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I TIIE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGOir SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5, 1924 t rV V I. u e- a - THE ITATESMAM PUBUSITINQ COMPAJTT 215 South Commercial St, Salem. Oregon EL J. Headrieke J ok a I.. Brady frank Jaakoaki i . . Manager J . . . K.tltor Maasger Job Dept. ! '; sHZHMX OT TW, ASSOCIATED PBESS : . Tk AhmIiIhJ Praaa la axeloaive'lr cat it led to the una for oablleafion of all mwi dlapatchea credited to it or sot otherwise credited in this paper and alao the local sews published Herein. I '. ; BUSINESS OFFICE: Thomas T. Clark Co, Kaw York, 1(1-145 'West 36th fit,; Chicago, Msrqnette Bvild- jng. W. S. Grotbwahl. Mgr. (Portland Office. S36 Worcester Bldg, Phono 663? B Roadway. C P. Williams. Mgr.) Ynslsess Offlea . News Department ; TELEPH0NF8: i m . . S3 :'.- Circulation Offiee i . .13-100 Society Editor ) . Job Department . . . . 583 683 108 Entered at tha Poatoffiea la Salem. Oregon, a second-class matter BIBLE THOUGHT AND PRAYER ' Prepared by Radio BIBLE SERVICE Bureau, Cincinnati. Ohio. If parents will hate their children -memorize the daily Bible selee Hons, It trill proTe a priceless heritage to them in after years. '..m;'.!m :l- ' October 5, 1021 -'Im ;."'.":.'' U PEACE WITH ALL MEN: Follow peace with all men, and holi ness, without which ino man shall see the Lord. Hebrews 12:14. , PRAYER: We would, O Lord, by Thy grace, exercise ourselves to lire as far as possible in peace with all men. i TEACHING THEM NEW LIVES Is, Life in a penitentiary can prove so interesting, so profit able, so character building; and enlarging that many a prisoner jnay well bless the day when his career of crime was halted and a new and happier mode of living was opened up to him. Particularly Is this true of Sing Sing if Superintendent John P. Joyce, who supervises the teaching of industries in that institution, speaks truly. He has recently suggested a reduction of the guards and an increase in the number, of instructors, declaring that prisoners find conditions so at tractive wkhin'its walls that they would not escape if they could. ; :; .: :! ' ' ! : IT .-, Even supposing this to be an optimistic statement, it is nevertheless the practical ideal toward which modern periol ojry is striving i . i1' -' -- , i For society as a whole does not wish to wreak its ven geance upon any single human being. If they have been the enemies of society they should not be encouraged to regard society as their enemy or foster and aggravate their enmity toward us. Society would rather see them made whole, re stored to worthy and active citizenship, trained in lucrative and interesting trade, weaned from their perverted antag onisms and crime complexes, developed into happy, normal cooperation in the finer standards of life and living. : And the system of education and training, under pleasant hygienic conditions obtaining at Sing Sing, tends markedly toward that ideal.. Here the talents and interests of pris oners are studied,! guided and provided with the necessary in struction to inspire their better natures, j And there is a better side to every nature. Few hearts; are so base and "sodden as to be uhresponsive to this treatment. The records show that many most unpromising cases expand and blossom under this constructvieencouraging, redeeming method. Here the men are taught to see their talents in their possible application to social benefit.! They learn trades suited to those talents and become proud and happy in attainment. And they are equipped to take their places as responsible and respected members of society when their terms of incarcera tion are over; an infinitely wiser and more humane plan than vengeful punishment and aggravated bitterness. It will be to the greater honor and wisdom of our coun try when all ourj penitentiaries and jails are institutions of learning, training and redemption rather than merely blindly, inhumanly punitive J 1 And that is the trend in every state in the Union And in most of the states the progress is also towards completeself support. This has been attained in Minnesota and Missouri, and is being approached in Indiana, South Da kota, Louisiana, j Wisconsin and a number of other states. (In Alabama the1 prisoners support both themselves and the state university, but this is under a system of virtual slavery, in coal mines, where the convicts are mostly of the colored race.) ,. . i '..J. .. . !';; ' Oregon is progressing along the modern lines of penology, and, if there shall be no turning back, within a few years the Oregon penitentiary will be both self supporting and well on the way towards the condition provided for by the men who framed our constitution which provides that: "Laws for the punishment of crime shall be founded on the principles of reformation, and not of vindictive justice." r : i vj.-;.,.- OTHER FAITH HAVE WE NONE when the whole world is perform ing the sacred duty of parents to children. Youth must have its' expression, and it Is necessary for anybody who would be a guardian to remember bis youth. The ten dency as the years pass is to be come more intolerant, v of shorter vision, but if care is taken it is just the other way. . - x We are depending so much upon youth that we are liable to de mand too much from them. We are liable to forget that the youth of the present day is willful, dis carding strict rules and that it is careless regarding many things, but if the youth goes wrong the responsibility is with the parents: with all the parents everywhere. The individual parents must suf fer a penalty, but the general par ents must suffer just as much. We must give our boys and girls an opportunity to develop. We cannot hold them down to hard and fast rules. We cannot make them wear intellectual and moral straight-jackets, but we can as sist them to grow into great men and women, useful and much needed.' .- Instead of bemoaning1 youth, every man should lend 'a hand to develop youth. Authority should be given that it may be ground into the, system. Exercise of de mocracy should be made part of the nature of every child. After all, our chief business is to take care of and develop our children. It must be done lovingly, it must be done kindly, but it must be done. ! AX. UNCERTAIN ELECTION 1 i jOregon has almost 50,000 new voters this year, 49,961 to be approximately exact, who will for the first time be eligible to cast their votes for president r v And the whole country over there are 7,000,000 new voters, persons who have become of legal age since 1920. r The absorbing question to the campaign managers is how are these 7,000,000 going to vote, j In many ways, the coming balloting will be a test of American institutions and a test of American conscience and common sense in the ballot booth A test such as the nation has not often faced in its his tory..- : , . : i H . : I : . " The balloting will show to a degree of what stuff young America is made. Have the schools and colleges taught them loyal Americanism? Do these young citizens think soberly and earnestly for their country's future? Do they stand for home and the. flag and the constitution that is a bulwark of both?. ' -U. ' , r'::'!;:, ::"- ' ni . These young Americans who will vote, for the first time, ranging in age from 21 to 24, to the impressive number of 7,000,000, will show on November 4th whether American institutions will be stabilized by their ballots and the old foundations of government reestablished. 1 , That young America is sound and will use common sense ! at the polls is perhaps the best forecast that can be made. At least we must have faith in the new voters; without that, "one cannot have! much faith in the future. j .' Hard times for the United States wpuld cheerfully be brought about by La ouette it he considered that necessary to put his theories into effect, according to a declaration of his son, in an address at St. Louis, August 11. "I can tell you,' said young La Follette, 'that if La Follette is elected President, and he finds that he must bring about hard times to cure the ills of the country, he will do it." All those com mon sense voters who I belong to the .bird-in-the-hand-club should remejnbethe pro'j ability of general disruption of our I growing prosperity if La Follette is given a chance to rock the boat. M . 'K1 . .; . The Iowa situation, the Kansas situation, and the big vote indi cated all over make more of a problem In this election than any for a long time. One thing that will heir Coolldge will be the in creased woman vote. More wom en will vote this year than any time before. . Another thing that will help Coolidge will be his quiet eadership. He will be the recipi ent of those who believe in a pro tective tariff. He will not et the disappointed vote. He will not get the restless vote. He will not get the IWW vote, but that vote will go to La Follette. I ' While the contest in the United States 'over is between Coolidge and Davis, out here Davis is not running much, but La Follette is not even entering in the solid south. . Davis will have the south. Davis will have more; states con ceded to him than any man run ning. Coolidge will have to fight for every state he carries. In ad dition Coolidge will have the hand icap of La Follette. who will draw more largely from the democrats than the republicans. ; However, there Is much hope in the fact that more people are go ing to vote than ever. In the Literary Digest poll many thou sands of people did. not vote the last election, and yet the Coolidge vote runs right along with the Harding vote, and that was a land slide. In the Digest poll 689,019 votes are reported and of this number 137,306 did not vote In i92o.-' -;: ; .;. ,.;:f : vu - -u There is a desperate fight on. and the republicans must not feel too hopeful. . They must realize that every Inch of ground must be contested. We know It Is cus tomary' to say every election Is a crisis, but it is true jnst the same. This election is one of the most important ever held In America. Discontent and anarchy' have donned the sheep's clothing and are attempting to deceive the peo ple. If there was ever a time for straight thinking and straight vot ing that time is now. i v rourn Few people are rich; a good many people are fin comfortable circumstances; some are poor, and a few are very poor. - No matter i where a man belongs la this cata :log he is ambitious to do some thing for the world ;and" make a i : -tri-utloa worth while. The greatest contribution he can make is children well reared, respect ably trained. Every man, no mat ter what his station In life, mast have help in this. A child is an Institution with many angles many carres. i ; It Is the greatest thing in the world and yet It pnts all the other, completely to shame. We have" reached 'the time' now SHOWING GUMPTIOX Nice Kick-off Needed for Y's: ' uampaign lor azuu,uuu; Many 9 Citizens Entering Big Drive Who, knows a iriend of man with 125,000 that I he would be willing to spend for the boys and men of Salem? f Not money to- take them to a few shows, or tol feed them candy or peanuts, but fnoney to build a great health and soul-making plant that will last them and all their posterity through all eter nity? That's a Uong while! An investment that will last that long is a miraculous Opportunity. The great Salem Y building campaign, that Opens Wednesday, needs one good tick-oft subscrip tion of just about $25,000, or more, to start it right. The build ing itself needs it; the cause needs It for the benefit of those who There ought to be such a thing as honor in politics. The repub lican party has always prided it self, on being honorable, but In Iowa it has humbled Itself before Senator Brookhart and permitted him to romp over It to the delec tation of his followers and the discomfort of the republican party. At least the organization has shown resentment. When Brookhart denounced Dawes . the committee was called together hastily but didn't have the nerre to act Finally when Brookhart attacked Coolidge, things had gone so far that It was necessary to act, and they have reaa urooxnart out or the re publican party. This action makes chaos In Iowa, bat the republican party has maintained Its integrity. The trouble Is that so many peo ple do not look upon Brookhart's conduct as a political crime. They look upon it as smart politics. The general ' public, however, believes that if Brookhart cannot support the republican nominees he ought to give up the repubU- can nomination and run as an In dependent : : The country could not exist half slave And half free. The republican .. party in , Iowa conld not exist half ; republican and half Brookhart. The party will gain by taking a decided stand and defending Coolidge. ; , ; The president Is the strongest : CU2T TWEOLD BUILD ( IN IS SO SMALL AND CRQWDED-1HE.RE ISNT HARDLY ROOM TO TURN GROUND WC WANTS A lWY 9 ( f 3 f t SWVCEi I KAS A KID I MfV -BE EM jSON3 TO THCV -AND oWc MUCH TO 17" THCrALWAVS XAUlfcO A&OcrH A NEW SOII-OING- 1XTS fitTi BWSY.-ANO OO OT IRE KIDS NEEDS A NEW V. M.C.A. YOU CAN TELL A ClTV-. BY ITS VMCA-OUR'V' IS OOIN A 6RCW WOM ANOKA9 &ERVCD IT PORfots. fiXTs mavcav VE WANT OUR BOYS opto ate. Bcm-OwNS o tq GROW UP CLfcAM we CAN DOABIS6ER i : j i ii i MANLY UPRIGHT MCNi Since i wavc been im SALE.M THE V.MXAHAS B&Efr A V ITA L FORC& RCLlGtOU&LY- EOOCATiOM Mi-Y-ANO OHYSICAV.UV. BUSINESS MAN THE WOMETN ! . i. " OLDER.CmZEN BO0 SOAHDMAN-l pie of ' voting age who remained away from the election booths, and this number, after deducting 8,- 467.C25 disqualified persons of voting age, including 6,200,000 aliens and 2.000,000 white and black. Illiterates in 12 pouthern states. Kentucky showed jtbe least number of stay-at-home voters. only 24 stay-at-homes to 124 vot ing, while in Pennsylvania there were 132 igtay-at-homes for every 1 00 voting. In Massachusetts for every 100 who voted 85 -oters re mained away, and in Wisconsin 90 voters remained away, to every fl 00 who cast a ballot. ' " The strongly ; partisan . stated T&liASH FIGURE OP DEATH AT BUSIEST N. Y. CORXEH TO WARK THE CARELESS ..... . . : .' l( have the - largest number at-homes. ALBERT fTOZIER ' Champoog, Or., Oct. 4 of stay- 1924. PRATUM School will open here next Mon day morning. " Some of the di rectors have been busy getting the scboolhouee in trim" for he open ing exercises. j At least four or fjve jjtneys are taking, youngsters to high school from this neighborhood.! . .The Ladies Aid met in the basement of the church last Wed nesday afternoon. ; Potato , digging is .in The crop is : of good quality but rather meager quantity, Quite a bit of fall plowing, is being done, but a, few more rains would be beneficial fori that line of endeavor. - A radio man from Salem was in the neighborhood fliast night demonstrating a new type of radio reception.; - progress. GERMANS GET U. S ,LOAXS OBERHAUSEN, Germany. Sept, 10 (AP) The municipal savings bank, acting as " a trustee, had.se cured a one million gold mark credit from America for the local . V 1 1. j: Ii! I 1 B Bac4qfaaaata..taaaa e . i - .. : . . . 3 i i n This gruesome figure was Instal led at Fifth avenue and 4 2nd street aa a warning to both automoblllsta and . pedeatriana. Light play be hind the transparent pictur. flashing on and oft at regular In tervals. Deputy Police Commis sioner Collier sponsored tba Instal lation of the warning- sign which Is to be moved from one congested corner to another la New York's crowded districts. ; . steel Industry, it Is reported. For the first year of the loan 13 per cent interest has been charged, while the rate for the second year will be 7 per cent. haven't so mueu to give, as a chal lenge for : the to do just a little better than they had planned. If anybody knows, of such a friend, or if he wishes to announce himself, the telephone, the mails, the automobile, the street car, the word of mouth, will get a quick response from Chairman T. A Livesley, or Assistant Chairmon Paul-Wallace, or Secretary Kells, or any of the committee. The campaign committee Is be ing thoroughly organized, with scores of good citizens laying aside their, personal business to help in the big venture.' ino building plans have been adopted, the on.'y agreement being that the sum of $200,000 -.will be required to pay lor auequaie uuuuuig lacilities. Anything less will ibe too small even now, even without any Sale ii growth. The cost ofconstruction isf a fairly uniform factor, and wjth a given cubical content, such as it is known the Salem building must have,' the. approximate cost can be forecasted very closely, Itfs got to be $200,000 to meet even the present needs. " j While the work of the cam paign committee is going to be crowded into the old building, the regular rush of school-year and fall activities; packs the place clear to the rpof. The normal growth of the city and the grow ing popularity of the Y shows gfaringly the need of more room. man in the republican party to day. He Is the ;strongest individ ual man in thexbuntry today,. and from .the reports that come In from the grass roots his election Is a practical certainty. MORE ABOUT THE COURTS A man was talking loudly on the streets a day or two aeo at tacking the coujrts as the . fences for the rich. jHe probably be lieved what he said, but the reason he did was because he was ignor ant. As a matter of fact the poor need the courts much more than the rich. The rich man can take care of himself, but the poor man is In no position to fight his own nattles. He must ask society to help him, and jthe only way so ciety can help him, is through organized channels Of government. When his rights are infringed upon he has redress with the courts. The rich; man can do with out the courts The poor man cannot. It Is more essential for the' working men of America to preserve the Integrity of the su preme courts than it is for the capitalists. ! i NOT NECESSARILY I i! - ...... . f It is said that La Follette has 90 per cent of Ithe German vote. This is certainly open to dispute. La Follette will lhaye probably the disloyal element, but the thrifty Americans of German descent, such as we have out in this coun try, are not going to vote against their own Interests. They are great money makers, and they want conditions; right for money making. They know' from sad ex perience that If' they let the dem ocrats in just What will happen. They know from good experience that to continue the republicans in office they Will have a better atmosphere in which to make their. successes. Those who have failed will probably vte for La Follette. and of course 4 few of the better class who are deceived,- bat we be lieve the great! majority of them will exercise individual judgment and . vote as their best interests dictate.1. ! . , . j - The republican party offers to thrifty German! Americans an op portunity to continue under a tar iff' law that brings success and under working Conditions that are favorable. Th'y may like La Fol lette personally, but they are go ing to make Toting a matter of business. : enormous sum of money and is right smart of an advance over what was received for wheat last year, v - j '.';',; ; ' It is mighty' fine news that all along the line the farmers are receiving better prices. They are going to work out their own sal vation, and when they get on their feet they will -be mighty hard to knock off. In war times the same thirst for the acquisition of quick wealth attacked the. farmers that attacked the town people, and they had temptations to spread out that they could not resist. There were speculative temptations that were hard to resist. It is believed that all of us have had our lesson, and this billion dollars distributed for wheat will be used to pull the farmers out of the hole. ( EDITORIALS 0F THE PEOPLE y Stay-at-Homes 1 Editor Statesman: In forecast ing and predicting the result of the national contest that will be announced just one month from today, jthe stay-at-home vote must be reckoned with. Who knows what the j stay-at-home vote of 1920 will do in 1924? Few real ize that for the 26,713,862 votes cast in the presidential contest of r920 there iwere 25,705,063 ' peo If Stomach is Upset, Sour, Gassy, Just take "rape's Diapepsin" " ;. I ' . In Five Minutes all the Indigestion, Flatulence, Heart burn and Acidity will be Gone Why be miserable another mo ment when a few tablets of Pape's Diapepsin will correct your out-of-order stomach and your digestion? Harmless! Pleasant! Effective! Get a 60 cent package from any drug' store, then if you or one of your family should eat something which upsets the stomach with -gases, sour fermentations, acids or causes distress you can, like mil lions of others, get prompt stom ach relief and correction. Adv. THOUGHTS FOR EVERY DAY BY Editor J. B. Parker of The Conway, X Arkansas) News. J MORE MONET A gorernment report just, out sayg that the farmers of - America received a billion dollars for their wheat crop this year. Thal ia an , You've often heard the remark, "Never look a gift horse in the mouth." j . H If you were ever guilty of crit ically examining the gift of a friend .and wondered what' it cost and studied about its quality, you were guilty of looking a gift horse in the mouth. A gift' usually comes from the heart of the giver, and although it may seem to you a trivial one, it may have cost a sacrifice on the part! of the giver. It's an unkind and selfish per son who will 'receive a1 gift from a friend and then crulbble even to himself or, herself i as to Its tangible (value and cost. A gift carries with it a message) of love. The gift may be prac tically worthless from a financial viewpoint, while measnring by the loving spirit which prompted the deed it may be invaluable. Just remember ; the giver- be grateful don't permit the de sire for gain, or possession of an expensive gift, to spoil the act of giving and receiving. You won't, if your heart is true. j ' ' Jjjjj -- " Safe Fat Reduction Why he fatt . 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