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"PAGE FOUR. . ' . ..... ( ..'-... -r : " f . . The CHEGON STATESMAN, Salea, Oregon. Tyednesday -Koralaglfay 23. 1929 - - - - Ih&S&r2 . An Extra JobFor Geneva 1 1 Editors Say: II . ' ,1 ! till V Illll'TIUlUU llll ' - "1 ' : 1 .- r T' ' 3-r wn - - - . i W m v nikii wusn nvtauww w nr -w - m mm na asmsn bb -apw 'm nay m num'm snaiilLi, . enmmmwm m iwh5 "N? Favor Sicayt U7 No Fear ShoM we.m - From First SUtesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. 4 Chables.A, Snucw Shzldox F. Sxcum, Publiekere Chakixs A. Sfkacue - -Sheldon F. Sackett - Editor-Manager Managing -Editor Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the as for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited to this paper. j Entered at the Pottoffice at Salem, Oregon as Second-Cla' Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Buevuse office SIS S. Commercial Street. P. ifi. Cnasl Arfvnrf isinv RpnrIuTitti VM : Arthur W. Stypes, Inc Portland, Secority Bldg. San Francisco, Sharon Bid.; Los Angeles, W. Pac Bid. Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parsons-Stecher, Inc New York, 271 Madison Art.; Chicago, 260 N. Michigan Ave. Unemployment And English Politics F ENGLAND'S general election this month is hinged about j with ia Konnnmir strait to trhich the country has been subjected for the last eight years. During this period un employment has been a gaunt wolf which has constantly stalked throuorh the land. Since the war England has never regained her strong place as the leading manufacturer of many articles which commanded a world market. Keener competition brought about bv manufacturing advances made in the last decade by other countries, high tariffs imposed on English products in foreign lands and the cutting down of emigration, have all combined to increase England's army of the unemployed. . It was this unemployment situation which brought the party of labor into temporary power only to have its power wane wnen tne conservative wing neaueu uy owuucjr aiuiu regained control of the government in 1624. In the Dresent crisis of English politics which will be fought out at the election late in May, the conservative party . Ml I 1 U X -1. 1 - 4.M a t .MAinnli.limAnf Cl. win ue ncui accounuiuic xur iu uu. Mwuiuauu&ui. Baldwin points out .relief measures in children's pensions, old-age doles and legislation for better working conditions but he has failed to remedy unenrnkrnient. A government policy of "safeguarding" providing for tariff assistance to industries who can prove their injury from foreign competi tors was adopted by the conservative party to give remedy to impoverished industries but the "safeguarding" afforded has been characterized as "trivial" Ramsey McDonald represents labor at the polls this May. His opponents speak of the party as the socialistic group, a term not pleasing to its members although the left wing hasa phrase "socialism in our time" which destroys the 4dea which many labor members hold. Government ownership of rail roads, electrical output and other public utilities is not the immediate objective of the party but Mr. McDonald urges control of these industries and their operation by the gov ernment, even in a field as harrassed as the coal industry, with a view to decreasing the privileges of the vested inter ests and restoring to the working people higher wages. The campaign of Lloyd George of the liberal party is the most spectacular of any being waged and threatens to break the ranks of conservatism sufficiently to make possi ble a coalition between labor and liberal which will restore the former Premier McDonald's control. For years the lib eral party has been split by a feud between Lloyd George and Asquith and many observers have predicted the utter extinction of the party. A situation not in the least borne out by liberalists "comeback." George takes as his slogan "We can conquer unemploy ment" and he is touring England making a dynamic cam paign. His plan is to establish a great program of public works on roads, housing construction and electrical develop ment, thus utilizing millions of the unemployed. Improved financial conditions brought about by relief of poverty from unemployment will improve financial conditions that the bur den of taxation brought about through increased public debt; this will be readily met, says George. . Less than a year ago the liberal party was thought doomed, now its stirring leadership brought about by George has awakened public consciousness and while there can be no hope that the liberal party will obtain control of parlia ment, or even approximate it, the 45 seats now held will be increased and there is an expectation that the labor and lib eral parties together will be able to outvote the conservatists. If so, McDonald will come back to power and England will have opportunity to see if political medicines can cure -economic distress. America, faced with farm difficulties, hasio such prob lem as England with its million and one-half of needy work ers. For the farmer, no matter how hard pressed, lives and raises a family and enjoys some of the comforts of every day life. But in England poverty stalks through manv of the manufacturing districts and it is evident that the com ing election presents a crisis. Baldwin, the conservative; McDonald, the labor-socialist; George, the liberal, who prom ises now as in times past, to do great things; each represent conflicting views of the way out of England's economic tra vail. , Excise Decision No Surprise THE decision of the United States supreme court voiding excise tax laws of states which attempted to include the income of banks and other corporations received from tax exempt securities as the base on which to levy the excise tax is not in the least surprising. It is more surprising that the law-makers thought they could do indirectly what they knew they could not do directly. Chief Justice John' Marshall in the famous case of McCulloch vs. Maryland laid down what has hf en the immutable law ever since "The power to tax involves the' power to destroy." He estopped the state of Maryland from levying taxes on the United States bank, since it was an arm of the government. Ever since then' public securities unless otherwise stated in the terms of issuance have been exempt from all taxation. The banks will profit most by this decision since they are heavy holders of tax exempt securities. The other corporations, like finance com "panies, building and loan associations, and investment com panies will not be affected so much because they carry only small amounts of government and municipal bonds. The up shot of it all is that the banks which started out to get "equality are winding up in more of a preferred position. The Universtiv of Iowa gets disciolined . because of the reports of a $5000 slush fund raised by Iowa Cify merchants to import a few winning athletes. All the other universities in the Big Ten were pained and shocked. That is surely the signal for everybody to laugh that is everybody who knows how chambers of commerce and alumni "support" home col lege athletics. . If college alumni associations ever "merge" they will equal, the "power trust" in ability to run the country. We have an alumni publication on our desk now we want to take a crack at soon. .. . - BITS for BREAKFAST By R. J. HENDRICKS. All poor and all rich That was the anomalous condi tion in Oregon up to the time of the gold rnsn to California in 1848. It was like the Utopia of Sir Thomas More, In which no man had anything, yet all men were rich, nor did any one lack for any thing. With the difference that in early Oregon all lacked for many things that would have contribut ed to their convenience and com fort, but since the lack was gen eral .no one complained over much. m This column onTuesday had a few words about The early trans portation monopoly on the Colum bia and Willamette rivers, and aronnd the falls of the Willam ette at what is now Oregon City, by historic characters in the early settlement of the country; also abont a famous excursion to the month of the Columbia on the Ca- lapoola, the boat that was a part of the monopoly named. Col. J. W. Nesmlth, then a very young man, afterwards U. 8. Senator, was ou that excursion, and he told how they anchored the Calapooia at the old shack that was then all of Fort George, afterwards Astoria anchored the craft with a big bas altic boulder made fast to the end of a rawhide rope. The next morn ing young Nesmlth and Robert Shortess got an Indian, canoe and boarded the old Belgian brig In defatigable, Just arriving from Antwerp, with Father P. J. De Smet and a number of Catholic priests and sisters. No one on the Indefatigable had ever seen the mouth of the Columbia river, and there was no chart on board; so they worked up to the latitude of the river and with a flood tide and light breese drifted In over the bar. It is great wonder the vessel got in at all, and was not wrecked, and Nesmith said Father De Smet attributed the succesful entrance to "divine pilotage" but he (Nesmlth) thought the profane would have called it the biggest sort of luck. t But about the lack of money in Oregon. The Hudson's Bay com pany had adopted the rule to bar ter with the Indians for their furs and pelts; trading them "Indian goods," including bright blankets and shrits, fish hooks, ammuni tion, etc.", etc. The Indians did not know anything about money; a native would have preferred a fish hood to a million pound draft on London, or a million In gold. The company paid no duties, and brought Its good from England in its own vessels, in which they took back the annual accumulation of furs and pelts, worth a million to two million dollars in that coun try. m . From prudential motives, in their long intercourse with In dians, the employees of the Hud- Ready for Long Ocean Flight The Great Northern is calling its new crack train, "The Empire Builder". That must be plagiarized from the first line of our Oregon: "Land of the empire builders.' So far the Portland cement people have not tried to make office furniture out of re-inforced concrete. X One wag has it that the members of President Hoover's . cabinet are not "Yes men" but "Yes sir men." I "J , -- ... ..i y- , I .. v a , A . f . I r :A i W- ' ' 1 . v ' - v. v l ' vr v Roger Q. irtOUiMrieft, and Captain Lewis A. Yancer, right. standing fn front of their BeUaacsw Grrsi Flash, are set to make the Ions: hop across theAtIaatic from Old Orchard Beach. Mn to Rome, Italy. They hare rushed preparations for the flight In order to be able to start as soon as the three French aviators who plan a hop to Paris. The "Green Flash1 is the same plane in which Martin Jen sen set tne world s endurance record recently. WHAT IT8 ALL ABOUT W.17HE.N ne studies ths pnon-j VV .alltles, iatwests aai eon- T Sections at the railroad gi ants Identified with the present railroad war hetweea the western Pacific-Great Northsra eombuu- tion and th Southern Pacltle sys- ten, one Is moved to ask what's it all about For Instance, the position of Ar- thtr Cuttss James apparently the moving factor la the proposed in astoa f Southern Par mo terri tory Is obviously contradictory This ssaa Dot only Is tha principal stockholder la the (treat Northers, Northern Pacific and Western Pa citlo but aUo la the largest In the Southern Pacific. We see then th picture ot Mr. James espousing the Interest of one block ot his stock the W. P. and O. N. and fighting another block, the S. P. He even goes so far as to advocate paralleling the Southern Pacific Une south from Klamath Falls! Figuratively speaking, the be wildered public scratches Its cra nium, and wonders what goes on behind the scenes In this battle of western railroads. v Hale Holden is another para dox. He was president of the Burlington, controlled by the northern lines. Last year he was appointed chairsnan of the South ern Pacific board of directors. His appointment gars rise to the ru mor that the northern and south era Unas had made 'their peace and that future relations would be governed by cooperation rather than opposition. , Today, Insofar as the public Is concerned, Mr. Holden is fighting his former -railroad with every ounce of energy and ability he possesses- and that la unite a bit for he Is recognised as one ot the foremost railroad men in the United States. There is something rather strange about the entire lay-out? Why should Mr. James be trying to slap himself in the face? Why should Mr. Holden be at the helm ot the Southern Pacific? In short. what's it all about. Klamath Fails Evening Herald. Here and 'Terse comments ; on Events, Local and Abroad, of the Past Week. son's Bay company had adopted tha rale of passing articles called tor out through a hole in the wall or partition. No one was allowed inside a Hudson's Bay company store to examine the goods and make selections. Thus, when the early settlers came in, trading for a suit of clothes, for Instance. there was often an odd medly of color and size. The garments were all gotten up on the most magnif icent proportions in regard to size The early settlers used to say that or. McLoughlin, chief factor of the company and virtually '- governor and king of all the old Oregon Country, who was a very large man, had sent his measure to London, and all ot the clothing was made to fit him! s y Thus the hickory shirts the set tlers bought came down to their heels, and the wrist bands pro truded a foot beyond the hands, in cases, of men of medium size; more so with small men. A small sized settler buying one would hare enough cloth left to clothe one to several of his childrenHBut even so, there was not enough clothing in stock to supply the needs of the unexpected early im migrations. So the early day cloth ing was mostly of buckskin; for both men and women. "W A pair of buckskin pants, moc casins, a hickory shirt and some kind of a cheaply extemoprlzed hat rendered a man comfortable as well as presentable in the best society. That was very well In dry weather; but after exposure to a hard day's rain, dried out In front of a warm fire, such an out fit might and oftea did contract a foot in longitude In a single night. So it was not uncommon for a foot or so of nude and arid skin to show between the top of the moccasin and the end of the breeches; the knee protruding in front, while the rear started off in the opposite directions, so that whea the wearer stood up, the Old .Oregon's Yesterdays Town Talks from The States man Our Fathers Read May 20, 104 Mayro McKinney and E. A. Rhoten, prominent Turner farm ers, were In the city working up interest in a Farmers' Institute and picnic and livestock show to be held in West Stayton Wednes day and Thursday, June 8 and 9. Charles Liresley, who Is archi tect and builder for his own home in this city, has nearly completed his residence, declared to be one of the finest pieces of architecture hereabouts. Fire which originated in a sofa called the fire department to the home of Policeman and Mrs. James Lewis, 316 12th street. A serious conflagration was avoided by the quick action of neighbors. a SALESMAN ot houses pro poses the purchase of a home br a newlywed couple on the basis that owning a home is cheaper thaa renting one. The rersrse is mors oftea true. House ownership means payment of in terest en a sum ranging from ' 1 0 to $1000 in most of cases. -Mjrn; ft Ixm. Insurance and other expenses of upkeep. Owning a borne, with rentals such r utp is ftaivm, is more ez- p-unlrp than renting a borne. What fh gataraaft could have said, truthfully, was that owning a home was far more satisfactory than renting one. There Is the universal Katlnfactlon resulting from personal possession of prop erty, and added to this very real Joy Is one resulting from the pos session of a "home", a Joy never possible with a rented hours. It is true, also, that while It costs money to own one's own home. It brings saving to meet the month ly payments when due. The real estate man meant, we take it, that It costs more to own a home, but it's worth It. INDBERGH hates publicity; the flashlight irks him. Strangely enough publicity did much to make the flier fa mous. "We feel sorry for the bride that It seemed necessary to forego the pleasure of friends, their well wishes, their many presents, at the greatest day in her life. Undy could unbend a bit without any diminutltion ot the public i ap proval. It s a penalty ot modern greatness to be "subjected to the spotlight of publicity but the pen alty need not be Irksome. THE flareup in the senate is to produce good results In the fact that from now on only a majority vote will be seeded to open to the public the delectable details concerning presidential nominations and the considera tion they receive. The 150-year old rule about secrecy in the sen ate on such discussion goes by the boards. Well that It should. The public wants the facts. It sen ators are afraid to let their vote be known, they have no business m me senate, secrecy is a poor cioas: to nide cowardice. RECENT magazine article In forms us that men use $60.- 000,000 worth of perfumery annually in the United States. Women use six times that amount. The latest device of the perfum ery makers is to perfect a scent for every type of personality. The sex appeal of perfume is en hanced as it fits the "type" of its user. Perfumery making ia a great art. The Ingredients of perfume are gathered from all parts of the world. Attar of roses is made from the choice blooms of roses which grow in a narrow valley In Bulgaria and It Is said that 50,000 roses are utilized to get one ounce of the pare product. The perfum- ery has its "staying uuauwea from a base made ot musk or from a gland found ia the civet eat or from ambergls. found noating . . ' . 1 V A in me ocean wrowu bh j whale. see OWA pays too much for its ath- I letes and must stay out of the Blr Tea conference! Another case of the pot chiding the ket tle. No longer can colleges com plain about professionalism when every good athlete is bid for like good stock-, oa the market If lows is to blame so is every other school In the conference. Years ago Clarence Buddington v Kelland wrote an Impressive story about the Last Veteran. He it was who lived to observe the final Memorial day for a Civil war sol dier. As we read the story, touch ing .and full of pathos, it seemed the day would never come. Bat It approaches. Note the news stories in the papers; they tell of the fad ing ranks; communities where only a handful of the veterans are left and these no longer able to inarch in the parade bat riding at the front, honored and revered. Some day the same process will take the Legion man; the alchemy ot time Is unrelenting. Tooze Asserts St. Helens Is Moving Rapidly A -Fir Tex- plant which will produce a product from waste mill materials is soon to be erected la St. Helens at a total investment cost ot $2,500,000. according to F. J. Tooze, editor and publisher of the St. Helens Sentinel who was a business visitor In Salem Monday. Tooze was formerly a part own er of The Statesman Publishing Co. and edited Oregon Teacher and the Pacific Homestead. He Is enthusiastic abont the possibilities of St Helens, saying that the town is very active indus trially. The paper mill established there has done .exceedingly well, Tooze reports. Executive Wanted A Large Eastern Life Insur ance Company writing life. Accident, Health Insurance, desires manager for Salem territory. Liberal commis sions and salary. Address In confidence box 727, care Statesman. breeches were in constant struggle to sit down, and vice versa. S But those were "the good old days," with all their lacks. Said Peter H. Burnett, afterwards gov ernor of California and a wealthy banket, who was an Oregon Immi grant with the 1843 Applegate. train, speaking of the early Ore go nians: "They were all honest, because there was nothing to steal; they were all sober, be cause there was no liquor to drink; there were no misers, be cause there was nothing to hoard; they were all Industrious, because It was work or starve." S A "higher civilization" brought in the gin-mill, the Jail, the Insane asylum, the poor house, the peni tentiary andth gelaoswl b(-md tentiary and the gallows. The reader may make his or her own sermon in reflecting on the com parison between the good old days and the higher civilization. . rJt Not too late to wire NMSfcu vvljn yur Memorial Day vffiKL MCF.Breithaupt Jp il FT) 1 W Mt. Crest Abbey will be open to the public all day Thursday Memorial Day, May 30 - ' MT. CREST ABBEY MAUSOLEUM IJoyd T. Rigdon, Manager ! v 4