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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1928)
fl Earl C. Brownlee Sheldon F. Sackett - Publishers Salem, Oregon Wednesday November 14, 1938 Editorial mm 1 . u I j 15 31 Si Poincare Returns " THE clever; pen of the cartoonist caught the American impression of French politics by picturing a review of an almost endless procession of the ex-premiers of France. Each one carried a banner stating his term of office, a month, a year, a day. . To our way of thinking cabinets rise and fall in France with confusing frequency. This is a result of the French par ty system which, instead of grouping in two major parties as in our country, divide into some fifteen or more political factions advocating every shade of opinion from monarchy to communistic-socialism. No party is strong enough toforr a ministry, so each new cabinet is a collection of parties held together for a brief period by political bargains and com promises. . All excluded factions watch like trained fighters to lo cate the weak spots of the collation that they may deliver the atal blow in form of an adverse vote on a government measure and tumble this temporary allL-nce. In. the newly formed cabinet a majority of members are from the fallen one, as is frequently the case in France, and in this instance it is headed by the same premier, Raymond Fomcare. Poincare went out when his opponents won a political tilt, and now he is so quickly restored to power again. In England a cabinet fall results in a sharp change in policy, but in France the government pursues its way as tiough nothincr had happened. The ways of French politics are hard for us to follow, but judging from the recent dispatches their ways are no more a mystery to us than ours are to tnc French, who followed our recent campaign with much inter est and greater perplexity. HATE. Precedent HOOVER will make his visit to the Latin-American reDublics before he is president, and it is suggested from Several quarters that he has in mind the prejudice against the highest executive leaving his home land except uruier the , rarest occasions. President Wilson did it when he went to France, but it is pointed out that he came home a broken and disappointed man ; and Queen Marie did it when she came to this country, but we are reminded that she returned to hand over the reins to her grandson and to lose her title And that kings and presidents must stick close to home and do their traveling in the confines of their own nations. We are reminded, however, that when a big government objected because Mr. Hoover paid too little attention to red tape in feeding Europe's starving,' he sent it a note: "It strikes me that trying to feed the Belgians is like trying to feed a hungry kitten by means of a forty-foot bamboo pole, .said kitten being confined in a barred cage occupied by tu-o hungry lions." That ended the conversation. Mr. Hoover got the hungry Belgians fed, by hook or by crook, without undue regard to red tape But he made a full accounting in the end, to the last pen ny of. the cost And he may or may not have much regard to red tape or precedent after he becomes president of the United States. One can imagine that he may readily smash any precedent, in case he shall consider it the best way to get the thing done that ought to be done. 1 An Outworn Practice "VDD as it may seem, Herbert Hoover has not yet been Vf elected president. The citizens of the United States have given him an overwhelming majority, but it remains for the coming of January 2 and the meeting of the electoral col lege to see the next president elected. Then 531 electors or their proxies, will assemble at the capital to cast 444 votes for Mr. Hoover and 87 votes for Mr. Smith. This anachronism is a product of conditions resident, in the United States when the constitution was adopted. At that time the constitution makers thought the' people them selves incapable of directly choosing a president ; delegation of this privilege was made to electors, supposedly eminent and extraordinary citizens who were to choose the president. This system, almost from its adoption, has been as use- ful as the two buttons on the back of .a swallow-tail coat. Electors seldom, if ever, have voted otherwise than in the manner prescribed by their constituents. Voting in Novem ber, technically, is solely for the purpose of electing electors; the January electoral college meeting determines the pres- idency. The practice is archacic and useless. With facilities available so that in four hours from the time the popular election is closed, presidential wishes of the majority may be determined, a meeting nearly two months later of 531 elec tors who always adhere to their constituents wishes is a ' waste of time, of money and clutters orderly government. A" constitutional amendment will be necessary to change , the practice but it should be done. Direct election is here in prac tice; it should be here legally. Mr. Hoover, as a devotee of husiness efficiency, can wisely head a movement to remove this outworn practice from the federal constitution. Not as Solid as It Was Cracked Up to Bel Bite for sit B R. J. Hendricks WWs Who and Timely Views By COUNT FELIX VON LUCKNEK t onner Comander Oerman Raider 'Sea Kagle." f Felix Von Luckner. born In Ger many, ran -off to sea at the tee of i3 after tiring oT school in which he was not interested. He traveled to Aus tralia aa cabin boy on a Russian craft where he found employment In the kitchen of a hotel before working his way to America. He was In tn unitea states a snort while before re turning to Geormany In 1900 to enlist in his country" navy. He was made a lieutenant in lftO.V Durinsr the World war he commanded the Seead- ler, disguising it as a Norwegian ship and sank 13 merchant vessels in th? Atlantic and Pacific during two months. He boasted that he never killed a man, though he took many prisoners, and obtained fame aa the Sea Devil." Count von Luckner has been lecturing in the United States during the past year. AMERICA, is the only countiy which is responsible for the detest of Germany in the World war. It is the only country which could hare won the war and which would hare the strength to win another .war. should there be one immediate ly. Another war in Europe is an impossibility be cause every country there must look out for itself as part of the white race against the in vasion of Asi atics. ' There can be no war among the powjars of Ml - COUNT VON LUCKNER Europe so long as the present sit uation continues, and It is bound What. Might Have Been "171 LECTION postmortems are common, but one by David JLi Lawrence has especial interest, for he shows that by changing 350,000 votes in certain states the election would have been given to Smith; though such figures are more startling than convincing, the weak spot being that to change the opinions of that many people one would have to reach many millions of voters. When the winning candidate gets three out of five ol the popular votes it takes more than the oretical changes to convince anybody that the election was not by a decided majority But such post-mortem verdicts may tend to hurry the time when we shall have election of our presidents by pop ular vote, as we should nave. There are several things in con nection with the choosing of our chief executive that, under modern conditions, are preposterous." Dr. Albert Shaw, in the Review of Reviews, has pre sented a phase of the matter thus lucidly and briefly: "We .nominate a president in June, notify him in August, elect him 1 ' -iJovenber and inaugurate him in March. He sits about ana tViddles his thumbs while his predecessor sends a mes sage to congress in December and continues to approve oi veto bills; appoint judges and other permanent officers, con trol our entire foreign policy and dictate much of our domes tic policy until March 4." .After his visit to the Latin-American republics,' Mr. Hoover will have some new ideas about how to keep them at peace with one another. The most virgin field for American trade is with the republics to the south of us. Mr. Hoover will be able to give tips to our people after his visit that will be worth more to them than a whole yard full of regular commercial travelers could find out." Old Oregon's Yesterdays Town Talks from The States, man Our Fathers Read November 14, 1003 All the lots in the Smith Fruit farm tracts have been sold. to do so because the countries which are inhabited by the white race are crowded together on a continent smaller than any oth ers. To fight among themselves would only Invite the eastern powers to take possession. America is already the only ef fective stronghold of the white race, because it is self-sustaining and protected by its position. With the Atlantic ocean on the one side and the Pacific on the other there is no chance for In vasion from any point which could not be protected. Battle ships would be of little use in bombarding coast towns because they are too apt to be the prey of airplanes and submarines. Culture has traveled always from east to west. Beginning in China It spread gradually to In dia, Persia? Egypt, Greece and Rome and up through Europe to Great Britain where it began Its long westward sweep to America. As It traveled It has developed until now modern culture is trav eling back from America to the Orient. With this sweep of cul ture nas come a series of wars in which the civilized countries have taken the territories they needed tor tne comfort of their people. Now, with the east taking on our culture, they may be the, next to attempt expansion, and in such a case America would be the sur viving white country. j Consider our hill farmers They needed the rain; the! ground was too dry to plow. Though, In the words of the song, they now have "more as plenty. V S Slogan man on Sunday will tell about apples.! In the fifties and sixties, the Willamette' valley was the best apple country In the world: and It has been every day since, by natural advantages. And will be known as such again In due course. . ; "Salem, the Statesman, pub lished at the capital of Oregon says, is tne nut, nax, mint ana loganberry center. It is also, we I understand, a place where a great deal of mustard is mixed." Yak lima Republic. Meaning, of course. political mustard. Quite true; es pecially during the sessions of th Oregon legislature. W Japanese to the number of 300 on Sunday last, at their Lake La- bish headquarters, celebrated the coronation of the mikado, with appropriate exercises lasting four hours. Our Japanese population is I growing. Andrew Mellon says that the na tional income per annum amounts to 765 for tevery man, woman and child. On that basis, the man iwim ii children has enough. ' S Seattle Is boasting that It has two men each of whom has kept tne same wife and the -same pollt ical party for 60 years. . That is only 50 per cent remarkable; many men adhere to their political raltn that long. . Reptilian tracks have just been discovered in the middle west. The fact that they are apparently 1 2uu, yoo.ooo years old discredits the theory that they might have been made by politicians during the late campaign. S "U Until next April, the highway commission has limited the load on the Santiam highway to 16,000 pounds. The highway commission has made only oae mistake it should limit them to that the year round on all highways and ask the legislature to make trailers and solid tires unlawful. Corvalliv Gazette-Times. have a longer life Dieted HealtK By L. ulu Hunt Peters MIX ! flutfioro Dtefrand HealHiWDier or Child rerx r Dr. B. E. Wright. weU known Portland dentist, has taken a branch office in the Steusloff building In Salem. He will work here part of the weela The Chemawa Indian training school third team defeated the Mute school team in a football game today. Mrs. Emily Vandervort, editor of the ..Searchlight, went to Port land to spend the day with her daughter. , Mrs. D. Erret of Omaha, wife of the pastor of .the First Chris tian church in Salem, has arrived to make her home here. A. II. Schaefer was a business visitor to Portland. Too-Too-Thin ? Tou. Too. Can Gain F you lived in London In 1760, and were too Thin, no doubt you would have responded to the following advertisement which appeared In the Spectator: "An assured cure for Leanness which proceeds from a cause which . few know, but easily re moved by an unparalleled specific tincture, which fortifies the' stom ach, purifies the blood, takes off fretfuuness of the mind, occa sions Test and easy sleep, and as certainly disposes and causes the body to thrive and become plump and fleshy If no manifest dis temper afflicts the patient," as water will quench fire, and It Is pleasant to the taste and ts sold only ; In Mr. Payne's toy-shop. rice 3 shillings a bottle with di rections." Notice the different things that this unparalled tincture promises to do. They are quite signifi cant. We will apply them to your case. First, you should have a thor ough physical examination by a competent physician - to see if there Is no "manifest distemper" aflicting you. If you have, that must be attended to before you can hope to gain. . It may be possible that you are chronically poisoned from diseased tonsils, Evgeeth, diseased nasal sinuses, or other spots of Infection else where in the body. Now we will suppose that you have had this done and the doctor said that there Is nothing organ ically wrong with .you. Obvious ly, as the Advertisement says. you have got to do something to fortify- your stomach, purify your blood and get rid o the fretful ness of your mind and have more rest and easy sleep You will be able to do all these things by increasing your intake of food. Tou are not eating enough now for your needs, and you are undoubtedly suffering from a degree of acidosis, and auto-intoxication as a result. healthier and expectancy. A workable rule for finding normal aauit weight (without ciotnes) is as follows: For five feet in height (with out shoes t allow 110 pounds aiiow live ana one-half pounds tor each inch over that heieht. For example: Height is five feet seven inches; weight should be approximately 148 pounds. You may yary five oer cent above or below this weight and still be normal. For instance. If your frame-work is . heavy ' van may add five per cent. and'vlce versa. (This would cover the difference between men's and women's weights). No allowance ' for IncrpjiQort years) Tomorrow 111 tell increase your 'calories. Next: Too-Too Thin (Part 2.) A - man phoned congressman Hawley the other day, suggesting a higher rate of duty on one of the Drbducts of the Salem district. It was his Idea that this ,mlght bej taken uo and threshed' out inl aj week or two after the convening at congress In December. Mr. Hawley no doubt wishes that wero true. But he knows better. He sat in on the making of the last en holding all the bearings in his capacity of ranking member of the ways and means committee and it took many weary months. He 1 chairman of that com mitten this time, and will have "to bosst the whole Job. It will be some Job; Ev ery section and trade and interest oi tne country wut nave ut heard. , -n f You have to hand It to Chicago It is progressive. It believes In ed ucation and public schools. A proof, a course In make-up has been established and girls aire taught the art of painting, pow dering, rouging. Fine Idea. Most of them don't know how now. They put it on so thick they look like a railroad bridge. Corvallls Gazette-Times. The Grab The Way of the World By GROVE PATTERSON 1 xV W. .. if November 14, 1928 Who am I? What is my posi- tloA In Congress? Who is nn- wlfe? We have .a careless way of thinking that the government is one thing and the people are an other, We think of the govern ment as standing at one side ready to enforce something or other on the people even against the people's will. Of course the government and the people are one and the same thing. The reason we do not have prohibi tion in this country instead fcf merely a large amount of TALK about prohibition is that not enough people want the enforce ment ol prohibition.: The gov ernment which is the people cannot enforce upon the people what the people do not want. What early governor of . v York had only one leg? What la the largest denomina tion of United States curreiuv? How many- children did P.kiI Revere have? "Pure religion and undifil-l this. To visit the fatherless anj widows In their affliction and to keen himself nnnnnttari frnm iIm I world." Where Is this passai found In the Bible? JIMMY JAMS Dinner Stories HE KNEW I like that stow of tha rnv It may be true that von think I Journalist who went to interview you are eating more than yourj famous film star who had Just fat sister; but In this matter of be6n divorced from an even more famous husband Why did I leave him?" nVi a echoed. "Say. did you ever live with a genius?" Sure." said the eating, each person is a; law un to himself, because no two per sons have exactly the same physi cal makeup or the same activities. Besides', the chances are if hat vnn don't eat nearly so much. Youlow' modestly, , "I 4Jve alone. can t tell what .she eats j between meals! It is a safe wager that you" don't eat anything ; between uresis Decause you don t care aDout eating. It isn't ! one of your interests in life. Too bad Another thing, you cannot tell now much or little yon are eat ing, unless you count the food by its caionc value. wnat: Have I got to count calories, too?" Yes. In order to gain, you have to know the calor ic vaiue or. roods, just as your lat sister does, but instead of de creasing your calories, j as she does, naturally you, have to In crease them. Instead of shrink ing your stomach, you have to stretch It so that it will be able to care for sufficient food for your needs. Your stomach is contracted, no doubt,, else you would not feel so full after two or three mouthfuls of food,- First, are you sure von are un derweight or normal? Most of the weight tables are based on the averages of Insurance .appli cants. As there are so many more adults who are overwelghl, these averages are high. It has been found that those who weigh some less than the averages are reporter fel- Aged Medicine Man Dies From New Fire Water c REDDING, Cal.. Nov. 12. i-ar; sam steel, veteran hit medicine man of the Pit River inaians. aiea today, from the ef- iwis oi onnking a white man's beverage bootleg liquor. Sam, whose icourara. rMimru. fulness and stamina for almost three quarters of a centnrv wim. ed off death by diseas, bullet ar row and hostile tomahawk, eonld not withstand the drink he took ioaay. The aged chief medicine man had an enviable record for cour ageous action In battle as Well as an envied reputation of a twb fisted drinker. Despite this, he was esteemed by all his white neighbors in Modoc county where ne lived for more than 50 years. As far as we were concerned the game was called on account of silence. "ENFORCEMENT" Please note that in the above paragraph the thing referred to isnot "prohibition" but the "en forcement of prohibition." It is very probable that most of the people actually do want prohibi tion. They have voted in favor of it and they would doubtless dlo so again in practically every state in the union. But it is also ap parently true that they do not want it enforced to the degree that would make It Impossible for them to have a drink quietly on the side. The well-to-do want It enforced on the poor and the poor are per fectly willing to have it enforced on the well-to-dot A great nunu ber of people perhaps the great er number believe prohibition is a splendid idea, always deserv ing of their vote. But enforce ment that Is another matter. THE MOUNTAINEER One can underaand the perplex ity of the mountain man in the south. He can not understand why he can not turn his corn in to liquor as properly as he can turn it into meat It Is his corn, and he Is willing to do It quietly and unobtrusively. He Is fur ther perplexed when he finds him self In prison . looking through barred windows at his tree and respectable brethren who bought the product of his corn. It Is a strange situation where in the seller goes to JaiL while the buyer merely turns to an other market. CHECKING UP Now that election Is over we will do well to look back over some of the things we have d Ueved and some .of the things we have said. After-a time of ab normal excitement and distorted optnfons it ts proper to check up on ourselves and try to recall OW,w acted "d what we ng quite so absurd in the next OSwu THOUOrHT HE i cout-o take This somoy i POMMY MtET AWAY FROM Pit- OUT m THE OME VWATS GrOMMA READ IT PIR-T- . . - SSI? Today In the Vast On this day, in 1832. Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, last sur viving signer of the Declaration of Independence died. Ttxlaj'g Horoscope Persons born on this day have great self-control. They can take a large amount of abuse without retorting, but they invariably come out on top in the end. A Daily Thought "Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. Pope. Answers to Foregoing Questions 1. Nicholas Long worth J speak er of the house; the former Alice Roosevelt. 2. Peter. Stuyvesant. A $10,000 gold certificate. 4. 1C. ?; James, IT. One-Minute Pulpit Poemis thatjLiye A PHILOSOPHER TO take things as they be That's my philosophy. No use to holler, mope, or cuss If they was changed they mig ( he High Pressure Pete . Lej him praise his name In the dance; let him sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harpi For the Lord taketh pleasure la his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. Let the saints be Joyful In gltfry: let them sing aloud upon their beds. Psalnr, cxlix 3-5. If ran It peurin down, An llghtnln's buxxin' roan", I tint a-fearln well be hit. But grin that I ain't out in it If I got deep la det , It hasn't happened yet And owed a man two dollars, Ceel Why, I'd he glad it wasn't three! If some one come along. And tried to do me wrong. Why I should sort of take a whim To thank the Lord I wasn't him. I never seen a night So dark there wasn't light Somewhere about If I toek care To strike a match and find out where;' ( ' , : Vo JC. Bmngt (1SM.K22) rvWm By Swau : f The Nicaraguan tvernment set aside $190,000 to cover the expenses of its Presidential election. The "interference of the American marines will turn $95,000 of this back into the treasury. Uncle Sam supervised the purchasing of elec tion supplies and practiced a little of his own economy in all the details. The result was that the election cost half as much as Nicaragua expected. -The people of Oregon and of Marion county and Salem r particularly will have ,no reason for regretting the splendid showing they made In helping the cause of Herbert Hoover, the poor boy. who got his inspirations in this state and city, that led hinr to the highest, place-of honor and service in PAVifrOfUT- HERE. IT 5 NEAftLV 11 pcxecx.. kd i cfrtr bcr m. lmdm On TH PMOHC-I PRbMlieD To TAKE. WM OJT TS LUNCH, BOTTMffrrooL- normal omce.- m ccuxmcr- choo-CHoo -a-. on I i:.lJOSMMl -trii,J. -rT h"' v-" i HtOO-l WhTT5 1 Wt 605V Talk T MR. tATlHC- LYON . UONCH WIGHT I NOW "VTt DOfctJ TjajKTo NOBJDY . I f II" k T)A ftiv ' J 1 uo TuaHiToiteuy V . oj. sr 1l flf y m Y'' v tTt Jhe world. . i- .f.' rr T1 " f 1 1-1 - r-.'.-rr--. VH-Ht I. 1 : , ' :,:-) i . : ' '. . ,