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Salem; Oregon . . Thursday October 25, 1928 Eakl C. Brownlee Sheldon F. Sackett Publishers ditorial - OS ' " ' . ' gg . ; -i, - - -.1 ; - Things printed can never be stopped; they are like babies baptized, they have a said from that moment, and go on forever Merideth. , Ties That Blind S It's lust Too Bad ! AYS the Yakima Republic, in the course of a leading edi torial article: "Political forecasters who want to. leave a way open for explanation in case their predictions go wrong are saying that Hoover's election is certain 'unless a landslide should set in favoring Smith.' Smith's only chance to sec the inside of the White House except as a caller oeiore iw depends upon a combination of earthquake, tidal wave and landslide; nothing less can turn back the wave of antagonism which has arisen to see that Alfred E. Smith is not elected. Never since Mark Hanna was caricatured with dollar marks covering his vestments has any man in public life been so consistently misrepresented as Governor Smith and never has there been less justification for the slanderous attitude of his traducers. No shrewd party leaders selected Al Smith as a standard bearer to lead the party to victory or ever would have selected him for the very good reason that there has been no chance from the first for him to win. . . The fact that three immaterial questions are raised by Smith's candi dacy will not save him from one of the worst defeats in a cen- tury. It is what people talk aoout, not wnat iney snouw talk about, that decides elections." . The writer agrees with the "Yakima editor on one of the three "immateriar questions ; that of Mr. Smith's religion But the other two are very material nis stana m wnai Charles E. Hughes calls the "sham battle of prohibition and his affiliation with Tammany. These are very material is sues. But even eliminating those two, there are plenty of Others Mainly three. His position or lack of position on the tariff, and on farm relief, and his unfitness for the great duties of the presidency, compared with that of his opponent. ' Al Smith will garner "one of the worst defeats in a cen tury," but this result will be highly creditable to the Amer- can people And it will be onlv a little while till everybody will ac knowledge it. Even many of the hundreds of thousands of wet republicans win be ashamed oi tneir votes ior onnin. Not far from half of all the votes Smith will get will be those of wet republicans. m , .Hushes on Hoover CHARLES EClIUGHES in his St. Joseph speech Tuesday j evening made very clear the reasons why Mr. Hoover should be preferred to Mr. Smith. There are many reasons; intone- those mentioned by Mr. Hughes were these: "With respect to the qualifications of knowledge, train ing, leadership, executive ability; talent for cooperation, re sourcefulness,, humane and libera! spirit and capacity for i i - r i i tut Unkaa icaersnip, every one oi vmicn is iiuuuiuuu, mi. xiugua V refers Mr. Hoover. In the "sham battle over prohibition," as Mr. Hughes termed it, "the drys are asked to support him (Smith) on the ground that he can do nothing, and the wets because he can do much." He said the "democrats are trying to allay the fear that they "plan a return to the conditions under the democratic tariff, a tariff for trouble only" But while Raskob and Smith are "trying to win the election by abandoning the historic tariffpolicy of the demo cratic party it is quite apparent that the party itself, through its effective representation in congress, has not yet been converted" And "unless they can allay the anxiety which has been bred by their past utterances and performances, their prom ises to be good will receive but scant attention." As to farm relief, Mr. Hughes said : "I believe that Mr. Hoover is the best man in the country to deal with this prob lem. . . In what possible view can Governor Smith be pre ferred to Mr. Hoover to deal with an economic problem of this complexity? The experiences of Governor Smith's life, his aptitudes, his associations have been remote from difii cult problems in general ud agricultural problems in par ticular. . . I should rather have Mr. Hoover s guidance than that of any other man" And in his conclusions Mr. Hughes said: "There is al ways before his view the myriad American homes with their toilers on the farm, in factory, in trade, and he wishes to aerve them. He thinks of our economic problems in terms of help or harm to these homes. Thus all his plans, which are directed to material gains, have a spiritual meaning, and one cannot understand Herbert Hoover without appreciating the fact that above all else he is an idealist. . "If anyone can buttress our prosperity and extend it, that one is Herbert Hoover. v 1 1 - : rPPY I AWFUL! ) I ?2 ANYBODY CAM fy ' SEE. THAT'S -V'y NOTHING V BUT BUNK jj Si5fr TERRIBLE I JM -Y I CANT SEE. I & THAT AT ALL ' Herbert Hoover A Reminiscent Biography By will, rawer (Extract from th book pnblished by Th Caattiry Co.) THE story of Herbert Hoover's fame is curious, unique. In August, 1914, he was the emi nent engineer, known favorably chance it for German products. On December 24 the allied Block- iue tvuncu ouiara noover per mission to put this plan on foot 01 They Are Not Fooled kNE of the high class news reporters in Washington writes: "Herbert Hoover will be elected to the presi dency on November 6 with at least 50 electoral votes to spare, according to the almost unanimous opinion of news writers who have been making surveys of the entire country. These men are cold blpodedly unprejudiced in their de sire to get at the truth. They are about as disinterested in this respect as the press reports of the returns after the voting is over But here is what is significant, in their present conclu sions: What makes this outcome so certain at this time? That can only be surmised, but certainly two factors have played an important part. They are the high type of cam paign made by Herbert Hoover, who has dealt with the vital questions that will confront the next president in an intelli gent, discerning manner, and the inability of the democratic nominee, by his speeches, to convince the nation that he is as well qualified to deal with those same questions as Mr. Hoover." Be oaa "J1TARK the odd numbers all the way down on the measures XTX ballot. There is no good in any of them, and a lot of harm in all of them. John B. Yeon, Oregon's great leader in highway work, just before he died, gave out a reauest to a number of his best friends to be sure to get out and defeat the Dunne mea sures. No one can doubt the sincerity or the wisdom of that death-bed message. "Business turns tx Alfred E. Smith," shouts a demo cratic campaign circular. In a horn, it does. In the main, it is turning from him, and getting away as far as possible. note tne returns a week irom next Tuesday. . V'"" ' ' Thanks to the radio, a whirlwind campaign cannot be put I.! 2a a. 1 a 1 V 1 9 over lure k usea to oe in me gooa oia, siow aays. BY FREDC KELLY Y)EOPLK Mw always attracted ay other people. Ha bright light JL ta front of m bo wladow makes human moths look, the crowd ttnw drawn attracts atO others. Half tho people who stroll aloac Broadway at night are there because they kaew they wfil see large , crowds of other strollers, ;x"--i ? f Not loss age derelaad bank moved Into mew quarters. Their smw lobby Is so large that it would do for a skating rink. To many this looked like a. terrible waste of space. But this large easts .of space i a congested section sdoa began to attract people. It was a eenreafent place to meet for brief business appointments. JLs people got late the habit of using it for a meeting place, the crowds them. set res made It an Interesting place to go You might tee almost any ' body you knew, : In ether words, that bank lobby- became an impovw , taut center. As people came more and more to meet there, naturally ,- there was a big increase in deposits and dealtngi nt that bank. The bank busmees grew more than in many years. That big r lobby is bellerea to be part of the and widely in his own profession; Then the military parties put in beyond that, virtually unknown. (their oar. On the last day of the Thirty months later he was a year the council reversed itself, household word. None other had (They would permit the neutrals ever risen so fast and far oa ths to import goods only on pledge drab wings of modest merit. His against re-export, basic sanity and soundness, his The Allies followed this puncn faculty for Inspiring confidence, in the eye with a swing to the his energy, his courage in daring jaw. They cancelled orders for an appeal to the volunteer spirit 860.000;00 pounds of pork for these qualities and methods had January delivery. Unless Hoover made him a towering figure In could manage to sell American the World War. pork up to the scale of the repud- January. 19f8. brought a crisLj. iated orders, unless beyond that In November the "Russian revolu-'he could open the German and tion had dissolved into bolsheVism. T other blockaded markets, the No hope from that quarter of fur-'American packers would be un ther supplies! Even the blinded (able to buy current hogs; and the public saw that spring would break j farmers would fail In droves. Ruin with a supreme make-or-break of-1 would go on along the line first fensive on the western front. And f the farmers, then the country allied Europe had fared wore (banks,, then perhaps business in than it expected in conserving and 'general. collecting foodstuffs. The submar-j Little Response ine sinkings had helped the Ger-I Finding little response from the man cause in that. The allied ex-1 British. Hoover saw the Frencli perts united in a request almost land Italians; persuaded or forced a demand for 1,100.000 tons of J them to take their expected quota wheat a month during January J of 200.000,000 pounds for Janu and February. , Such a quantity ary a triumph of sheer Dowerln was Impossible, i From the accur- diplomatic areument. That left ate estimates of his own agents the British quota of 160,000,000 Hoover concluded that he could pounds on his hands. He had the pull them through on between Grain Carnoratlon huv loo rtOii - 700.000 and 800.000 tons a 000 nounds. The Commission for month. . Relief in Belgium tofek 40.000. OGA Pood For Starring more all it could carry with jus- By superhuman hustlinjr. Hoo ver kept wheat and beans and ba con, rice and rye and sugar, flow ing into Europe at the rate of his estimate. Magnificently the Ameri can people were controlling appe tite, eliminating waste. As we pre. tice. He urged our army to buy pork and more pork and In Feb ruary placed still more with the Grain corporation and the Belgian commission. Then, in March, after other irri tating, desperate negotiations. The Grab Bag i . ..-"rv:'-:'.. t-;:-;-- Who am I? What is my profes sion. As conductor of what institu tion did I retire? A nationally-known local festi val is held annually in New Or leans. What is it called? What is the capital of Japan? Who wrote Les Miserables? "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law; for. sin is the transgression of the law " Where does this passage appear in the Bible? Jimmy Jams The r&s&oh i'm com us Home late Fog. fiuPPen s THAT WE GrOT SPUiACtf OOP AH I VWAMTA pared for the harvest of 1J18 the Hoover achieved his greatest tri food war seemed won; the "Hoo-'umph of the armistice oeriod. He ver measures" had averted starra-f broke into Germany. This mote . i I Imnnrtintlr rn o n tn. tlm Now Hoover foresaw a crisis m Rtarrlnr nt woman mnri oklltrn th en ot th war. whenever it: in the German cities; but as a cor came. Measured by peace stand-, ollary, it gave us a full and regu- . .yx'uuv.ius. weiiu- outlet ior our surplus. would have af tha rmlsttM A t ormous surplus stock of verUh aoie goods. That might bring a great drop in prices and ruin to farmers, millers, packers, middle men possibly a financial col lapse. On the other hand, the en emy countries had eaten their lat reserve, were living on short com mons. When the war ended tney would be begging for food. Here was an outlet to save the Ameri can producer while serving hu manity. ; . When the firing ceased. Hoover waa already dosing up bis Imme diate affairs. A tortnlght after ward he arrived in Paris, author ised by the President to deal with questions of food and provisioning uS uuuor me armistice. He fought now with his back against the wall. Blockade Maintained ere you were: Germany oui ana etui atarrhur what had been Austria-Hungary "vB worse nnrftf vaT worse off than the Germans; ay soutasactern Europe hungry and disorganized. Though Hoover had demanded the withdrawal of the blockade on the central empirea, tbe Allies Insisted that it must be maintained. . In December Hoover proposed an ingenious compromise. jt tin Allies relax the blockade as re garded the northers neutral. Sweden, Denmark, Norway, .Hol land, They could boy food and ex- (To be continued) DLner Stories About 10 We Guese "How old is your son?" asked the visitor. -Well," replied the dad. "he's reached that age -when he thinks - the most important thing to pass Isn't his examination, but the car ahead." Speaker Predicts Woman President SIOUX FALLS, S. D.. Oct. 24. (AP). Prediction that "eventu ally- the -right woman will show up and the women of the country will elect her president of the United States." was made by Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, former demo cratic-governor of Wyoming, fol lowing an address here last night. "I believe that there is no office, political or commercial, but what the right woman can flu? Mrs. Rose said. Bereaty-flve frlende end "rela tive congratulated Mr. and Mrs. U C. Brown of Hlllsbore on the occasion of their fiOth wedding anniversary in their HlUsbero home. - - - Give unci BNRV FLErtTY OF Tims To FtrtifeH rr -VBp- Today in the Past On this date, In 1927, the Prin cess uaraiaa, .an Italian liner. bound from Genoa to Rio de Jan erio, sank. Of the J.,2S passsn. gers, 314 arownea. Today's Horosoope Persons born under this sign are devoted and loving to their families, but do not show this trait on the surface. They do not have many friends, but those they hare are generally fond of them. A Daily Thought "The gratitude of most men fa but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits." La Rochefou cauld. Answers to Foregoing Questions 1. Walter Dam roach; symphony orchestra conductor; New York Symphony orchestra. 1. Mardi Oras. i. Tokle.- 4, Victor Hago. I. John, tit, 4. U Annie Green. 31, died la Med Sort from injuries reedred when he tripped on the hem of her bathrobe and fell and struck her aeaa on a scarp .object In her Mthroom. - - , : - - Bits far Breakfast ByR. J.Htndrldu A great cooking school Biggest and best ever held la Salem The one under the auspices of The Statesman at $he Elslnore the atre, closing today, no doubt with a capacity house, to the last square foot of space. m Salem already has the best cooks in the world, bar none; but cooking Is a progressive art. Life is too short to learn all the good ways of cooking things. For In stance, there are 10.00 ways to cook corn. There must be twi that many ways td prepare logan berries and loganberry juice, aad all good. The wailing of the Al Smith fans Is going to be pitiful. They will weep enough tears to float a fleet of battleships, over the great In justices that led up to his hor rible licking. But they will get over it. And Tammany will never again try to break into the Whi'.o House. . S A lot of new walnut and filbert trees will be set out the coming season in the Salem district. But not a tenth the number that ought to be set out. i Little brother Hawaii, of our happy family of states and terri tories, is making fast progress in learning our American methods of criminal jurisprudence. Fukuna ga, the confessed kidnaper and slayer of the little Jamieson boy, was to have been hanged Tuesday, but was granted a last minute re prieve by the territorial supremo court on a technicality having nothing to do with, the question of his guilt or innocence. The loud speakers are saying plenty in this campaign, but the nor-so-ioua speakers are saying considerably more than plenty. S Paris is trying to stop public kissing except of course, in cases where both parties have whiskers. s s w There are two kinds of wives: those who. think their husbands aren't making enough, and thoo who think their husbands aren't getting enough. It is estimated that two percent of national energy could be saved ir. all salary checks were sent di rect to the installment people. V In his taffying speech in Rich mond, Mr. Smith was trying to make his hearers believe that peo ple, in this country are pret much the same and he said, "Why, I didn't notice any difference be tween the people of the Bronx and- the people of Omaha." If Oma- na ever hears of that. Smith won't carry Nebraska. He won't anyway. S Smith was probably disappointed t- tiMMr'a Boston and New Tori: TVra were no "wise- cracks." He didn't snarl. He dldn t hurl any epithets. He didn't throw his hat Into the crowa. "c put on a miniature derby and strut Kofnrp the mob. In fact, as a cir cus frfountebank, Mr. Hoover is a dismal failure. - S S t hinnpned in Arkansas. A man h hen arrested there for being an atheist. The charge is that ho used the name of the diety in some war that was not "reverent." But, we still have a federal court. How, we would like to know, do thsyj drive mules In Arkansas without being arrested? Corvallis Ga- sette-Times. The Way of the World By GROVE PATTERSON Hoover's Alphabet By MABEL P. BiARTlV Old Oregon's Yesterdays 'Town Talk From Tae States man Our Fathers Read Oct. 23, 1903 Tne 1904 convention of the Oregon Good Roads association will be held in Salem, this year's coavention decided at its closing session in Portland. Willamette university defeated Monmouth 28 to 0 in a football game here. Governor Chamberlain has gone east and is now in Natchez, Mis sissippi. The fire department was called for a fire at the Fred Neckerman residence. 173 High street. The Roseburg district is exper iencing a series of mild small. pox cases. A sneak thier, evidenly with a penchant for silver, cracked the register of a- filling station In As toria, taking only silver dollars, leaving about $20 in bills in the till. . II the the ntsdern 31 A STANDARD OIL PRODUCT CAPITALISTS Tntfirestlnr statistics tell us that one out of every persons in the rrnited States is a "capitalist." That la to say he has invested in hnndi or securities or vanoua kinds. Real millionaires own less than seven per cent of outstanding corporation stocks. Large numbers of men who receive salaries oi noi more than $3000 or $4000 a year are stock holders. Such a condition of affairs couia not be found elsewhere m tne world. The solidity of the Amer ican republic rests largely on the actual ownership which sucn a large number have in its affairs. A WISE JUDGE A Michigan court put a stop to the plan of a feeble minded girl to marry- The Judge refused to allow j the release of the girl from an in-. stitution. Strict enforcement ot a law preventing the marriage of the mentally and physically unfit is more needed than the enforce ment of a lot of laws that we wor ry a great deal about. We need on the bench not only men who knov.' the law, but men of vision broai enough to think of the human race men whose decisions ar; such as to bring about the greatest good for the greatest number. "BRIXGIXG UP" A girl 1 years old, married al most a year, and arrested tor pe- ing intoxicated, was brought be fore the judge of a juvenile court not many days ago. There are those who say the misbehavior o boys and girls young people whe ther married or unmarried is tae result of prohibition. Is that the real reason? Would the open rath er than the secret sale of liquor change the habits of boys and girls? In the old days there was an old-fashioned phrase often beard. It had to do with youns folks and it was called "bringing Up." Misbehavior today is not to be traced to prohibition or to any other one cause. It is the dirsct result of a certain kind of "bring ing up." THE GREATEST CAUSE When you are asked to give your money for a cause, study the cause. If the money is to be used for the support of institutions which deal with youth, be more liberal than when it is to be usd for any other purpose. The hope of this world is another chance. And the new chance is to be taken by boys and girls boys and girls today, but grown-ups tomorrow The greatest cause in aU the world is the cause of youth. HURRYING Have you ever noticed that the man who is usually late ior an appointment, thus wasting the time of those who are punctual. is usually the fellow who appears to be in a hurry? He is often of the "peppy" or even violent type. The fact is he uses up so much time iff false motion that he mios es his engagements. OPPORTUNITIES OUR greatest national extra n, gance is the human wassv. that results from business c- : cles, hard times, and unemploy- 4 ment. Hoover has attacked tlur problem systematically. He w:t the first to go to the root of the trouble. Stable markets for "lr goods that i what we need, an that is what Hoover's department created. Commercial scouts in 'ho remotest corners of the earth are finding out what farm produce, or manufactured goods may be nt-. ,). ed there and sending the news y, the Department of Commerce at Washington. A new railroad is t be built in the Orient It will need rolling stock, structural stew. American manufacturers can sup ply them. More markets for Am-i. lean products, more jobs for Am r ican workmen! (To be continued) TTe One-Minute Pulpit Shew Me a penny. Whose ima .t and superscription hath it? Thy answered and said, Caesar's. 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