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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1929)
ftBBBMmBHBBOBBaBMMBBBBBXSSOBBBHBBSaBBaaa II Salem, Oregon 4 .1 1 J i i City of Eugene Overspends THE city of Eugene finds that its warrant debt reached $80,000 last year, a gain of .some $30,000 over the year before. It was only a few years before that Eugene funded a big warrant debt by means of a bond issue. ; The city coun cil puts forward the lame excuse now that while they lived within the budget, the expected income was not realized. That is lame because any governing board knows there will be shrinkage in receipts from taxationr No tax-roll is ever collected 100. A city council knows that and should make -proper, allowances for such delinquency. c .; The financial record of Oregon governing bodies is ap palling. From state to town schoolboard it is the same story. A piling up of deficits or of warrant and bonded debt, trusting some fairy will come -along .and wave a wand to wipe out the indebtedness. It is a sorry record, with only occasional bright spots to relieve the gloom. There is no justification for it. State and municipal bodies should oper ate on a strictly cash basis. .There may be times in the long dry spell between tax-receiving dates when interest-bearing warrants may need to be issued; but each unit should close ' ' its year free of warrant debt. - We doubt if such a condition will ever be attained until the state puts in a thorough-going system of audit, a bureau '' with authority to audit accounts of all units of government in the state. Most units have some sort of an audit now, but it is usually just a checking system to see that' the figures are correct and that clerks and treasurers haven't stolen any public money. The audit we propose is one with more power k in supervision of finances and particularly with the weight of state authority in proposing sounder methods of public financing thari are now in practice. With such an auditing bureau, cities and school districts and counties would be spared the shock that Eugene now has in waking, up to find themselves sinking once more in financial quicksands. - . ' 7i A' 'f ; An Oudet for Surpluses - A N outlet for huge surpluses of the United States is avail- Jt. able in Japan if products in kind may be imported to keep the trade balance fairly even. Clarence W. Noble, .own er of the famous Skyline orchard, knows his assertion to be true for only , recently Mr. Noble returned from a very suc cessful selling trip made in Japan and China. Mr. Hoover, while secretary of commerce, was quick to point out this fact to the raisin growers of California. Sam ples of raisins were introduced 'throughout Japan with the result that a market .was quickly established for the raisins which Japan found a delectable addition to its simple rice fare. True, the raisin industry has not been cured of all its ills by this surplus shipment but the market of the Orient provides a way out. Prunes could be introduced with profit Li Japan, Noble thinks. . . , . f . " r . 7 1 . ; $ Tariff complications provide considerable difficulty in the way of free interchange of goods. Rayon manufacturers are urging a barrier against Japanese silk and since 70 per 'cent of Japan's output is exported to the United States, a high tariff would curtail her silk sales here. Seeking to pro tect a Siberian syndicate manufacturing lumber, the Japa nese diet is said to have imposed so heavy a tariff on lumber as to render shipment from this coast to Japan unprofitable. The tariff framers must strike a nice balance between protection for our own manufacturers and sufficient pro vision for imports to provide a trading balance for our own ctods. . . Mr. Noble is hopeful; a population aggressive, widely! Flouring Mills company's water educated, growing at the rate of 1,000,000 annually, wants "tc& on Front street. the goods of the United States. ' As the orient develops its purchases in the United States the Pacific coast will grow for here is the logical storehouse for Japan and China. ' "Isn't It Adorable?" Old Oregon's Yesterdays - Town Talks from The State, man Oar Father Read March 29, 1004 C. F.. Royal and Son -were awarded the contract for construc tion of a cover over the Salem Brisbane's Market Report A RTHUR BRISBANE, who has been a confirmed stock XX market "bull" for a long time, sets down the recent shake-out in Wall Street to an effort by the big traders to fleece the lambs. Brisbane writes: "Pleasant for those that lend. Not so pleasant for little lambs. Bat they onght to know that when high finance starts to get them, discipline them and cure them, it will do all three. . Little people may as well make up their tuinda that they are to be shaken out, if they don't get out." . Well, Park Avenue is much closer to Wall and Broad Streets than 215 South Commercial, but wc think Brisbane knows better than to pull this old bromide. The market col- The waterworks of the Salem Water company are 'again in nor mal condition for the first time since March 9. Since that time the works have been operated by steam. The thirty-seventh annual com mencement exercises of the med leal department of Willamette University will be held at the First M. E. church tonight at o'clock. The class includes: Aug ustus Bruce Bailey, Rasmus Pe ter Mortenson, Leon G. Holland Elmer R. Todd, Raymond D. Cash- att, Margaret E. Cornelius Pom eroy, . Clyde T. Hockett, Richard DeArmond; and two nurses; Mary TT1M. UAl..tUM ..a If. - i i j r j i i i i j 1 i ncicu nuiwoiruiu iuu aiuui ju.m lapse oi xuonaay ana luesuay naa long oeen loreiuia vy i ne Boehrineer i . . t i ;i rm. - a. I ... Damcers, DroKers ana iinanciai writers.; me mystery was linf if YtnA Kt-on en Inner AeawA ' ., Credit MnAiiirm -nnfriin the market forced the selling, which was taken advantage of EClltOlS Z band of big fellows setting out to trim the little fellows. The Wall Street market operates differently than that. Big fellows and little fellows are on both sides of the mar let. The divisions are vertical,' not horizontal. It is our ABDICATION OF THE TSAR Two worn men watched the tape on which a telegraphic conrersa- tlon was printed in Pskor, Rus- private opinion that the little fellows were alot better cush- :SSSa i ftTtaV .MiS mneu iur ine urup inau mauy 01 uie vig pool operai.ur, auu tlon of Tsar Nikolas the professional players of the market. When the wool is 1 One of them describes the scene wirhpd in. onr mipsa is that then Will tv a heavier TKitmdace I In an article translated in the enr- iww ,.,aV.c -. , . rent '.UTlng Age." He is General is: ":. V,l coury Danilor. who was chief of t une signuicani inmg is not xne speciacuiar aecune mi gUtf f the Russian armies of the stock prices : but the fact that large sections oi the list I North, with him was General showed great resistance to decline. It was. the recent blue chip favorites which lost the most. sap. : i . Rousskl, his commander-in-chief. and Rousskl exchanged messages with President Rodzlanko of the Duma in Petrograd At 10 o'clock In the morning they brought to the Tsar in hit prirate train coach the report. containing . inch sentences k uese: kv,,. - "It Is dear that His Majesty does not understand what is hap peaing in Petrograd. It Is a real 1 The Legion Corps-A Community Asset HIGH among the advertising assets of Salem is its Amer ican legion post. .The fact is as smiting as it is true that no city in the United States of less than 85,000 popula tion, has as large a membership enrollment in the American legion as has Capitol Post No. 9. Of all the cities in the coun try. large and small, including New York. Chicago and Los I and terrible retention. The troops Angeles, the membership in Capitol Post No. 9 ranks 22nd completely 'demoralised. They fa sixeand before the summer is over, mtovt. bbqw a raaK w low. ; hag reached extreme proportions. : Legionnaires making such a showing are a civic asset. To aroid bloodshed, it has been Such membership bespeaks initiative, cooperation, enthu- necessary to arrest ail. the minis. siastic support of an organization which influences all phases -7" i 5th! of community life. ! Commander McNutt, I national legion Dvma and th people, and : they leader, will visit Salem next month. He will be impressed by demand more and more loudly the the citv'a beautvL he will remark An its fertile back countrv. abdication of the Tsar." ; h. will know it possesses growing fadustries but we predict 'thmdS ne wiu carry ,xnrougnoui rne lengtn oi me nation ine xact i th window of the car. and stared that Salem's legion post is aggressive capable, outstanding, j out. After a few moments of pain ful suence, the Kmperor turned and In a relatlTely calm Toice be- lew IName tor maZOns - y Rodsianko-had presented It that Sal it ftmlni witfc' a anr Mtii clmK thi tim fmata Mtlar T I Within the " Country, and turn rlr:on lint ! Znlat," which th 8t adrerfitm nrt ot I hence the possibility Of Continuing It l ttuMt)il that tha vaatM might fan vfetiM t taa artaatem. wh tha sir ha boa vxhaastcd ia this Itaa, rcaaM th chUdraa wUl H rt'i for argaaiMra mat Ut. By tha haa.tha7 rt all Urwich with . ' will ha tin t ctsrt twr aal w will hara with a agaia a rv Waa4 af tha Ka Klox Klaa.. 8a haf .u tha iwlfr Ut hUs at, thera wUl.ha latr el Its story will be heard throughout the states he visits. gin it.vr-. mm mmam vm mmmm vorritiiia uazana 1 - , , You see, Mr. Ingalls, the organizers are working in vir- 800 now. v-.;-; 4:- - the war. would be possible only at the price of abdication of Em peror, Nikolas n in faTor of his son. under the regency of Grand Duke Michel Alexandroritch. During the morning a series of grare communications arrtred atJ the headquarters.-Finally came a .tl.l. .f VI V .11 A ixs Angeles juoge. mace a wise ruling tne otner cay. it cry commanders, begging the He refused to increase the alimony allowed a divorced worn- Tssr to aeed the head of the an, 'young and sprightly". The jeds caid a yoacj and ac- .ft.moon. the Tsar saw tive woman should get out and fizd wcrk to support herself. liMnmdSSimSto That is one of the sensible recommendUcz3 cf. Juf a Lind- su presented the pleas, and added sey. Alimony has grown to be one' big graft Gold-digging "V? agreed. females vamp wealthy meii, desigin to get divorce in a theSitT Vhinlt How 'StS thi short time with a f ine alimony attached. "Peaches Brown- Cossacks react to such a step?" - ins lost .out in her attempt to hold up her husband in this The Tsam voice shook a little as fashion, but there are many others who made their million -M it. recalling that the cos- that way We are glad to Bee cmh jodra who sees' through son. Vrer to e uti7n! WHcAj Who & Timely Views Optimism Expressed Over Railroad Employment Of course, no one can forecast the future, but from the tenden cies indicated above, it seems that By STUlUiBEST STEWAXT radaral Statiatielaa (Ethelbert BMwart waa bora at Chi cago. J1U AprU 22, 1857. Ha waa ada- catM ia taa saaue aeaaoia aaa airiki.i.. . : : aehool ot Illiaala. Ha haeama aifiliatid ca e appreaead- wita taa uaitea sutea bareaa at labor I c nganunf rauway employment ia jioot iwr mime una ruuor oi nr u mat It Will eitnpr nnr iluntM trU aewipapra. ha. .been UHa4 L. -irL'Vr" 15 states rommiiiionar at tabor itatiitica I " ." orj siowiy. mm rvgaras oout total emslOTes and "reP pracucauy aU the indl- Tiuuau occupauons, lines 1920. HE railroads of the united States, by the adoption of a policy of not taking on new employes except to fill actual gaps, can sire substantially con tinuous employ- They Say... KranarioM of Opinio SUteainAa Readers axe Welcomed for Uee la thU ootnma. All Letter Mae Bear Writer Ham Tboach Tb Need N-K be Priated. Dear Editor: These are "hunches by any old head, It doesn't matter which one: ' -. With radio all preaching- had better be confined to half a dosen oreachers selected on their mer its as men of Tision, tolerance and genuine capacity. Let these ret torether . without denomina tional restrictions, outline a con structure program and expound it to a receptive world uirougn ra Ain from erery pulpit In the land Then instead of choosing preach ers to exnound doctrine from ev ery shade of personal feeling and capacity, replace preachers with men and women who .can lead their groups to service under the united. - constructive program Thus would tha church multiply its anneal and usefulness with mighty strides. - There Is to be found anything we seek. If we forsee calamity. ponder it, talk it, fear It, magnify it we shall surely run headlong into it. But just as certainly, if we forsee success, plan for It. talk it, rejoice la anticipation of it -w shall realise it. Don't for one min ute assume that calamity awaits me because you are so sure it is eomlnsr to you. Isn't It pathetic to contemplate the man. however exalted he thinks he Is or is thought to be, who wails and wrings his hands over the dire fates he thinks he sees approaching for .everybody 7 What can there possibly be to ter- rlf K Every conceivable problem Is Challenge to my energies 'ana yours and by prompt, happy en thusiastic acceptance of every one of them we get the best of what ever awaits. MoussoUnl rightly says: "Every liability Is a poten tial asset. Just so, every obstacle is an opportunity. The worst thinkable e ren death Is now happily realised as beneficent solution of earthly perplexities- a benign adjuster of mundane complexes ana conun drums. There is simply no Intel ligent place for worrying and wailiny even though we all do It to onr shame. Its effect Is wholly deterrent, its justification entirely nil. The only thinkable attitude is that of Jubilant, enthusiastic faith and the hearty will to tackle any prob- em with the perfect understand ing that we can master it. Then, no matter how far we eet, we win. This is success and there Is noth ing else for a thinking man.. Bits for, Brealrd? ast Bj IL J. Headrieks-T of re- CredlC It to a worn Ellav 8. Wilson, ecretary fiat at tat fair board, who Is sponsible tor adding f UO.000 to th malar knlldinc program of this year. - -' I i S Under her direction, she saved enough money from the net earn ings of the state fair to ouua iu fine automobile buuaing; con atruetlnr it so that there may be an. extension, or extensions, when funds for the purpose are avall- able. V Is She showed to the joint , ways and mean committee of the leg islature at its recent session the need of a new grand stand. She demonstrated that, if $150,000 should be provided for the pur pose, this money could be paid back out of the net earnings of the fair within the next ten years W Result, the legislature provided an advance of $100,000, on condl tlon that $50,000 has been se cured, from a bonding company, So work will proceed on the new grand stand.' and It will - be o constructed as to house the ex hibits of the "old pavilion." and in much better shape than they have been accommodated in that moribund . relic of the past that has been an eyesore. The space it has taken will be put into lawn and otherwise beautified, adding.1 Immensely to the symmetry , and beauty of the fair grounds.. The new grand stand will be made a monumental structure; in beauty, strength -and utility. It will be buUt largely with concrete and steel; permanent; to stand for generations. It will be located so as to begin near the stadium; fitted to plans that call for con venience and order of grouping. - Visitors to the state fair this year wUl have a chance to see tho blossoming of plans conceived in the mind of this woman, compe tent manager and director of this great enterprise of the state, Mrs. Ella Wilson. Motorcycle Riders Plan to Compete At GreshamRatces Motorcycle riders from all parts of the state will enter the races to be held Sunday at the Greaham fairgrounds. The Salem Motorcycle club Is to play the Portland club a game et polo as one ot the fea tures of the afternoon. At. least four riders from here plan to en ter the 4 matches. They Include Cody Evans, Glenn Hice, Tony Jaeger and R. Jorgensen. ' That the will make good In tho program tor the absorption win, the net profits of the fair of th? $160,000 cost goes without sav ing; And In that ten years si;. will show other touches of beav ty, utility and symmetry of group ing that will add to the prido all the people of the state w ; own ' the state fair and benefit from Its competitive exhibits. S -How. many readers noted f! statement made about a week ;u0 br Congressman Hawley, predict ing that the new tariff law shou! i be effective by July 6? Especial the statement that "the reqm of"forelgn governments to ! i heard on the subject were d :. led by the (ways and means) cor,,, m it tee, because the tariff wa- A d omestlc question ; the co m n i . ; tee sought Information, and t i. resentations made through the .1. -partment of state were receiv. ,t as such." That was entirely pro;,, er. Our. tariff rates are our or. n business. If the ways and means committee had given foreign pn ernments time in the hearing, action would, have been defem-il Indeflnlterinrdugh discussions r matters that concern our own peo ple exclusively." But every avenue of Information was of course pur sued by members of the ways and means committee and In fact the United . States,,'' government has sources of first hand knowledge through our consular department. covering every civilised land, that are ot more use la framing a new tariff law thafc "would be a room full of books tif arguments mado up by foreign governments. The present year will be a good one in new building In Salem. But 1930 will be a much better one, if .'f the big things Industrially now on tbe tapis come to the point of development. Buy Trees Now Planting season will soon end Grafted Walnuts Z5c to 1.75 . . . i Filberts '25c to 60c Mazzard Cherries 8c, 10c, 12c S ia 1 cherry trees ( varieties , to the tree) f 1.25 Limb grafted Royal Ann Cher ries large trees Grapes Blackcaps, Strawberry j, plants . . T' - .:.' Pearcy Bros. Salesyard "-. ..At 240 X. Liberty Between Court and Chcmekrtit 'I y y, - a V ment to all old employes and prevent tbe oc currence of the problem of dis placed workers. To carry out the policy in an effective man ner, I should recommend the observance . of two principles: . First, there r should be no f arbitrary age T" limit. . t . Second, railroad employment must be stabilized throughout the country . much . more effectively man ii nas oeen. The real problem Is not so much the making provision . tor dis placed workers as It Is not tak ing on new employes unless they are absolutely needed. During the past several years the average number ot railroad employes of au classes has re mained fairly constant, the total being somewhat 'larger In 1928! than in 192$ and somewhat smaller in 192$ than In 1924. This was also the general situ ation as regards most of the oc cupations, although a few, such as carmen and telegraphers, have shown such a steady decline of re cent Tears as to indicate that this may be a permanent movement, and . others. ? such as eleetrleal workers and malatenanee-of-way employes, nave shown a definite trend upward.. the derby, the smart hat for formal business wear,- Is constantly growing In pop ularity and promises to be worn well into late spring 97.SO. ; Oiia DQQQnp?G " "Ml W II r the snap brim, an Informal felt Is no longer . relegated to the links or country wear but now holds its own with the welt edge for informal town use. $5.00 to f 15.00. Then the, others present, ravel their opinion. Theyv were nnant mous. :. ,-- . "Overcome, we.fell silent. The Emperor walked back toward the table. Several times, probably I witnout reaiutar it. fa inoh-Ait Mt of the window of the car.TIIs face. orainaniy impassive, twitched In spite ot himself. He pressed - his lips together In a way I-had never seen him do before ... "Suddenly, with a rapid move-1 ment, the Tsar turned toward us and said steadily, 'My mind Is made up. I have decided to abdi cate in favor of my son Alexis. He crossed himself solemnly, and I we did likewise." Telegraphic notice of his. Inten'-l tlon was sent out, and the officials J who would witness the formal re nunciation hurried to Pskov. . The Tsar Informed them he had changed his mind he wanted to keep his son with him. and would abdicate In favor ot his brother. aiicneu The papers were drawn, no. and 1 the Tsar signed.' - "-' - in this small space it is hardly possible to present a complete spring. wardrobe, : but , there are - some interesting style ; ideas which we wish to stress and rightly so, because it is to our uncanny faculty for hitting the newer notes in ; men's wear that we owe our fame. . , . to mention just a few numbers in . spring shirts for informal wear . , ; im ported russian cord in plain tan. irreen. l lorvblue: woven, madras! and bird's eve oxford in lavender Mes tailored care- xjuauSS .315: as .4i.- ,-vy i-'- - natives. .:SXOO. " a handful of satisfae-; tlon are these glove ; . . made fronts the 4toutghS lUdes ot wlldl tierce pigs captured ln fully by Manhattan and iGrdyco, will be much in evidence on the Jbetter dressed men. . " ', V ' continuing in the formal trend, jackets have changed but slightly, the; shoul- ders being wjder, and the tattersal vest being much in vogue . r. this fashion is I best - exemplified by Kuppenheimer's Brentwood, Society Brand's Regent, and Hickey-Freeman's Basque these mod els are in our stocks now from $50.00 and forward. ' ? ; these ties have - In them all the captured hues of spring, some are In limited edi tions ... the blocks from which they are printed are destroyed after - printing. flJW to S5.O0 fan socks, not just provincial footwear but socks that ar distinguished additions to a man's wardrobe, ot either silk or fine lisle, with clocks or - conservative patterns. -"W te $2.oo 4r h sweaters, soft and comfortable, yet :. long wearing -despite their -jsof t- i . . . ; neas, aim, in an tne. new suoaued plain colors that i OREGON. Starts SATURDAY EVENING son. $5.00 to $15.00 best this sea- AW .a, hollis w. huntxnstca :m, oregca