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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1925)
" , ' r ' 1 l - - - ' -.. - ' ' '" '' '' ' ' .. i - i - .nr...,.. - t r i 1 '' "Mr"i 1 r "ii j - -in i .. r - !j- . 81S 8 Commercial ' r v t'JJH ' " M"wrirE4itor I , A4r Boath .3 .f Bocniy ditor ? J ' : f7 :i'!BtTStSE8" ' Umj 1 ,y' 8hr Bldr.. 8 Fmnci. TELEPHOSES: ClrfBUtioB Oirie583 ' B!iy: Editor . ' ' - -40 i ! EDUr4 t th. p,t Office 1, 8lm, QrtOB, .dcl.tt tU . new; considering thyself, lest tiou THIS IS NOT SO; THERE IS A BETTER WAY I' i! 7. 'l . j - . (Portland 'There Is bnt one ineans by .uS.rrremp prime owners m the nucleus oC an American merch ant marine which will be maintained and will grow in competition with ahips of other nations. ; That is that' the VoTerament4paylae amount by which operation under the American flag exceeds that of yeruon unaer ine principal competing flags. The highest equity VB goxernment assume that obligation: ! The excess cosl the result of laws which the.United State has made, of policy st5 l.aJdr2 ,eand liTing to which this nation is fully com mXl?Ct 1 treaties by which we are forbidden to glre preference fjo our Zfiitt foreign ships. Since the gorernment imposes this eicefe. cost, it ahoultf bear that cost Itself. All that men ready to engage Ll hippiiignsineaa ask la that, as to cost' of buflding. and f operation; they ut on an eauality withlforeign competitors, and thly? Will build tfp.businert. expand foreign trade and maintain a fleet ready for the nation's serrlce in th vont 'nf r tr kt. k . ; U lt o. but it would.be a small price i vur wmmerce ina our 7 ITie above is a paraoaph of the leading editorial of the Oregonian of yesterday, in the course of which the impression . is given that a ship subsidy bill may be successful in Congress the coming winter, in case it can get the support of the West and South. If it were true that "there is but one means" by which an adequate American merchant marine can be butlt up and maintained, and that means a ship subsidy, the stand of the Oregonian editorial writer would be well taken ' 7 But it is nofso i there is a better way. I " - The better way is the way in which the founders of our Republic built up a great American merchant marine that had become the wonder of the world when bur Civil -war broke out-r-, ;. - .,. : .. , . : 4. i AncTthat was done by preferential rates'of duty on goods carried to American bottoms. . , - ' , 1 " That is. the way that should now feadopted; v It will cost the American people not one cent. It will be no cWge upon the treasury of the Unitebf Statcsr!:its effect will be instant and continual ' . li ' ck T It will positively do the work, and keep it up. ! It seems strange, in the light of history, and in, respect to common sense, that there are men in Congress, in either branch, who put forward other schemes for developing an American merchant marine. 1 , There is only one right way. , 7 ! LAY BARE I . The contract between the anthracite coal miners and the operators will expire on August 31, this eak-The miners 4 .are asking for a ten per cent advance under.a new agreement to go into effect upon the expiration of the present contract. Ir their, argument f or the advance .they are insisting that, there be taken into consideration the difference be tween -the cost of the coal at the mine and the cost in the 'consumersVbins. ; i '- 7' '-"'CY--',' i7..: i Thepresent cost at the mine is $15 and in the bin $8, j leaving margin of $7 a ton for transportation and handling. j I " TW operators , contend" 1 granteq without loss to the industry. . They point to the fact that the use of substitutes for anthracite is steadily! increas ing, and tbat the use of this kind of fuel will soon be greatly . uwreasea oy ou, eiecmcuy, gas ana tne bituminous .variety j ; of coal.: 'They, try to substantiate further their position toward j no rise in wages by the improbability, of possible j reduction in transportation rates. ; 1 f ; - . In the cross-fire of these contentions the miners. claim j that the' decreasing use of anthracite could be overcome by cutting down the margin between the cost of. the coal at the : mine .and in the bins ; that then wages could be: increased, j; the; price to consumers reduced and a fair profit still accrue j to the operators.' This picture appears rosier apparently to ) the miners than to the operators. And the public accustomed to the proverbial position between; the upper land the -nether r imusione is trying to tigure Accusation of the railroads of excessive rates has been ?t heard; many times. And now when the miners urge the operators to unite with them in petitioning the interstate I : commerce commission for reduction ,of rates on anthracite coal froni the mines to pivotal commercial points their request is held in obeyance as the matter of rate readjustment ' is - already-in-tWhandsof the commission. . - . . 1 - v "The first step in the process: of the desired readjustment ( is to"; determine whether there is combination of interests 5 between the mine owners, operators and the coal-carryins , j railroads;" If there are co-existing interests between the com- panics and the roads reduction of rates means reduction of t operators profits. If no connections between transportation 7 lines "and 'companies the reduction of rates should result in ; increased vrages or "reduced costs to consumer or both. 7 - j 7 Th'creis evidently lack - of economic balance, At the present' cost of anthracite to consumers its use will probably ' cbnt&us to decrease and with thisdecrcase higher wages will be maintained, no doubt, with difficulty. . ' ; " 7 Tha cliin f cr increase in w&cs urged must be based lp;Lr.ril7 thxreductica cf rstss cn intispsndest ccil- -'ij- 1 '-'r - 1 J v ; v -- St, 8alm, Orexoa j i , Ralph H. Kletiiag A'dertiir Maatfcr W, C. Com . . PaaJtrr Editor OFFICE: U : .. C1U.; UiC?iM Bld, Axel..CSf' Kw Dpttmt23 Xe 1 Job Departaicat also be tempted. Corinthian" (, 7' 777ii7':f ! 7-- Oregonian.) 7 ' ' . which the goverament fleet can be to pay for the great service rtin- national defense." i ? r : ! t THE FACTS that higher wages . cannot be out just what the outcome will coma of the . controversy the additional comfort or benefit,; no doubt. 7 - . ' 7 With absolute justice as the goal this present contro versy requires 4 thorough inquiring; into" all r phases of the anthracite industry by a fair and impartial board of arbiters Miners, consumers, operators and all others directly inter ested are entitled to all the facts in the case.7 And when these facts are laid bare there should be found means for equitable adjustment of wages without : serious' dissension or contro versy.: , . . . ". "' - '.- ' ' ' '7.7"' KBIO'S L01IE Adelr Garrison's New Ifiase of REVELATIONS OF A WIFE Topyrght by Newspaper Feature Serrlcs 1 CHAPTER F67 ! HOW WAS MOTHER GRAHAM'S - " CURE" SO SWIFTLY .. , , ACHIEVED? I - I flushed 'with i pleasure at Catherine's commendation of my telegram, for I Talue her opinion highly, and the fact that she has tound no technical change to make in the message to Dr. Braithwaite pleased me inordi nately. 7.1 U.. ..,:.; 7 ,.y. ,y--),. .. :" 1 must send -' this telegram at once," I said Hastily. ;... ; "Wouldn't you .'mind?" Kath erlne hesitated deprecatingly, 1 as she hurriedly rolled up a bundle of clothing and , tbrust , it into a serviceable yet , . gaily-decorated laundry bag. V.Yon said, yon would take these uniforms to Mr. Ticer, and I don't know. when I'll have a chance' to get out of Mo ther Graham's room again, j She's certainly on a rampage. I'd advise you to keep out of her way i for. a while unless you hare a hanker ing to " ' - - I ' "I fly!" I exclaimed with a wry smile.) "But you must come down to luncheon Katie will be desolat ed, it you miss her surprise.". . "I'll 'get away In half an hour if I have to chloroform your : re spected mother-in-law," she pro-4 mised. 'At that, I think I think when I hare a chance to hell her the news about Mrs. Durkee she will calm down a bit." 7 "I'll tell Katie to hare lunch eon in exactly half an hour." I said, and then,' tip-toeing out of th room, with an apprehensive glance at . my mother-in-law's closed door, I stole downstairs, and making my way to the kitch en, gave the promised ' directions to Katie. ..'7 ' ,7 1 , "Half an' hour!" she exclaimed in dismay. 7 "Dot no goot! I 'f raid surprise no good eet - stand so long." ' j 1 -; ... "Oh, I Feex Qreeck " '". Her roice was a doleful, but - I know her little ways, and I guess ed that she had not yet prepared the "surprise," but that, like most temperamental cooks, she wished no exact time set for the serving of luncheon, and snatched at the most plausible excuse. 'Im sorry, Katie," I said with a decisive note In my roice, "but Mrs. Bickett and I have something most important vm hand, and .we cannot eat any luncheon if it isn't ready Just at that time." Katie capitulated, as she al ways does, when I take that tone with her. ' f - ' f v7 .r'- "Oh, I feex, qveeck as dot light ning! " she ! promised earnestly, and then with an Impudent twin kle in her eye, she added, with pretended meekness r, y v - "I carry me ot clock In rum hand all time, und shoost at sec ond of half-hour you find lunch- DOROTHY DARNIT ' , , ., . , , 1 oer. ,1 ' y i ' j v .. . y - - . j j 7 g f EAT MV. LUNCH - AT . H GUT ONES 1 I II X W I ! I- - ' I II It ".II I - consumer ' will receive little? eonon table. Will old Toman's coom dowr?" . : "There will be only Mrs. Bick ett and I at the table." I replied. Ignoring with an effort Katie's im pertinence, for it was no time for me to be captious. I had too many irons in the fire, all ot them dan gerously warm, for me to risk up setting Katie's hair-trigger tem per. ; , , "Dot's goot." Katie returned, unabashed. "Maybe you hare lit tle bit peace vile you eat, den." . An Unexpected - Appearance. . , 7 Wisely, I had retreated at the close of my last sentence, and I could pretend Ignorance of Katie's lighting references to my mother-in-law. But . I am afraid I was feminine enough - to give a sup pressed chuckle at my little maid'a accurate summing up of the situa tions For the next few minutes I busied myself with getting off the telegram to Dr. Braithwaite. and then, taking the key of the car my father had glren me from the mantel where it is always kept, I went out to the barn. With the pleasure which only a confirmed motor': enthusiastlast knows, I turned the switch key and backed the machine out. finding music in every throb of the engine. . j The sight of Jim. busily, picking the chicken Katie had ordered for the evening's dinner, the (homely, familiar sounds .from . cow stall and chicken yard, the look of the rambling, comfortable old house in. its setting of trees, bare now, but soon to waken to the spring time I welcomed them all, trea sured them and felt the tug ot nostalgia as I thought of the all-too-brisk stay I could make among, them. . " - ' Katie, wide-eyed, called to me as I guided the - machine past the kitchen porch. . "You no go 'way now. Eet al most half-hour." ' I turned off the Ignition and alighted from the car. But the re ply to Katie which was on my lips was never uttered, for my mother-in-law, majestic, yet miraculously c-urea 01 ner rage, appeared in the doorway behind her and beckoned imperatively to me. (To Be Continued Tomorrow) COUNT ALL AUTOMOBILES NEARLY 5,000 A DAY PASS COURT 'AND CAPITOL .Figurei compiled by Fred Thie sen, by a man stationed at the corner of Court and Capitol, the proposed site for a ,'new , filling station, show that on last Satur day between the hours, or 8 a. m. and 6 p. m., 4822 cars passed that point. On Monday, between the same hours 4633 cars passed, Us ing these figures -for an average the hobrly traffic from and to Saj lem totals 472 cars. In' a year'at the above figures the total traffic would amount to approximately a million, cars. '' : ; . - ,11 Is said that Mr. Thielsen had these figures compiled to use in proving his point that the filling station which he proposes to build will not be a public nuisance In a locality where there in already so much automobile traffic Arlington Company organ ized to operate'. 20,000-foot saw mill here. - w- NOWS TO-OAV.I MAO OVSTERS TOMATO -Tv.SOUP QLACk BASS PLANK 5TEAK SMOTHERED WITH; MUSH ROOMS-AND BARE-LIMBED FAD . IS HERE ATr LAST Tv Ymbk Ptawli Xrm SpetUd By Obsarrtmf BparUr; Knta Exct4. at Stat aa4 HU If only he who so long ago wrote so beautifully ot the bare foot boy with cheeks of tan could return to this sterile promontory old earth for a day, what a mas terpiece he could make out of the subject of the young lady, or young ladies, since two of them have been seen on Salem streets of late that go a promenading, all dressed np in the season's latest, ihcludipg bare, legs, beg pardon, limbs. Perhaps you have not seen this latest and once seen never to be forgotten spectacle. If you have not, then take a tip, stand on the corner of High and State at aboc 3. o'clock this afternoon, provided it is one of those days when the ground hog can see his shadow, and be prepared for the worst, for the worst will come, at least it is the worst the writer ot this article has seen for some time. The fad of no stockings hit Portland and Seattle . several months ago and now at last It hits Salem. Again let it be stated, what a shame that the immortal poet of long ago should have had to live in such an old fashioned age "NEW THEATER PLANNED PORTLAND, July 24. A $1, 000,000 theater will be erected In Portland at once by Ackerman & Harris, theater operators and at present owners of the Hippodrome theater here, it was announced to day by Sam Harris, partner in the firm. . ' Longy Drooping:, Plumes Trim Hal J Ixng, graceful plumes droop ing to milady's waist are the new trimming note used on this hat. The whole costume is black and white, a black satin coat. with circular hem and jUnedTin white being worn over a .. white crepe uress. ONIONS l"n 1 - 11 j COMPROMISE OFFERED FOR DIVISION DITCH ALDERMAN ' PATTON TO PRE SENT HIS PLAN TODAY Property Owner Demand That Excavatkm Be Filled and Paved By Spring Alderman Hal Patton will ap proach the officials ot the pro posed new Western Paper Con serving company with a com promise proposition for the filling in ot a ditch along DKIaion street some time today It Is expected. The tilling in ot this ditch Is the only thing that keeps 1 the new company from definitely settling on Salem as the site tor its new plant, according to officials of the company j Property holders along Division street met Thursday nights and prepared an. ultimatum to be de livered to the city council's special committee selected to investigate the question ot filling In the ditch. The ultimatum calls tor the work of filling In the ditch to be commenced within the next 30 days and to be completed by fall. Paving work on the street to be started next spring. The property holders also state that they do not care to pay for having the ditch filled in and will expect to pay for the paving no more because the ditch is where it is.. . . It is understood that the com promise proposition to be put be fore the officials of the new com pany, entails an equitable division of ; the expense of filling In .the ditch among ; the . parties in terested. 1 . ' 7 . ' He was a young lawyer who had Just started practicing in a small town and hung his sign outside of his office door. It read: "A. Swlnd- ier. a stranger who called to consult him saw the sign and said: "My goodness, man. look at that sign! Don't you see how it reads? Put in your first name Alexan der, Ambrose or whatever It Is." "Oh, yes, I know," said the law yer resignedly, "but I don't exact ly like to do it." "Why not?" asked the client. "It looks mighty bad as It Is. What Is your first name?" "Adam." Bjones gazed at the new triplets witn fatherly pride, but not a little apprehension in his eye, neverthe less. "What are you thinking, dear?" asked Mrs. Bjones, softly. "Nothing, dear, nothing." he said, falterlngly, "only don't you think it would be "wiser for us hereafter to build up" our little family on the installment plan?" 1 The landlord had at last agreed to re pa per several of the rooms. "What kind of paper would you like?", he Inquired, "something with large figures?" "Decidedly not!" answered the tenant. "They would be a con stant reminder of the rent I have to pay." BIBLE HEAD NAMED " SPOKANE, Jnly . 2 4.-The Rev Marlon Stevenson of SL Lonli a. itor of the Sunday school publi cations or the Christian board of education, has been 'named rin ot the college of Bible at i Spo kane" university. Officials of the university said todar that h. m begin 'his duties her in Rntm. u mmmm T men 1 HAD ClERY. CORN ASPARACUS.pAS PtUM PUDDING .COUPEE ANO . . CHAMPAGNE 71 - I Bits For Breakfast I !The Rivals" tonight - And speaking of the author. It Is interesting to note that Richard Brlnsley Sheridan's abilitv to write a successful play, destined to live for all time at the tender age of 24 could, in the opinion of most people, only be attained by having ready made authors and actors for ancestors. The son of an actor, the grandson of a wit. the author ot "The Rivals" is one proverbial instance of inherited ability "which greatly helps to develop genius." This genius, spurred by the necessity ot mak ing money for a newly acquired wife, directly produced "The Riv als." The first part of the play was written rapidly, but he did not finish the last act until' his friends, recognising the excellence of the work, locked him in a room and denied him food and drink until he wrote the last act. ; ' -v v y v The paving of the road runnine east from the state hospital (asy lum) Is proceeding. The present task takes in about a mile of the road; to the four corners. . The work Is being done from the earS ern end and it will be finished In a few days. Some day, all the main roads In Marion county will be paved. It is a wonderful thing for this county that our people saw the light and got suited early. I I Some one has figured out that the summer is so far advanced that the fly which you failed to swat In April now has 13,456,789 descendants. i S . We often hear of tha bnrnlnt or witches in old Salem; at Salem, Massachusetts. The fact is that the people executed for witchcraft St Salem, Mass., were not burned. They were hanged. In 1S92 19 or 20 persons were convicted of witchcraft and hanged-at that place. One old man was pressed to death for refusing to plead when accused A number of per sons had been executed in the Colonies for, this , imaginary of fense before this period, and a few executions took place later, ftut all those condemned were con victed by Juries in regular courts Of "Justice" and executed in the same manner that ordinary crimi nals were put to death. MINERS' SCALE DEBATED ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. Jnly ?4. Anthracite miners continued pday to press mine owners for adoption ot the check-off after August 31. They showed a re newed vim which might have come from official assurance that 600. 000 members of the Pennsylvania federation of labor stoo'd ready to back them to the limit, whatever the outcome of the present wage negotiations. 1 The conference adjourned over the week-end until Tuesday after noon with the miners making no appreciable headway in winning the operators over. They prom ised to renew their check-off ar guments next week. , President James H. Maurer brought the word that the state labor federation of Pennsylvania had pledged to the hard coal dig gers "full moral and material sup port, if and as It becomes neces sary.'' I Mr. Maurer said his -arrival at this Juncture had no significance in Indicating that the scale situa tion was . necessarily becoming acute, but he intended to remain as an interested observer as long as deliberations nere lasted M II - f - i VPS WHAT no YOU THINK h Vy. . .OB- r CEASELESS KNOWLEDGE We often hear it said, Peo ple never learn anything." The phrase has no basis or sug gestion of truth. We are always learning. Our education never ends. Every waking hour of our lives, we are, either consciously or sub consciously," acquiring some new experience and absorbing it. We can do nothing which does not give us some new acquaint ance with nature. We are instructed by all ot the petty experiences which usurp the hours and years. Some wisdom comes out of every natural and innocent action. Nevertheless most ot us profit but little spiritually or materially, from this education that is ever washing upon us like th rcaneleM tides of the ocean. Wc draw but Intinltesmately little upon this great store o. natural wisdom for power. - , Lt him who would profit from It have above all accurate percep tions. ' . Let him. as Emerson says, "it he have hands, handle: If eyes, measure and discriminate; let him accept and hive every fact of nat ural history, economics, chemis try; the more he has the iees he is willing to spare any one." Time is always bringing the oc casions that disclose their. value. The application .of means .- to ends; brings rewards In every phase of life.' --v ' . . - - - i KUGEXK BOY MISSING EUCTErre. Or Jnly 24. IM Soward, 15, has been missTng sinco Monday noon, according to a re port made the police today by 'the lather. H. E. Soward. Uel. who U described as' quiet and quite re- I ligious. Is small and ot slim build. but appears almost 20 rears of age. There had been no trouble at home, according to the father. JsiAVTI nvith drucstohd Most every baby frets more or less during ; hot weather. Nine times out of ten it is because its ten- der skin' Is hot or' chaffed by heat or di ' aper rash. ZINC 1 STEARATE Will Relieve and make baby happy 7 25c - Perry Drug Store 115 South Commercial Sal ceo, Oregoa OF ME? YOU'RE EITHER ,A MILLIONAIRE OR A LIAR, :i i
