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C.A. Spsagus Earl C. Brownlex Sheldon F. Sackett Publishers ditorial ..Featoipes 'Salem, Oregon : Wednesday March 6, 1020 1! ' " A New President Speaks . FTlHE Inaugural address of President Hoover is a succint JL - and piercincr analysis of the problems of our national life. Thanks to the radio a larger percentage of our people lenow the substance of the inau crural than ever before. In millions of homes and offices and stores the American peopi "listened in'. The inaugural becomes not just a Washington affair but a great national ceremonial. r In crisp, clear language the president states the prob lems of the day, states his attitude toward these problems, and with commendable humility of spirit bespeaks the kindly A-l. ..U A '3 'A J it 11 J loierance ana support oi gooa citizens ana invoices me guiu -ance of Almighty God. " ' The' greatest danger, Mr. Hoover says, Jies m disregard of law. This is only in part due to the enactment of the 18th amendment. Foes of prohibition have been blaming the 18th amendment for the whole body of crime. President Hoover is correct when he .says: "Many influences had in creasingly complicated and weakened .our law enforcement organization long before the adoption of the 18th amena ment." " ' ' - The reform so urgently needed lies in the reorganization of bur enforcement system and in the judicial system as well so that the ends of justice may not be thwarted by subter fuge, delays and technicalities. The president sounds a hopeful note when he emphasizes the importance of education and other agencies looking to the well-being of the masses. Drawing leaders from a limit ed class has wrecked, civilizations ; the stability of America rests on its ability to refresh our leadership by drawing it constantly from the general mass. The president urges adherence to the world court but to stand clear of entanglements of the league of nations. His hope for world peace measures up to the ideals of his private faith when he says: "Surely civilization is old enough, sure. ly mankind is mature enough so that we ought in our life time to find a way to permanent peace. He. hopes through sound methods of conciliation arbitration and judicial settle ment to build up a structure effective for world peace. The president indulges in no flowery rhetoric His ad dress is cogent, compact, stimulating. It reveals strength, a mastery of himself and a seasoned grasp of affairs. Ac knowledging the responsibilities of the high tasks ahead, he does not shrink, he moves forward to undertake his duties with confidence tempered with humility. Tomorrow at Whiting FTtHE public and the press has sadly missed much of the A point m the case of CoL Robert W. Stewart. The popu lar view has tied him up with the Teapot Dome oil scandals, whereas from all evidence now disclosed Stewart had nothing to do with Teapot Dome. The Continental Trading Company deal which Stewart was mixed up in, has no connection with Sinclair's acquisition of leases to Teapot Dome reserves. It was a separate affair entirely, from all that is now known, but in its way it was equally corrupt. Sinclair was busy de frauding the government. Stewart and his three fellow-buccaneers were busy defrauding their own stockholders. The way the two deals got connected was simply that Sinclair used some of the bonds he had gotten in the Continental deal to pay off Fall. The question at Whiting tomorrow is whether the pres ident of a corporation shall be permitted to take private rake-offs on company business, at the expense of the com pany and its stockholders. That was what Stewart did. It is a question of commercial honesty. Stewart bought oil for his company and by use of the dummy corporation charged his? company 25c a barrel more than was paid to the produc ers? of the oil, the profit, less expenses going to Stewart. Stewart made his own case that much worse by his down right lying on the witness stand, escaping, perjury charges only through technicalities. " The Portland Journal, which has harped on the oil scan dals for years, in its usual partisan manner, misses the point . about the Continental Trading company deal, the same as other editors have done. John T. Flynn, writing in The Out look confirms the view of The Statesman in this language : "The transactions which I have narrated had nothing to do with the oil scandals. They came out merely as an inci dent of the probing of those scandals and because the trail of tne ugly deal by a strange mishap happened to cross the trail of the other.. Mr. Rockefeller is asking the elimination of Col. Stewart because as the purchasing agent of the Stand ard he went into a deal with others in which the Standard was made to pay an illegal profit of twenty-five cents a bar rel on the oil it bought and because Col. Stewart kept this business a secret from the board of directors and then turned , up seven yr plater with part of these profits in his posses- j"" lanation wnicn strains creauiity. jrest is keen m the verdict which the stocK ..Jard of Indiana pass tomorrow at Whiting on 3 . of Col. Stewart. The question is the elemental one'of plain honesty in business. Another Addition to the Family 1 --- I ' 111 1 i ! - J I Passed! Up 1 ..iirDfAu 11 THt ITORYOfA A CIKL WHO MADtMEN LIKE. HE.B 1929 by Cntrl Prw AssociaOoW, Ibe. Pastor and Judge to Debate THE armory has been the scene of many pugilistic en counters. Tonight it is the arena for a different kind of bout. Weighty arguments will take the place of heavy punches, and mental gymnastics will be the substitute for foils and parries. Our own Pastor Tully makes the venture of slaying Judge ,Lindsey's fierce dragon of "Companionate Marriage", with the judge on-hand to ward off the attack. Judge Lindsey has been saying his piece for a year and longer; This is Dr. TuuYs first debate with him; but the - pastor has the advantage of knowing just what the judge will say. The real mystery of the debate will be the line of argument which Dr. Tully will follow, n he follows the con ventional lines of ecclesiasts then the judge will know pretty much what he has to say too. ' We venture the opinion that many people are going to be surprised at Judge Landsey's program. Some people will , go expecting to hear something racy on the subject of sex and sm. They will be fooled. They may also expect Judge landsey to advocate free love and all such. Agam they will be mistaken. We do not think bur conservative Salem folk are going to be shocked at all. They will find that Judg -Lindsey is looking at marriage in the light of modern condi ; tions and. largely from a sociological viewpoint. If the pas tor looks at marriage only from an ecclesiastical .viewpoint then it will not be a debate at all, because their speeches won t clmch. t Judge Lindsey's own definCion of companionate mar riage is that it is a "legal marriage with legalized birth con trol and the right to divorce by mutual consent for childless couples usually without alimony." He says -that his program proposes to "legalize, stabilize and direct certain of the cus toms, privileges and practices of modern marriage, practices which are already m widespread use but which have no legal ized status." ; .. There will be sharp thrust and swift parry tonight. It will be no parlor discussion. Dr. Tully is keen of wit and ready of tongue, and the judge will find a man in every way worthy of his steeL - After the debate is all over we may offer our own views of the old, old problems of marriage and divorce as projected into public interest through the Lindsey proposals. A Spokane woman who got her husband by the want ad route lost him because she kept on answering-matrimonial FILENE ON THE TARIFF Edward A. Filene, Boston mer chant, predicts that the American business man and industrialist will in the near future reverse his traditional position and come out for a lower tariff. American prosperity, he de- declares, is coming more and more to depend on a successful disposal of our surplus production. This surplus, he says, can be sold to Europe in jig time if we lower our tariff walls so that Europe can also sell to us. He sees, as a result, a lower cost of living for the United States and a lower production cost in American fac tories, with consequent -gains to both the American worklngman and the American manufacturer and exporter. , Undoubtedly, there will be many to disagree with Mr. Filene's di agnosis. But it is worth consider. ing, at all events. It offers a new method of approach to one of the oldest issues in our political his tory. Eugene Guard. Editors Say: Who's Who & Timely Views classifieds. wanted. Evidently a "steady sit' wasn't, what -she . . Thus far deflation of the stock market, boom is merely compression, xne rerxund carries tne averages still- nign PRESIDENT HOOVER Herbert Hoover today was for mally inaugurated as president of the United States. It would not be strange if, before his administra tion Is done, he should beceme one of the greatest of American pres idents. It would be a good deal stranger if his record should prove but mediocre. Mr. Hoover brings something new into the presidency. He is the first really technical man who has ever been elevated to the highest office of the country. Others have been military leaders, professional men, politicians. Hoover won his Way to prominence first as an en glneer. His training and back ground are those of an engineer It is an Intensely practical voca tion, one that teaches the need of exact knowledge in proceeding to ward a definite objective. As toria Budget. American Financial Policies Explained By LOUIS T. KcTADDBV Oo&grvuman from Faniuylvuil (Loula T. Ifera&daa wa bora Troy. Pa., July 25, 18T8. Ha was adackted in the poblie achooia of that eitr mad m. com- mareial collar. Barinninr aa office boy la the first National bank at Can ton, Pa., at the are of 16, he gradually rose to the office of president, in 1918. He was elected to conrress ia 1915 and haa been re-elected every term since, from the 15th district. Ha la a Bapablicaa and hie bom ia ia Canton.) THE Federal Reserve system, as now Interpreted by its man agement is operating as a central banking system and is so regarded by the central banks of issue of the major countries of the world. This develop ment has been brought about under the . di rection of the Federal Re serve banks, by the new and unexpected re- s p o n s ibilities placed on the system as the result of the war and the movement of the world's fin ancial center from London to New York. This cooperation, however. should b limited to gold move ments and stabilization of ex change. I refer to a trend away from government, state, municipal, mortgage and bond Investments. zotss r. - I doubt if anyone in the United States could correctly state whether brokers' plans are too high or too low. Partial payment sales plans have developed into an important element in the whole industrial, economic, and financial structure. All of this development, which has been so essential to our suc cess as a nation, has made us the world's most influential country, we having not only excelled in the production of national re sources and financial leadership, but In the standard of living, rais ing It to' the highest letel of any country In the world. This could not nave neen accompusnea ex cept for this thing called Ameri can genius. This entire develop ment, starting as a speculation, or which at the time that Alexander Hamilton landed in this country looked like a speculation, has de veloped into a very sound Invest ment. It seems to me, however, after giving very careful consideration to this subject and the 'attractive ness of the New York money mar ket as it has been observed during the past year, that the money market could be somewhat im proved with little danger of in creasing so-called speculation by reducing the discount rate, which would remove a possible burden on industry, commerce and farm ing in the United States and thus enable our Industry to compete on a more favorable basis in the mar. kets of the world. THE STATE LEGISLATURE Despite the criticism from many quarters directed against the pres ent session of the legislature, the fact remains that a rast amount of constructive work has been ac complished. Also, a minimum of legislation that might be termed senseless or unnecessary got by the- senate and house,' and much of that either has or will receive the executive reto. An honest effort has been made to bring about tax reform InOre gon, through passage of bills pro viding for equalization of assess ments. Imposing an' excise tax oa banks and similar financial insti tutions, a tax on Intangibles, and last, but not least, an Income tax. Dalles Chronicle. . Old Oregon's Yesterdays Town Talks from The States. Our Fathers Read Bits for Breakfast By B. J. Hendricks March 6, 1004 Fred G. White, one of the most noted fraternal lectures of the country, will be In Salem next week to meet with the Modern woodmen of America. E. L. Irvln, Frank F. Toots and Frank A. Ba ker have been named as a commit tee for the reception to be given him. "Teachers In Marlon county are actually Hying on $15 a month for the year and unable to save a dollar, according to a report sub mitted to the Principals' club. Su perintendent Acker man of Salem conducted the discussion. INDEPENDENCE Two young men were blown to pieces in the itl J..1 . j.t. iM j it.i. s ! 3 wr 010 er. aim? peuuuiura uieury may sun ue suuuu uuu uia is uiue nop yard of a man named Burton consolation to the starved bears. from an explosion of dynamics Yee; that's right "a . Mr. Hoover deserves the com mendation he is getting for being the first great leader to put the observance of the prohibition law where it belongs With the drinkers the patrons of the bootleggers, without which their occupation would be gone. So the president asks the drink ers to Hooveriie, and go the lim it. He got away with this once, when everybody thought he could not, as the reader will remember. a W 'It Is a long step from a Salem real estate office to the American white house," says the Portland Journal. Yes. But there are a lot of men in Salem real estate offi ces who would measure up to the. ob; and a few women, too. S If the hooverixing campaign can be put over with the patrons of the bootleggers of the United States, a lot of money, can be saved on law enforcement; to say nothing of reducing the prison population and raising the long evity rates of this country, with a thousand other attendant bene fits. James W. Mott. well known at torney and Oregon legislator, has moved from Astoria to Salem, wltn his family, having purchased the Milo Mathews home at 1910 South High street. He Is opening offices on the top floor of the First Na tional bank building, In the room Just vacated by Col. E. Hofer and sons. Mr. Mott was a member of the Oregon legislature from Clat sop county In the sessions of 1923, 1925 and 1927, and was a candi date for congress from the First Oregon district in the last repub- which h,d been thawed out In a pall of water. Mean primary campaign. He has been' what may be termed a stormy petrel of Oregon politics. He came to Salem with his par ents. Dr. and MrB. W. 5. Mott, in 1889; was raised in this city; at tended the University of Oregon and Stanford, graduating from Columbia university. New York, in 1909; engaged in newspaper work; commenced practicing law In Astoria, and in 1918 closed his office and enlisted in the navy for the World -war. Going back to As toria and entering practice again, he was elected city attorney. a "a Mr. Mott wrote 'the law abolish ing fish wheels; saved the state's third largest industry from ex-t tinctlon. Fought this issue through two terms of the legislature, and the United State supreme court. He fought through the legislature the Astoria fire relief law. He was the author of the first Oregon re forestation law; the bill making it obligatory for -fishermen to b American citizens; of the 1925 In surance revenue act adding f 300.- 000 to the state's revenue. Mr; Mott has been on one side or .the other of erery big legal fight OTer fishing on the lower Columbia for several years. m V William P. Kills Is to hare of fices with Mr. Mott; having for his specialty public utility matters. Mr. Ellis started with the Oregon public service commission as of fice boy; then stenographer, and was promoted to examiner, then secretary, then . attorney of that body." During" the four years de voted to the legal work of the de partment, Mr. Ellis handled suc cessfully some of the most Impor tant litigation affecting ' Oregon during recent years; involving freight rates - on farm products, the cross-state railroad, construc tion cases, and numerous other cases involving r corporation - and Interstate .commerce law. Mr. Ellis Is a graduate of the law depart ment of Willamette university. READ THIS FIRST; ' Betty Brown, dancer, finds her pro fession bring her In contact wltn many undesirable men. It also drives away old frienda of the daya before thf. rimth or ner lamer anu rauura. Of tha Oeorire Harris alone, re mains. An automobile accident In the car of Andy Adair, the petted son or wealthy parents, leavea ner in n; hospital with a dislocated knee. It Is Harris, not Adair, who pay ner vuir and looks after her. Harris stives Betty work In his restaurant one determines to marry him wnen ne asks her, althoug-h It la duty, not love, which prompts her. Betty has an op eration on her knee, which will cure it but the bill Is much larger man ant can pay. (NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY) CHAPTEft XLII BETTY was much disheartened at Doctor Clark's bill for five hundred and fifty dollars. She had paid her bills at the hos pital out of her scanty savings, and had less than sixty dollars in the savings account which she had started at the advice of George Harris. Her first thought was to go to George about the matter, but he had done so much for her, and her obligation to him was already so great, that she felt she could not let him pay this bill. She was due to go to Doctor Clark's office that afternoon for a treatment. She would ask If she could settle the bill in small payments. At the office she was told by the doctor's secretary that he wanted to. see her that afternoon, and to wait when her treatment wag over. When she was in his office he said, In his blunt, blustering way: "Let me see your knees!" He sat down before her. Betty loosened the fastening of her stocking and pulled It down. "Both of 'em," he said. "I want to compare! them." He felt both knees care fully, bent and straightened them, j and had her walk up and downj the room. "You are all right now. You need not come oacKj any more." He turned back and was about to put his finger on the buzzer to call another patient. "Doctor, I want to see you about your bill," began Betty, timidly. She had it In her hand and he reached for it. "Bill? Bill? What about my bill?" "It is for five hundred aud fif ty dollars. I have only a little money in the bank. I want to know if I can settle it a little at a time until I get it all paid up?" He made a mark on tho bill with his pencil and said: "Take it in to my secretary. She at-. tends to all that sort of thing ana wni arrange ii wltn yoa. Goodbye'" It was with trepidation that Betty went to the secretary. She did not like to confess that she could not pay the bill except a little at a time. "The doctor told me to see you about this bill," said Betty. "1 have only about fifty-five dollars in tne Dans, i want to arrange to pay It a little at a time." -uouia you pay as much as fifty dollars as a first payment?" asked the secretary, smiling. "Yes." "Then look at the bill!" She handed It to Betty as she spoke The doctor's pencil had scratched out the five hundred dollars and left only the fifty. "Fifty dollars is all he charged you. I made out the bill for his usual change He had not seen it until just now, when you showed it to him." "Oh, I must go back and thank him!" exclaimed Betty, delighted "If I let you go back in there to thank him he would swear at me for a week!' laughed the sec retary. "I will tell him, how ever; then he will only growl." It was a light heart Betty car ried back to the restaurant. When she told George her experience he said: "That -was very fine of th-i doctor. It shows how ready every one is to help a nerson who is trying to get along in some legiti mate way. Remember how nice ly the president of the bank treat ed me. Working here instead of dancing brought you this good luck." Betty bit her lip Impatiently, but did not reply. George was so set in his ways that she found It difficult not to be Irritated at times, but he was so sound In hl? friendship, and so kindly in an emergency, that she could never quarrel about anything he said. "George, I want to talk with you about something. Can you come to the house tonight?" "I'll drive you home when we close," he answered. "We can talk in the car. It Is difficult to talk at your house with all the little Hogans around. When the restaurant was closed she got Into the car with George As the head waitress passed out of the door, Betty Imagined that she -held her head a bit high and spoke her "Good night"" sarcastically. George drove as carefully as' he lived. As he passed one of the parks he. turned the car in and parked. "George,", began Betty, "you era navinr me more than I am worth. I also think you are pay ing me all I can ever hope to get, and that I should not stay where there Is no further opportunity or advancement. "I have not oeen paying - you more than you are worth", an swered George, gravely. "There is a limit to what I can pay a. cashier because of the nature of the work. That is academic however. I cannot expect you to stay with me If you have a bette opportunity elsewhere, although I hoped to have you with mq always." "I have nothing in particular in view, and no intention of leaving von at nresent." ueny iriea to steer the conversation away from the personal. "But It seems tc me that I am wasting a lot o) time. I don't go anywhere in the evening except to an occasional moving picture. I have few men friends and fewer women friends. I know there are business schoolat where I could loin night classes. I want your advice. Should 1 take up secretarial work In busi ness college at night? I wish I had taken it Instead, of the cul tural work when w were in school." "Culture Is never lest. Z am glad we took the courses wo did. I have often felt, however, - the loss' of business training. Yens' plants good. We have several letters a day at the restaurant, I will put a typewriter behind your desk and you can write letters tot me. As soon as yon , nave suffi cient skill, a knowledge of book keeping will certainly be to your advantage." He took It for granted that she was going to business school to Increase her efficiency In her present work. Betty did not have the courage to tell him he4 object was to get Into more con- genial work. She had not realized until how that she planned to get away from him and avoid the, future as his wife. Now she knew she was deliberately planning to get away from the proapect of mar rying George. She felt ashamed of herself. She sat silent while George went Into a long dissertation on the subject of people failing to make all possible preparations for a business career and the handi cap lack .of education was to peo ple trying to make a living. -You are right, Georj;..." agreed Betty. "No matter v. hat I do, a knowledge of stenograph v typing and bookkeeping will ul ways" be -to. my advantage, if you approve, I wil look into th-; matter of expense and hours ani start in at once." i "I approve thoroughly. Tins is a fipe way to put in your in ure time. If It Is necessary, you can get away from your work a, little, earlier.- I stanj ready tj . A . .. . ucip tu cucuurage jou in any way at any time, Betty." ou always lv at an time, Betty." flI know. George, vot have. very "We were reared side by side We. went to school together, Betty,"', he;, went on. "I have al ways had a deep and lasting af fection for you and " "We had a lot of fun at school didn't we. George," she InterruDt- ed. "When we were kids we. took ourselves and our studies seriously." "We were right to do so!" re plied George, diverted from his sentimental speech. "Serious work In school Is the proper foundation for that serious thing we call life. If we don't take school work seriously we are not likely to take life seriously. 'Life Ureal, life is earnest,' as the poet has so aptly put it." "Well, I'm going to work ser iously at business school. I'nt glad you think as I do about it Bat' we had better be going home. Mrs. Hogan will think I have been run away with!" "I am glad you consulted me. No one. has a greater interest in your future than I. Betty. It is my pleasure and duty to guide and direct you. I am always pleased to have you corns to me. I .told you recently I am in loco parentis to yoa. I am your fam ily and yoa are my family. I shall be glad to help you in any laudable undertaking." "All light, George!" sighed Betty. "I have an Idea I can be of soma service to you, also. I wish you would try to learn to laugh, George. I am not being critical, but there must be some funny things in the world: I wish you would learn to see them." "No doubt you are right." George said, grimly. "But laugh ter is for women and children. Men have to carry on the busi ness of the world and there Is little to laugh at. I understand what you mean, however. I sup pose I would be a more popular, restauraute'ir if I cultivated a, smile. I shall endeavor to do so. Thank you for the suggestion." "George, you are funny!" laughed Betty, as he started the car to drive her home. (TO BE CONTINUED) W.C.T.U. Members Attend Meeting Oi Turner Group CLOVERDALE. Mar. 5 (Spe cial) Mr. and Mrs. Jay Cook and daughter Gertrude, were present at the dinner Friday evening giv en by Mrs. Jay Denham for sev eral friends. Several members of the W. C. T. 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