $1.55 a bushel, an even 50 cents hight t than a ear ago,
though this grade of wheat makes up a small percentage of the
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"At the rate of. $1.45 'a bushel, the 65,000,000 bushels of
wheat produced, in Oregon, Washington and Idaho this year,
and the 10,000,000 bushels tarried over from last year,, will
bring a return of $108,750,000 to the producers, some $1,250,000
less than last year's gross revenue. An! added advantage of the
-grain growers this year, however, is the lower cost of bags and
a plentitude of farm labor at a reasonable cost, compared with
the 'drug store' prices which the growers paid last year. This
advantage in harvesting costs is figured by the Commercial
Review of Portland at 5 cents a bushel, and on 65,000,000
bushels it amounts to . $3,250,000. This figure added to the
$108,750,000 estimated gross revenue, gives the' farmers $112,
000,000 for this year's crop, as against $110,000,000 last year." '
The above paragraphs are taken from a lengthy news review
in the Oregonian of yesterday of the business situation and
prospects of the Pacific Northwest. The article poes on to tell
of the high prices of hogs and the larger supply '; hogs were 11c
in Portland yesterday, and 10Mi cent3 a pound; in Salem. Re
ceipts of hogs from the Pacific Northwest in June of this year
at the Portland stockyards were 9100, against 6600 in June of
last year ; in May of this year they were correspondingly greater
. than last year. Sheep products are higher, and we have more
jheep. Our "tourist crop," bringing us $35,000,000 this year,
is twice as large as last jear. Prices for the whole farm group
of -crops are up, or in prospect of going up. Here is another
paragraph of the news item being quoted: !
"Eugene and Salem, with a spurt of building
activity, are now leading the Pacific coast in new
construction. ' A report on the 79 leading cities of
the Pacific coast jnst issued by S. W. Strauss & Co.
' . credits Eugene with a gain of 169 per cent in build-'
ing over 1923, ' and! a gain of 185 per cent over
1922. Salem shows a gain of 129 per cent over
based upon sane, sensible and
practical business lines. ;
We repeat the only question in
he prune business is marketing
successfully. This can not be ac
complished without cooperation.
Organization is the only password
to success, as marketing conditions
ave demonstrated year after year.
is still difficult to convince some
rowers that this is bo. If be Is
rying to get anything for his fruit
or other produce, after he has It
ready fori market, he must do It
hrough organizing efficiency and
not through individual effort. j
Cooperation can accomplish this
for him if it is handled in a sys
tematic, businesslike fashion. Too
many producers' organizations
ave gone on the rocks because
some officers ana some members
were in them for what they could
get "on the side."
If a cooperative organization is
ffich ntly administered from the
practical and financial viewpoints
there is no reason why it should
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not succeed. Growers by this time
should be familiar with the con
ditions that have wrecked other
movements alrng this line, and
with that knowledge should be
ble to avpid the pitfalls of extrav
agance, too great overhead, ana
the common practice, of trying to
run before they can walk build
ing up big, expensive systems with
out the tonnage to justify them, j
The new movement of the prune
growers, accordingly, will pe
watched with interest by all pro
ducers. Crert good should come
to the prune growers. They may
hold the, beacon light to show oth
ers the "way. : i
1923 and of 136 per
cent oyer 1922.
This all sounds good : is good. "We are enjoying a balanced
prosperity now ; and the tide is rising. The building activity
in Salem is not going to result in a boom ; nor hi over building.
It might, excepting for the certainty of factory development in
several lines, including linen mills. ,L
Salem will have to keep right on building, for a long, long
time, td keep up with the actual demands of a steadily growing
city. Soon it will begin to look like a boom; but it will not be a
boom. The activity will be based on solid foundations.
BILL BRYAN
TO BE ONE OF US
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William Jennings Bryan began his political career as
citizen of Illinois, but removed to Nebraska after his thirtieth
year and became of national importance when elected to Con
gress from; that state, He is now a citizen of Florida, where he
achieved a residence a few years ago, and it was as a delegate
from Florida that he went to the New York convention. Now
. he is acquiring property and interests in the Los Angeles district
and it is his ultimate purpose to make this his permanent home.
. He told Tammany that he was through with national conven
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But that is all moonshine, or rather, considering Mr. Bryan's
- dryness, it is all loganberry juice. He will not be through with
national conventions as long as he is on this side of the mystic
il - river. It is in his blood. ; He is an addict. (
; It is very" possible that Mr, Bryan will turn up in the next
Democratic gathering as a delegate from the Golden West; and
, : if so California will be the fourth state he has stood for in his
i i picturesque career ; -j '; j .; '!-;:". i
Also, in that case, having been purged of the free silver
: foolishness of his callow youth, and, perhaps, by that time, of
his free trade brainstorm, and of a number of other of the
bughouse ideas o,f his less mature manhood, he will look better
than ever before even to Oregonians and other people up and
down the coast for we! have a habit of standing up for our
t i people, native and adopted, right or wrong ; (preferring them
' to be right, of course. If Bill Bryan becomes one of us; we wil
. overlook a lot of his shortcomings; write his faults on the sands
f of the Pacific seashore, 1 and engrave his virtues in letters of
' .gold on our hearts. j
THE PRUNE MARKET
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Living as we do In the center
of the greatest prune district in
the world, it becomes mighty im
portant - to have the marketing
facilities made adequate. In fact
the prune troubles ; have , always
been marketing troubles. I Sprays
Ing has taken the pests, weather
conditions are favorable for the
raising of the crop. The great
drawback has been where to mar
ket the crop. . y
A new ; prune association has
been formed which promises much.
ine aay is past wnen the prune
grower can sell his own crop sue
te?gfully. He must pool . his in
terests with his neighbors and es
tablish a gelling agency that will
challenge every market in the
country. There have been failures
of course, but: every lesson has
been valuable, and we now know
that cooperation is essential to
satisfactory marketing.
Under the leadership of M
Aewnouse the i Willamette prune
growers can take fresh courage
and understand that there is to be
a cooperative marketing . plan
J. Herwig was getting credit for
that remark.
We protest. While Cleaver
owns the! Jaws, and whie he was
doubtless; proud of them and had
used them for many years for
various occasions, it was Gover
nor Pierce who first calle'd state
attention! to them and emphasized
their importance. Mr. Herwig is
a good man, but he Isn't entitled
to the honor of calling public at
tention lb George Cleaver's jaws.
SHOULD BE TOLD
The Portland papers teem with
information as to the wonderful
development of Portland and the
state of Oregon generally.- The
Portland papers are loyal to their
town to the extent that they report
fairly all j progress being made.
Somebody ought to tell the state
killers about what Portland is do
ing. They live In Portland but
they shut their ears to every bit of
favorable! news. They continue fo
say that Oregon is being ruined.
: Take. the first page of the Ore
gonian yesterday : morning, the
third and foujrth columns.
Wouldn't! it be a glorious thing if
every part of the union was ruined
the same way?
r ELKCTION IX THE HOUSE
TILLAMOOK
The state editorial association
met at Tillamook last week ana
it was a very fine gathering. It
brought together men and women
who are state builders and who
are devoted not only to their com
munity but to the state generally.
However,! it was not the state
about which we desire to com
ment, t - ' !;
Tillamook is as fine a town as
one would care to see. It is clean.
well kept, tidy and progressive.
It is a fitting county seat for one
of the most remarkable counties
in the state of Oregon. There is
reason -for this. It did not just
happen. ' It is the result of ef
fort. That effort is put -forth by
wonderfully alert and aggres
sive citizenship. ?
Everyj voter in i Oregon, who
votes for La Follette votes to
throw the election in the house.
Even the most sanguine advocate
of La Follette does not claim that
be can be elected by the people.
This is one point. . i
The La Follette '. men have
bused the present congress more
than any other congress in his
tory. We do not say that part of
this abuse was not deserved, but
we wish to call attention to the
fact that these same men are now
advocating turning ; over to this
much-criticized congress the great
task of electing a president of the
United States. It is intolerable
The
friendly,
posed to
Tillamook people are
They are kindly dls
one another and towards
the public. We were there two
days and never heard a knock
against anything come from a
home man. They are boosters all.
Tillamook county : has 15,000
dairy cattle and 'has room for
twice that many. Its i cheese are
famous the world over and they
have solved the problem of mar
keting to such an extent that they
take it as a matter of course. We
were gratified to learn that Tilla
mook cheese led the world In the
matter of price. They do this be
cause the quality is such that the
consumers ask for Tillamook
cheese. 1 This Is not. accidental.
It is the result of careful effort
and study.
Tillamook has 100 inches of
rainfall a year, green grass 12
months, and it is ideal for the pro
duction of dairy cows and the best
results from the dairy.
Oregon is proud of Tillamook
and Tillamook county. It is In
many ways our best advertise
ment, our best foot put forward
It was a, privilege to meet the peo
ple there, and we are right glad
that our first visit was so satis
factory.!;
SILVERTON, Or., July 31.
(Special to The Statesman. E.
Munson! is having a house con
structed; on his property about one
half mile west of Silvertori. Mr.
Munson purchased a farm of about
40 acres a few years ago and has
divided it into a number of lots on
which he has built several bunga
lows. The house now being built
is the seventh all of which are
more or less of the same type.
They are small one-story bunga-
ows and most of them have the
red composition roofing. Mr.
Munson's own home is on Mill
street. ! ., '
XOT PACIFISTS
We are going off wrong In this
country; and it is a pity. As
matter of fact ; there are mighty
few pacifists here. They j are
negligible. Every pacifist was
bawled out during the war, and
compared with our population the
per cent was very small.
There is a controversy about
military preparedness but there
is no controversy about America
being strong and masterful and
able to take care of itself. !We
all want that. We do not want
to foster a war spirit, but no harm
can be done by falling in line with
the government when a plan Is
evolved to show to the world the
strength of America and at the
same time to give onr own peo
ple Information regarding , the
virility of America. War Is
hateful thing and we should have
no more of it, but war and mill
lary demonstration among our
selves are different. I
Grantedr-tbat this was conceiv
ed by the militarists for the pnr
pose of firing a war spirit, itg
operation has gone so far that it
simply reveals the strength ot
America to America. - I
'LOOK AT THOSE JAWS'
Governor Pierce, marked George
Cleaver exhibit "A" at Seaside
and remarked. "Look at those
jaws,"' as a proof that the proh!
bitlon officer was doing his duty.
but before the week was over W.
Mr. Munson Is Building
On! Farm Near Silverton
THE REVELATION OF CHRIST
(Copyright 1924 ly San Joae Mercury ;.
TO make an effort to improve on the past, even in religion,
or to xtrive to get a imore perfect understanding of the truth
revealed to the world in the life and words of Jesus as recorded
in the New Testament should Uot be regarded as a criticism of
any religion or as au effort to destroy Christianity or to weaken
the faith-of any one in' it. The true basis of the Christian re-
igion is' the life and teaehingsjof Jesus, and .the only reeord we
have;of these is comprised in the four Gospels of the New Tes
tament. From the standpoint of the professed follower of Christ
what; is there : revealed must be admitted to be the very highest
authority; higher even than arty -of the later Epistles, comment
aries; creeds or dogmas,' no matter by whom formulated or com
posed. It would, therefore, seem tr be a duty to strive to un
derstand the full significance ;of tins highest revelation and to
squafe mi thoughts, beliefs, conduct and lives by it, unfettered,
as far as possible, by t hp ignorance, fanaticism, superstition and
darkness of the' past. 1 I -,
The revelation-of Christ came to a world steeped in Pagan
ism. (This pagan world necessarily understood ijiueh of Christ's
message in the! language of paganism. In otler words, they
interpreted it in the light.of their .own understanding which had
for a foundation 'centuries of paganistio teaching and philos
ophy. What wonder, therefore, if much of the !past interpreta
tion in ml understanding of therevclation of .lesijis were colored,
if not entirely dominated,- hy thn paganistie philosophy! For
example, the one ' universal dogma common to- all pagan re
ligions is'-the necessity of sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin.
God being angry with the sinner can only be appeased by some
physical offering.' Generally the necessity of the shedding of
blood was emphasized in order that the cruel, inexorable, un
changeable law of God could be satisfied and the sinner enabled
to escape the wrath to come. This and much more of the pagan
philosophy , was engrafted upon ;the then new Christianity and
stilLiclings to nearly all forms of 'the Christian religion.
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Perhaps even yet we are not sufficiently spiritually enlight
ened to fully comprehend the significance to the world of the
revelation of Jesus ; but certainly we must have advanced some
what in spiritual enlightenment and should be able to come
nearer to understanding this revelation than the people of two
thousand years ago or those of five hundred or even of one hun
dred years ago. Is it not about time that we strove to under
stand this revelation entirely divorced from the ideas engrafted
upon.it 'by the. past? Looking at the record entirelv divorced
from the ideas of the past there is nothing in the Gospels to up
hold the idea that an physical shedding of blood, or offering,
or sacrifice is necessary before there can be forgiveness of sin
and a reconciliation of the sinner to God.
On the contrary God is there represented as a God of love and
not of wrath. It is there promised that the pure in heart shall
see Jinn and that those who do His will and keep His com
mandments are to enter the heavenly state. Righteousness, un-
seltisriness, service to men, spiritual living and regeneration.
growing up into the very likeness of the Father in life and con
ductthese and similar things are what the Gospels evervwhere
emphasize as the essential things in religion, not the shedding of
blood or sacrifice or physical offerings.
Much of this same teaching is to be found in the later books
of the Old Testament. Isaiah, speaking in the name of Jehovah
declares: "To what purpose is the multitude of vonr sacrifices
unto me! saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bul
locks,, or of Iambs, orhe goats." "Bring no more vain obla
tions; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and
sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I can not away with; it is
iniquity, even the .solemn meeting." "Wash you, mqke you
clean ; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes ;
cease to do evil ; learn to do: well; seek judgment, relieve the
oppressed, jftdge the fatherless, plead tor the widow. Come now,
and let us reason together, saith the Lord; though your sins be
as scarlet they! shall be as white as snow; though "they be red
like crimson they shall be as wool."
, Could anything be plainer? Nit sacrifice and burnt offer
ings, not long prayers and solemn meetings, but righteousness,
Four? Passengers Lost Their Lives When Tanker's
Steel Nose Stove in Side of Liner, Boston
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Had the hole shown here. In the
tide of - the Kastrh Steamship
liner, Boston, which .was carrying
over 800 pa'Sengfrs, been ten feet
lower.) the Moks of life would have
Ven appalling. As it was. four
passengers asleep in their cabins
were crushed to death when th
tanker Swift Arr.ow rammed th
Boston In the dead of nlsht. durJ
Ine a heavy fog off Point Judith,
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WALTER R CHRYSLER'S I
EFFECT ON PEDESTRIANS
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Pedestrians, looking for vehicles In
opposite directions, might as well
cross corner diagonally. This condii
tion grows worse if, view is cut off
by buildings.
PATHS OF LEAST
RESISTANCE
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About 6L per cent,
follows this shortest
of the traffic
and easiest
despite all .contrary regula
Note veiiicle moves fast and
course
tions.
on wrong side of two streets.
RIGHT ANGLE-CONTROL
SPEED
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If all vehicles turn around center,
traffic ; intersects at! right angles aid
under j control. Note right angle at
cross walks. Accidents rarely occur
under these conditions. ,
"Here Come the Elephants
JJO you remember how you used to: be on the job bright
and early to see the circus parade? Remember how
you thrilled as the lions, tigers, and the big, lumbering
elephants passed in review? How the horses, the Blare
of . the bands, the antics of the clowns, and the glitter of it
all inspired you with a fervid determination to see the real
show: the big performance in the tent?
You didn't realize it then, but you Were getting a lot out
r of an attractive advertisement. ,,
Perhaps you don't realize it now, 4 but other advertise
ments, just as attractive, just as interesting and far more
valuable to you, parade daily before you in the columns
of this paper. " J
The merchants and makers of everything you want or
need, here display before you their most attractive wares.
It is truly the greatest show on eari
v
The whole purpose of any advertisement is to excite your
curiosity, gain your interest, arouse your desire1 to tell
you something you don't know; to remind you of some"
thing you have forgotten; to convince you of something
over which you have been hesitating.
In short, the purpose of an advertisement is, in one way
or another, to make you happier.
Read the advertisements and see
if that isnt so?
justice and love in life and conduct are the things necessary to
wipe away sin and satisfy the demands of the God of loA'e, of the
God revealed bv Jesus.
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God's Iqws are indeed? just as nnciliangeable and inexorable
as the mostj devout pagan ever supposed them to be yea, very
much- more; so,-sinee no shedding of blood, physical offering,
intellectual; acceptance of creed or dogma or anything else hu
man can chknge them. Yes, suffering sometimes most terrible,
attends; the! infraction of these laws.- This is so, not because God
is angry with men, but because lie Joves them and would teach
themjto obey these laws-so that they may enjoy the resulting'
blessings.Love, not wrath, prompted the Creator to make the
law such 'that when we thrust our hand in the fire the smart
results from the burn. Thus we are prevented from allowing the
fire to consume our members. A beneficent God has made suf
fering to accompany war, so that men shall turn in loathing and
horror from Avar. Every pain that afflicts the bodies of men,
every sorrow that comes to the heart is either the result of the
infraction of some law of God or an expression of men's ignor
ance yr lack of developinent, and pain ami sorrow are intended
to compel us to learn and obey the Father's fixed and eternal
laws land to seek spiritual growth and knowledge which alone
will banish) all sorrow and suffering from the world.
Make no mistake about it, enlightenment, love, justice, un
selfish service to men, righteousness, spiritual strength and re-generation-f-these
are the fulfillment of the law of God, not the
shedding of blood, not physical offerings to the deity, not un
natural and unreasonable intellectual conceptions; not sham or
pretense in;religiou, not ceremonial nor ritual no, not anything
less than a pure heart, a. regenerated spirit and a life dominated
by the spirit of Christ and daily exemplifying His life and
teachings. I ' , ' J '
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