THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
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'. " ' '- September 10,1924 "
WARNING TO MEDDLERS: He that passeth by. and meddleth
with, strife belonging- not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by
the ears. Proyerbs 26:17. I
' PRAYER: Help us. Lord, to be true peacemakers even although
uttering may follow thereby, for they shall be called the children
of God. . - 'ill'- -
' AS TO Dfc.
! ' tL A : C'l. t. i ttw.A.
. .corner of The Statesman of last
"Against Mob Law" ,
kA T- filontrrito ottpmnts
Follettevupon the Constituion, behind which H massed a hetero,
genous combination, the largest portion of which are the So-
i cialists, opposed to the existing order of things and flying the
red flag, is innocent of any intended harm to our fundamentals
of government, and he attempts to cloud the issue with a mass
of verbiage i j
But he cannot do it. ;
, The issue is clear cut. The LaFollette attack is an attack
ppou the fundamentals of our government ; it is an appeal to
mob psychology. It would allow Congress to make an uncon
stittiitional law the law of the land by re-enacting it' after the
Supreme Court had declared it "unconstitutional. That would
change the form of our. government. It would place Congress
in, supreme authority,; over both the executive -and judicial de
partments. There would in effect be only one authority in
thiU country! and that the legislative ; and when Congress was
swayed by mob psychology, under such men as LaFollette, it
would be dangerous. The rights of neither states nor individ
uals would be secure. .
. That is the issue. ' il "
7 There are many names for Socialists, parlor and other. But
ia the final analysis there is only one kind, and that kind is
against our form of government. And the Socialists of every
iiarie and variety are behind LaFollette. No one who believes
in our institutions and traditions can- afford to line up with
them. . . '
? f BRYAN WAS AND IS DANGEROUS
In his Salem speech, W. J. Bryan had some pleasant things
to say about himself ? ' V
To the effect that as for his own, living he was secure, in
accumulations made possible by his paid platform utterances;
but as for all the rest of the people of his country, he had
worked and was working in order to leave them a jjpod govern
ment; and the interests of the whole people! were entitled to
higher consideration than those of any one man, etc., etc.
. Mr. Bryan was no doubt sincere. So haye nearly all mistak
en leaders of history been. !
. But Mr. Bryan has been a dangerous man during all of his
political career. He was a dangerous man when under his lead
ership the United States came very near going to the silver
standard and putting this country on a par with Mexico, which
would undoubtedly have precipitated a panic, and ruined millions
of our people and brought dire and abject . want to many more
millions ' : - r
I And he is dangerous now. I - I )
t. He is the author f the tariff plank of the Democratic party;
i. very proud of it ; . ; - I ".
And if its language should be followed literally, or even
measurably, with legislative enactment, at least 10,000,000 of
our working people would be thrown out of employment, and
if they ever went, back to work, with such a law still in force,
jey would go back at wage scales competing not with those
of Great Britain,' which re ' about half those we now have in
thia country, but they would go back competing with the still
lower scales of Germany, rehabilitated under the working of
the Dawes plan, and efficient beyond any country but our own.
5o Mr. Bryan is dangerous.
of progressive people here in Salem planning beet sugar fac
tories in order to cash in on our own wind and water, instead
of sending $900,000 a year for the product of Cuba's wind and
water plus the hot air of the sugar refiners of the Atlantic
' coast.; He is dangerous to the plans of our people proposing to
build linen mills here, to keep in the United States $100,000,000
now -going to foreign countries for linens and the oy-products
of flax. Dangerous he is to j our booming poultry industry,
which would succumb to th0 competition Of Chinese cheap eggs
and other poultry products. He is dangerous to our cherry
growers and our producers pf walnuts, filberts, and practically
every other grower of any thing in or on our land. 1
w Mr. Bryan is a pleasing speaker. But 9ie is one of the most
dangerous of all the men who
lic life ; dangerous to the highest good jot the people whose
welfare he mistakenly thinks he is striving to advance. ;
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LET'S BE FAIR
. There has been so much talk
about the people who live and do
business in the. smaller towns jthat
some people actually believe that
Main street Is a" hog . pen for
: maroons. "Why" anybody' should
think this is hard to see. ' Forl30
.years jthe country and the small
towns have been tarnishing j our
strong and useful citizens. It con
ditions were as bad as painted
- this could not be true. 4 : t
; ; The children who come out of
any neighborhood are no better
than that neighborhood.- In ; tact
they are representative of .that
1 neighborhood. To decry country
and village life Is to, show your
self unfamiliar with history, j You
can go to any public gallery and
ask all who came from the villages
and country to stand up. More
.than three-fourths of them will
stand up, and among those stand
Ins will be the leaders In thought
In the world. ' !
. j It Is time to quit insulting Main
Ftreet. It is time to ; recognize
llzt that i3 representative of, Am
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. . Editor
Manager Job Dept.
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106
Oregoa. aa aecond-claaa matter
SLAUGHTER.
... r.lif &.1 in tViia
Sunday, under the heading,
;l
in nrrivp that th attack of La
He is dangerous to the projects
have been ot are now in ourpub-
erican lifef and that the hope of
our country is in the hands of pre
cisely these people. For want of
a better name we call them the
middle class, but they are the gov
ernlng class; they are the average
American s citizens and everybody
knows this government of ours Is
made up elf average American citi
zens, j , . '-' . '
PLEDCjING THE WOMEN
One woman whose name escapes
us at this moment has pledged ten
million wmen votes to Senator La
Follette. Sbe is learning early the
practices of, the ; ward politicians
After a careful analysis ' of the
political pltuation we have come
to tbe deliberate conclusion that
no man can control over 23 votes
ana rew men can control more
than one vote. Every man thinks
he can control votes, but he can
not. Voters are not controlled in
this country. Mr. Gompers is try
ing to control the voter this year
He will not control any of them
They wilt vote just as they please
and as they believe to be for the
best Interests of the country, Em
ployers used to attempt to - con
trol tbe votes of their employes.
They doit' it because the attempt
was ever successful. : i
Men vote convictions and it la
their own convictions. They study
the issues, turn them over in their
minds and when election day
comes do their duty as they see it.
The chief advantage of a political
speech is that it strengthens the
friends of the party and gives
them arguments to use on : the
other fellow. It is the casual con
versation carried on by those who
attend the meeting after they
leave that makes the difference.
Mr. Bryan is a great orator, yet
we do not believe he made a vote
in Salem. I People listened to him,
but they will vote the other way.
'GOING AHEAD
It must be admitted that Ore
gon has not made the develop
ment it should make. There is a
reason for this. Our own people
have not all of them been con
structive, j Oregon has had some
of the greatest boosters in the
world, but they have been handi
capped by having to carry the re
calcitrant citizens. Just now C. C.
Chapman is in the limelight. He
is smart but he is using ail his tal
ents to defame Oregon and hurt
the state." He is more of a liabtL?1
ity than all the bad laws we have
eTer passed. ? I
tt " b w8 ?,IsInt!re8te
U would be different, or if he was
a lone cryer in the woods it would
be '.different, but unfoiltunatly
he represents a reactionary ele
ment that Is -willing to pay the
price of an unsquare deal. It is
these men who make the fight so
hard for the s progressive state
builders.
However, there is probably no
nse "complaining. Oregon can not
make its citizens good or loyal,
It can only offer them an oppor
tunity by showing them " a place
where they can do constructive
work. If they don't want to con
struct we will have to keep on
licking them and finally the un
desirables will 'either submit or
leave the state.
HANDLING A NON-VOTE It
There Is a good deal of discuss
on about how to get people to
vote. Judge. Land is who is al
ways extravagant recommends
prison sentences to those who re
fuse to vote. That is foolish of
course. You can lead a horse to
water, but you can't make hint
drink. There is just one way to
reach the non-voter and that is to
appeal to his patriotism : and
arouse in him an interest in good
government. Men fail to vote be
cause they are not enough inter
ested in the result of an election to
take the trouble of going to the
voting place. Some way must be
found to Interest them and cause
them to make the small sacrifice
sometimes necessary to vote, but
all this talk of jailing men who
do not vote is foolish, and it very
properly comes from a man who
fined the Standard Oil company
129,000,000.
XOT A PRECEDENT
Since when did Judge Caverly
get the privilege of saying :- who
should be and who : should not
be hung in the United States?
Because he left off two youngs
ters who richly deserved death
does not warrant the courts f roni
sending other criminals to the
gallows. -'i
Judge Caverly prostrated justice!
but that ought not td be accepted
as against all hanging of young
men. As long as we have this
law it should be respected and the
guilty hung. We most earnestly
protest against Judge Caverly
being accepted as a precedent
maker for justice In America,
rather he would stand for Injus
tice. ... i . .. ,
MAKE THEM SHORT
. The Oregon Statesman Is always
glad to get communications on
matters of public interest, but it
Is always bothered by people writ
ing too long. Yesterday an ar
ticle was just three times too long.
Everything in It could have been
said in one-third the space. Prae
tically every communication sub
mitted is too long.
Those who haye a penchant tor
writing for publication must re
memDer mat in order to get a
hearing they must be concise and
short.! The public hasn't time to
read these long winded com muni
cations and the . Statesman hasn't
room to print them. !
A PERVERSION
There has been widespread com
plaint about the misuse ot (he
frank, by senators and congress
men, j It has come to be a ; na
tional scandal. As outrageous a
proceeding in that line as we have
seen has just come to our notice.
Under a frank of United States
Senator Oddie we find an advance
copy of his address to be deliver
ed before the state bankers "as
sociation at Elco. Nevada. Sept.
19. A man who would abuse the
franking privilege like that ought
tp be erimlaallyj prosecuted.
TlLVTjS CHEAP ,
Senator Wheeler Is trying hard
to be a martyr. He has been get
ting irresponsible and extravagant
and announced I in adnavce ihe ex
pected to be arrested in! Ohio.
He is throwing a cheap halo
around his head and making be
lieve he is a martyr, just like the
Old story of sticking a feather
in his cap and called it macar
oni. Wheeler Is rmlghty cheap
stuff. They don't make either
jieroes or martyrs out of that kind
of material. ! , : .
I BITS FOR BREAKFAST I
, i m
The showers
are fine
s V
quit and give way
If they will
to sunshine right Boon.
But the stat fair managers are
pot scared yet. And the prune
and hop and
berry men . are out
almost.
of the woods;
a
a " '
There is gojng to be a bigger
walnut boom
mette valley,
get too big.
world with
should do it.
here in the WilU-
But it will never
We can beat the
walnuts, and we
One of Mars' s moons is a dinky
little thing only twelve miles in
diameter. "That isn't a moon, it'
a freckle," remarks a moon eyad
moon struck Salem moonshiner.
:- S
Putting up a thirteen story
bank building at Long Beach, and
the steel frarr e was reared to Its
full height in 26 days. Must be
In a hurry down there. '
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: There are many thousands -of
voters in the south who are not at
all pleased wjth the Bryan tari'f
plank of the democratic platform.
They may voice their displeasure
at the polls in sufficient number
this year to break the solid south
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John W. Davis has been made
an honorary member of tne Boy
Scouts and is on even terms with
Calvin Coolldge. , Whatever else
may be said about the democratic
leader, he is! conceded to be a
good scout.
The secretary ot labor says that
America isrthe one bright spot in
a world of economic gloom and h
might have added that Oregon is
the whitest patch -in all the efful
gence, ine j secretary, who was
not long ago a mine worker him
self, says that the American work
er and the captain of industry are
moving rapidly toward complete
cooperation toward that mutual
good will and understanding which
will ultimately assure permanent
peace in industry. That sounds-
good. ; I r
HUSKIES GET STARTED
Seattle' sept, it. coach
Enoch Bagshaw sent two score
candidates for the University of
wasmngton football eleven
through the first scrimmage prac
tice of the season at the atadiui
here today. f
I FUTURE DATES
September 24-27, Oregon State fair.
September 17. WiilnuHn op
tion day. I " " "
September 29. Uondiy Salem pablia
tebooln start. I
Septetaber SO-OrtnhM at.t.
,io" of Coagrecatiooal chorehea.
aeTwnttw II. Taeaday Arm i tire day.
Just now our lug
gage sale is on
it consists of suit
cases, ; hand bags,
auto luggage and
everything. Let
me sliow you
how to save.
1 w f) Si
1 79 m COMMERCIAL
VEKSES AMD REVERSES
By Georga S. Chapell
Holly-hocks and four o'clock.
Mallow pink 'and larkspur blue,
Pansy, candy-tuft r.nd phlox.
Salpiglosis, fewer -few,
Lady's slipper, golden-glow, ji -
Flowers of every (wrra and look,
Every one by name t know, 1
When I see them ln the book.
A farmer's stock is cattle,
A broker's stock is not,
A merchant's stock is ctpaks and
: SUitS, j J " , '
Did you eve hear such rot?
Potatoes have a hundred eyes.
And yet they. cannot se;
A needle is as: blind with one.
It don't seem right to me!
What do you lean, o Moan, so
bright, f
Gliding the mountain snotrs.
What do you whisper , on the
height? I
Who knows?. who knows? :
What does the South-wind sigh to
the trees! -" I ''
As he passes swiftly by?
And what is the meaning of verses
like these?.
Who knows? Not I
Best Liar Wins
They, were arguing over the
merits of their respective dogs.
Said Bilkins: 'My dog is so in
telligent I am at a loss to devise
new tricks to teach him."
"That's nothing' his friend re
plied. "Mine has reached the
stage where he teaches ME new
tricks." i
; Albert Briggs.
Those Summer lt"sorts
Jay: So you picked out one
of those places to vacation where
there were no mosquitoes?"
Jean: "Yes, but I was stung."
i I Herman Woolf.
Blnc-Peircilletl j
Neighbor: I (meeting the little
boy ; next door) "You're look
ing more and more like your
father every day."
Small Boy: "Why shouldn't I?
They .make me vrear the old man's
clothes cut down." i
i f Clarence Bryan.
Criminals In jail belong;
"Watches frequently 4 gO wrong.
Ups and Dows
Jill: "You' : say he knows his
business from the ground up?
What Is his business?"
Bill: "He's; an aviator." i
' . i I B. CvB.
Wild Willies 4 v
Willie, to hiS great disgrace.
Criticised his' cousin's face.
"What a pity he can't change It."
Willie said, "or re-arrange it.,?
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Willie, playing near the hedge,
Found some . clippers, keen of
edge; '
Grandma on the. porch hob-nobbed
SNIP, and id, her hair was bob
bed! ;f-
i It. Shephard
IX Limit .
Jack: "Have you got a loud
speaker in your house?"
John: "No, but my daughter is
a loud singer and that's enough."
A GOOD TRUNK IS A GREAT CONVENIENCE:
Ask the ElephantHe ought to know. At home for the storage of
clothing, bedding and valuables, it is in constant use for traveling, for
safety and the correct packing of ones apparel it is a positive necessity.
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Furniture, Rugc, Wall Paper
. , . -Twas Eyer Thus - -V- -Ralph:
"There is only one thing
my wife and I always agree on."
Victor: "I know. The fact that
you should never have married
each other, eh?"
Chris Rehmann
Chicken Feed
The chief reason why city chick
ens are . more expensive than
country chickens is to be found in
the dressing.
The average girl does not want
two strings to her bow, so much
as two beaus to her string.
Fine feathers make fine birds
and big dressmaker's bills.
Chicken broth can never be ex
pected to satisfy as a substitute
for XXX HENessy.
Captain Kidd
For Her Benefit
Park: "So you've taken out a
larger insurance policy on your
life. I suppose the agent-talked
you into it eh?"
Parker:r"Not me! He convinc
ed my wife that it would be a good
investment for her."
Xot a Beauty
Tommy was Industriously get
ting in his blows when the screams
of the under boy in the fight
brought his frantic mother to the
rescue.
V "Why Tommy, you little ras
cal!" she cried, "what are you do
ing? Just see the blood on Willie's
beautiful little face."
"Just you wait till I get
through with him," replied Tom
my1, calmly going on with the
punishment, "ard I'll bet my rock
ing horse against his kite that
you won't call him a beauty again
for some time to come."
Isa Gertrude Bowen
THE EDITOR'S GOSSIP
SHOP
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I Shortly fire shall show you
j the kind of sympathetic treat
J ment THE FUN SHOP gives
I to contributions if they pos- j
I sess any merit at all.
We shall run a poem as it
actually comes in to us, and
j immediately below it we shall
shall run the poem as it has
j been revised to fit in with
j this department.
We shall present a Jingle
j Jangle a contributor sent in,
in its original form, and
show the Jingle as it has been
J revised.
Merely emphasizing that
nothing of merit is permitted
j ' to go by even if we have to
j spend considerable time in
j revision. '
:
The Jingle-Jangle Counter
Every charming girl's a gem;
Scales have quite a weigh with
them.
Peter Probst
a a
'Tis better to have loved and lost.
Than to be forever bossed.
C. F. Doran
We should make our lives sub
lime.
But alas! we haven't time.
Sophie E. Bedford
Fields and parks are pleasant
places;
Toothpicks seek the open spaces
Edmund Bartels
The Star
North:' "Which actor In -the
play did you like best?"
West: "The one who gave me a
complimentary ticket."
Philip Shatter
BU
Jit
e passi
The j triumph of every woman's cooking is
"good pie." After all, the final test of
good pie is crust.
A delicious pie crust is light, crispy,
sweet and digestible. To many this: will
seem an almost impossible perfection, but
it is not a bit hard to make when" one
knows how.
The first "know how" is FryeV'Wild Rose"
Brand Pure Lard for shortening. The
second is the "knack" of pastry mixing
which Frye's Meat Guide and recipe book
explains so fully that failure is impossible.
WILD ROSE
When next you require
this Brand Name you will get a Lard that is
guaranteed pure. '
By Proxy
Lew: 'Is your wife continually
asking you for money?"
; Mac:. "No;' but the people she
buys things from are." V
. ; . Leonard Goebel
"I stand tor an awful lot!"
sighed the real estate sign, sur
rounded by rusty tin cans and
several billy goats.
H Real Comedy v
At Grand Saturday
"Hold Your Breath!" ;
And that Is exactly what you
will do when you witness the
thrills that are crowded into the
moving picture production of that
title which will : open a week-end
CEDAR LINED TRUNKS
In wardrobe Dress and Steamer
styles are now on sale in his store at sav
ing prices Better see right now-
DON'T BE LIKE THE MONKEY
and get along without a good trunk. He
probably wishes for one you can have
one. '
R
V .
Send two cents for postage to
Frye & Company, Seattle, and
receive your, copy of Frye's
Meat Guide-, Contains a hun
dred tested recipes on the prep
aration of Frye's "Delicious"
Brand Hams and Bacon and
Valuable hints on the successful
use of
PURE LARD
shortening, ask for it by
showing at the Grand theater to
morrow. There never were; according t
tbe cTiticsv who- haye viewed the
film, so many breath-taking situa
tions and so much real comedy
crowded into one picture in the
history of the picture making In
dustry as are jammed into "Hold
Your Breath."
Those who have the idea that
the life of a moving picture per
former is in the nature ot a bed of
roses will get a jolt when they see
the 100 or more ways in which
pretty Dorothy Devqre risks her
neck in this production, all for the
amusement of the movie fans.
Ameng the other laugh makers
in the cast are Walter Heir and
Tully Marshall. If that isn't
enough there a dozen more who
are near rivals to them in the' mat
ter of proven talent. .
111, va Ua
SALEM, ORE.