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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1928)
pBBMIIHBaal!laB r i ii' s Fytt. C. B0WNLBS Sheldon F. Sackett Publishers 11 - Al Smith's Switch . ... , j .MTifntr Al Smith switched TN his Omaha speecn weanwL: - it JL fror : Th howeve F t;. rwnaV, sneech Wednesday eveiums .i . inougn nc ivi . - tv0 Mea the mc- Wever. very plainly, inai,ne ftf the Narv-Haueen bill tnai proyxues v TV" - - Autumn Leaves money to pay w ":;t. rnnnev.- Sec- But there are other ways mJmiii ought to retary cf . Agriculture i&m it provide tne money, w r. fhat taken over a Srid not cost the fovmthiwt take joer aeries of years there would De pa iJT.rwnaH 3& of the surplus of ; SS con treasury. " l,t - AUa itaJ xr, cith declared in the first puce xor -V w .... araA mnrp votes tnan ne ixation SSaitiS Vot very generally will gain from the Omaha datiom v again and Mr, Smith ""5,, W .traddle, by not change the laws wlth the laws and ment is true; but tne pniun, ;r aintTrients. 4u. TTnif iwi stntP suDreme judges down to tne euxuiv iruu mc u'" KoTd Al switch on the immigtion issue. He is for . change ?t S, that would jet in more Tammany voters ( VT V.lj- - in . t : 1. nmhpm would be a greater home. The goods are consumcu, r " lgrants cecomc t"11 " - but foreign immif itself. Rendering UnTo Caesar . . , i a. i irnni for many cen- JTTT TITS rAESAK nas oeeu utuu -turifs butthe world still pays tribute to him according . .."'iSs.-Ii P ,ittr0 nn Calendar Simplification W 1 AnTthrcomm tteeVcompsed of many prominent men in different wXs of life, and headed by George Eastman in auiOTniw w.-nnfofifurer. Doints out that while ffJS. g ner;randTpoUtician he Vas a terrible rStejX- Caesarin 40 B. C, constructed the calendar we're using now. , q1x TO Caesar took the Egyptian, calendar, fJt months of thirty days each with five festival holidays at the end of the year, and mixed those five extra days into the Wl To fhey would run odd and even in length i because it was "lucky" to have odd numbers. He had one of these V. t.,i v,;a Kirth mnnth. named after himself. In OS IB. C., the committee finds, Augustus Caesar named uTlw oftor fcimself. and in order to have the lucky his month. caUing it August, Subsequently, to Ltirfyf tand- lords who complained that tnis; maae voo uun, ?r A-VrC third quarter of the year, he switched SIber SI toOcto ber 31 and, to keep the odd and even sequence, changed No vember 31 to December 31. ' fpu- ;toa QOprt that in the complex economic structure that modern progress has raised, in f- 4.i.:-: .nmruunwn count so vitally, our zouv- yea'r-old unequal-month calendar has become costly and clum. 1 . r coiutinn would eive us thirteen months oi twenty-eight days each, with the 365th day separated as a Lisj-. a o Yr rlav?' and observed as an extra Sabbath. "Leap day" would be transferred to June 29 and also observed as a holiday. The months then, it is pointed out would be steadv and dependable. -n, .rmitoo win pmbodv its conclusions in a report to the secretary of state in connection with an international con ference it is proposed to call to decide the calendar question, i mi ui,w t.VA o nnr time to brine about this reform, so as to be effective the world over, but it is so manifestly de sirable that there is no doubt; but it will be accomplished gooner or later. ' rru wn1 f th world will finally come to a full re . tha fntiiitv of rhost dancme with the shades oi HULA klll Wl Vv. , i j J 1.V the two Caesars in so clumsily dividing the days and months of the year. - ; The Paramount Issue HERBERT Hoover tackled the labor problehj in his speech of Mownrfe Kp Jersey. Monday niirht The greatest problem of all; the paramount issue, this year, and every year. Mr. Hoover lully believes, tnis. . - "I wish to lay down the proposition that the very prere quisite, the very foundation, of economic progress to our in itiiatriAl and businses employees is full and stable employ ment," he said. He added: A continued surplus of unem ployed workers means decreasing wages, increasing hours and fear for the future. To protect labor, to maintain its prosperity, to abolish poverty,! we must so organize our eco 7nomic system as to provide a job for aU who have the will to work" ! That is the biggest job ever tackled by any man since th hfrinnino- of time. But Mr. Hoover proposes to tackle it, and he said the republican; party recognizes this respon sibility. " rt . . , " It is generally admitted by aU thinlang men and women ? T,hn hVp tAken taote of the record of accomplishment of Her- - TTnnw that he Ta the most cabable man in America, or "mihe world, to'undertake the task of abolishing unemploy- ment. He spoke in his address; Monday night of this country - Yinr thp mH toaboUtion of poverty." That road 13 the Ano that leads out of the desert of unemploymentr - "He would be a rash man! who would state that we are V finally entering the industrial millennium, but there is a great ray of hope that America is finding herself on the rad to the solution of the greatest iof all her problems," was one - vrvf vo otofmontfl in Mr. HooveV address. ' ' .' Is there a father or mother of a boy or girl in America -who, understanding the significance of what Herbert Hoover proposes, wha will refuse to aid by bis or her vote in giving him the task which he says hci is willing and anxious to uti- : dertake? '" ' '-' r -. . ., . EareciaUv is this a fair question .when it is considered that Mr. Hoover is no mere tyro; that he is not just a coiner : of phrases to tickle the ears of the voter. Summer Wnite House " iv - .iSIN wants to buy ithe estate on the Brule river ' ff where President Coolidge has been spending his vaca- - tion and make it a permanent ;summer home ior presiaenw. The Plan will hardly be accepted., uen a presiaem snouia ue permitted to take his vacation wnere ne wisnes ana one u- vantage is In goinsr' some place that is new. 1 A permanent - Summer White House would not have many advantagesovcr Washinirton : '.J V yvv H ' , . And then, if a summer White House were desirable the . piace lOi'ii wuuiu oe in vwcgwii, wucic ouuuui. tuuwK u offered that;; would render residence delightful and worth s while for purposes of recuperation. V ; - . i 1 1 ir l l n t I i i i 1 1 i i m ww m nil x i i t - :yr: JJJMLL . 1 .. 1 I . I Bits for Breakfast By R. J. Hendricks State fair weather Tbe chaaces for mainly fair days till November 15 are also good, by the same record. That is what Walter Lowe, In charge of street paring, figures on. "Last year, he put up the equipment on November. 10th, though, after tor rential rains for a time, there was another stretch that would hare allowed paring work to go on, had the forces not been sent away and disorganized. - The noise over the "whispering campaign" has become so loud that It reminds the bits man of a well known character of a num ber of years ago in the Silverton neighborhood. Laved there a man with' a loud and raucous role and they called him "Whispering Bill" Jones; or was it Smith? The same idea as that of the school boys in any district who are apt to dub the fat boy "Slim," or the tall boy "Shorty," or the large boy "Shrimp." This whispering campaign concerning which the democrats campaign leaders are making so much noise are more prevalent in that party s strong holds in the south than elsewhere. And a large section of the mem bers of that party, men and wo men, down there are doing their Whispering Bill .Jones (or Smith) of the fondly remembered old days In the Silverton district. BiU did a great deal of "whispering" in his time, in accents that were audible for blocks around wher ever be happended to be. I The Salem police force will work overtime next week: fair week. But every member will gladly come up to what is ex-1 pected of him a part of the best police force in the country in a city of Salem's sire; though not half as large as the standard re quirement for a like population. The odda today in Wall street are 14 to 5 that Hoover wIE be the next president. That's almost three to one and indicates that the gentlemen who talk with money have little confidence In ftas- kob's claim for 309 electoral rotes. S C. A. Barnes, candidate for at torney general of Massachusetts, recently wrote the governor of New York calling, upon him to demonstrate some of his theories about law enforcement by stop ping baseball gambling pool right in "the shadow of the sUte bouse." The governor, who seems to pay attention to all the side walk argument tha comes along, rushed into print and demanded Mr. Barnes to name the place "in the shadow of the capltol" where such gambling was going on. The governor's organs played up the letter as tho the governor had call ed another bluff. A. few days lat ter Mr. Barneeam ftacK, aameo the place, told -how the money was dlvided.and the -amount; of dlrry. Up to so- faijSe. gbreraor has maintained a'Vninev sll enee. ---- They Say-- Expressions of Opinion from Statesman Readers are Welcomed for Use 1 this Column. All Letters Most Bear Writer's Name, Though This Need Not . be Printed. ly young American cRlxens oia enough to attend high school might be treated with as much re spect as the government accords to aliens. Is it not also somewhat tardy to require of young people who all their lives hare been en joying the benefits of dtixenship including attendance at free puo- Uc schools sines the age of six that they pledge themselves to support some particular school law or suffer the refusal of further school privilege? Only one. other defense of tne pledge requirement is cited by Mr. Nelson: that the pledge Is a means of strengthening will to obey the law. In support of this he relates that judges often require habitual drunkards to make a temperance pledge, and he reasons that the wills of students, not being fully dereloped and weak (as he as sumes), would also be stiffened by the signing of a pledge. Mere youth does not place one s will inthe same category as that of a habitual drunkard or other criminal, for a young will may also be a strong and upright one and should be treated as such un til its infirmity is demonstrated. A any rate. It 14 surely poor psy chology and poor pedagogy to deal with an undeveloped will as with a degenerate one. It is. not the signing oi a Dledre. but the keeping of it, that strengthens tbe will. In this in stance, those students who obey the intent, not merely the letter, of the law against secret societies are already receiving all the moral honofit nnoflibla from a pledge. I ft there are some obeying the letter, but not the spirit of it, they will do the same though they sign 10,- 000 pledges, for the terminology of the pledge is no stronger or more definite than that of tne state law. If there are those who plainly disobey both the spirit and the letter, why are they not pun- The provision that no student refusing to sign the pledge may enter Salem high school Is a form of coercion, one which even par ents will urge upon their children. In law no pledge or other docu ment signed under coercion is recognised as valid. Furthermore, this provision is unjust, for It motes out to the Derson who in silence declines to commit himself the same punishment as to a guil- y person regularly convicted. I have heard that after the at tempt to enforce the state law, the nembers of some local societies .ought legal counsel how they might continue' their organizations school 'secret societies as prohib ited by law. I am told inai societies are still existent in mod ified form, that they run without faculty superrision, clandestinely. holding initiations ana an oia" meetings By. parental consent in the homes of members, where ad mission is by invitation only, and that all the objectionable features of theold societies are now mul tiplied. If this is a true account or tne -I-. vi Nelson deserres the sympathy of every honest cltixen. for the BChOOl ooara is on him. with his limited authority a uw enforcement problem that would tax the ingenuity oi , emDowered to call and swear witnesses. And, If the story is true, I see no hope of betterment until the courts deciae wn nin school secret society V. or untlJ all parents determine not to stand for their boys and girls becoming as skilled as gangsteranjhe eva sion of the law. ; 'j . Certainly no merg pWdge Is sufficient. v;yTTVTE ; 'i HENRY J' MILLIE We suggest that persons prone to Pick typographical motes from the columns of other newspapers would do well to get a derrick and lift qui some of their own pie-line beams. A New Yorker at targe NEW YORK The oldest in habitant of New York is an im migrant from the South Seas. His dry and wrinkled flesh gives mm the appearance of senility, and he spends his winters y in .a room from which dratai are carefully shut out. But despite his 300 years he is in the prime of life, and unless he catches cold he should still be alive and ac tive In 2228. The city's patriarch Is a turtle in the Bronx too. He has been a New Yorker since 1904. when he was wrought from the Galapagos islands. He has seen little of the city, but has met most of its citizens.. for there are few woh don't find time at least once a year for a trip to the zoological gardens in Bronx Park. termined by the lines In hls shell, and it is from such shells found in his natire haunts that zoologists estimate his expectancy of life at a total of COO or 700 years, if he I to Salem. Ore., Sept. 1 To the editor of the Statesman The reply of J. C. Nelson, prinei pal of Salem high .school, to my question. "What Is the use of reJ quiring students to sign a pledge to obey the state law against high school secret societies?" and my statement that I Considered this pledge of no more use than one to refrain from bootlegging, stealing or anything else illgal Was not anticipated when I talked to the reporter in charge of tbe daily "What They Think" column I trust I may be pardoned if comment upon bis answer, since Mr. Nelson, himself, has opened the matter for nubile discussion If I have correctly analyzed hi defense of the pledge, two argu meets are given. The first Is that students may well "be required to pledge their support to laws be cause they are too young to have participated in law making, where by older . citizens obligate them selves to ohey the law. Mr. Nelson apparently has not stopped to recall that no resident obligation to obey the law Is de pendent on his pledge to do so not even on his impued support of the constitution,, given when he ex ercises bis right of franchise. Were it otherwise, no minor or unnatur alized person could be convicted of.a crime, and no person could be convicted for violation, of a law made before he reached his major ity. While In theory our govern ment rests on the consent of the governed, that consent is limited participation in law making Prescriptioft He Wrote in 1892 is the World's Most Popular Laxative When Dr. Caldwell started to practice medicine, back In TrT m. laXaUTB Clt iiyvua " i as great as they are toaay. reopr lived normal, quiet lives, plain, wholesome food, and got plenty of fresh air and sunshine. But even tnat eany mere drastic physics and purges for the n nf ronstlnatlon which Dr. Caldwell did not believe were good for human beings to put into meir system. So he wrote a prescrip tion fro a laxative to be used by his patients. y The prescription tor consump tion for a laxative to be used by practice, ana w' he put in drug stores in 1892 .der the name of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, Is a liquid vegetable remedy. In tended for women, children and elderly people, and they need Just such a mild, safe, gentle bowel stimulant as Syrup pepsin.. Under successful management this prescription has proren Its worth and is now the largest sell ing liquid laxative In- the world. The tact that millions of bottles are used a year proves that it has won the confidence of people who needed it to get relief from head aches, biliousness, flatulence, in digestion, loss of appetite and sleep, bad breath, dyspepsia, colds and fevers. Millions of families a never without Dr. Caldwell s Syr-( ; up Pepsin, and if you will once , J start using it you will also al-ji St. - - j Tjt - at aoc es I It Is particularly pleasing to know that the most of it is bought by mothers for themselves and the children, though Syrup Pepsin U Just as valuable for elderly people wf" All drug stores have the generous bottles, or use this feecoupon. Mglatelslciflnttai Mail to -SYRUP PEPSIN,' l Mnnticello. Illinois. ! tn a fcHl. of Dr. Caldwell's ' now I Syrup Pepsin to try, entirely FREE. ( ways have a bortle handy foi k p Q without their being termed high emergencies. I keeps warm and avoids drafts. i . Vacation Is Over - The old tortoise has Just con eluded his annual two-month hol iday in the open air. With the coming of September he has been , transterrea irom . nis summer home, a fenced pen of sand, to his winter quarters. There he will loaf In a heated room until an other July, for his tropical consti tution makes him particularly sus ceptible to pneumonia. - His zest for life is exceeded only by his appetite. Four or fire doz en cabbages are just a fair meal for him, and he will devour two dozen watermelons for desert. But such a feast satisfies him for two months. Between times - In lunches on bananas, the offer of which brings his head and his two. foot neck from beneath the stony shelter of his shelL If such bait is- held in front of him he will car ry a 200-pound passenger on his back as he waddles to receive the fruit. Sleepy ss he always ' Is, he will rouse himself to'let a risL tor rah his leathery neck, and .his wheezy breathing seems - iixe aa effort to purr appreciation. -The age of this veteran is de- The Cleaa-TJp fhraad ' At all hours' of the day or night, subway riders waiting for their trains see pick-up men, armed with sacks and spiked sticks, wandering along the tracks and) spearing waste pa pea. . On weekdays they confine their efforts to the vicini ties of the stations. Once a week. on Sundays, tney corer tne stretches between stopping points. Gum snd candy wrappers, fold newspapers and all the debris the riders throw behind them Is glean ed from the most travelled sec tions of the subway tracks every tew hours. When, the pick-up man has a full sack he takes It to the nearest station and empties It into a bin. Each night a cleah-up car collects the paper from the bins and takes it to be baled and sold to paper merchants. Revenue from this source amounts to about $10,000 a year. It is small return for the expense of keeping the tracks clean, hut a few weeks of neglect would leaTe the tubes too littered to be navigable. V Hint To Host' One young and modern couple has hit upon a novel way to en tertain intimate friends. The lat ter are invited to Sunday break fast, which is served at noon. Somehow, the cosrersatlon seems brighter than at the usual Satur day night parties. Detroit Railway : Out oi Existence . . -; . " ;, l DETROIT. Mich Sept. 19 (AP) -The Detroit United Railway, tor 60 years a leading public utility in Michigan, passed out of exist ence this afternoon when Federal Judge Charles , Simons ; approved sale of the property of the road at public auction last Wednesday. upon 'teaching the age of twenty- one. It is, therefore, self-evident that a minor is expected tormanl fest no reaction to law except; obe dience, whether it be to a state law or to a school regulation, which is supported by state law. The principle upon which law en forcement is based is that every resident within the jurisdiction of our republic Is bound to obey the law, irrespective of his age, na tionality or franchise. Even an alien entering the country is not required to pledge himself to obe dience. That is taken for granted. If there is good reason to believe, from his past activities, that he will become a menace to our insti tutions, he may be denied admis sion or, if, within three years after entrance, he becomes a convicted criminal, he can be deported. 1 NThis same procedure, it seems t me, ought to be followed in high school in respect to secret socie ties. This appears to be the intent of the law. for it provides that the penalty for violation shall be sus pended or expulsion rrom school. Why, in our schools as well as our courts, can one not be considered nnocent until prored guilty Sure- New Phone ( I Number f 'jfJ Call 500 fj 1 for all s departments )Tu telephones J I in the States- I I 4b COMING SOON , All telephones in the States man building can now be reached by calling v - News, advertising, commercial print ing department, as vfoell as society ed itor and Pacific Homestead, North west Poultry Jour nal, and Western Education. Call !