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Salem, Oregon . ' Tuesday January 22, 1020 ' Earl C. Brownlee Sheldon P. Sackett . . - . Publishers E .11 t- . i Life is a tender thing and is easily molested. There is always something that goes amiss. Vain vexations vain sometimes, but alicays vexations. ThesmaUest and slightest impediments are the most piercing; and as little letters most lire the eyes, so do little affairs most dis turb us. -Montaigne, j ' t The Biggest Fight v THE biggest fight before the ways and means committee Holding hearings preparatory to the writing of the new tariff bill is that on the sugar schedules. The most important one affecting" the people of the. m United States in general and the Willamette valley in par ticular, i ' ' It is a five cornered fight. First, the xionsuming'public Is concerned. The people have a right to expect sugar at . prices that are reasonable; preferably through competition among domestic producers. " '. ' : Second and next most important is the Wall street junta of sugar barons owning the mills and plantations and still unplanted cane lands of Cuba and the refineries along the At lantic seaboard, who are enjoying a preferential duty, allow ing them to bring in raw sugars at 1.76 cents -a hundred pounds. They pay practically all the tariff duties -on sugar, and in the raw and almost the dnly form. This preferential , duty is based on a preference that was given Cuba after the Spanish-American war; a general preferential rate, in order to allow that liberated country benefit has for a long time been t sugar trust. This is manifestly unfair. The third angle concerns our sugar beet industry, af fecting several hundred thousands of our people' directly, including our beet growers, and The fourth angle concerns the revived and reviving cane 'sugar and molasses industries of the south; increasing and r.-. to increase vastly in tonnage from its recent low point, and duejto grow faster under proper conditions. This makes the south as much interested as . protective rates. The fourth angle concerns course, sugar now comes in free from the Philippines, Hawaii, Porto Rico,' etc., and there is a demand that the amount to come in free be limited. This is a vexing question. ! To say the least, our insular possessions qhould be favored , above the Wall street sugar The heads of our domestic sugar industries ask for a three cent duty on raw Cuban sugars ; it is presumed onr all raw sugars And if that can be had, and other adjustment favorable to our own growers and manufacturers made, and the whole of the continental American the governmental support its soon be self containedin our And the Salem district and the rest of the Willamette valley will soon have a lot of a major program of irrigation. Our Indian School A T the noon meeting of the chamber of commerce yester xiL day. Superintendent O. H. favorable consideration of the mawa, together with some pleasing music by pupils of that institution And the impression the was a splendid one and ought through a better understanding stitution to the whole service, and Salem in particular. This is the oldest school of It is one of the largest. If not account of its importance in the cation and training and its - population of the country. The Indian school lacks proper support. It maintains a large and varied work on a per capita allowance that is too small to allow the improvements to be made in the service! that ought to be made. In order to render our Indian chil dren the benerits to which they are entitled. That is, a job worth doing nearly every one m the United ment ought to do the job it has to our Indian youth, for many reasons. With Herbert Hoover, Senator MeNary and Congress man Hawley in a receptive frame of mind as regards our In dian school, now the only one of its kind in the Pacific north west, the chances are that it will receive better treatment in the future. - How Far Does It Go? fflHERE was an article in the fessor Bressman cf the breeding corn. This high authority in his tion that is interesting to corn growers and to everybody else. Corn breeders have found that by selection for several desired results they may very much increase the yield the - first year, by producing a hybrid variety called an inbred variety and crossing it with an Seed corn thus produced yielding quality, but rather deteriorates; runs out. Special ists attribute the first generation good results to what they call "hybrid visror." . " The interesting question is, have they not come across a law of nature that runs throughout all creation? That is, that hybrid vigor is ephemeral always; tends ever to run out. The corn breeders have not quit. They are going on, more determined than ever; and er, if he happens to be of a studius turn of mind, might with profit read the Bressman article. : '. r'f " 1 : ......... The legislature should not m 11 I 1 pUDlicauon OI Claims auoweu oy county cuuris anu exiuuiis of- the financial affairs and standing of counties. No one is calling for such repeal. Taken the state over, the publication of such matters more than pays its costs in savings to the taxpayers. " The people have a 'done with their business, and, know. " - v - j'- There are many" bills and joint resolutions and proposi tions presented in one way and another to the legislature, and there will be many more. But the members should not lose sight of the two main things needing consideration. First and foremost, a change in tax laws that will balance or lead to the balancing .soon of the state budget. Second, ! a proper adjustment of the automotive license fees. The writer maintains his former and repeated contention, that the legislature needs a competent steering dommittee. - ."Mjrnaxno will become known all over the world," is the riven bv Northcott. the young Canadian being tried in Riverside. Cat, for many murders. Such itching for no toriety has possessed many of the recent murderers. Psy chiatrists, psychologists and other students of? human fan raise may ponder lonjr over that statement and what ft aeans as an incentive to sensational crime, Exchange. : Our filbert, walnut and cherry growers are going to get 4 better tariff protection in the new law. That will push these industries ahead to the tune of hundreds of thousands of ! dollars a year fcY gross sales in the Willamette Yalleyr. - : ' " -' An Illinois youn woman gave her gentleman friend a . f m m..m.. That'. ' last mtn. msjTia.?e license iot lauuaai to get on its feet. The great and is now to the Wall street all of our-people indirectly. the rest of the country in fair - - our insular possessions. Of trust. sugar industry can be given importance merits, we will sugar supply beet sugar factories, backed by Lipps presented the claims to Salem Indian school at Che- speaker made upon his hearers to lead to beneficial results of the importance of that in and to the Pacific northwest its type in the United States. the largest, it should be, on whole scheme of Indian edu nearness to the largest Indian at all is worth doing well, and States believes our govern undertaken ; that we owe it , Slogan pages Sunday by Pro State Agricultural college on field gives some late inf orma unrelated inbred breed. docs not tend to persist in high more enlightened. The read repeal the law requiring the J. I right to know what is being more than that, they want to ...v a mw "mfBm mm- mM '2 fv The Way of the World REAL. PROBLEMS Much talk about business and business problems. We are faced with all sorts of new conditions brought on by increasing produc tion and changes in our economic Ufe. But they are not the really important problems. Let us con front another problem, grarer. more vital. There are 2,000000 mental defectives in the United States who need institutional care. This is probably a low estimate. There are 5.000.000 who hare been unable to get through grade schools because of mental handi cap, and 25,000.000 unable to do high school work. THE FARMERS' GAIX With all the sad news we hear from and about the farmer, there are some distinct improvements in his state of being which attract our attention. While farm labor is very high it is estimated that in one year farmers have saved $30,000,000 in labor cost by sub stituting machines for hired hands. One farmer with less human la. bor can cultivate many times more acres, with modern agricul- cultural machinery, than his fath er could. We get a little sick of the mechanical age sometimes, but if it were, not for machinery we might starve to death when 600. 000 persons turn from the farms to the cities in a single year. I P OR DOWN? Is the human stock going up or down in strength and durability? Looking back a few years to war time one remembers that 20 per cent of the myi in the draft were rejected ty local boards. Twelve per cent of those sent to camp were later rejected. Almost one half of those retained had some more or less serious physical de fect. In the army mental tests more than twice as many men were found to be of Inferior men tality as were put in the superior grades. How would it be if war came today? TELEPHONE SERVICE In 1876 two men talked for the first time over a telephone. Today there are 7.000,000 miles of wire carrying more than 3.000.000 long distance - messages every day in America. Still enthralled by the thrill of the radio and other spec tacular inventions we. have'given scant attention to the amazing changes-and improvements in the telephone service in this country. The common practice of getting a far distant city on the line In from one to three minutes and the not able changes In clarity of tone are illustrations. Much that passes for the -triumph .of the. radio la a tri umph of telephone service. Much High Pressure Pete Hue. fMV C P 7WCL TEC irocfr . -977U. IH ma. vatic. TVa i 7HC mx. etc irrtooz ,r tTrWWr roO. FYTtfrv I ?0 " ' Sweet April! ' ' The Grab 1mM' IP8 . , , January 22, 1929 May be Troublesome By CHARLES P. STEWART Washington ' Correspondent for Central Press and The Statesman WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. Sen ators' William E. BoraTTof Idaho and George H. Moses of N e Hampshire look like making Herbert Hoover more trouble than all his money in the next four years. Borah's term expires in less than that, but he'll be re-elec ted or prophesy is a lost art. Moses h at s until 1933 tc serve. Both Borah and Moses are mentioned among 'possibilities for the state portfolio, but it's mere talk. Borah doubtless could have the job, by demanding it as his due. but it is quite unlikely he will de mand it. He can have much more tun where he is. Mr. Hoover h equally unlikely to draft him. He's too headstrong. Moses probably would accept, but is not apt to be invited. He's too sassy. Borah unquestionably thinks he was the "whole thing" in the last campaign. Moses thinks he was. Dr. Hubert Work, as chairman of the G. O. P. national committee perhaps thinks he had something to do with it likewise, but Dr. Work is of the meek and humble order, of creation, and can be knocked over the nose. Senators Borah and Moses are not a bit like that. William S. Vare may think he had a heap to do with Mr. Hoo ver's nomination at least, but Senator-elect Vare is too sick t o count. . Borah and Moses are healthy as bears. And, of course, there are many others who think "some punkins" of themselves, but mighty few to compare with Senators Borah and Moses. Senator Borah - Indisputably fought for Mr. Hoover to good effect, at Kansas City, and during the succeeding months, on the stump, until election eve itself. Senator Moses claimed the task of bossing the G O. P.'- candi date's eastern seaboard campaign. The "organization" was- far from anxious to put him in charge, for Moses is a wise cracker whose smart sayings frequently react dangerously. He snoots hard and of the. entertainment that you get over the radio is brought most of the way by telephone. Hft f TVJU. OH tHC- rs - - - S. A. rseae. straight, but is tricky to handle because of his awful recoil. Doc Work would gladly have de dined his services had he been given the option, but the New Hampshire senator gave him none. He simply grabbed the Hoo ver eastern management and hung onto it, because it could not be taken away from him without blackjack, which it was not deem ed diplomatic to swing on him at that particular time. It is a good guessing that Mr. Hoover considers himself more deeply indebted to Senator Borah han to Senator Moses though lerhaps not as much so as Senator Borah believes he ought to feel. Senator Moses, however, claims :redit for the Hoover victory in the supposedly critical east not ably New York forgetting Mass achusetts and Rhode Island and is not disposed to admit that the coming administration can pos sibly owe quite as much to any body else as it owes to him. Senator Borah has a reputation for doing yeoman work toward creating presidents and then driving them gray-headed by in sisting on dictating their policies to them. Senator Moses is the most per sistently and venomously sarcas tic public man on Capitol Hill un less he has absolutely his own way. Mr. Hoover can hardly help dis agreeing with Borah. He can hard ly help miffing Moses. Each U equally independent in his own peculiar fashion. They are a mean pair for any president to have, in side his own party, continually bushwhacking him. FOB TEST COURSE OREGON STATE COLLEGE, Corvallis. Jan. 21. (Special) Burrell M. Mitchell of Salem, sen ior in electrical engineering at the college, was among the 10 en gineering students selected by a representative of the General Electric company to take a test course in one of the company's plants. The appointment gives Mitchell opportunity to establish himself with the largest corpora tion of. its kind, with the possi bility of advancement. Men are selected on a basis of scholarship, leadership, activities and person ality from engineering schools hroughout the nation. WT OT THC -BOYS, ' MITCHELL CU Who am I? What Important of fice do I hold? Whom did I succeed? Next to Lake Superior, what is the largest lake in the world? Who was the father of George Washington? "Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is m the power of thin hand to do it." Where is this passage found in the Bible? Today in the Past On this date, 1651. Sir Francis Bacon, eminent English statesman, philosopher and Jurist, was born. Today's Horoscope Persons born on this day are often stubborn. They have good ideas -and are un willing to change them to suit others. They are very well liked everywhere. A rsCp"Thought "All things change, nothing per. ishes." Ovid. Answers to Foregoing Questions 1. William Green; president of the American Federation of La bor; Samuel Gompers. 2. Lake Victoria Nyanza In Af rica. 3. Augustine Washington. 4A Hindu god. 5. Proverbs ill. 27. - Old Oregon's Yesterdays Town Talks from The States. in Omr Fathers Read Jan. 22, 10O4 The Austin and Finzer store at Woodburn was robbed of several overcoats, six pairs of shoes, trousers, sweaters, suspenders, socks and four suits. A series of lively debates are being held in the South Fruitland and Bethel neighborhoods, the subject being. Resolved, That Mrs. Carrie Nation is Justifiable in her course. L. F. Knowlton has been ap pointed as temporary passenger agent for the S. P. here to fill the vacancy caused by the appoint ment of O. L. Darling to Albany. A barber of The Dalles has been arrested on a charge of bi agamy. Dr. and Mrs. Fred R. Bowersox of Glendale. were in the city yes erday on their way to Portland. WORDS OF THE WISE alt who joy' would win must share it. Happiness was born a twin." Byron. "Hatreds are the cinders of af fection.' Sir Walter Raleigh. Heaven means to be one with God." Confucius. "An honest heart possesses a kingdom." Seneca. a Honor lies in honest toll." G rover Cleveland. THE ONE MINUTE PULPIT Serve the -Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son. lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way. when his wrath is kindled but a little Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. Psalms, it. 11-12. ptfTTHetroF VbdR, fHfW 5Mtit, WfU. m WOO tCLLOM fsteTX MP y fffeif hooo. trc pov kw BWmWr OMV HOW ftO Tflt To KVUcfeJ rmv wr THei. -nW obt Who's Who & By EDWARD A. lTAENB Kerchant an BmUims eonmti. tMwrd A. Mmn w born t M..V. nd .ducted i t public ehool. of thlt er" All hi lUm.n b. b e fiT. i ft ; promotion of bettor .orjmni. tZl of prihUtion 4 di.tribution in thm j States and Europe and wa a pio m -in w&iU ei.ntifie and efc.W "atten ia retail 4irik'0f;. Si io" present and chairma- af th. board If Villiani Filene'a Bona company. Be i . . -nr. at srraniiationa Zn4 Thaa written aewal books on aubjecU la hla iteiaj. &tg business which always does In the end what Is to its own interest must inevitably adopt a policy In favor of lower ta riffs. Big business will reverse itself on tne tanii an ' problems, including snoner lng days, higner ws, profits and lower acinus In each of these Instances present policy is the direct opposite of what it was 20 years ago. And so it will be with the tariff. Behind the trend toward lower tariffs is the rapid growth of mass methods of production and distribution which not only rreed no tariff protection but thrive best under low tariffs or free trade. n,.tinn of world trade be cause the vastly increased volume Mmaa nrnduction raises anew of goods produces surpluses which cannot be marketed except in for- eirn lands. The surplus inat i any general surplus Is relatively Bits ;f or Breakfast By R. J- Hendricks' Don't blame the weather tf von had the ordering of it vou would do a thousand times worse m And. any way, we have not had . ... 1 1 11. A any too mucn weainer uciow uv freezing point for the good of the crops, and we are not likely to get much more, for the wind is irom the south and spring is just around the corner. Lady phoned yesterday that she had seen in a Portland paper the news of the first robin seen there. She says that in her back yard in Salem there have .been robins all the winter, or the so-called win ter; big, beautiful, fat ones, too. They have not gone away at all. m " The Indian school lands grew crops last year that were used In the institution, the cost of which if bought would have been above $23,000, said Superintendent Lipps in this chamber of com merce talk yesterday noon. That helped a lot in ekeing out the small per capita appropriation al lowed by the government. The farm contains 400 acres, mostly excellent land, and the annual showing will improve. V M. P. Adams of the Sky Line orchards a few weeks ago received for the nut growers cooperative an order from Maine for 1000 pounds of walnuts for the holiday trade to be sent by express. The ezpressage amounted to $54.40. and the grocer to whom the ship ment was sent has written his thanks, saying they were the fin est quality walnuts he ever saw or sold over his counters. He con ducts one of th finest grocery stores in the state of Maine. m S That is certainly high praise. It is disinterested. The Maine grocer is not interested in Oregon. He has no especial call for boosting Ore gon. He wanted good walnuts. That was his only incentive. He got them. , The Bits man, along with all other loyal Salemites, has been saying for years -that ths district grows the best walnuts in the world. It is admitted that this may have seemed prejudiced in formation, though it was as true 1929 Licenses To Be Demanded Notice was sent out to state traffic officers, sheriffs and po lice chiefs throughout Oregon Saturday, that beginning on Mon day the license law should be en forced, and. that since the rush in the license bureau is over, the officer should recognize only 1929 license plates or temporary plates. Evidence of having sent in an application will no longer be valid excuse for lacking the new license plates-. ALLEGED AUTO THIEF HELDF0R AUTHORITIES PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 21. (AP Charged with the theft of four automobiles, H. L. Kelley. wanted in several coast citie3 has been arrested at Medford. Ore., and is being held for the United States department of Justice. I I I I I "T? mm Timely Views new to American industry, it is destined to change our views about tariffs. In the long run we will change, through force or economic circumstances, from .i . . . . . a uauuu ui pt uicciiunisis lo a tion of low tariff advocates free traders. n a or I say this not as an advocate of free trade myself. I am not now and never have been a free trader, but always have been an oppor tunist on tariff matters, i be lieve that conditions and not the ories must determine tariff poli cies, and as mass production methods spread business men will find it to their profit to work for low tariffs. The? United States has a preater domestic market than any other nation a population of 120, 0oo, 000 consumers who are more pros perous than any people have been in the history of the world. The Joint salvation of tin- na tions Of the world lies fn the ex change of their surplus nn(),u. Here the problem of tariffs be comes vital because tariffs rtrirt trade. Business men recognize now that it is, important to ?ho' United States for Europe u. re move or lower its high tariffs against our goods. They will mine to see that it is Important for Ku .ropeand the United States - that we lower our tariffs. as gospel. So it is gratifying to have this confirmed by a wholly unprejudiced outsider. S "a The Bits man still pem.-Jts ia saying that if the Oregon legisla ture will consult with Tom Kay about balancing the state budget, and then introduce and pass a bill written or dictated by htm, with out crossing a or dotting an i. the thing will be done, ani it will be done in such a way that the people will confirm the action in their referendum vote. ' Also, that if the same thing should be done on the matter of automotive licenses, taking Sam Kozer as the man to write or dic tate the bill, that act would also pass .muster, and give more gen eral satisfaction, and result in more nearly exact justice, than the job could be gone in any other way. : The farmers are responding to the letter rent to them by the Y free employment office. They are finding work for some of' the un employed men and women in Sa lem. Our farmers arc all right. They are helping out a bad situa tion and thus proving that they are loyal citizens. la American designers "are becom ing increasingly inclined to publi cize the wearer's curves" which is the artistic way of saying that plundpness is "coming in" again among us girls. Straight lines are out and curves are in; all con cerned will govern themselves ac cordingly. Potato growers will ba heartened by the announcement. Exchange. V la S "War makes men physically fit." Well, what pf it? So does a fat tening pen make steers fit. S Correct this sentence: "I keep the house at 72." said the woman. and no member of the family complains of being too warm or too cold." Poems that Live MY STAR A' LL that 1 know Of a certain star Is, it can throw (Like the angled spar) Now a dart of red, ' . Now a dart of blue, Till my friends have said They would fain see, too, My star that dartles the red an the blue! Then it stops like a bird; like a flower, hangs furled: They must solace themselves with the Saturn above it. What matter to me if their star ia a world? Mme has opened its soul to me ; therefore I love it. Robert Browning (1S12-18S9) By Swau 7" "t7 I r eta Advantage of leap year. ; " -7 C7UpM (WIND ' -