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I ! FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 'is, 192G THE OttEGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON ' f -" t 0 . i: 1( Ji 4 J 1 I 1 I 1 : i 4 -;-4. ; . - ' i." "- OreWomStWesmah s Imim T)nr pcut ui7 ky r fUBUSHXXG COSOAjrT 21& S.ntla XioiMiaretAl 8k, Siim, Jre. - Prad J. T - - Maaarfng-E4itr Lm M. ila jnm ; - jSty Editor; I Leli J. r,afU - Ttlarrkth E4itor V. H. Ha4.re , Rlph II. Kbttztn Frank Jkki E;A. Rhotea . W. C. Connor . Cirentatioa VMtt a AdT.rtisi.f M a it a f.r Manager Jab Dept. Malck Kditor Pauhry K4iMr ? :": i ViacMta eir the associated rxxss .;. ' " Tha AaaoVlatad- Preaa la acluiTlr entitled to th. for pb1latln af all fUpatefca credited it sat th.rwi. credited is thia ppw tha kai - 1 i ; ..v. Vi tt::v';f ' BtSIiSS .OFFICES S Taonaa F. Clark Co Nw rarkf"'l28130 W. 31 at Bt.t Cbaro. Marnnatt Bldr.j Doty A Pax, fiaaroa BkttVSaaiFtaadiaeA. Calif.; Hllaa Bldg. La Aafalaa. CaL ftaalaaa Of flea SoaUty Editor..- 3 ar SSS t ITELtPnONES: J - Circnlatloa OWeaM I Auto Coataat Editar.108 . Hthm Dparfant33 pr 1e ! Job IWpartmeat.. . .Sf KatarVd at tfca Pott 'Office ia Sfclam, Orefoa, aa aacaaA-elaaa aiattar. -t- 1 .February 5, 1020c BUILDING AN ALTEtl r"A&il God said unto Jacob.. Arise, go np Bethel, and dwl (here;ank pjajce there an altar unto God. Gen. 35 i WHERE? JSI THE CONSISTENCY? ; ; A few days agoj an edi orial parajgnraph in the Portland Journal Complained bitterly about the plight of a farmer near an eastern Oregon towi i. f This farmer had taken to h)s : local merchant some jpotatoe s. rThe merchant would not buy the armer,s potatoes, tyt i e; haidf on display potatoes f rojn : IdaKo.r,The same farme'r.of ered to his local merchant eggs "he had hauled in from his ranch." The merchant could not buy the eggs, because he was stocked, up with Idaho eggs, j J i V In, the same issue, or one near it; the Portland Journal editor was bitterly denunciative of the American protective f -Arid where is the consistency? ': ' -rf , . i ; I . . . I 4 f Without. the ; protectivetariff there would be no sale at remunerative prices of even Jdaho eggs. They would be riven out of the' market by iheap Chinese eggs; and even so, 1 with i high'protective lutes, A.mericans are buying quantities . at Chinese ers. The linen industry in Oregon could not Be iltptkout-the prctectve'tarif f. Our cherry industry ' cannot flourish as it' should without adequate protectiop,;from the cheap chemesol Siiain,! Italy, and France. So on down through every single agricultural industry we have here; to say-poxnmg oi our manuiaciuring muusiries, present anu ROBBED OF $34,523,227.20 In this 'column seVeralaays ago there was reference to T i RURAL DEPARTMt!NTr - . TALKS CULTIVATION , - - (OoaUaaad from paca X.) 3J.000 cases. That last Jrearj thef e ; was packed, in Salem rared than 600,000 eases of (niU j and .ber i rles. VWlth' good oapec-Of tli l . ' 1 AAA KaAI'mmmAj. -J i in Salem this cannint season, t iR.t Mclaughlin, representing J Baker. -Kelly A McLaughllni. -sld : that "Kt or -barrdin . purposes, :.hls : lirnt preferred the" Oregon . and .-i f Marshall .-varieties of strawberries. ; ! jln'tho ceneratascussion,inaBy facta were brought out f pracU cal Talne to - those, Interested - fn ;txawberry growing. . Tr" ; j -1 :. i Notwithstanding the unfArpr - -rather, the audltoriiim of i , the .- Chamber of Commerce was r-1 filled ; to -its utmost capacity with ! jstrawhenr growers fronjt all parts of the countr. . 1 1 1 4 One grower remarked: "I drote 18 . milu to this meeting .and I somet of the propaganda matter of the Wall Street; sugar trusti owning the refineries, along the. Atlantic coast an4 owning or 1 controlling most of the Cuban jcane fields and lands !' : '.-s'l. ' - " '', ' " " ' ' - ' T And the malicious' lies of this propaganda were' shown up; the meanest of Ihe lies being told with a view to trying to convince the American people that the beet sugar, mills and sugar beet-growers of the United States are the sugar trust! of this country. . 1 . The Wall Street sugar barons imported raw sugars from Cuba! lasJLygar to the amount of 3,923,094 tons.: Reduce that to pounds and; multiply the result by ,44 cents a hundred pounds, and you will find that these Wall Street sugar barons robbed the United States treasury last year of $34,523,227.20. How did they do it?; j 1 V " This way i After the United States had freed Cuba from the domination of Spain, a 20 per cent preferential was grant ed tojall dutiable goods sent to this country; from Cuba. That still stands. The full duty on raw sugars'-is 2.20 cents a pound. The 20 per cent taken off amounts o a reduction of 44 cents a hundred pounds- ' I ; j I And the Wall Street trust gets the benefit of this. No one else is helped; not even the impoverished-farmers and laborers of Cuba who grow and work up the sugar cane. , ; .. rf -,' ..rj. VJ... - It is sheer robbery of the United Stated treasury; high powered robbery f grand larceny on a gigantic scale ' And it is growing fast; The increased importations of Cuban t raw sugars dt the Wall Street barons of 1925 over 1924 were 206,000 long" tons. A;lbhg Jtbn !is 2240 pounds. Figure up for yourself the additional robbery of f last year over jthe year before, ''-.' A ' A .Almost no sugar pays full duty into the United States. It amounted to only 40202 tons last year; mostly from Cen tral America and Mexico, with a little from Java and Peru, ... The sugar of. Hawaii comes in mostly raw, and free, 'to California refineries. - The sugar of the Philippines! of course also comes in free. We received 492,774 tons of sugar from the Philippines last, year. , ! ! ' plie United States is now on a basis of consuming nearly 6,000,000 tons of sugar a year. Of this about 1,000 000 is our own beet sugar. Almost 4,000,000 tons is raw Cuban sugar, and this is increasing very fast. What sense is there in allowing the robbery of around $35,000,000 a year by the Cuban sugar barons ? - - Worse than this, the preferential gives these commercial cojsalrs an advantage over our beet sugar . men that they are not entitled to. . - - They are obtaining money under false pretenses, for Cuba gets no benefit. i , ' Stop this robbery, and the chances for beet sugar factor ies inj the Willamette valley will be increased very much. - 'feel fully repaid as I learned facts that wUl be of practical v 'to nc'-ir-i' r : ;-' .The. meeting' was called to by George JI. Grabenhorst, imany ralue L I order presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce.. " , ' J Oregon's - farm: Area Increased 677.125 acres from 1920 to1925. T 4tf V, AVithONEvTrcatrricnt rHEN,:ruhhed. over vv 4Ua4 ibt V.a4t 4tUU btf lands ox cold troubles Vicics VapoRub docs two things at . i. oncer ... : 1) Its ingredients are vaorixid by the body beataad Inhaled direct tq ., the mnsmed air passages, loosening ': the phlegm and easing the difficult .breathing and Jj;-;j 1 (2) At the same time it warms and ' f stimulates the . skia like ' an old- " fashioned poultice, "drawing lout? . I the soreness and pain and thus aid v lag the vapors inhaled to. break X the cangesUon. ? j : : ' , - -': 1 . -H ; ThUdcb action of Viclcs usually ' relieves the most stubborn cold over ittght. ' Y'i ; i. t Old Tinis Fiddle i r ' TONIGHT Mii- ATlcei Salem "-Lion-'Clnb Ltntfit ' Charitr tFundv I $5ff in Cssh -Prizes, Many-Merchandise Prices.; 'K ' l-'f Big 'Program and - 'Cti Tlme Dacc'as. Everyone coiae and triss a friend, f l- -- i ere.ee "OPe i -! - ! Order your food over the telephone from us. Our service con- A ,vr . -v . w , ' vj :. ; sisU not only of FREE DELIVERY, but guaranteed quality at lowest possible price. It will save your time, efforts and money. Friday and it C. M.Eppley Co. I 1.1900 State St. Phones 118 or 93 f ,TalkT-rton't Walk v:i : :.We Serve You . - ' i We Deliver Foster & Baker 399 N. Commercial St. 1 'Phone 259 -Talk Don't Walk ! J We Deliver, Roth Grocery Co. 13(4 N. Liberty St A Phones 1885-1886-1887 Talk Don't Walk I We Deliver '.:. . . . - ..- r " Lehman Grocery: 190 S. Commercial St. ii 4 Phone 305- (: .. .. t r,i-- Talk Don't-Walk We Deliver Pickens Hayrxea :T45S Court St -; ; ; Phones 235 cr. 237 ; ; ' '. ftlkllb ;t Walk" ' ; -' iWe Delirer ' - - - . .. - . - -...!!'. - Saturday BSS ials PREMIER COFFEE Vacuumlzed steel" cut roasted cof ifee. A specially prepared .blend of superior coffee Toasted,; ground, steel cut and immediately packed ' in -sealed Una from which all alp is"1 exhausted preserving the' coffee as fresh j as when originally roasted . and retaining all its delicious aroma, flavor and delicacy. - llb. tins? li i: . 51c 6c l.bv saring, over oher t coffees - j ' : ; ' . . Nucoa, I lb. ..:t.....27c Beans, Snn White I01bs......:::i..l.:.83c Syrups,' Staley's 5 lbs. Blue; Label, 39c j 5 lbs. Red Label 42c 10 more sugar .than ' : other corn syrups- Jell!well,all t ' ' flavors ......i;..i.l0c Jells quicker, goes far ther than others. Veg. Shortening, ? i Bulk, I lb, ..: :..;i.22c Layer Cake; Dixie 40c Fig Bread, Diiiel15c Special tfor Friday 1 1 i : River Roacl Grocery 25X:cntSt.."i 5 ;me;494:;; ; Talk Don't ,WalH 1 -.We A:AAA IS A. Daue & Son 1003 S. Commercial SU ! Phone 935 4 r: TalkUDon't Walkll . ! We Deliver ""ID: U'SKT'oHe ft 705 S. 12th Street! j-i Phone' . r Taik Don't Walk ? We Deliver 1 W. H. Clark 2290 State Street : - Phone 670 j" Talk Don't alkjf j I We Deliver Wiggins & W w "tif": ''r f;X ?. Wiggins.- i ii Sajem. Heights if Phone J 75F3K;: 5, -:.t wer ueiiver u n. ? J..C.DeHarporl; 605 S.19lhSt f Tit. ... f:rlalkin't'Walk f j&AZ We Deliver J ; a T E B 1 v i . ,4' . - . -., .. , ,j . "" asaaaa bj. . Irtmrn Art ri Tier S aiiirHav Morninfir Feb. 6. it or lo Our Store to Make This the Biggest February We Have Ever lja(L :Wpte AThe Prices. 3 Piece Black Walnut Chamber Suite Bed, Dresser and Chiffonier ' ! f J! k 4 Piece French Walnut Chamber Suite Bed, Dresser and Chif fomer r . 4 Piece Walnut Chamber Suite; very Deautirui oea, vaniiy, vniunicr a-rcoo -j j Old Ivory, Antoinette, if Jfiece ouite Bed, .Vanity, Chiffonier Bench and Rocker ii1 ' a .... f. Dayc TTT i . 1 ..... . ". .. -1 At almost half former price Now ASK TO SEE THIS SUITE $125;C: ODD DRESSERS ODD CHIFFONIERS At Very Great1 ReducUon Wonderful Values In ; Good. Sturdv. Weil-Made Matresses rffnr. Flf5;;ik Fin nnrl thft snlendid Sealv Ask to see our special Felted Cotton at S9.85 an all cotton mattress as low1 as $7.75 and our silk tloss Clvopoc 35 pound extra j iieavy uck ati3.4u is a Dig vamc. j SIMMONS BED SPRINGS-"BuiIt for Sleep'are the springs we sell all at lower prices during this sale. Your opportunity to get that Davenport and Chai now ome and cc prices You have been wanting at a big saving, is right" here; the truly nice ones we have at very low .1 Beautiful Davenport Tables at Way Off Prices End Tables arid Console rTables at Cut Prices :! . ' vn"-: - t - : . -:-Ar:s?nAAAAr A'r. All Our Stock of Beautiful Mahogany Roclcers, Upholsteret Chairs and Rockers at ONE-TliKD OFF RUGS RUGS R A special lot of sturdy, extra quality A xminsters, 9x12 size, seamless- regu lar $57.50 Rugs durmg this Sale ; 8.3x10.6 and smaller sizes at Proportionate Reductions A lot of 6x9 Rugs of various kinds and qualities at just UG things for small bedrooms. WILTON RUGS Whittalls, Kremlin and Art Loom $135.00 arid. $150.00 Rugs! While, they last at half price just the at oc Saving. $89:00 t This is your chance to get a high grade Rug at a Grea TAPESTRY BRUSSELS AND FIBER RUGS 8.3x10.6 and 9x12 splendid assortment to select from at way down prices CONGOLEUM iandELT RUGS 9x12 $1 Z75 aIrMSTRONG; LIKOn LEUM RUGSbeaiitiful patterns 9x12 $16.75 . A clean, ' sanitary and serviceable: floor coveririg-and i ' - $16;75 think of thb priccH- RANGES i BARGAIN PRICES PREVAIL IN ALL LIIES. SUCH AS HEATING STOVES DISHES)- DAY-BEDS DINING RdOM SUITES : LIBRARY piNERS-BOOK CASES-DESKS, ETCi, ETC. . r a ........ I . , . . . Remember the Date. Sale Begins Saturdah Morning, Feb. G,