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TIIE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM,' OREGON SATURDAY MORNING. JULY 11, 1D25 Mi Hi i " Itr(i D!1y Exempt Von4j y r- ' tY ATSMAJff TJSLISHIHa C OK AST :P 5 - 315-South Commercial 8t, galam, Or(oB " :f:!. J.' B.adritU. 0. K. W IU Smith. r ; Aar4 Quack Mf'B.t Editor city Editor ..Society Editor W. H. HodorM Ralph H. KleUinf.. B. A. KHotao- W; C. Ooaaer.. .Cireatatlaa Vaeafar .Advrtiing Maaafar laaagar Job DapL jtvtaiaek Editor -Fob I try Editor ' " kxhbzk or thx associates rsxss :t'i ira AMoc!t froM la aieltuivaly caUtW to tba im for oabUeo'tioB of all aow flIrttbM rtol to It or mot otaarwiao craditod. ia Uia papor aad aU UaloeaJ ' :, 7 1 t-J f t s .t x BUSINESS OmCt: ' ' .vrv . v- Taoataa F. Clark Ca, Iit Twt, I4i-ls Waa 6ta. gk, Caicar. Vra,tta BJM . L. m 1 - t '". W- S. GroUweal. Utr. . . roHtaad Qftleo. n WoTtaatar BMf, .Paoao SST BBoatfway. AlboH Byra. Mgr. ' "' ' " - TELETHORES ' -i-.- -. BaalaOM OMIi , l or Ut f ClratUtta Off ia !" '' V "V , V ipartmaat . . . . - IMOi Soeiaty EdlUr . . . "' Job Doaamaaat , , . . . , . . Sli-J'-- .:. .- ; - EatoraA at f PoatoftSao U 81 na, Orafaa. aa aoea ad -eloaa aiattoy sta REDUCING TAXES Secretary of the Treasury, Mellon, declares With tax- exempt; securities being issued at the rate ' of more than 11,000,000,000 a' year ; and with' pother ; ineahsof escaping taxes,' the wealthy need no guardian."- ; ': , V J ;..Thisrstatemfnt-is 1 absolutely , sound and provokes the qu(Uon-why doesn't, the treasury department urge Cqii- gress56 curtails the issuance of jnore tax-exempt securities in times of p'cacdt And 'since there are other admitted means of escaping-taxes why. are no efforts made from the same sources to cut off these .means of escape ? . The propositions to reduce the surtaxes twenty-five per cent and to - repeal the inheritance tax law will reduce the taxes of the rich greatly and the theory is. that-this money saved will be invested In ways helpful to the wage earners and those of moderate means. . And thii will probably hold rue to a limited extent. It will also enable vthe very wealthy to add very materially to their accumulations while the aver age person with small iflcbmeywill not feel the reduction of their taxes very perceptibly. 4 ' , For effective help to the average citizen the curtailment of non-taxable securities is far greater than cutting of inher itance yorlsurtaxes.'fof, inxthe former case money now diverted intothe securities would very probably be invested in industry which means opportunity for the small taxpayer whose home is the principal asset upon which the local gov ernments levy for their maintainance. The general govern ment must still be supported chiefly from incomes on articles n-f AM-icumrvtirvrf arA it Viia 4-Via small tflYTloVor Wlf Vl o foTYlUv -J v it "I will pay as much as his wealthy neighbor with a family of the Jerry" TIccr "atandrnE ova the platform, his nsaally cherry face downcast, eyen sorrowtul. - - - . - . - July 1 1, 1023 f. iTUFJ -TENTH COTtfMANDMENT: Thou shalt not covet thy neigh bor house thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife nor. his man errant, nor hH maidservant, nor bis ox. nor his ass, nor any thine ,'lkt II..' AIVi.-J n..rV ' AMERICA'S SWEET TOOTH GROWS FAST - The world's demankl for sugar was satisfied by a million tons in 1825, but it is using twenty-three ' millions , of, tons id 1925 ; ; i , And the demand of the United States is now on a basis Tm Afraid , . , . a - " : . . - - . With a feelinff of Ice at my heart; I rushed lop to him and seized him. by-the arm.- 'Jerry, what has happened?" I asked wildly. -I 5 ' He looked At me wonderlngly.. -Why! . Mia1 Graham, where did you come from ? he asked. !They didn t expect you so soon.", 'So sonr" Then1 they had sent ior. me-j i.gave ine arm i neia a peremptory shake. . v. .'.Tell me what's the matter!" I commanded. ; : ' erry , shook his head sorrow fully., ,-,!: - . ,.o "Im afraid she's tolnr to die. WW vCrham,"jho said pioujn fully. ' ' - - "Who?" My heart -was relieved of its heaviest burden by his use of the femlnine form ',ot..the, pro noun, hut Mother Graham. Kath erine, Katie I suffered for' each In turn before Jerry's maddening ly slow response. " "Lady. Mis Graham. Yoii re member Lady, that horse of mine? wen, sne's awfql sick. I've give her two Quarts of that liniment I told you . about the dose is one quart, but I thought I'd be on the Thl fellow Moreby possesses an optimistic character," observed Jenks. " "l quite agree wun you. saia Torbey. "If be failed in business. he'd thank heaven he 'had, bis health; If he failed In health he'd thank heaven he had his business; and it he failed In both, he'd say there was no use having one with out. the other . months of the'current.year the consumption of sugar in-the same: size, I The most equitable way still to raise taxes is tTltJ Ot'i Vi..' AAft ITrtC . ...I.J.V. f-O ff J Miuluu Qin:3ivvji8 o,vw,(4J luiu), vyiiicii means uo.u puunuar . . . .. . .. . i ii. ;v$t capitr lameTate o117 pounds of sugar per capita - Th-imnkt rfftWBnrl most eouitabk way to reduce them is to cut off expenditures. fof E annually for our peopl : J Against J7 pounds per capita annually-for the people t)f il ' Greece ; outsideiof what issmuggled ;'for. sugar is "a bootleg ging proposition in Creece, owing to the "high tariff, ; The' world's consumption : of . sugar has been doubling every twenty years, and there is every indication ;that this will be continued- The increase 'last year was aboul three millions of tons," and it-will likely be two millions or more this year. - - ?:- "" i. The United States, a little while ago. was "approaching 100 pounds' per capita" of sugar consumption annually, Pres- Adcle crrso's' New rhase of ident Coolidge, in making his decision concerning the petition REVELATIONS OF A WIFE for tariff reduction; the petition of the Walt Street Cuban eugar juntav which heof course denied, found, from the facts Copyrght by Newspaper Feature submitted to him by the tariff commission, that the United States had . risen ta:103: :i)6unds, annuaDy.. per capita in the consumption of sugar - - v " .' ' ' j" 'Arid now we are up to a basis of 117 pounds; and will keep right on'going up, should the prices remain reasonable. Thus the beet sugar factories of the United States" fall to the position of furnishing about a sixth of the 'sugar we consume in this country, whereas a year or two agorfhey were furnishing a fifth of it. The beet sugar output of the United States last year, was about a .million tons"' . An amuslnc ailtle atory con cerns an English barkeeper who had a box of very choice cigars stolen. He said ' nothing rabxjnt his.' loea to anyone. . A week later a . customer re marked to him; -"I hear you had a box of clgar stolen a while back." Yes, that's right." rejoined the barkeeper In : a Jow, . confidential tone, "but don't tell anybody. You end 1 are the only two who. know anything about It. , . " safe side and like she's dead Sil 1 it t. Service .! . ." CHAPTER F5C. THE SHOCK JERRY TICER : GAVE MADGE AT-THE 4r ' STATION. on the. train r speeding when I first realized, with V panic-stricken start, that I .,' I was eastward had leen out of "touch with the Speaking of the wonderful increase of the world's, con- farm house . for i 8 hours. .Little sumption of sugar, and especially of the .growth-in consumpi Mrs. Durkee's illness, with the ter tion of the United States, a writer in Facts; About Sugar," ntyingr prospect df an operation, Wf th IpidJnir majrazinea 'of the trade, says: One factor tne;ia8k f Te8torin ila to that exerts an influence from year to year in increasing the iSiVS demand for sugar is to be found in the new uses and applica- peace of mind, had made me for tions of the product" in meeting the iworld's ever widening fJrJttl7 tiT i i- , . . . . .,, ., . , . ..,14; from tne apartment the people needs. The growth of civilization is measured by the multi- at nome conidot reach either of plication of wants and as life becomes more - complex: and ns in any possible emergency.. . Strenuous the huban need for highly concentrated foods that ;0f will translate themselves quickly and fully into energy be- r told myself m the hitterest self comes iiicreasihgly great. , The fact that sugar is THE reproach which most mothers and CHEAPEST FOOD OBTAINABLE, measured by the amount "! miSa I of encrffV that can be purchased for a given price, is a. truism tbrtored myeeit with imagining all but one that is not lost to sight . by the great multitude in wrts of catastrophes and picturing T " , ., . ' rM- r xl i-fl.B1 'v,o the wild distress of: my mother arranging its daily regimen. These are the influences that ,n.laWt :wnen.repeated telephones : ' make the consumption of sugar greater today, tnan ever 1 to the apartment; elicited no, an t1-' j 1L.1 M.nis.Mitintia o-vTtanrl ifs iiap. for an indefi-lwe''-:: '. - uctoreHu ium -n-r r -- -; Lillian, with Marlon, was still nitc period. -r " ; -'yl v . , ry.,-,:- Jin the CatskUl mountain home of i All of which is Very important to Salem as related o j Mrs. cosgrove, Robert savarin'a ; t . - :. - - I nfsf or '"'wTioro "Ti t.nm in rc hef prospect for securing a beet sugar factory, or several 01 cuperate. from the arduous nere- strain' attending ' her work , in breaking tip the gang of conspira tors against the government and headed Jby the royal refugee who called himself "Smith." - . - Lillian would have found me in any emergency to Junior, if to do it she had been compelled; to call out the' police reserves and the standing army. . Bat Lillian .was not at the farm house.' YY-. : With only Katie's hysteria and Jim's limited capacity back of my aged and ' infirm mother-in-law, she would be wild with terrifying anxiety ir she. could get no re sponse to' a telephone summons for Dicky or me. ; . ,. . . Then, with a blessed sense of relief, r remembered that Kather ine Sonnot Blckett was still at the farm, or at least no -further off than the -- Southampton . hospital. where she; was on call for emerg' ency cases-r-desirlng only enough work to ; keep . her independent mentally : and v .financially, ; of er. husband, still absent on his expo All 1 o A . f .9 . m . x . o uiiioa 10 me wiius 01 ooum Amer ica. : ! ' '.Katherlne could be with Mother Graham within a few minutes, and she's lying just back home. Madge Makes a Promise.. , 'Pop." he went on mournfully. "he says he can't Afford; a vet for her. She's no good- anyway." he says. Better qff dead than alive he says. So I come down to' see u mayue ine vet would tell me something to do for1 her If I jrave mm. a dollar T ha one tint lost It somewhere. I've looked all pver for it, and It's rone!" The big:, lubberly, boy 'a face wa so genuinely grief-stricken that forgave him for the unintentional frighe he had given me and made a oulck decision ,"Is everything all right at the larm. jerry?" vui ies. ma am. no maam cTeryimng s line and dandy." ;, , vooa: wiio Is your veterin ananTr- I asked. "Dr. Mitchell tne one we have at the farm?" ri' Yes. ma'am: no. ma'am." stammered again withhi odd t lie mannerism tauqua audience .list evening had any sympathy with the soviet over lords of Russia, it was .lost after listening to Captain Cudmnndson. There la ' nothing - to recommend the Russian - system to. any one anywhere. Itis( evolution hack wards.- . '.' i-. . J , - Chautauqua tent was .full last night: evangelistic tent On South Commercial street ditto; looked like a minion people at the band concert and still' you coald see thousands of people at homo If you drove about the streets. Salem is getting bigger and bigger; also better and better. - - ' S S . ' -: i Edison's path to success ' Is paved with good inventions. -k Uncle Sara wants .to,, know If EuroDe "borrowed 'his money, or jusf tookMt,;.';. " Thinking of Caiitafa Gudnjuhd son'a lecture last night at Chau-' tauQua, It Isn't the Bolsheviks the world needs to worry about. :lts the bolshe victims. v S S Cross word fad about dead. . most everybody having taken np modernism and .' fandameltalism . for the aammer. . W -W r: "; The. perplexing problem Is (o . get the .tolerant to tolerate the ! intolerant. . - ' Salem , barber with a literary flare says, he expecta to see this line In a modern novel;. -Elsie , appeared at the door. wofn,,wcary. and bedraggled., with' two days growth of. beard -on the back of -her. neck." '- ' Oregon City The new Baptlct church will" hare n - auditorium and. gymnasium. " ' - t After writing a prescription for patient., the doctor told him that the druggist would probably ; charge a dollar for making up the medicine. ..... The patient aaked. the doctor to lend him the money, so the doctor caretuUy scratched out a part of the prescription -and -handed it back with a quarter, remarking: "You can have that made up for: 25 cents. What I scratched out was for your nerves." . sf. j ' The . waiter, -was exceed lngly; slow' and the diner began' to get annoyed. " ' ' , "Look here; -waiter," he said at last. "Bring me some coffee, and while you're away don't forget to drop me a line occasionally, just to let me know how you're get ting on!" I- i r Bits For Breakfast he T JThen. Jerry," I sald"kmdly, fget me a taxi, and I'll take you iown there before I jro home. You J' hall have him as often as it is ecessary to cure Lady, if she can be.. helped, and I will tell. Dr. Mitchell to send the bill to me." ; (To be continued) English; Accomplish Wore rThaiT Americans Is Said ' PLYMOUTH That Americans $re a lot slower man me triua Is the opinion! of Lady Nott Bow- knew that failing to reach me at: the apartment, her next pror ceeding would be' to get in touch with 4he Durkees. - That no mesr sage had been received from;thf farm house was' proof that noth-T ing serious had happened. - So' the only fear I had left was that of an accident happening at hdme since L boarded the train at Marvin.; iI saw., Jnnior, toddling Into the road In the path of an automobile. I visioned him be neath the hoofs ef a horse with no Marion at. hand to save him,' as she had done once befofe, I. Im agined. that he was" ones more lit the. brutal hands of the man across the road--but. every . mother who! has taken a journey; without her child 'knows! the gamt which ray fears ran .until alighting, from the slsterpwhere "she had gone, to re-, train - at -nrldgehampton I- saw er, who was one of the delegates to the National Council of Worn en at Washington; ' i "The Americans run about a jot,v" she said j on her" return to Plymouth, .hut they don't get as much done as the English do." AH the returning English dele gates to the council were enthus iastic about the reception which they received rand the hospitality shown them while they were In America and Canada. . -; A Mrs.' Ogilvle Gordon, . the first vice- president, said the women's movement was advancing by leaps and bounds in America and immi gration conditions .were, likely, to Improve, owing to the efforts .of the. conference. ' . . . Cooler and finer i m m . After another warm. spell ..But it has all been, very , good harvest?" weather.'"- - ' "." If any one In the Salem Chau- Where Will Ydu " - - v Spend Your Vacation? 8EB mm " " ' ' h a wi. uuiuiii iiiiuiiiiuuvii V ',: xwo full pages: With ' Information of resorts, - distance and roads. LOOK FOB, THIS VACATION . BORDER. . V. ; Y IV "IS- El 1 antes W earry in ttock over 115 lenl blanks snital o most any. buslnesa transactions. iYemaj have Just the form yoa are looking for at t bz aarins aa compared to raade to order forcia, - Some of the forms: Contract of Sale, iioad Notice, WiH forms, Aasln ment of Jlortpagr Mortgtge forrosr Quit Claim Deeds, 'Abstracts form. Bill of Sale,' Building Contract Promissory Notes, Installment Notes, General Lease, : Power - of Attorney, Prune. Books and Pads, Scale Be--ceiDts. Etc These forms are carefully prepared for the courts and private use.: Price on forms ranges from 4 cents to IS ents apiece, and on note " books from 25 to 0 cents. . ' ' ' PRINTED AND FOR SALE BY The Statesman LEGAL BLANK HEADQUARTERS IE 'Is them; to the Willamette yaUey, aa related to the early secur- BILLY'S UNCLE i ing nere of a score or more of beet sugar lactones, ana to ine ! 1 United StaUs'-'aswholeV Pint of !;felf suf f icien(; sugasiiy plain-com- and foliowinz the ruleT6rpublic safety . - ) tj: The biggest thing that can happen to the Salem district I ii aiatl development of the lhien industry; here - f V But not far behind in importance is the building up here of a beet War industry ; for the vast directgood, and for the Indirect benefits that will accrue in furthering the dairying, f Jiwinejreeding! and poultry praising, industries,, and other j industries on the lanct v y y'Ylx'XJ . rJ. 1 There vs no use to wait f dr things to turn up - ; jv ItJsVhigh time for the people 1&f Saleni. to organize and i I turn things up, in the beet .sugar :industry. :.-:'The rignt'xnan, "with, the adcquate.knowledge,? could organize the industry 5 pooperatively-here right nowj as has been and-is being done i at Several points "throughout the country1. . S " - would have to secure if ty-f if ty contracts with jthc growers, 'which would -make'it in effect-a cooperative enterprise. - At : least, "-most of the manufacturing in this country is being carried oV.under such ifty-fifty'agreerrientsr - YY jY Y. y ; 1 Small factories might be built; are.Veing built in some tarts pi the world ; but the. most feasible plan would be for a factory of considerable size, taking the product of 5000 to ) LETS GO v A3 ail educational-recreational opportunity, Chautauqua has no equaL It is in session now when the schools and col-, leges arc-for the. most. part closed. '.It offers a program of lively entertainment presented in ; the drama, cartoon anj humorous intcrspersions with the heavier, numbers. i : It offers a EpIciVdid program of music also. Even the I cys and girls crc enjoying 'Junior' Chautauqua. . ; . A few enterprising citizens have made this midsummer r.ivcrrfty cf cduc'atlcr.sl ci:tcrtainment and fun possible by Publishing ;Gb. If At Business Of flee. Ground Floor '-" Tv. "-T En gene The new 480.000 ho- 1 I tel has been formally opened. r , - - : . . . . 7 . . . you "Ux, , 1 j I ! rsx wv- how trvcjo" V : I ; I j Y-Vv.u', voutvoocwtX IP" ' T " 1 1 j I -'-J lMMCtMOVV 1 tU, - V 4iVKr VK-VOOH. V ?' Jf - ;iv 1 A CVCUXit UTrt3vi Uxx) - " : .. '-w . 1 "--' ' j ; j j t '.-..-A- -" - - , , - - -1 u---.:. -41 '' ' ' 'ewt.miwM . VI 4 Arz;:lzili:-: its' financial 'success.:: It's -yourv Chautauqua;1