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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1924)
: t . . . 4f ' limed Daily Except Monday by i ; ; THS 'STATESMAN CBXJSHXNO OOKFA' S15 Booth Commercial 8t, Salem. Orfa-fj B. J. Handrirka "ohm L. Brady i Vaok Jaakoekl i 1 - j MEMBER Or THS Tli Aaaociated Preaa la eirhmively aewa dinnatche credited ta it or not otherwiae credited in tbi paper aao alao the !: lal mwi pablUhed herein. .- ! : BUSINESS OFFICK: ' "fTdi . Thenae F. Clark Co., New York, 141-143- W-t 3th RL; Cbicagf. Marquette Build in. W. S. Orothwahl. Jigr. (Portland Office, 83 Worceiter Bid.. Thene 6637 BRoadway. CI F. Williama. Mgr.) U TELEPHONES: . . 88 f : Clrcnlation Of fief 1 -- 33-106 Society Editor Sb Job Department ' ; - - 683 h : Bnalneoa Office ! ' Kiwi Department i Entered nt the Poetoffiee is Salem. ' BIBLE THOUGHT AXI PRAYER 2 ' Prepared by Radio BIBLE SERVICE Bureau, Cincinnati, Ohio. If parents will have their children memorix he daily RiMe select ions. It will prove a priceless heritage to them In after yea" .' j ; August 19, 1924 '' lf ' A SAFE FORTRESS: As the mountains are round about Jeru salem, so the Lord is round about his people front; henceforth even for ever. Psalm 125:2. i ' l PRAYER: O God, Thou God; of our sal vatiqw, Thou art our Keeper, therefore, the sun shall not smite us by day nor the moon by night.; i i , . THE SOUTH AND THE TARIFF j Tim Ti.rt A 1 1 C- A 1 V 1 ItUU. a, va a,uuv ctii-fort nn nestnf hornets in and letters ( received by the Ianufacturers' ReVord, of Haiti more, from leading manufacturers, agricuiturisfs, bankers and other representative men ; the gist tt which isltjiat the indus tries of the South are dependent for prosperity, i not for actual existence, upon a protective tariffs ' And it is pointed out that the once great Sea Island cotton industry, formerly one of the foremost in the South, has been killed through the unwillingness of Southern Congressmen to vote for a protective tariff; that the cotton hulls in the South, rivaling those of New England in importance 'are conf routed with the competition of European mills dpejtcd at wages which, if adopted here, would destroy the Airierian standard of living; that without a protective tariff many lines of industry in the South would be subjected to the compet!tii of millions of Asiatic laborers whose wages average. 6 cents pif day; that free trade or a low tariff would mean the ruin of the' Southern sugar interests forthe benefit not of consumers butf of the owners of Cuban plantations; that the rice and peanut! growers of the South need protection against Asiatic compettin; and that the manufacturers of iron, steel ami cement are pjiially in need -of protection under the tariff laws. . j ffj' These are the views and opinions and testimony of represen tative business men of the South, as communicated to and set forth in a leading exponent of Southern industrial interests ! And they provoke the curious speculation to what extent the South will continue to vote solidly in favor of a political policy which it thus declares t( be inimical to it'gp own economical welfare m-.- - ! f.rS i : ; To follow thif gestures of a dead hand s io keep alive an issue in American politics that oy acciaeni oy - conaiitons oi iue past . iui usir chihw; ohono-Pri. fin issiia fhflt shoiihl npver have had a place in our political struggles, and that hasTno place now- Because the tariff is a business question It is fundamen tally in no way sectional. Yet the representatives in Congress from the south. Keep up tnis smy gnosi HaiinHK, "(5' 1 ,try. it suouid oe aeaaer mamne nioouy uii. i mnnManwMnmmam.ieMe-ml !., i ' HOW LONG WILL WE ENDURE THIS? : Based on returns of the; Department o Commerce it is 'estimated that something like $205,000,000 inore vas paid to foreign than to American ships last year for the transportation of merchandise imported and exported by this country. M The total water borne commerce of the Ignited States for I the year was $6,850,000,000, which was 86 per cent of our entire ' foreign trade. Shippers ordinarily estimate that th freight cost , - of transporting goods overseas averages 10 per cent cm the value of the goods, including brokerage and other services. American 'ships carried nearly $2,400,000,000 worth of his freight while foreign ships carried $4,450,000,000 worth, s iat; on this basis, I -American ships received foreign ships received , 463.000.000 worth of American' it Mie nru nnn .1 V - -The decline in the use of American ships for the transporta tion of American freights has been steady sinee 1920. In that .year our ships carried 42 per cent of our imports jand nearly 44 per eentjpf our exports. In 1923 American sjips parried 31 per ,v -cent of our imports and 3& per cent of our exports: The decline 4 in the carriage of American exports has not bten so rapid, whieh Vindicates that American exporters are endeavoring to hang Ion to the home ship as, a means for distributing goods abroad f .t Although foreign competition is weakening, their grip. it Our favorable trade balance in 1923, measured by the" excess tot exports over imports, was $376,000,000rf-which, after the freight bill was paid to foreign ships, left jps $171,000,000 on 5 these two transactions alone to meet other charges among which were the money sent abroad by alien laborers, that :. spent, by tourists in foreign lantrV in 1923, estimated $ $300,000,000, and the interest on foreign investments in this o. mi try, etc. ' . ; - It is readily apparent that when all thseitems of income rand outgo are taken into consideration, the lift balance is against ; the United States. - " 111! '. How long will our people endure this? 1 1 low long will our leaders at Washington continue to misreprelent the true wishes Jaid the highest interests of the great majority of our. people? I The leaders of neither political party are blanteless. The Ameri Vean people should rise up and demand constructive policies that 'will guarantee the huilding tipof a great njlrchant marine. A return to the policy of the founders of our government, provid ing for preferential duties and charges in! favor off American t'bottoms, would accomplish this, With oqc strike of the pen. ' ... - I1 ' . ii :.. 1 r WATCHIXO RESULTS f X couple of years ago the coun ; try was electrified by the an ouncement that insulin had been ..found to b a cure for diabetes. Tb Nobel prize was awarded upon . Jhis. - ' . ''''!" ' j. Now we are told that insulin is pot a cure at all. It Is really a ; pallatlve and that there is no cure 'for diabetis. However, bo many good effects have come from In- i sulin treatment that many people have accepted it as a cure. $ We are reliably informed by a j capable doctor that if a person takes insulin he must continue to fake it the balance of his life, Th 'Metropolitan Life Insurance company has checked up 500 cases of death from" diabetes. The corn- i.. lif. ICUMfCff Jab Dept. ASSOCIATED PRESS entitled te the ne frit' paMteattoa of a'.. ': 5lif - SflS 106 Oregon, aa aeeond elaa matter. 4 - ,: '9. a. - " -Ti A the South, acconliijjr to teleirrams was thrust intjf the foreground ;': .4 pany found -that only 43 4-10 per cent of the ases had been treated by Insulin, a Jid in 62 per cent of the cases ipulin had been used less than a pionth; in 31 per cent of the easels n.sulin had been used less than 'allFeek'beford death. 1 The contplications included coma, . arteto-flcleroris, chronic nephritis a gangrene. Insulin was used mainly to the coma com plications, Ijtjt usually too late to be of mucl assistance. Hospital ; cases' were generally given insulin treatment to a great er degree ithan those treated in the home. The larger towns uso it more than the smaller towns and rural ' areas. In the former about half .the cases were treated with insuliM while only about one ihird in-the rural areas received $240,000,000 for theirlf reight lull, while $445,000,000. , British f$!nps carried $2,- freijjhts, which would give them such treatment. The analysis of these 500 cases leads the company to. reach the following conclusions: There is no particular type of diabetes which does not Justify the use of insulin. Unsatisfactory re sults can be largely ascribed to absence of treatment, late use of the treatment, lack of cooperation or ignorance of the patient and to complications that might easily in themselves, have caused death. The subject is being studied at greater length by the company's medical staff. ' Meanwhile other experts are delving into the origin of insulin. Creation of the sub stance in complete purity has not been achieved yet. ! !' CAREY OF CAMAS VALLEY The Portland papers contain a photograph of V. E. Carey of Camas Valley, who has lived In that vicinity for 60 years and has never been to Portland before, j! Ever been in Camas Valley? It. is not a valley at all. It is a plateau on a mountain top. You leave Roseburg and climb stead ily until you reach a point where the waters divide, one going in one direction and one another. This Is Camas Valley. From that spring and pool you can look in every direction and see a fertile valley. The people there now have a road and can get out eas ily, but for 60 year3 they did not have a road. For many years they . went backwards and wor wards on foot, then they made trails so that horses could go on them, and finally a highway .was made between Roseburg and Marshfield and Camas Valley was robbed of its Arcadian seclusion. For 60 years Mr. Carey and his neighbors lived there contented and happy. They were not very prosperous, but they : were , not poor. They did not live in good houses, but all their simple wants were supplied. They raised crops every year. Their so-called valley' is one of the most fertile valleys in the world. They always have rainfall, and the only objection that could possibly be ..made ; is that the conditions of life are so easy that the residents do not have to work hard enough to make a living. ! Possibly Mr. Carey lost consid erable by not seeing Portland and possibly he did not. A man who could stay in one place like that for 60 years has developed his own compensations. . Mr. Carey could go out on his porch no mat ter what direction ' that porch faced and see the beautiful moun tains. He could see from his porch no matter which way the porch faced his own crops and his neigh bors crops. He could go to the creeks that run in either direction and quench his thirst with water so delightful that tourists now passing through there lament it is not wicked. For 60 years Mr. Carey has lived in the same neigh borhood, has seen children grow up, marry, rear their own families and then seen those children grow up. It is a great thing to live in one place and watch the develop ment of the children. Those who gad about, those who pay so -little attention to home that they are al ways taking trips to the seaside, to Portland, and other places even for a short time lose the personal contact with their neighborhood. They lose the thrill of intimate acquaintance with the children, of seeing them grow, of speculating on whom they resemble, and when thev ernw tin which na rent's char acteristics will prevail, how the children will turn out, how and whom they will marry, whether their progeny will revert back to the sturdy pioneers or to 'the soft present generation. . ' it Is a great privilege to live in one place for 60 years and see all these things. It is a greater priv ilege than going up on top of some big building and seeing the great est city in the world. City build ing i3 the work of man. Life building is the work of God,? Added to the forests these big trees, these mountains, these big rocks, all the work of God there is the development of th people living in that locality, the char acter building,' the character de velopment, the character outcome, and then finally, there is the feel ing that when death comes loving hands will perform the last rites and ' those in ; attendance at the funeral - will not pull oft, their gloves as th'ey hurriedly leave the chapel and rush back to their busi ness, sorry that they had to lose a couple of hours. ' it is great to live in Camas Val ley, great to be a part of 'that quiot, respectful, spiritual life. KEKPIXfi (IIIUMtKV IX, T SCHOOL The statement of Mrs, Mary Fulkersonj county superintendent, published in Sunday's Oregon Statesman, was an unpleasant rev elation to the people of this coun ty. The worst feature about it is that it is true. Our children are not remaining in school. We are spending literally millions, yes billions, for education, and if the same rule holds in other counties as holds here, a good percent ef our children arc not availing them selves Of; the opportunity offered. It is a situation that 'challenges our most devoted attention. We must find a remedy, f If education does equip people as we thing It does, every child should havft it. It Is 'hard to see the use of compulsory education laws unless they are enforced. The only way to enforce such laws is to keep the children in school. The offender is sometimes the child but most generally it is the par ents. A wilful child; may balk on going to school, but that child has a right to have his; parents force him to go. A man' has a right to look his parents in the face and demand why they did not do their duty and force him to do the things; that were good for him in years before he arrived at ac countability. This resolves itself then into a question between the parents and the schools. TRUSTIES AMI HONOR The Oregon Statesman confess es that it is grieved at so many trusties running away from the penitentiary. A man who is not a trusty: has made no honorable obligation to remain,': He is there against his will and can not be blamed for getting out just as quickly as he can,; but the man who is a trusty has entered into certain obligations by which he gets liberties and in exchange for those liberties makes a compact that he will not run away. ; A prison can afford to make this compact: because the fewer men it ; has to guard the better it can get along. The convicts can af ford to make this obligation be cause the liberties they enjoy mean a great deal to them. . It is a pity that so many of them are devoid of honor. It would be a great pity if this dis regard of obligation should result in all prisoners being kept behind the bars and carefully guarded. A prisoner should - have just as much horror as anybody else. His word when given should be just as good to the warden as his note aught to be at the bank when his name is signed to it. . ' Business is done on honor. Honor rules the world and be cause a man is convicted of crime it doesn't follow that he has lost his honor. lie has no license to be a moral vagabond. WAGES' FOR WIVES . The Oregon Statesman, in com pany with the press generally, has given a good 'deal of atten tion to wages for wives. This movement is a protest against the slavery of so many, wives of the previous generation. However, the women have Increased their state materially in the last few years, ! ' i ' ' '. ; ' ' But wages for wives does not appeal to us. Our position is that wives are partners with their husbands; that there should be a common pocketbook. The wife should j have such money as she needs without question, just as the husband takes what he needs per sonally without question. A hus band Is the better for discussing his affairs with his wife and get ting combined judgment. The wife is; better by being frank with her husband and- discussing the getting of new gowns, and new purchases generally. ; Some husbands are called mean and penurious. They are not fit to be husbands. The man who loves a woman j sufficiently to marry her should have enough confidence in her to give her equal access to the family pocketbook. I Untij we get this partnership in money matters we are not going to solve our matrimonial perplexi ties. There are' niore hornes broken up because of- money mat ters than any other Issue in the world.' COMIXG AROUND Governor Bryan of Nebraska made a criticism of Defense day which he had a perfect right to do, but he is now taking the sen sible course. He fs advising that Defense .day be observed. The Oregon Statesman believed that Defense day' was a mistake,' but it also believes that having gone this far ( there is just one thing to do, and that Js go through with it. We can not afford to advertise to the world any spirit of reluctance in obeying the com mands of government. Governor Bryan was within his rights in making this criticism. and ho is- also acting the part of a real American in acquiescing In the inevitable. ; COMMON SENSE The good newsj the almost un believable news, Is that common xenso is going trf prevail in the campaign and we will have no mud slinging and mighty little under-the-belt 1 hitting. This will be an innovation in presidential campaigns. 1 , v Of the three men running for president as a matter of fact noth ing can' be Bald against them per sonally.: They are three high charactered men,f and it Is fine hews that at lact'wo can conduct a campaign on the merits of the issued and hot on the defects .of the' candidates. t ' ? Another thing. There is a promise that .honesty In govern ment! shall be emphasized. The democrats believe they can make something out of it, and we are glad i they do. because the more they make of it the more the country will realize that every de relict! attacked by the Walsh and Wheeler investigating committees has been driven out of office and most of them indicted. The re publican party has a super-record of honesty in government and it is mighty glad to accept the chal lenge of such a campaign. ' ! ' ' : : -" WHAT DOES IV MEAN? When Pete , Zimmerman asked for the republican nomination for congress he made this pledge: "If I ant nominated I will not accept the nomination or endorsement of any other party." Now we find Senator. Zimmer man a candidate for elector on an other party ticket. What we want to know is if he salves his con science by making himself be lieve that he can run for any other'Office than congress on an opposition ticket and get Sway with' it. v .. : Pdssibly he Is something like Big jTim Sullivan, the New York boss, and President Cleveland. Big Tim wanted the president to do something which Cleveland did not want to do,' and the president sought to dispose of the matter by saying: ".Why its absolutely unconstitutional!" Big Tim look ed the president quareiy in the eye j and said, "Mr. President, what's the constitution among friends?" ! Possibly Mr. Zimmerman has an idea an obligation of this kind isn'( binding to men who do not consider such obligations sacred. However, the public will take a different view of it. The public likes honor and believes in it. PRESERVING HISTORIC SPOTS The criticism has been leveled at Oregon that it doesn't have places of historic or dramatic in terest. This has been ad mitted, but there should be steps taken to remedy this situation as far as possibld. -j - One commendable step is now being taken.; The last legislature made an appropriation for taking care of Champoeg, one of our his torical spots. Judge D'Arcy has been put in charge. This is a start in the way of a shrine for places of pilgrimages. , y We have an hundred places that could be made Interesting to 'our own people and to our visitors. WORLD PEACE AT LAST It took quite a while, but the Dawes commission has been put intp operation at last. America turned the trick and provided the means by which the warring fac tions of the old world ' could find common ground and accept it as common because of its 'fair ness. The Dawes report Is a re port that is made without emo tion, without grand-standing, but fundamentally is sound business. THE RAIN CAME Rain has become a scarce ar ticle in Oregon the past few months, and. our short crops tell the; story. The reason we are sur viving so well is because Oregon has so many things that a part of a crep of each one enables all of us to. pull through in fairly good shape; but Oregon needed rain, and the rain that has just come was mighty welcome. PROBLEMS Adele Garrlsvm'e ivew Phase of RE VELATIONS OF A WIFE Copyright by Newspaper Feature ; Service CHAPTER 243 THE PICTURE THE SALESWOM AN DREW OF THE DON'S r - ' : HOST. ; I came reluctantly out froni be hind the rack of draperies In the Kasthaniptoit sh6prwhere under the pretext of examining them I h:id 'taken refugo with Junior; and Marion from my mother-in-law's ca'ptiousness In shopping.! But I knew there was no possible way toj safeguard the summons she had ju;st given me. Were I to fail to aijswer her. she was capable of bringing all business to a stand still until she had found us. IBut as I advanced toward .her I was miserably conscious that the eyes Of the people in the front of the store were fixed upon me in amused curiosity, for my mother-in-law's tone had been the preemp tory one which some .mothers in variably uso toward their -erring small children. And my only con solation lay In the fact that the eyes of the mysterious Don Ramon Almires behind their, thick-lensed glasses, wtro h carefully" averted Irom mv direction. I felt a nsv- Hchtc- little conviction that those eyes were, filled with sardonic laughter mirth which I had seen before and would recognize could I get beneath the puzzling mask of glasses, snowy beard, and mous tache, and foreign air. "Are They Anybody?"; ; I i ; "Where have you been?" Mother Graham demanded tartly. "I 'thought you came to help me shop." ; I ' choked back a smile. My mother-in-law wishes help or ad vice in shopping about as much as, a Turkish prince needs assistance in selecting a wife. But it is her pleasure to pretend that she does, and I was properly apologetic. "I just stepped over to exam ine those draperies," I said .indi cating the ; rack behind which I had taken refuge. "They are un usually attractive" "Humph!" Her tone indicated that nothing in a shop so far from the city could possibly have any merit. "You always were tacky about curtains. Look here." She beckoned me close to her and low ered her voice to a whisper. "I want you to see that tall foreigner in the front of the store they're all kowtowing to. He's just a high class confidence man making a fool of them all and laughing in his sleeve. Andsome way I'm sure I've seen him before. Does he remind you of anybody?" I was quickly vehement in my denial and I wondered at my own emphasis. ; i t i "Nobody in the world! I said. "But," with the swift; recollection that opposition always made my mother-in-law anpro determined, "I dare say you're right about him. He doesn't look quite gen uine to me," "Genuine," she retorted- "He's a genuine crook, that's all, and so those people will find out." She turned abruptly to the quiet saleswoman, who must have oyerheard our conversation, but gave no hint of It in her perfect manner. "Who are those people in the front of the store?" she demand ed. ; '"'..'' ":!'';;" i .; "They are from Southampton," the woman returned.;; "The name Is Smythe-Hopklns." j There was not the ghost of an expression In her monotonous ovf toned voice, but I - suddenly had the Smythe-Hopklns family ticket ed and shoved into a third-class compartment, and I f- gave a fur tive, appraising look at the wom an behind the counter. ; She was of medium height, middle-age, slender, with a not-quite healthy pallor, but there was something about her features etched like a cameo, her carriage and her voice that. made me think of Hawthorne's novels. That she belonged to an old j Long Island or New England family, j than which there Is no more Intolerant tenacious aristocracy, I was i sure. So I waited with tense interest" for hereto speak again.! i . But it was my mother-in-law who spoke. . ! ! LOOK AT THE MAP !- : ! I" ' ' L ..: - :" . . f ' ' - "-''.' A thousand fingers point to Salem a3 the seat and cen ter Tof the Willamette Basin. i -.; " ; . . . - - ' . The whole fabric of roadways from the Columbia to the McKenzie girdle Salem as though fashioned to pour the wealth of an empire into her lap. The progressive road policy of Oregon is changing the commercial map of the state much to Salem's advan tage. , . ! ; ; :.l. . " ' - - . ' - i . . . ': ' " . . '.- ; . ' ; : I .' '':':.'"" '-"- ; . ; We are growing into metropolitan proportions Help to give swing to the movement. A thousand activities await the energies of our citizens to prove Salem equal to her opportunities. Get behind the Salem Business Men 3 League in its business building movement. MORE SALES FOR SALEM. i 1 First : Nomination i The Oregon Statesman Seaside i Competition Good for 1 00 Votes j j . ; I nominate as a member of The Oregon Statesman Seaside Vacation Competition. Name .....,.......................... .... . . . . . ...... Address .............. . . . . ................. ...... . Nominated by. i Note Only one of these entry blanks will be accepted for . any one member. A candidate may be nominated by herself or a friend. - .K.' -::'l --"'-'' NOT GOOD AFTER AUGUST 21th i The' Statesman's Great Seashore Contest THIS BALLOT WILL COUNT TEN VOTES For Address . .,. . .v. Good -foj ten votes when filled out and sent to the contest department by mail or otherwise on or before the expiration date. "Spelled with a y and not' 'c' I'll bet," she said caustically. "They look like a lot of money. Are they anybody?"-. Wha.t; Madge Guessed. "They are very wealthy," the colorless voice behind the counter said. ; "But they are comparative ly new in Southampton. They have been there only since the war-" I detected the faintest tremolo in her voice and saw the reason as I caught a : glimpse of a gold star in her dress. With a single stroke of the brush," she had given us the pic ture of the people in the front of the store. War profiteers, igno rant, underbred beneath their ve neer, storming vainly at the cita dels of a social, clique which ig nored them. I could understand their; fawning attitude toward the mysterious foreigner. "And. this don, or whatever they call him," my mother-in-law per sisted. U .-;'. . ' "He i3 supposed to be a titled and wealthy personage," the other replied. "He never has been In here before, but I have seen him with them often, and have heard of him frequently. He. has been staying with them some time. -'- I understand Mr. Smythe-Hopklns is interested in some' properties in South America which the don owns." . i "Mr. Smythe-Hopklns would bet ter look out," my . mother-in-law retorted tartly, "or the don will take his eyeteeth away." The faintest possible smile drifted across the gold-star-mother's Hps, and. I had the sudden conviction 1 that she would be fiercely-glad if my mother-in-law's prediction could come true MORE SALES SALEM National Bank Salem, Oregon Coupon , ...... y r - literally, with a bit of mediaeval torture back of the process. . (To be continued.) r THOUGHTS FOR EVERY DAY ; By Editor J. U. Porker of The Conway (Arkansas News ''. In one of Edgar A. Guest's poems he warns against uttering the phrase which often comes fly ing to one's lips. In other words. It Is often bet ter to be silent than to speak, things that are suggested' in the heat of anger or in a flippant mood. It is often much wiser to put a finger on the lips to prevent the speaking of a phrase that Is cruel and perhaps not quite the truth. "You know that "Silence is golden," particuarly at the - mom ent you are prompted to say some thing that after-you have heard it from your own lips you would give anything tojrecall the words and have them blotted out from your memory. Careful thought is always the safest, and the exercise of more caution with the lips will save you from many heartaches, and, too, it will keep you irom unintention ally wounding some one else. Woman's heart isr tender. r She 4 can forgive herself ten minutes i after the event. I FUTURE DATES ' I - . . . i Anfrnst 28-31. Pacific German annnW conference. Center Street Method! at church. RcptembT 3, Wedneaday, "Lahnr Xay. September 15, Monday,. Willamet't university opena. - September 12 27, Orexoa State fair. for j - a- ' - a. v a ' - ; 4 4 ' a a. 4 - V 4 t v