FCTJH
The New C2EG0:i STATTZC1IAII, CssC Crt-sa.X7c'saT ISgsb-; toy!.
"No Favor Swayt Vm; No Fear- ShaU Awe."
From First Statesman, March 28, 1851
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
Chables A. Shucue, Sheldon F. Sackctt, Publishere
CkaKLES A. SnucVE - '-- - Editor-Manager
' Sheldon F. Sackett - - Managing Editor
. Member of the Associated Press
The Associated Press ie-exclusively entitled to .the use for
publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise
credited in this paper.
EL"
Entered at the Pottoffice at
Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Businets
'office tl5 S. Commercial Street.
'Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives :
, . Arthur W. S types. Inc., Portland, Security Bldg.
' San Francisco, Sharon Bldg.; Los Angeles, W. Pac Bldg.
Eastern Advertising Representatives :
Ford-Parsons-Stecher, Inc., New York, 271 Madison Ave.; '
Chicago, 360 N. Michigan Ave.
The Grip of Dead Hands
flTHEN we get ready to leave our million w& think we
YV shall follow the advice of Julius Rosenwald, eminent
fijrure in the commercial world, noted also for his charities.
In the May number of "Atlantic Monthly" .Mr. Rosenwald
points out the dangers of perpetual endowments which are
left inflexible. He cites numerous cases of charities worthy
rn their time which became obsolete through trie passing of
the years; Over a century ago some fanner living near New
York had Alexander Hamilton draw his wilL The farm was
0 be devoted to supporting a haven for superannuated sail
ors: -TWhen the sailing vessels passed out the courts gener
: 4niBly stretched the terms of- the will to include steamship
Iiands. But the fund grew to such proportions that "Snug
Harbor can't use up the income because the farm hap-
s)ened tb be located on what became Fifth Avenue, New
'York City.
U There was the fund to provide a baked potato for each
'jirFs meal at Bryn Mawr; and
JolI of bread to be left daily
one of the colleges at Oxford;
tury a philanUirpist touched
iwara DounajBniifranisr ten a iuna in perpetual endowment
! to care foriucir'travejers "passing through St. Louis to set
1 tie for a home in the West." The time came when the ox
yearns and prairie schooners no longer made overnight stops
r at St Louis; but-the fund still existed and kept growing.
We read the other day of a woman who died in the mid
dle west leaving a fortune of $125,000. She directed that
350,000 be spent for a family mausoleum, and that $3000 be
made a perpetual endowment so-that a floral wreath should
e lef t at her crypt on each Christmas' day, Easter, Decora
.ion day and her own birthday; Think of that for three or
"our centuries and one will realize the wisdom of Mr. Rosen
raid's criticism of perpetual endowments.
i . Old Sodaville academy over in Linn county expired
many years ago, but it has some endowment funds left. The
courts will have to.decide whether the funds should go to its
, geographical next-of-kin, Albany college; or to its theologi
cal next-of-kin, Willamette university. As a Presbyterian
editor of a Salem paper we should have to say, Solomon-like,
that the funds should be divided.
In some cities like Cleveland foundations have been es
tablished by trust companies which receive gifts in perpet
uity, but the use of the incomes may be altered from time
to time in .the discretion Of the trustees. That gets away
from control by dead hands. Mr. Rosenwald concludes :
"I believe that large gifts should not be restricted to narrowly
specified objects, and' that under no circumstances should funds be
'ield In perpetuity. I am not opposed to endowments for colleges
.tr other institutions which require some continuity of support, pro
tided permission is given to use part of the principal from time to
. une as need arises. This does not mean profligate spending. It is
: imply placing confidence in living trustees; it prevents control by
ike dead hand; it discourages the building up of bureaucratic
.H'oups of men, who tend to become over-conservative and timid in
Investment and disbursement of trust funds. I have confidence in
' lUture generations and in, their ability to meet their own needs wise
ly and generously."
This is sound counsel from one noted for his own ju
dicious philanthropies. :
An "Unholy. Alliance'
WE observe that one of the most prominent streets in the
city is blockaded with the sideshows, merry-go-rounds,
pop stands and other litter of a street carnival. Under the
guise of being an aid to charity this organization is permit-
ted to set up on a down town street and inveigle the public
.o spending its nickels and dimes and dollars in cheap amuse
ment." We don't know any other town in the country where
j. carnival could pull a stunt like that. The reaVhick towns
put the carnivals on the back lots long ago and some of them
have kicked them clear out of town which is the proper treat
ment, v The local charities surely ought to find some better
way of financing their work than tiein'g up with a hurdy
gurdy outfit.. A lot of the people 'who are attracted to its
glare, and blare and who will fill the .coffers of the transient
. gentry are just the people who will be appealing to the asso
ciated charities next winter for aid to buy their provisions.
We bet a lot of people who flock to this show will have to
dodge their corner groceryman or butcher whom they've
been owing since last fall. The charities organization ought
to quit this "unholy alliance" and if it doesn't the city coun
cil ought to forbid letting the street out for private profit.
V : ; ,:
So DeKing, whose wife was shot down by a deoutv
sheriff in a liquor raid on their home near Aurora, 111., was
not so innocent as the yelping foes of law enforcement tried
to make out. At a grand jury hearing ten surprise witnesses
are understood to have told of having bought liquor at the
DeKing hpme. One juror tasked DeKing if he did not con-
. aider himself to blame for his wife's death when he met the
officers demanding privilege to search his house with drawn
revolvers. .The deputy sheriff who fired the shot was not
indicted. One true bill was voted against the informer who
admitted he had sworn falsely of having bought liquor at
' the DeKing home. A sorry toll to be sure, bat the DeKings
were by no means the innocent victims of mean and lawless
officials. Without condoning the perjury of the informer
or the reckless shooting of the deputy, we may conclude that
the DeKings were law- violators whose home deserved
raiding. . V -
'. Early one morning last
, some disturbance in front of
family went to the'door and found some bully had pushed
over the Statesman carrier, -who is a small lad on that route,
and scattered his papers. . The boy, in tears, was having to
stop and gather up all his papers to resume his distribution.
We don't know, who that bully was but we set him down as
mighty mean. If he had to get up early each morning, go
out dn all kinds of weather and make his rounds so people
could have their morning paper with their coffee, he would
feel differently about hindering a carrier In his work. We
' . are proud of our carrier boys ; they are carefully selected and
are very faithful. .Most people appreciate their service.;; It
stirs us up when we hear of one being molested.' I
r--vt? ' . ; : -
-No one who has experienced the rigors of a Wyoming
tornado or a Texas hurricane can ignore the delights of cli
mate which the northwest affords. That is one of the great
reasons that the northwest in company with the rest of the
Pacific coast,, is bound to grow and to grow rapidly. Add to
that climatic charm, great natural resources and the prog
ress of the past few decades Will be doubly rapid In the
years ahead. Jow that the people of the east are seeing
what the northwest has, you can't hold them back. No
. "earthquakes, no hurricanes, no tornadoes, no storms
j hat better could you ask than the northwest offers T
Salem. Oregon, as Second-Close
another providing for a half
at the door of each student in
In the middle of the 19th cen
by the suffering of the west-
y. I" y
week a family was roused by
the house. One member of the
. iiltewgiTO scr a good 7
Editor o Say:
DOESNT WORKY I'S
One extremely Interesting side
light of the farm relief situation
is the fear expressed by various
New York financial journal that
the proposed federal board to ad
minister the half billion market
ing funds and superintend the de
velopment of better crop methods
will hamper the farmers as much
as the railroads have been ham
pered by the interstate commerce
commission and the banks by the
federal reserve board.- The Wall
Street Journal is particularly ex
cited. The concern for the farmer on
the part of the financial editors is
almost touching. Here's a worry
the average farmer hadn't thought
of. If the farmer were to have
hard times like the banks and the
railroads, he would hardly know
what to do. If the government
shoul6step in as it did with the
railroads after the war and limit
him to a guaranteed earning, the
shock would be almost worse than
the blow.
However, we're not going to
worry about anything like that
now. Of course, the I. C. C. has
never beei any too popular with
me gentlemen in tne Dig street.
But we are a bit surprised to hear
this outburst against the federal
reserve board, but no doubt that Is
due to the fact that the federal
reserve has showed signs recently
of functioning to restrain specu
lation. Somehow we have a feel
ing that the complaint is inspired
more by particular grievances
against these two organizations
than, by any intensive thought on
the farm problem. Engene
Guard.
APPRECIATE OIH BLESSINGS
Everyone knows of the man
who couldn't see the forest be
cause of the trees. -For the same
reason there are many people In
MedfoTd who don't appreciate
how Medford has Improved, be
cause they baven't been away
from it. The growth has been so
gradual and they have been so im
mersed in it that they have failed
to really sense what has been go
ing on.
This fact was brought out very
clearly over the past week-end,
when several former residents, at
tending the Shrine ceremonial,
paid their first visit to Medford la
several years. They were all as
tonished by the changes that had
taken place, and marveled at the
growth this community has en
joyed. One pi them Informed the
Malt Tribune he "simply couldnt
get over It," and wondered why he
had not ''heard more about it-
AH of which emphasizes the
fact that all values are compara
tive and that there wonld be less
complaint with the' present It
more people took time to review
the past. Also theTe wonld be less
complaint with the weather if one
took the trouble to read the wea
ther reports elsewhere.
Wo hold no brief for the weather
man. ' In fact, after his disgrace
ful behavior on the Sabbath, we
heartily favor his impeachment.
But before we decide that 4 wet
week-end spells disaster, we
should consult the lawns, gardens,
grain fields, et cetera, and east an
ye over other parts of this terres-
Ltrial sphere.
What do we see? Medford
llaO-Tribane. . -
POLITICS ISXT WHAT IT ONCE
WAS ' - :
, It Is a trite enough saying that
politics isn't what Is used to be.
for It never was. The truth of It
II emphasised however in the ap
pointment the other day ox Attor
ney General van Winkle of W. 8.
Levins, our former district attor
ney ,and fellow townsman, to be
his assistant. -
, Levens Is democrat, whUe
Van Winkle Is a staunch repub
lican, Levens was Van Winkle's.
opponent In the election last year.
The Interesting thing about' It Is
the way party politics -Is chang
ing. Men of one party no longer
attribute all the sins on the cal
endar to those who happen to
belong to the other, as they once
did. There is of course no incon
sistency at all In a republican at
torney general having a democrat
tor assistant, though a genera
tion ago it would have been un
heard of.
Tea, politics Is changing and
this kind of chance is decidedly
for the better. Incidentally Mr.
Van Winkle will get a loyal and
able helper In "Billy" Levens.
The former prohibition commis
sioner has made an excellent rec
ord In public service and will
make good in his new position.
Baker Democrat-Herald.
iNvrnxo A VETO
A few unsound thinkers, added
to an . opposition that is playing
politics, are Jeopardizing the farm
relief program, for the enactment
of which congress has been called
in special session.
Two or three middle western
farm radicals, encouraged, by the
whole anti-administration group,
OmiDfpcDDoii'O:
to Children. . .Sducators Si
MUSIC develops
the cultural side
of the child's life . . .
the most important
side ... say educators.
Thousands of tests
prove that musically
trained children get
better marks in all other stud
ies too.
Will you deny your child the
"most important thing'' when a
GULBRANSEN
A T Y P B A N D STYLE FOR S VERY
committed the senate agriculture
committee to including the deben
tnre plan in the farm relief bllL
Economists know that the de
benture plan is unsound. The na
tion knows that President Hoover
opposes it. The result will be a
veto of the measure and farm re
lief will be as far away as ever.
Enduring prosperity cannot be
given to the farmer by upturning;
the laws of economics. Rather wlu
disaster .come not Immediately
but eventually.
True, farm relief lies along
more natural lines than the arti
ficial debenture method.
Perhaps the senate and the
house will take the wider viewj
an doverrlda the action of the ag
rlculture committee. Democrat
Herald, i
L.IKES CEMENT
A protest is made because the
highway commission specified
Portland cement paving for its
new road near New Era. The com
mission is right about it. In a
country like this where pavements
are apt to be wet from the middle
of September till the first of May
tuiiDinig'
TheySay
of Optaioa
tor TJe t thla
AH Letters Mast
Writer's Mibh
TteMCh This tfeed ltf be
Printed.
April 21, 1921.
Editor Statesman:
I take pleasure In submitting
this little poem:
Tbe Towthfol Swam
I can't figure out the trouble,
'Cause Fve been just awful good
to Sue,
And to have her treat me this
way,
Just hurts me through and
through.
At first I tried to tell her
That I was all to blame;
But yon should have seen the look
I got
From that haughty little dame.
I tried to tell my Ma about It,
But she looked cross and said:
"If I hear any more about this
Pa wttl take yon to the shed."
Then I tried my sister Kate,
And she showed the poorest
taster'
Just as I got started talkJn'
She up and laughed right in my
face.
So I turned to my dog Fido,
He's been the truest pal to, me;
But when I'd finished with my
troubles,
Fldo calmly scratched his fleas.
Aw shucks! what's the use " of
. livin'
When your girl's gone back on
you?
Believe Ml Jump into the river.
And hide myself from view.
But before I do this awfwl thing,'
. . Believw 111 speak to Pa. : 1 : t
He's hid Just lots at experience; ' -In
trying to manage Ma.
Cant say he always does so well.
But he's not so much to blame:
'Cause wimmin' folks are funny,
And must defend their name.
Oh boy! there comes my little Sue,
A-lookin' all bright and gay;
Now our troubles are an bubbles,
For she has Bared the 'day. "
MRS. GEO. H. LEAVE LL.
no other kind of paving should
be laid. Not only ta there less
danger of skidding, but for night
driving It is easier to see. The
other kind of pairing wouldn't bo
so bad if it were whiter and if
something could be done to pre
vent It assuming the surface of a
washboard. One may be driving
along and be feeling perfectly
safe on asphalt and suddenly
strike a stretch - of ocean wave
which leaves -.the - rear wheels
without any traction half the
time. The ear then begins to do
things that make a man wish that
he would strike a strip of con
crete and strike It mighty soon.
Oorvallia Gazette Times.
Carrier service guaranteed. If
you fail to receive your copy of
The Oregon Statesman phone 500
and a copy will be sent to you.
o o o
ay
Gulbransen Piano
costs so little? Inves
tigate today. Let us
give you facts about
child training that few
parents know. We
will show you how
you can own a Gul
bransen . . . and never miss the
purchase price. Come in today.
The charming "Minuet" Model
$295-others $350-$440.
'Pianos
4 b m B
Ete.f oir Breakfast
:-- w ' ' By B. J. HENDRICKS , v
Lota of farm relief .
From the sunshiny days, allow
ing pollination- and" te finishing
of early spring field crop seeding.
S .
With several days more of the
same kind, then an occasional
shower through May, and the
"usual Jane rains," everything is
going to be hunky dory, with the
goose hanging high.
m S S
Which favorable .outlook for
the fanners of Salem's .patroniz
ing territory reminds the Bits man
of his xft. repeated advocacy of
farm courses in the Salem high
schools, under the provisions of
the Smith-Hughes act.
H
The big doings' over the star
students, of the Silrerton high
schools, who hare performed good
work in the agricultural courses, i
and the same news .omlng from
Woodburn and other progressive
totwns of this section, serve to re
mind one of the lack of Salem in '
this, field where there should be
leadership; where observers and
visitors have a right to expect
leadership.
S
First of all, Salem is the mar
keting and manufacturing center
of a great farming district, with
major projects In fruit growing,
nut culture and many crops espec
ially adapted to our soU and cli
mate. This Is the country of di
versity, and Its highest develop
ment and prosperity will come
from the production of the raw
materials by the industries on4he
land that will furnish the reasons
for and basis of existence of our
Industries ta our cities and towns.
U S
Experts and eaders are and will
be needed In many lines, connect
ed, with these operations in ' the
hinterland that backs- up bur ur
ban activities. We should be de
veloping such leadership in
ranks of our youth, and giving
our young people opportunities
here better than they may expect
on the average at a distance.
Hence the need of agricultural
training in our high schools. With
out this, we. are not living up to
our opportunities, nor giving our
young people the chances they
have a right to expect.
S .
Another thing. Marlon county
should hare an agricultural agent
In number of farms, Marlon coun
ty Is at the head among Oregon
shire organizations. We hare con
siderably above 5000 separate
farms. This county, too, is the
leader In a number of farm prod
ucts, including several branches
of live stock.
WORTH OF TRAVEL
ACCIDENT INSURANCE
FOR ONE DOLLAR
AND
$1000 Worth ofAuto
Accident and Pedestrian
Insurance
Every time you step out of your home
or office you are subjected to the haz
ards of the street traffic, skidding au
tomobiles, or a possible crash of your
car which may disable you. Be pre
pared for that emergency with acci
dent insurance.
DONT HESITATE! TOMORROW
MAY BE TOO LATE!t Use the ap
plication blank in today's paper. Send
in your application today, with a re
mittance of $1.00.
The North American Accident Insurance
Company is back of this policy. Establish
ed for thirty-nine years.
INSURANCE APPLICATION AND
SUBSCRIPTION BLANK
THE KEW OREGON STATESMAN Date. ......., 1929
Salem,' Oregon.
Gentlemen: '
Tow are hervby authorised to eater my uabecriptloa to
The New Oregon Statesman for one year from date.'. It la
understood that The New Oregon Statesman is to be deliv
ered to amy address regularly each day by your authorized
carrier and I shall pay htm for the same at the regular es
tablished rate of 60c per mouth. -I
am not bow subscriber to The New Oregon Statesmaa ( )
I am bow a subscriber to The New Oregon Statesmaa ( )
Name .......... ...... ........v. Age......
Address
City ........................... State
Occwpatio ...f ...Phone.. ........
Beneficiary's .......... Relationship.
I am enclosing a payment of $1.00 Policy fee. I ant to
receive m $10,000.00 Travel Accident Insurance Policy is
ued by the North American Accident Insurance Company
of Chicago, UllBola. . . .
Ucl Subscriptions rzst be paid in Advance
Three Salem banka maintain
farm experts, doing the work of
county agents. - But these do not
take, nor aim to take, the duties
belonging to a county agent, who
could make his work worth many
times the amount of his salary
and expenses. And s t a te and
other help Is available for a large
part of the cost.
H
On the first of July, there will .
arrive in the Willamette valley,
or be appointed from our own peo
ple, two experts on nut growing,
provided with a stenographer, who
will be under the pay of the United
States department of agriculture.
Their services will be of high, val
ue In promoting the growth of our
nut Industries, and In solving to
their profit the many problems of
our present producers of nuts.
Marion county should have a
county agent to mesh up with the
work of these experts. That
branch of activity alone would be
worth the cost. to the county, of
his salary and expenses. .
There is no line of endeavor on
our land that would not be speed
ed up and aided by a competent
county agent and there are more
different angles to'such acjititles
here than any section ofslmilar
site in this whole country. Marlon
county is doing well in an agricul
tural way. But she Is not by any
means living up to her opportunities.
Old Oregon's
Yesterdays
Town Talks from The States
man Our Fathers Read
May 1, 1004
St Louis The Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition wa4 ; formally
opened this afternoon. Among the
notable speakers of the first day
thawere Secretary of War Taft and
E. Harriman. Sousa's band played.
The following committee of the
O. A. R. Sedgwick Post, is in
charge of the decoration ay ex
ercises: J. Q. Barnes. T. C. Smith.
S. B. Ormsby, J. R. Fairbanks-,
J. H. Smith, W. A. Byars and D.
Webster.
Thirty-eight of the 108 Mar
ion county students who took the
eighth grade examinations passed'
all courses and Will receive their
diplomas. "
Serenteen marriage license
were issued by County Clerk Ro
land in the month of ApriL Thi
is four more than was written tn
corresponding period a year agf
OFFERS .
9