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certaia; leaning toward crime' is Inheritable!
science mar do lor mankind is to accurately determine thtronr
theory for us to proceed on in our dealings with the criminal element."
One of the" 'things Jhai are "Lopili for, v e r. & period "ol
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.The above from one of Olhoma's leading newspapers,
under the heading, "Crime Not Inborn," is all right, excepting
in the statement that the "majority of alienists and prison
authorities" hold that "certain leaning toward crime is in
heritable."
The up to date "alienists and prison authorities" hold
nothing of the kind. They know it is not true. The absolute
opposite is true. Crime is not inborn. The congenital criminal
does not exist . ' '
Not more than the congenital measles, whooping cough,
scarlet fever, influenza or smallpox patient.
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Tai-ni t tba Poat Office la Salem, Oregon, at aaeene!ue iatt
A NEW PENITENTIARY
!' '" ' August 30, 1925-
'uibu A.ND PROVEB-.As for God, his way is. perfect; the word
mo uora is inea; ue is a buckler to all them that tr8t
ill Samuel 22 : 31, ; ; -
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bin.
THE WORLD'S GROWING SUGAR TOOTH
The suggestion to build a new penitentiary falls on deaf
i ears. The statement that the Oregon electorate would vote
jfor funds for such purpose if given opportunity isn't even
a fair guess. Neither taxpayers nor others knowing condi
tions of the institution are ready to put dollars into such
project. Those who would saddle more debt on the state for
a new "pen" remind us that the present structure is out of
I . - ; .; - ; date, unsamtary, unsafe, etc
a . The leading nations of the world are now fully awake' to I u tere are among the state's fairminded, intelligent,
the fact that sugar beet growing is a good thing for agricul- kmdhearted citizens some "from Missouri."
ture, and that there are many indirect as well as direct -.ben-1 So far as sanitation, convenience and -accommodations
efits from the sugar industry . I areconcerned the present plant is better than a large per
Outside of the importance of being or becoming self rentage of the -homes which would be called upon to sacrifice
sufficient in sugar, the universal stapte 1 ' , in order to pay for the proposed new structure. The hue and
So Great Britain, once the citadel of free. trade,; adopted crv the prison is not fireproof and that the prisoners'
; first the heaviest import duty on sugar imposed by any great ves are n danger in consequence is scarehead sympathy or
consuming country and now has granted & large direct social reform propaganda. .
bounty to the home grown product; the duty being over four During the initial days of prison reform when a spectac-
cents a pound, and the bounty about the same, for the first uar governor removed the prisoners' stripes, ushered in the
t year - ; i era of kindergarten prison government and set out Thanks-
With the result that the sugar output in England will filing bills of fare with ice cream and vaudeville stunts as
be more 'than, three times as large this year as it was last desserts there was an appeal made for a new penitentiary
year.. Convicts under sentence for desperate crimes went out
jj The Irish Free State has duplicated the action of Great over the state, feted and furnished at public expense,, orating
'Britain.- C i .!; ' - f -' on the noble philanthropic qualities of said governor and
Finland and the new Baltic states are seeking by various telling the people that they should put up a half million
; subventions to develop sugar industries of their own, and in dollars for a new prison. But the voters were unmoved,
I fact every country of continental Europe that has any sort except with disgust, at the spectacle of criminals in whose
of natural fitness for sugar production is striving by one hands neither life nor property were safe, urging palatial
means or another to build up the industry within its borders, residences for their own comforts and dignity. The project
Even Turkey, which offers few attractions as a sugar was buried at the polls so- deep that for several years no
! producing state, is stimulating the construction of beet sutrar attempt has been made to resurrect it.
m factories, and soviet Russia not only has made an exception After the proposition to build a new prison was buried
" of sugar in its war on the capitalistic system.' but has called by the voters, there were improvements made in the plant
into play the: most advanced mechanism . that capital has and it was announced that it would be good for at least
devised, a monopolistic trust, in order to regain its former twenty-five years. Only a small portion of this period of
' position, in the sugar world. 'I time has passed. . ,
!r : In other parts of the globe the same process is iroinjrnn. There is little or nothing connected with the recent
The only' important country of South America that hereto escape which urges the erection of a new building. If the
fore produced, no sugar was Chile, and that nation is now four escapes had been watched and kept separate from one
taking definite steps to introduce sucar culture. Australia, another their escape together would have been impossible.
by means of price fixing and the exclusion of foreign made The finest building in the world would not have furnished
, sugar, hot only supplies its own requirements but is now the courage needed when guards had opportunity to shoot to
:k exporting quantities of sugar at a loss. stop the escape or to otherwise oppose the attack on the
Even in China stirrincrs toward the expansion and im- arsenal. The escape and resulting tragedies can not be laid
Iprovement of its primitive surar industry aVe "in evidence, to the style, kind or structure of the building.-, Build the
v only temporarily slowed down by the political disturbances, most modern penitentiary imaginable and allow the prisoners
In all the world about the only country that remains oblivious to run it as a club room where they entertain and are enter-
; to the. attractions of sugar production is isolated Thibet, tained more persistently than most free men and there will oe
I which thus far has resisted all modernization. The nation recurrences of tragedies like that of recent date. "
that in this' day and age should abandon the sugar industry The arsenal can be removed to outside the prison walls;
i or fail to encourage the production of sugar within its bor- there can be built more guard powers; and there can and
! "ders would write itself down as hopelessly reactionary. . ! should be more guards. And these should be men of iron
Will this lead to world over production? Perhaps. But nerve, clear vision and equal to the most exacting service
5 with sugar it is a case where appetite grows by what it feeds they may be called upon to render. The compensation' for
upon, and heretofore it has grown so rapidly as to keep pace such service should be adequate, even liberal. '
1 with the expansion or production, no matter how greatly the The space within the walls should be extended and for
f latter has been stimulated. Only a few years ago, the world's this purpose the last legislature made appropriation. The
V production was below twenty millions of tons annually. Last flax and shoe industries should be enlarged and other indus-
year it was around twenty-five millions of tons tries for manufacturing supplies for other state institutions
And the consumption of the United States jumped from should be added, until every able bodied convict is empioyea
four and a half million to five million tons, from 1923 to at productive, worthwhile daily work and is earning his own
1921. and is still tfrowinC food, clothing and shelter.
Growing out of all proportion to our growth of popula- The least of the present pressing needs of the state is a
tioni growing much faster than is the increase of our" domes- NEW prison plant.'
tic supply of beet sugar, of which we produced about a mil
"Midri tons last year, and will turn out somewhat more this year.
So there will have to be a mighty speeding up, if we are
Jto make our country self sufficient in sugar, and this con-
summation is as important to us as it is to any other people
-and we also need the stimulation of our live stock industries,
5 .which can be accomplished on a great scale as certainly and
practicably in no other way as can be brought about through
! the expansion of our beet sugar industry-
Feeding the by-products ; the tops, pulp and molasses.
We have the land, needing such a cultivated rotation
;crrp,as beets. The production of theN whole of our sugar
" supply would save an enormous sum annually, and it would
-r-confer as great a benefit as this direct saving, in the stimula
. tion of our-live stock and other industries, and in various
.., indirect helps. . ' '; 'V ; - r . ": '
V , We will not likely become self sufficient in wool without
beet by-products in enormous quantities to aid in sheep
"T breeding. We now import over half of our wool supply. " .
" V - Salem must secure, a beet sugar factory. It is a patriotic
, duty which we owe to -the countrjwn the line of rendering it
.'self sufficient, and it is a duty we owe to our own people on
i i the land, and to ourselves and neighbors in the cities and
towns. In due course, Salem should have several bect sugar
factories, and the Willamette valley should have a score and
more of them, as fast as they can be constructed.
two, of three weeks.
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'The prune crop in the north
west is reported to hare suffered
greatly from heary rains, which
may tend to add variety to the bill
of fare in boarding houses else-
here, says the Boston Tran
script. The paragrapher on the
Boston paper ought to be ashamed
of himself. That prune joke has
whiskers on, a yard long. The
whilom lowly prune has become an
autocrat, erenrwbere. If is a
prince among the fruits. Especial
ly the. Oregon prune. ,
Lloyd George says the United
States is afraid of Japan.. A friend
at the writer's elbow says he is
wrong;. that the United States is
merely afraid that Japan isn't
afraid o'f the United States."
.
Keep - adding to the dinner
bucket brigade, and Salem will not
soon be orer built. The next
fight should be for a sugar fac
tory, and it should be pulled off
right soon.
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A Russian priest has been sen
tenced to five years' imprisonment
because he put up a fight when
the. soTiet began robbing- his
church of valuables. Great is the
land of freedom in Russia.
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"The Idea that a man can't
learn anything after he is 40 is
bunk," declares Congressman Mac
Gregor, aged 52. of Buffalo, who
is taking a summer course in eco
nomics at Cornell. Mr. McaGre
gors sentiments and .actions are
seriously commended to a lot of
other public officials throughout
the country.
recognize the DaI cr take any part
in the government proceedings.
The Labor party, which, to some
extent, filled the role of an opposi
tion group, was dissatisfied with
the handling by the government of
the unemployment problem and
seriously considered withdrawing
altogether from the proceedings
in parliament as a protest. Thomas
Johnson, who was the Labor par
ty leader, favored withdrawal, but
the party decided to remain and
he abandoned the leadership.
CHICHESTER S FILLS
to the Classified pages,
a bargain there awaiting
There's
you. , '
i Sports. The Statesman leads in
the field of the season's athletic
activities.
Free State Senatorial
Opposition Said Slight
DUBLIN During the session of
the Free State Parliament, which
recently aajournea, tne govern
ment was not faced by serious op
position. This was due to the re
iusai or tne Republican party to
TMq Tvy IP fin
Means
Double
Wear
and our
Paymeet .Plami
n
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Makes it easy for every
man to be well dressed.
We have inaugurated
our twelve payment plan
to help the men of Salem
who are trying, to help
themselves. We realize
that it costs money to
own your home that it
is a real effort to keep
that little emergency
balance in. the bank so
wc have arranged to
clothe you on-our in
come rather than capital.
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SCOTCH WOOLEN MILLS
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STORE
426 State Street
W. W. EMMONS, Proprietor
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THAT IS NOT TXtUK
, . .'(Tulsa. Oklahoma, World.)
t 'In the opinion of John J. Hadley. prison warden with SS years
of careful observation, crime is not born in man. but,U the result o
the snapping of moral fibre, lie eays that the congenital criminal
does not exist; that most criminals pass through the six degrees of
crime: Wine, women, gambling, theft, -murder and the gallows-rand
i mat tf a tune of the cnort and money spent in reclamation were spen
" iu prevention, much greater results could be obtained. This opinion
):mcd on so broad an experience, should be of incalculable assistance
i i the consideration of crime, its prevention and the treatment o
trimlnals. Especially in the matter of stressing the importance of
prevention where the greatest esconmic and social conservation may
l-o effacte'i. ..
- "Warden Iladlcy's theory Is the reverse of that-heM.hy4.he..ni3jor
lly of aiienicts and prison authorities most of them holding tha
Delay in concluding the cases against the three convicts
whose escape from prison resulted in murder would disgrace
the. state, the courts and the legal profession.
OATH OP OFFICE AXD THE BIBLE
hnro anA i ttiirtT-afY vARTti aco . Georce Washington vai
tnaiirrntAt inn first nresident. The ceremony took piace in iew
vv ruv nri inrii 3A its. The oath was administered by Robert
R. Livingston, then Chancellor ot the state or isew xora.
The Constitution or the United States of America, Article 2, Sec
tion 1, prescribes the form of the oath in these words:
"I do olcmnly fiwrar that I will faithfully rxerute
the office of President of the United States, and I will
to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend
th f Ynuitut inn of the United States.
Washington repeated the oath slowly and distinctly, and at the
tan nMniiT tind head and kissed the Bible, and as he
im' h A(A in his own words. "So he!p me God.
There is no law which requires the use of the Bible In an Inaug
uration, but this simple act of faith in God, and reverence lor , ms
wr on ma nart of. the Father of His Country, established a pre
cedent which ha been followed In each of the thlrty-rour Inaugurals
u.-(, havo taVpn nlarA since.'
. Th. nmh nf nffirn i taken on the onen Bible, and as a rule It U
minitrivi hv the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme court
Th. rvinstttntinn does not state by whom the oath shall be admlnister-
a k n,,roV fcuo pivpfi thn nrlvileee to the chief, iustice. . There
. ' . . . ; . &r k a u.'ilnn I Inn nf President
nave oeen a lew.cinri'iHiu 1 "c , i
MrKiniev Theodor Roosevelt took the oath of office which made him J
president at the residence of. Ans'ey Wilcox In Buffalo. N. Y., on
Sentembcr 14. 1D1. at ZtZX p. nw and this oath was administered by
fnhn ti lfaret of the United States district court.
On tho death of President Harding. Calvin Cool idge was sworn In
rotdPiit nf the United States by hU father, a notary public, on
a s tass . at the hour of 2:30 a. m. Kastern Standard time.
cereuiouy took place by the light of a kerosene lamp in the country
farm house of the cider Coolldge. near the village ot I'lymouth. In the
.i.i. nf Vcrmnnt. and this simole act made Calvin Coolidge the
hreident of the United States. The old family Bible was conspicuous
in the ceremony.
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Bits Tor Breakfast
It ws a big circus day
a
And those who attended it saw
the biggest circus In the world,
and the best and most successful.
The circus Bhowed three days
la Oregon two In Portland and
They are jumping
Redding. Cal., to-
one in Salem,
from Salem to
day, -..
' A great many people ,know
things about the penitentiary that
are not so. The rumor factories
are working oer time.
Yesterday's
kind the hop
weather was , the
and ouion growers
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GOT
EYESIGHT
FRIEND
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I. E. STAPLES. Pres.
Now that the long evenings are coming
closer you will want your eyes to be comfor
table so you may enjoy your reading and
study. When there is any eyestrain present,
close work is sure to be an effort.
WE DO NOT SUPPliY GLASSES
UNLESS NEEDED!
Even Normal Eyes Should Be "Examined Yearly
"Dr. Bates has been with this
company for many years, and has
successfully fitted over five thous
and casesl He understands eyes
and is very pleasant to deal with.
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DIL ANSLEY G. HATES
Manager Salem Office
S tapirs Optical Company
PORTLAND
Ground Floor Masonic Temple Bids.
Corner State and Hich Streets
SALEM
Salem, Oregon
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