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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1928)
Salem, Oregon Eabl C. Brownleb Shixixw F. Sacxztt ; Publisher aw Feafc, was Tuesday . December 18, 1028 E i I ( if. I ;1 1 3 it Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Na ture's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of autumn. John Muir. GO ON BACK TO BED!" Sixteen Million Acres THE North Platte valley section is taking action for the further development of its expanding beet sugar industry. A dispatch from Scottsbluff. Nebraska, says the growers there have chosen a delegate to present their case, in demand. ing a higher protective duty on sugar And one of the claims they make is that "sugar imports into the United States are sufficient to keep occupied sixteen million acres of American land. That many acres of American land, diverted from pres ent major surplus crops to the growing of sugar beets, would solve the farm relief problem And do it permanently ; absolutely. The English people engaged in the sugar beet indus try, who took up this line in a large way only a few years ago and have made astonishing progress, have worKed out a beet drying program, under a process of their own devis ing, that allows of all the year around operation, instead of a few months in the year- The process has been worked out by the agricultural engineering institute at Oxford univers- itv. The benefits are obvious. The area in sugar beets in England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland this year was 178,000 acres. The number of fac tories at work is 22, three more than last year. Only cfne was at work, as the writer remembers, before the world war. The subsidies to be paid the present season will reach over $20,000,000, and besides the protective duty on sugar i3 higher than that of the United States. The subsidy and duty combined amount to about the average price of. sugar in New York. Certainly, the 300,000 sugar beet growers of the United States, while they are acting in self interest in demanding a higher protective tariff rate on sugar, are working for the highest good of this country. The Willamette valley, destined to become a big sugar center, is vitally interested in all this- The North Platte valley farmers, and those in all the other beet growing sec tions of this country, who are sending delegates to Washing ton to attend the tariff hearings, are doing important work for our farmers in the Willamette valley, and for the whole people of the United States. It will not take a subsidy to put 16,000,000 more Ameri can acres to sugar beets. A proper protective rate of duty will do it. But it would pay this country to follow the lead of England, with a subsidy, if that were required. WillThv SAYS a contemporary writer in the Didymus or doubting mi i a a w-v ... KJ i nomas ciass: "David Lawrence, who is reputed to know more about congress than congress knows about is"elf, says mat. me so-caned iarm leaders tace an acid test. If they really want legislation they can get it immediately and de rive early benefits therefrom. The trouble is nobody knows what is really wanted and the agitators seem more inclined to postpone the matter to be taken up at an extra session of congress. When the time for such a session rolls around the same leaders win oe just as much as sea as they now are and always nave Deen. Will they? It is not probable. The writer hereof does not believe they will be at sea at all For certainly Mr. Hoover will have something definite to say, and something definite to propose- He will have a program for the allocation and diversifi cation of crops. That kind of a program, properly worked out, promises permanent relief. Better arrangements for transporting crops to market will help, and so will improved marketing methods But the big first thing will be the disposition of surplus- a definite program for this. He is the type of man with whom a promise is a promise ; something to be fulfilled, and v.. ...in a. i.j. m , .t j- e ceruwiiiy win nui lei congress mm arounu in ine conoi : . c i . a- i i i i nuii iu a ijol or siampeueu neru Or in the doldrums on a sea of inaction. Eternal Tax Oupshnn PAYING taxes will never be popular, no matter how they are sutrar coated But here is the goal toward which the editor of the ElWVAMj-t T IA - 1 It ... - - - xwKisier says xne leaders of California are heading Abolish personal property tax. Retain ad valorem tax on real estate. excise tax on incorporated and unincorporated busi nesses. Tax on personal incomes. Privilege tax- This goal, as the reader will note, is in exactlv the oppo- ive uirecuun irom practically complete reliance upon the general property tax, irhich is the basis cf our taxation system in u--.'on. California, recognizing the obsolescence of the general fiivpeuy mx, is casting aoout lor workable substitutes for it .And dreading the name of income tax, she is flirting with the idea of excise, taxes and millage taxes on intangibles. wist J iL . 1 . . ; wuii.il tmuvuy me principle ot income taxation while avoid Ing the fearsome name. i r All states, sooner or later, will be wrestling with this nine prouiem, uecause it is being generally recognized that we can't go on taxing only that property which lies out in e utrcu w iicre uio assessor can t iau to see it. For the Honest Man AN editorial writer up the valley has been discussingone of the problems of the honest man driving an automo bile on the highway , W hat shall he do in the interests of the dictates of neignDoruness wnen ne rinds a man walking who might be helped on his way, without cost or inconvenience? "It is getting so that an honest man riding with friends or family in his car just doesn't know what to do about it he savs. "If he atom when hnilnH Ki- a etninmv v. - - - - j !..i6tri, lie may ik oiucu uu me neau, snoi, car-ea up, robbed and his automo , wie taken rrom him. If he doesn't stop the strangei may be an over-zealous customs officer or federal agent anc he IT1AV hp filled with fthrktlTMti c Intra W " - 4U O The honest and neighborly man out on the highways surely between the devil and the deep blue sea or the frown Ing Scylla rock of the potential slugger and the Charybdis whirlpool of the possible too zealous minion of the law fc is worse than the question of farm relief It will probably last longer. WTZ- I jVtlVSX 1 II ?fVZ - J i - iiki v . m.M m t m mem. i f s um.hinii wt mi a r m i i milk K' X f- r M m! 11 " Bits for Breakfast By R. J. Hendricks" Cn rou answer tt There ar signs tnat th boutn S V American war will soon be over If the Dlot in Buenos Aires had That's the rule below the Rio succeeded and Mr. Hoover had been killed, who would have been president after the 4th of Mareh? This question has been asked the Bits man by a Salemite. Dont all speak at once. . Friend saw the Bits statement the other morning that since the Oregon legislature has commen ced its sessions in January, in 18SS. no severe winter waather has been experienced during its sittings. Of course that would be the case, said he friend,. It's the heated atmosphere a I "the state house. S There is in the hands of a Sa lem man a petition to the citv council that was made and pre sented in 18S. That's lens than 40 years ago. The petition recited the fact that an electric street car line was proposed to be built on Chemeketa street, and the signers or tne petition prayed that no such franchise be granted, because such lines were dangerous: that In oth er cities where they Had been built the residents found fault with their dangers and wanted to get na or them. etc. The line was built the first electric railway in Salem, though the horse (and mule) car line had been runnina lor several or at least a few years. Times change. That line has given way to motor buses. And no one for long thought of the dangers of me eiectnc line. Some of the most prominent residents of the Salem of that day signed the petition. It was no Joke with them. They be- nevea tney were doing a public service in trying to prevent the dangerous contraption. Grande. Have you read the O. Henry stories about tbose banana republics? An exchange says that once .ev erybody thought the world wai flat; later they were convinced it was round, and now they think it is crooked. They are all wrong: if they get the right viewpoint they will find it is pretty square. Exchange. An Oregon paper complain that no machines are being in vented that will make life easier for the editor. Our contemporary forgets about the golf ball. -Yakima Republic. Whcs Who The of the Way World Bj GROVE PATTERSON PROBLEMS OF CONGRESS OUTLINED By JOHN Q. TILSON Majority Leadar, Houm of RprMnUtlvti John Ouillin Til.n w. k... . t r-i... Branch. Tunn Anril & lami u . t. - - ' - - f vf auw. ..V 1 . m graduate of Vale uniVersity. and entered -um pracuce 01 law at yew ilaven. Conn.. .... TV - " nertlCUt hotlmo nf r.nramnl.li... 1905 to 1909. and speaker dnrin the w"o term, lie w electee to congress m iu, aerTing until 1913, and ha been rapraaentatire Irom Connecticut eon tinnallr alace 1913. hit terra pinlHino in 12. For the pat three years he ha jcru majortir leader ot tne republican DartV. He terred in tha Kniniih.im.i-i. ran war and on the Mexicau border in ivio. ait Borne ia in .New Karen, Conn.) fTHE most difficult problem al ways for any congress is to wkravAmv- ..til. ah A . jury. i ao not mean this in a sinister sense. There Is no danger of crooked ness or corrun- -J"Tr3Scl tion in this fj't-.i connection, but NV tbere is always i-W J ' present the W I r Hi temptation to yield to the clamor and in sistence of in terested nilnos ities for larger and even larger expenditures of public funds for real or fan- JOUN Q. TILSON C,e5 need8- For a num ber of years the farm relief prob lem. Hie the noor.. seems to bf always with us. The greatest dif. Hculty here is to agree upon the remedy to be applied, and to h sure that the remedy is not worse man tne disease it is sought to cure. Somewhat closely related to I 1 .Mu I V Ilil : . Dinner Stories farm relief, and as part of it, is the demand for a revision of ouf tariff laws. It has been seven years since our present tariff act was written. Conditions in some Industries have changed, and our tariir laws should be changed to meet the changed conditions. Another effort will be made to reapportion representation In con gress on the basis of the 1930 census, in accordance with the let ter and spirit of the constitution. For eight years this solemn uutyj has been neklected because of the unwillingness of certain states to lose in tnelr congressional reDre- sentation. The subject of the national de fense is always an important one. This year the principal contention will probably center around the proposal for additional cruisers. Two special problems have arisen growine out of the Hovel. opment of hydroelectric tower and ilOOd control. The derelonment of Muscle Shoals in the Tennessee river was entered upon as a war measure to procure nitrates from the air. If a suitable offer should be forthcoming the legislation ne cessary to its disposition would probably be enacted. A proposition to erect a httrh dam in Black canyon to control the flood waters of the Colorado river, provide for a future water supply for the cities of southern California, and the Incidental de velopment of water power, was embodied in a bill that nassed the house at the last session, and is now pending in the senate. One-Minute Pulpit Blessed is every one that feac eth the Lord; that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be. and It shall be well with thee. Psalm exxvlii, l, 2. BEANS AND ADVERTISING California, despite its fame for fruit and climate, is really a great Dean state. Lima bean growers not long ago spent $170,000 in advertising to more their crop. And it moved. If you have any doubt of the power of newspaper advertising ask the bean grow ers of California. Go from bean all up and down the line. Pro duction in the United States takes on new figures of enormity. Ad vertising takes on ereater and greater importance if the "crop" is going to be moved. They Say... Expression of Opinion from Statesman Renders are Welcomed for Use In thin column. All Letter Must Ba Writer's Name, Though This Need Not be Printed. The Grab December 18, 192a Sf 5:i- i?-. i I at a. :: .yji..,.N" j, . A !S Who am I? What is rny call- ipg? Of what institution am X the head? Who was Samuel P. Langley? PERR YDA LE READER EXPRESSES PLEASURE Perrydale, Ore., Dee. 15. To the editor of the Statesman: I am one of those persons who be lieve In tiling people the straight truth when their efforts and achievements mean so much for Salem and the state as does your splendid up-to-date paper. After reading the new States man eacn day I then look over m other. dailies. I find so little ad ditional matter in these that is worth while reading that the question frequently arises: "Why take another daily paper?" The new Statesman reflects in an elegant and dignified manner the spirit and progress of Oregon and the great northwest. AX APPRECIATIVE READER. After what South African statesman and financier was Rho desia napaed? What is the Red sea? "For a day in thy courts is bet ter than a thousand. I had rath er be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell In the tents of the wicked." Where Is this passage found in the Bible? JIMMY JAMS 'CUP OF THUNDER' I UFJDA MEETING Wb ALL R-lGrKT, hOM, - BOOT , ON German Delegate Voices Threat to Withdraw From League of Nations MINISTER DEFINES DEFENSE AS NEED Oltf Oregon's Yesterdays Town Talks from The States, ""a Oir Fathers Read XOT A UHAXCE "Sam. do vou solemnlv swear tn tell the truth, the vhnlp truth and nothing but the truth?" "Ah does, sah " "Well. Sam. what hare toii rnt to say for yourself?" "Jedge. with all dm limit. tions you Jes believe ah has anything at all to say." Uic way Prexy Kerr put it over yesterday is this. Ore son's futu c greatness depends on possibilities and peoples We have t it potential possibilities, and are getting th proper pwpie; though not nearly as fast as we should- Here we are, with our world ready to turn its face agaL to the sun. We will have spring conditions in a couple o moons. ' Kelllygirams BT FRED G. KELLY . . i - A CLUIHliSU salesman in a department store yesterday aaM'c XJL m: ion Know, we always have great contempt for a man whr . fcrlncs hi wife along when he buys a salt. By the time a man Is ok MMgh to have a wife, he ahould be old enough to do his own think tar about hi clothes When he brings l wife it is because he has sever outgrown having his mother alone to4ooh; after htm and pre 1TmrronTTnakin4 a fool of himself.- v , , AXD HE IiOST THE CASE A yoang attorney, taking nls first case, had been retained by a farmer to prosecute a railway company for killing 24 pigs. He wanted to impress the Jury with the magnitude of the Injury. iwenty-iour pigs, gentlement. Twenty-four; twice the number in the Jury box." Dec. 18, 1903 Perry Raymond, assistant nosr- master. has received notice that the federal deoartment has aside $300 for immediate com pletion of cement walks at the two east corners of the Dostoffica grounds here. The new system of lighting for the interior of the state house has been completed and the lights cluster electric ones of 16 candle power each, were turned on for the first time last night. HOOVES The water mainrunnlng from tne company's numnlne nmtm sprung a leak, the force of the water blowing a hole several feet in diameter In the hard mvaUH COVerinX Of the intrsaoInn . I Commercial and Trade streets. The Odd Fellows librarr asso ciation has added 25 new books to its shelves. Flfty-lwo dogs and about 500 fowls were exhibited at the first annual net and noil 1 f rr chnw the Klinger building. "National defense Is Just as necessary In time of peace as roaring guns in time of war," said the Rev. J. N. Hoover, a widely Kuuwn uapiist minister and author of San ta Cruz, Calif., in his address in the Gospel Tabernacle at 13th and Ferry streets Sunday. The Question of national de fense is not to be lightly con sidered, even in time of peace, for me protection of a people depend largely upon the strength of her fortifications and the her army and navy. "There is a difference between defense and preoarednena v. tional defense is a necessity, but preparedness Is often the begin ning of a sad endine. No ritv i safe without a sufficient police force and no nation can long ex ist whose borders are neglected. "We nut a lock on mir hnma and place of business to protect ttfe and property from thieves and criminals. We nut a navv klnnr our waterfront and an armv ainn? our border to prevent the invasion or an enemy and to correct Inter nal trouble.: T4eranit nf tha !- lessness and ungodliness of some men and niatons. this system of defense baa become a righteous necessity." High' Pressure Pete SOBRIETY "America will remain Irresist ible in economics if It remains sober," says Edison. That word sober may make us think of things other than economics. No matter what we may think about prohibition enforcement laws and methods, there is no sanitv with out sonnety, and a drunken man ouisiae tne jail is more of a men auce 10 numan society than aH hardened criminal inside. Drunk enness means loss of self control and loss of self control means a quick return to the beast. HARDLY THAT a somewnat lamous woman politician says It is issues, not personalities, that count in nH tics. That is an unfortunate re mark, for if the woman really be lieves u sne seems to have lost her understanding of folks, and she will hardly eo much farther in politics. - CLEMEXCEAU The old Clemenceau. verr it-uo in the ways of tlfls world, sets torth a philosophy of action in a few words when he says: "One must know what one wants; when her wants It he mus- have the couraee to sr it oaiu ii, vuurage enougn t( do it." BOREDOM? An English woman the Bar oness Ravendale says a womar has no right to take mar.'. i. in the world Just as a relief from Doreaom. It Is nerhana trn h. many women eo 1nt- Hn ..... nr.. oecause they are tired f .k.t used to be women's exclusive du ties. But they have often learned two thinrs while doinr it tk.. have learned that they like Jobs and sometimes learned they can do them as well as men. Men ought not to "crab" about it ti,- ought to be stimulated by the competition. Of course women will have to live and toil upon the earth many years before men will honestly down in their heart of hearts, or mind of minds accept them as intellectual equals. LUZANO, Switzerland, Dec. 17. (AP) What Foreign Minister Briand of France tonight called a "clap of thunder" broke over the cTosing public session ot the 5Jrd council of the league of na tions here Saturdav in a bitter clash between Foreign Minister stresemann of Germany and For eign Minister Zaleski of Poland. The storm burst during discus sion of the treatment of German minorities in Polish Upper Silesia. It was felt generally in league circles, that only the adroitness of M. Briand, as presiding officer, prevented the situation from de veloping Into a genuine crisis within the league itself for Dr. Stresemann even went to the ex tent of threatening by ImDlication Germany's resignation from the league. Zaleski accused tne Germans in Silesia of fomenting agitation against the Polish state and by tneir political activities actuallv endangering peace. Dr. Stresemann. trembling with anger, pounded the table and snouted at Zaleski In German Enough! Enough!" When finally be ntmself rn canea upon to speak he accused aieskl of seeking to onen old wounos and said that if minor! ties were denied the right of frA. ly annealing to the league, one of the main reasons for the league's existence would have disanneared In the intervening disrii!nn Just before adjournment of th council, M. Briand made a state ment wnich has highly pleased -no oermans from Dr. Stresemann down, so much so that it u r- ;arded by them as a powerful af firmation of Franco-German un- lersiandlng. "Nothing," said the French foreign minister, "can ?ver induce the council or the league to abandon the cause of minorities." He urged giving careful atten tion to every petition and of even seeking swifter methods of treat ment. ; Todav in the Pat On this !ay. in 1787, New Jer sey ratified the U. S. Constitution. TMla'.' lioi-oscope Persons whose birthday is to day are true to their friends and fond of their homes. They have strong religious views. : A Daily Thought "He jhears but half who hears one party only." Aeschylus. Answers to Foregoing Questions 1. S. Parkes Cadman; clergy man; pastor of Central Congrega tional church, Brooklyn, N. Y. 2. Pioneer airplane inventor. 3. Lord Cecil Rhodes. 4. An arm of the Indian ocean. 5. Psalm exxxiv. MISSIOX GROUP MEETS SILVERTOX. Ore.. Doc 17 (Special) The Christian church missionary society met at the home of Mrs. Carl Specht last Friday afternoon. ThU w.. regular meeting of the society. A clock in a Beaumont. Texas. , , noi stopped running slnce R was first wound in 1874. The Mississippi river has been dumping between 300 and 400 millions tons of silt onto the crust of the earth in a relatively small area at its mouth for hundreds ot years. IPoeiros fthait Live SONG LET my voice ring out and over the earth, Through aU the grief and strife. With a golden joy in a silver mirth: Thank God for life! Let my voice swell out througK the great abyss To the axure dome above. With a chord of faith in the harp of bliss: Thank God for love I Let my voice thrill oat beneath and above, The whole world through: O my Love and Life, O my Life and Love, Thank God for you! Jmct 7aBu mil in OOU.V TrtoMOO . io &o out" UHTH ' 1 StJ DrfTtV M . . J. a. r uism jvi n i L. r r 1 . . i - . . . 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