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'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-
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also be tempted. Corinthian"
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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
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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
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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
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!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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Perry Drug Store
115 South Commercial
Sal ceo, Oregoa
OF ME?
YOU'RE EITHER
,A MILLIONAIRE
OR A LIAR,
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