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I I THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON - SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1924 Issued Daily THE STATESXAH -' ' , ' S15 Booth Commercial St., Salem, Orsgon R. J. Hendricka John L. Brady Prank Jatkoaki KEKBEK OF THB Tba Associated Press la exclusively dispatches credited to it or not otbezwiae new a pobiiaftrd oereia. BUSINESS Thomas T. Clark Co, New Tork, 141-145 "Wit 36th St,;. Chicago, Marquette Build inc. W. 8. Grotbwahl. Mgr. '(Portland Office. 838 Woreeater BTdg.. TELEPHONES: . . . S3 . ; ('imitation Office . .23-10S Society Editor . Job Department . . . . . S83 Baaiaeaa Office) ' . Xewa Department ; Entered at the Poatoffico in Salem. Oregon, as serond-class matter BIBLE THOUGHT AND PRAYER Prepared by Radio BIBLE SERVICE Bureau. Cincinnati. Ohio; - If parents will have their children memorize the daily Bible selec tions, It will proTe a priceless heritage to them in After years. - , . September 28. 1924 I ; 1 THE LAWYER'S "QUESTION : eternal life? ' . s' .JESUS' ANSWER: Thou shalt heart, and with all thy soul, and thy mind: and thy neighbour as live. Luke 10:25. 27. 28. . .-PRAYER:- We rejoice, O Lord, to know that this Is life eternal to know Thee, the only true God and Jesus Christ Whom Thou hast sent. ; f SALEM IS TO HAVE LINEN MILLS "Yithout particularizing, it may be definitely stated that Salem is to have linen mills, and, the writer believes, soon ? And this is sufficient excuse, if any were peeded, for calling attention to some of the benefits; that" will accrue from their successful operatioon bere and to the fact that the raising of flax and the making of linens will make a permanent industry As permanent, for instance. on the fact that the world will is, made from cellulose, and that as there is any, vegetable growth that wilj stand up; that has liber from the veriest garden So there will be need for; ai civilized man shall use napkins or table cloths or towels or clothing or tapestry or laces or V,t And so long as he paints houses or automobiles or any single thing on which paint is used, from a hairpin to a floating city called a ship; and so long or doors-in shacks or palaces or makes linoleums for his floors. Why, : Because linseed oil is flaxseed oil ; lin is the word for flax in the French and several other languages. Linseed oil is pressed or boiled out of flaxseed ; yielding in weight 35 to 41 per cent of the flaxseed; about do per cent fiber flax in the .Salem district And linseed oil is the only oil produced in commercial quan tities that is a "drying" oil. What is this 'fdrying" process? It is not really drying at all : not like the evaporation that takes plara when the housewife hancrs her washing on the nlnthes line, The "drying" is due to its t tiiiveness to atmospheric influences., fit changes itself chemicfcT, combining itself with ). the oxygen from the air. If a film -of linseed oil is exposed to the air it absorbs oxygen quickly, becoming more and more sticky and viscous during the absorption, until at last it dries to an elastic skin. The amount of oxygen thus absorbed by. the per cent ol its -weight. In making paints and varnishes the coloring material, white lead, lampblack, ultramarine or red 1 .1 "1 - 1 1 1 - . . m . jicau, is grouna wun a smau quantity ot linseed oil and then mixed with more linseed oil, and with the oil of turpentine; and when a layer of the paint is spread on a surface of metal or wood it ."dries" quickly, and a protective skin is left. The glazier, too, depends on the "drying" quality of linseed oil when, he fixes up a new pane of glass with putty. He uses to e r fcixw uuaccu aim j i is iue unseea oil that, makes the mixture hard when it is exposed to the air. fThe same -thing happens when the maker of linoleum mixes , ground cork and rosin with linseed oil. The linseed oil drinks m oxygen from the air and oxidises and solidifies the mass. - f. Now take the flax plant. Here in the Salem district it may be planted and harvested (pulled) in 70 days or less; some irrigated flax was planted and pulled this year within 50 days, in the Turner neighborhood. It is a miracle plant. It will grow wan that short time and it will last throughout; the ages. Its fibers are so fine that they may be divided and divided to microscopic fineness, and an Irish girl 13 years old ' spun a i thread of it 1432 miles longfrom a single pound of fiber ! And spun together and woven into cloth it will outlastjthe life of the spinner and weaver 5000 years, as witness the' fine linens in the tombs of Egypt; and it will make a cloth that will defy the .elements, as in the sails of ships and the wings of the air planes aloft in a hurricane. i ? n First in value is the seed; for linseed oil and poultices and medicine. ( j . Next is the fiber for upholstering or spinning tow or for spinning into 'yarn" for thread or twine, or for weaving into cloth of various kinds.. : ;, j Then the water of the retting tanks is used for fertilizer.' The oil meal after being pressed for the linseed oil makes dairy .feed. So do the bolls with the broken and small seeds. The tr i? also good for horse feed: The staves or woody part ;of the flax straw the inside part after the.fiber, which is on the outside, is taken off is burned for fuel in making steam heat or other heat S , So there is no waste in flax absolutely none. , The pulled flax does not exhaust the soil as much as grain . crops, or cabbage, or potatoes. A second crop the same year may be grown m flax land. With proper rotation, flax may be IT yars o the same land. It "will produce each year what will sell, when manufactured, for as high as $24 000 an-acre, or more. ; ;; ; ' vUi go on doing this forever. H 4. ' "will W fi and 1-DMn in.dust,"s good for all time. They .wpii r,5 At e- crvulhzatlo lat- They are payers of high ,alan.lS T5ey my le developed here in the Salem ?o ovieSnthan V0'0 acr of land, giving employment to oyer 1,000,000 people, directly and indirectly, for all time. "fine J i l hJTL 7 a ,few- districts n the world in which the iS?ti.M J.!-1 BT?n and re"ed and manufactured Vith the fields withm eyeshot of the factories. The Salem ijldf ?f ?S KTf tbw' Jfe hfVe the netting to becLe th" Belfast of the New Work Worldi And more than a Belfast, riTe aVC American Peniusjfor quality production. We intLrf Lmin' fiVC timS &1 durahJe and Potentially valuable as ?f PS0d cheairer -a th of the world thin cotton 1' aPs beforf veJT long. And Salem oughtlo and no doubt will have a master hand in bringing this about EXACTLY It' The tax rolls of the state of Washington show a loss of f 139. 000,000 la two years. Why don't they repeal all their tax laws up here? Why do they Insist oa tax Escept Monday by : vv FT7BUSHINO COMPACT . ' . - Manager - p j . . . l.ilnor . j . Manager Job lhupt ASSOCIATED FEESS ; entitle! to the for publication of all new credited in tbia paper and alao the local OFFICE: 1 Phone 6637 BKoadway. C. P. Williams, Mgr.) 683 106 1 Master, what shall I do to inherit love the Lord thy. God with all thy with all thy strength, and with all thyself. This do-and thou shalt ; - i V ' . as Salem s paper industry, based always need paper; that paper there .will be cellulose as long weed to the giant o' the forest. the manufactures of flax as long handkerchiefs or air planes as he uses putty for windowk skyscrapers; and so long as he from the flaxseed grown on the i the instability of linseed oil and oil may be as much as twenty ing anybody; any more It people are going; to leave the state If they hare to pay ; taxes? Why not dis band the state government? In Oregon the attorney for the special interests, C. C. Chapman, has a formidable, array of fanciful figures showing a loss to Oregon by the Income tax. On the theory mat bad men must stand togeth- r, aouoness inese letters were written saying they intended to locate In Oregon but did not. About twenty-seven million of this la lumber interests and It must be admitted that w have enough lumber moving in this state now. Those that are here are handling the lumber market very success fully, but our contention is that If It Is right to repeal the Income tax because these fanciful figures show a potential $40,000,000 loss, it is right, to repeal all taxes in the state of Washington because they have an actual loss of $139. 000,000. . However, there is mighty little danger of the repeal of the income tax in Oregon. Sober minded men Know tne law nasn t bad a fair chance and yet It has worked surprisingly well. The special In-i Interests know the law is workine so well that if they let It get a fair chance they can't repeal It, hence the fight made for a premature repeal, j Then look at who is fighting for the repeal of the income tax. CALLING A SHADOW The Corvallis Gazette-Times calls up the shade of Plato and says that that ancient philosopher was unable to diagnose the soul. Of course he was. So Is anybody else. The soul is the intangible something that exists as surely as the body exists. It is God's per- Bonmcauon. to say that It can, not be diagramed or materialized is to say the obvious, but to say: u does not exist is infidelity Plato or none of the other philoso phers could define it, but the soul existed 1 in Plato's day and exists in every human being today. Unbelievers have scoffed and laughed but they have never made the slightest dent on Christianity; Humanity cries out pitifully for a life that never ends. We know the human life ends. We know that the human body is decom posed and goes back to dust, but we also know that there is within man that Intangible something not capable of analysis, but existing as truly as God exists, and that it shall endure until God has rolled his mantle around the stars and smothered out their fires. ' -AUTO CAMPS No" that the touring season 1$ about over, a few remarks about the auto camps may be in place. There should be strict regulation of every auto camp. So much damage has been done in actual destruction of property, so much filth is allowed to pass through the state and so much disease is exposed to our people that it has become necessary to regulate the auto camps to make them sanitary. and clean. Furthermore. It la wrone for cities to vie with each other In the .niDnHA. r ... o . twr- "uuumi prwvmw comiorw.. should provide entertainment, but we should not compete with other I cities to spend money recklessly I for auto camps. We need the auto camps, but we need them plain. We need them sanitary, and we need them clean. , ! Salem auto camp is being fixed 6u.iy uu whu P"f hn.ioo ,oo. A,tX I w- wi "a purposes but which can also be used for entertainments, we can solve our question with practically no expense. AN ANNIVERSARY Ninety years ago today, Septen ber 28, 1834, Jason Lee preached at Vancouver, Wash., the first Methodist sermon ever delivered west . of , the Rocky mountains. Jason Lee was Canadian born and died in Canada, yet in history he is credited with being the moving pirit In saving the Oregon terri tory to the United States. ? :i He was a great preacher, alf though he died in his early forties. n addition to that he was a states man. Oregon territory owes more to Jason Lee than to any other one man. The Methodist mission aries were intrepid men; : they dared and endured. Jason Lee was one among a number and yet because of his qualities ot lead ership he Is accepted in history as the outstanding figure of the great effort to establish religion here and also the American flag. Methodism is honoring Jason Lee today, but his fame is big ger than the Methodist I church. He should be honored by all the J residents of the northwest. He j the ! corner-stone upon which I these' magnificent state structures are builded. A SERIOUS CASE A man down at Eugene who seems to think that he has done about all the state building that has been done in Oregon the past few years, has served an ultima J turn on the people. They must either J repeat the Income .tax pr W -as a 5itI?ea: i H0?ae 1 j Income tax brought about a mil I lion and a quarter, Jast year, and lnext year it will relieve the state tot the necessity of anv nronortv tax whatsoever. We submit in all t fairnesa that tha good deal, even if ho is the great- jest state builder in the world, to ( ask the people to continue-.to pay j a property tax out of their capi- tal In order to retain him as a citizen, desirable in every was as he may be. tii Km own Mi:mciE In 1912 in California a law was rushed through the legislature to prevent the regular republicans from nominating a ticket. It was regarded as a shrewd political 1 trick. Now these same men are trying to do precisely what they opposed in 1912, and this law con fronts them' like Banquo's ghost. They are being made to- take a dose of their own medicine and fare hollering so loud you can hear them all over America. In 1912 they were laughing at fhe cutenees of their trick. Now the chickens have come home to roost and they are calling themselves martyrs. THE OX AGAIN It has very often been said that anything is all right until it hap pens to you. As long as the ox is goring the other fellow it is not objectionable, but when the ' ox gores us we holler; California independents, are making a fight to keep the La Follette electors on the ticket. In K -- ,.r " "T " V i.. "?luu iney "re maiting precisely tne same ngnt to keep certain La Follette elec tors of f the ticket, j it really does make a lot of difference who the ox is goring or whose ox is doing the goring, as the case may be. I EDITORIALS OF THE PEOPLE Striking Imck Editor Statesman: In the eve ning paper of Sept. i 9, 1924, there appeared an article written by an emolove under tha -ant inn "Srtinol Board Wranjrle With Realtors J Over Placing Insurance." uMany 1 of this employe's statements are misleading and manifest such gross ignorance of the entire sltu- atlon as to make It seem surpris ing that he had the temerity to publish the contribution. The statement which constitutes a large part of the heading shows an entife misapprehension -of the question at issue. . There is ab solutely no truth In the Implica tion that there was a wrangle be tween the school board and any body over the placing of fire in surance on the public school prop erty of the district. A group .of insurance agents did appear at the meeting of the school board I on the evening of September 9 land, by their chosen representa- tlve, called the attention of the board to certain conditions which have come to prevail. To wrangle means lo Qrrei or aispuie. Tnere wlBO quaireling or disputing at time unon thi nartW either nartv. unless a frank and full discussion of the question can be called quarreline or disputing:. ' The realtors, as an organization had absolutely nothing to say and nothing to do in the matter until after they had been charged with participating in the discussion. At SOciaUon on Sentember 11 nre T amBies and a resolution were adopted approving the stand which had been taken by the group of insurance agents who ad asked for a square deal from the school directors.' As an organization the realtors A repudiated the charge that they had taken any part in the discussion; and. If the employe had taken the trouble to have read the I account of their action, he would not have fallen Into his fallacious Insinuation. This employe intimates that the school patrons and), taxpayers of the district should elect directors who are capable of protecting the interests of the district In the mat ter of Insurance, as well as in oth er matters that may arise. . To which we all agree; and, in fol lowing out his excellent sugges tion it might be a good idea to choose a' director who shall be chairman of the committee of in surance who will nofhave to con fess that he. knows' nothing about insurance, and is obliged' to re fer such matters to the clerk of the board. As a sub-heading in the course of his article, this employe uses the expression: ?Row Among Agents."; The writer wishes to state emphatically that there has been no row,' among the agents. A group i of regularly accredited and licensed fire insurance agents met, and appointed a committee to interview the chairman of the committee on Insurance of the 8ch(o1 board and present a courte ous protest against tne system in vogue of allocating the fire in surance On the school property. and to ask that the additional in surance which was to be placed. whey the J. L. Parrlsh junior high sch 1 should be completed, be pl"ed with agents, who had little oi no Insurance pn the school Property at that time A perfect understanding was reached be tween the agents and Mr. Gregory. Afterward Mr Qrrkory absolotelV 1 epudlated word, and asknowK s- . edged-before the rest of the school board and the Insurance agents presenLit the meeting September 9 "that he had done so: . This employe refers to a "group of i specialists who do nothing else but write insurance." (Does, he mean who do nothing but write fire Insurance? : Then the .-writer would like l"o task who those "specialists"-are? If he refers, td the clerk of the board, it is ob vious that he does something else; foj- he also serves as clerk of the board at J90 per month. Besides that he is thelocal representative of j the "Oregonian" and the Cur tis Publishing company ' of Phila delphia. If he refers to the other two agencies to whom- has beep given the bulk of the- business. they both handle multiple) lines of ; insurance: If he refers, to cer tajn other agents, who were fav- pred withi business as "special ists," the writer would like to In form him that one of that class knew so little about writing the business that he had to. call upon a membereof the group of protest ing agents for assistance in writ ing the very policy which the as tute chairman of the committee on insurance of. the school board authorized : him to write. 1 ;-'"Xi. The writer wishes to state that the group of- which he is a mem ber have had nft feelings of ani mosity toward the' agents to whom the employe refers 'as "Special ists." We recognize that a con dition had developed whereby the bulk of the insurance bad been placed with three agencies. We did not ask that the same method of procedure be. adopted here as had been adopted in Portland viz., that the entire 1 line of in surance on the school property be cancelled and equitably dis tributed among the various agen cies of the city. fWhat we did ask was that the additional insurance to; be placed as a result' of the building of the new junior high school be given to ajts and companies who ?ad little or none of; the business. : Instead of doing so as had been; agreed, $109,000 of it was given to those agencies which were already carrying the bulk of the business. So far as the protesting group is concerned there has never'.been a desire that the clerk ; of the board be de prived of a fair share of the busi ness. The last! part of the em ploye's article has simply grown out of the discussion of the whole affair; ' but as a group, we take the stand that the justice of per mitting one agent to handle $139, 500 of the insurance on the school property of the city, or $100,500 of It, or $83,000 of it, shall stand or fall on its merits, whether that agent be the clerk of, the school board, or anybody else. C. TIDBITS. ikjcj range Makes Appeal Editor Statesman: Dairying has been about the only branch ot ag riculture that has returned a profit to the farmers of, Oregon for the past three or four years, and fhe last legislature passed a law pro hibiting the use of milk or Its products in the manufacture of butter substitutes in 'order to pro tect this branch. The referendum has been in voked on this law. A few con cerns want to make his profits at the expense of the farmers by put ting a counterfeit butter on the market, using a small per cent of milk products to give it the taste and odor of real butter, and sell ing it for "something just as good." The argument in the state pamphlet makes the moan that the anti-oleo taw prohibits the manufacture of oleo in Oregon It does not. It simply requires that oleo stands on its own mer its; that there shall be no fraud. no counterfeit; that the manu facturers shall not doctor up their copra and vegetable oil products with milk : products to undermine the dairy market and drive thou sands of cows off the farms. About .two, and one-half million pounds of oleo will be sold , In Oregon this year, about one-quar ter made in this state and the balance shipped in. It would re quire approximately 14,000 cows to supply this amount of real but ter. Now, which would be of the most benefit to the state the profits of a half dozen oleo mak ers or the addition of 14.000 cows to the-dairy farms of Oregon, with the industries that would be sup ported by this addition? Oregon will never be perma nently prosperous until farming Is prosperous. Our chamber of com merce, railroads - and other or ganizations are expending big sums of money to build up farm ing and bring In new residents. Doesn't it seem that the addition of 14.000 dairy cows to the pres ent farms was wprth the effort of voting for? i And bear, this In mind, you frends , of agriculture: If you would vote out the spurious but ter vote "yes" on the referendum. There seems to be general con fusion regarding this.. The prop osition is whether orlnot to sus tain the present law. If you would sustain It, and prohibit the manu facturers from using milk in their oi-.products to make it 'pass as butter, vote "YES." . A. PALMITER, State Grange Master. JOAN 'O ARC BUST Editor Statesman: I am not a sentimentalist. I am. a common lay farmer, living in the Waldo HiUs, but I want to express my thanks to Father Buck and also Sy regrets. In the last six months I nave come to Salem several times, not ostensibly, but really, for the purpose of recharging my soul with the inspiration to be gained by looking at the replica of Joan of Arc in tho jewelry store win dow. ' The first time I saw it, 1 was thrilled as I had never been before. It opened the vistas of a new world and as I tread itaave nues I felt an exhiliration that brightened my life. Gradually this vision dimmed and when it sank low I becain lonesome, i manufactured exens es In several instances to rome to baiem. I really- came for the purpose of recharging my soul With the InKpiration of looking at that replica. I have seen many pictures; nave seen many statues Nin my day, but I have never before seen ue mm so permeated the very vitals of my brain, my heart, and mysoul. I have some times wottdered if the homage paid to Alomar Lisa was not exaggerated but I am now prepared to sym patnize with those who felt the tragedy of the disappearance of that wonderful picture. V The last time I came to Salem I went directly to that corner me picture was not there. I felt a sinking, a slipping of soul, and me depression abides with me waai 10 see mat replica. . I want once more to look upon that spiritual face and see the expres eion; mat tells me mm- hn sermon could possibly tell. Joan of Arc had a hard Hf rit wiuers nave Hard lives. fv Hf? has been none' too easv. hut when I look at that face, the spirituality challenges the poor irouDie3 i nave aad and Iray soul siriKes rire anew with deter nil uuuon to put the little thines from me and strive alwavs for the greater things. That statue was bread to my soul and I hava grown because of It.-1 wish om way. couia be Revised to i.nt it facte in a window . on m e to h where those ff us who are denied so much in life can see; the ex pression of spiritual loveliness. itespectfully submitted. Bill Sincaller AX OPEN LETTER Rev. Dr. A. A. Mnrrlmn Rector of Trinity Episcopal t-nurcn, Portland, Oregon. "cr ot: -rou are ntinfed in the Oregonian of September 22d as Dreachinr a Durran. - o-.wu. iiuiu WOK .w..unUK sentences are ta.k. en: j irst: 'There ara nm noniAn. uo are so exclusive and selfish mat they only look upon heaven as existing for their particular oenent, to tbe exclusion of all Miners. If I had nnvHfnr wun it, i would not admit surh persons m heaven." becond: "In spite of th nap 'wIia think that we In the church h not right to interest ourselves in ousmess affairs of the world, we ao nave a right to consider legal questions that Involve discipline. as wen as questions pt govern ment. . i . Third: "If you saw your, wife and children being carried away for the purpose of harm. Is that a time for Inaction or sent! merit T There are times when human soci ety demands the destruction of the destroyer of life from the sphere in which he has been func tioning-, that . Is an artificial aeain. ii tne above quotations are New Method of Reducing Fat Here'a joyful newa for every fehr pr- aon who lovis ranA thin.. , riallv th'Ase who in d,nd, v.. the thinen they like most bpraase of their desire to keen down their ih - . duce the fat with which they are already burdened. v The famous Marmola Prescription has been put up in convenient tablet form and is now old bv drunriuli rrah... only one dollar per box. ' To get rid of fat sieaany ana eamly. simply take one of these little tablet after each meal and at bedtime until you have reduced vour weight to where you want It. S wrintu. or tlabbiness will remain to show where iat -came ir. Simply use Mirmnla Prpai-rinCnn T.t.. leta according to directions. They are pleasant and eaity to take. Xo mles or special regulations iust the remise nu of the tablets. Try them for just a few week and get results without going through long sieges of tiresome exerrixe and starvation diet. Get th drug store. - it your druggist should not hrve them in stork you can secure them, direct from the Marmola Company- Gen eral Motors Buildlnc. Detroit. Mich. l sending one dollar. Thou sands n f man and women each year regain healtbv, slen- I der figures this way. Adv. J FOR vLumber, shingles, builders j hardware, cement, windows, roofing, plaster, or anything needed in building, call on the COBBS & MITCHELL CO. Successors to Falls City-Salem Lumber Co. 349 S. 12th Opposite Kay's Woolen Mills i A. B: Kelsay. Manager , correct, you : were Just stating your own views, and not those of Rev. Dr. A. A. Morrison's, servant of a living God who com mands that thou shalt not kill. I your own views you state that "we of the church do have to consider legal questions, as well as questions of government." It is true that churches are claiming this right, and that is the reasor. why, the people of the, churchew are not of one accord. One time I heard a story that was reported as being the saying of an old Indian to the effect that it everybody thought as he did they would all want to marry his squaw. But this Indian evident ly bad not -considered the other fellow, any more than "persons who are so exclusive and selfish that they only look upon heaven as existing for their particular benefit, to the exclusion of all others:" You say "There are times when human society demands the de struction of the destroyer." Would it not be best, to stop his work in the kindergartens which co-op erates In conjunction with the human societies, instead of carry ing your plan out contrary to God's commandments, to the ef feet that if somebody kills then somebody else is to kill them, and thereafter society must kill them until the devil has us all for that is his trick, f - : , My dear .brother in Christ, the inner man'' must 'have complete control of the outer man, so as to make him submit to God's way In dealing with the wicked, God could have destroyed Satan bad he desired to do so, but of course He then could not have advised us, or rather , commanded us not to kill, if He had himsejf mur aerea hatan. - Mr. Morrison you are . an able and conscientious sfvanf of God, loved, prayed for by all who 'know you. I wish you God's speed In your work and ask you not to make such state ments In your pulpit any more. Yours truly, Will E. Purdy. Davis Out of Fight In Eastern States (Continued from page 1) Garden , paviljow to capacity and filled the park square outside to listen to and cheer his remarks Some 12.000 people paid prices ranging from 55 cents to $2.20 per seat for -the opportunity of attending the rally while 6000 more" listened to the amplifiers in Columbus square. Such a pol itical gathering with its receipts of $13,000 is believed to be with out precedent in New York. The jcrowd was very partisan and there could be small doubt from the "first that they regard ed La Follette as the champion of the cause of the common peo ple. When the senator entered the hall he was extended an ova tion so spontaneous and un-artl flcial as to Impress all observers with his great popularity in that group, at least. Widely publish. ed straw votes are indicating that this trend to the La Follette standard . Is by no means -localized In New York, Pinks" Like Bob The source of this unusual pop ularity is not to be found so much in the personality of the man La Follette, in my opinion, but more in the fact that NiFighting Bob" stands for the overthrow of the present order of things. On this point the progressives, socialists. aborers. radicals and varying de grees of "pinks" can unite with out difficulty. This unanimity of opinion, how ever, does not include a construc tive program ' for reform. It was interesting to note that the crowd at Madison Square Garden cheered to the echo such general ' state ments as "Return the government to the control of the common peo ple." But the "violent affirma tions of issue-stradling' demago gues to use a General Dawes expression who preceded the speaker of the evening were more loudly cheered than the major portion of the program outlined by La Follette, J Plays Upon' Prejudice It was my frank impression that whether purposely or not the senator was playing upon the dis satisfaction and prejudice of the groups from which he is drawing support. Whenever he took up a specific question a noticeable rest lessness could be detected In an uninterested section of bis audi ence. It was this - fact which caused the" aisles and lobby to bo filled with hundreds of people flocking from the auditorium be fore the senator was half through with his comparatively short ad dress. There could be no question that the sentiment of the La Follette leaders was that to accomplish the purpose on which they are united the dethroning of the old par ties they v must defeat Calvin Coolldge. ' Garfield Hayes, chair man of the third party state com mittee, openly announced to the meeting that it was his belief that', the fight was between Senator La Follette and President Coolidge. - Davis Without Issue The march of events seems to have made La Follette the cham pion of the radical progressives and Coolidge the leader of the calm conservatives. In other words, John W. Davis, Democratic nominee, 'Is without an issue.' His attack on the present administra tion on grounds of "official cor ruption is offset by the similar charges which reflect on his own party .in connection with the air craft and . ship-building scandals. It Is doubtful if such criticism coming from Davis can injure Coolidge. The measured attacks of Re publican ' leaders and Republican press on La Follette and the sim ilar disregard of Davis indicates that the Coolidge camp has also decided that La Follette ranks as the most dangerous opponent. The bitter' and almost frantic effort of such Democratic leaders as Shaver and Harrison to counteract this growing opinion likewise . seems to -strengthen it. Polls Show Trend The results ot the polls by the Hearst papers In 60 leading cities and the meagre returns from the Literary Digest vote are additional proofs,, for these cancluslons. In both instances the race is between Coolidge and La Follette while Davis Is running a very poor third. This movement of progressives away from Davis while Coolidge Is maintaining his strength with conservative Republican and Democratic votes may, and very probably will, narrow the field in this section to a straight Cool id ge-La Follette battle. The eternal triangle - causes enough trouble for us without the presidential " campaign becoming an Infernal triangle. FOOT ID HUTU ' DISEASEjn TEXAS New Outbreak Of Deadlj Untie and Horse Sick ' ness Is Reported . HOUSTON. Texas. Sept. 27. A second outbreak of the foot and mouth disease was discovered late today in the bIx thousand aero ranch near here which is under strict guard to prevent spread of the malady. Announcement of the new out break was made by Dr. AV. E. Cot ton, government expert : from Washington, ; who said he had do finitely diagnosed ; the disease among cattle on the Perry Mc- 'Fadden 'ranch near Webster. Texas. This ranch is slightly north of the ranch of the Rev. William States Jacobs, where the epizootic first was discovered In a herd of brahma cattle. We have come far when a can didate's promise to enforce the law. is considered brave.' Franco-British German trade combine against America Is re ported, which may hurt our ex porting wine and monocles and pretzels. - - - 3 -J t f i i i ' i ! ' 4 t i l c i L i y - " 4 i t f 4 1 4 I i i - 4 4 4 '