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PAGE FOUR The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon. Thursday Homing. Jane 20, 1929 "No Favor Sways U$: No Fear SkaU Awe." From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Spbacce, Sheldon F. Sacxett, Publishers Charles A. SntACtjE - - Editor-Manager Managing Editor Sheldon F.-Sacutt Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for yublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited la this paper. Entered at the Postoffice at Salem, Oregon, at Second-Clast Matter. Published every morning except Monday. BvMneee office SIS S. Commercial Street. Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W. Stypes, Inc., Portland, Security Bldg. San Francisco, Sharon Bldg.; Los Angeles, W. Pac. Bldg. Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parsons-Stechcr, Inc., New York, 271 Madison Ave.; Chicago, 360 N. Michigan Ave. Hoover Scores a Hit NO one phase of the new administration's activity at Wash ington is,, more deserving of commendation than Mr. Hoover's revised and improved method of dealing with the i press. Since the days of Taft in 1909 twice-a-week conferences have been held between the president and the large number of special correspondents of the capital. But the results of these conferences have too often been little more than am biguous statements attributed "to the White House spokes man,' "a representative of the president" or some other in " articulate personage. Correspondents for papers were forbidden to take a shorthand account of what the president said; such notes as were kept were written on crumply stationery or backs of envelopes. The result was continuously inaccurate and mis leading reporting, one newspaper publishing a radically va riant account of the president's views on a certain matter from that of another newspaper despite the fact that both papers were represented by able correspondents. Presidents, especially Mr. Coolidge, resented question ing for the sake of clarification of their statements with the result that humble representatives of the fourth estate stood first' on one foot and then another through a New England talk fest and then pondered long over an unwilling typewriter keyboard to interpret just what the president meant. The attitude of the recent presidents, including the late xur. naraing, seemea to De one of a game of fmd-the-president with the motto toward the newspapermen of giving them nothing, or as little as possible. Presidents regarded the press as an unwelcome intruder rather than a helpful, inval- uaDie means of portraying national policies to the public which placed them in office. Mr. Hoover immediately changed this unsatisfactory system. He summoned a committee of the press to confer with him on the improvement of the conferences. He broke i at once the barrier of the last decade on the direct statement of the president and allowed quotation marks to be used around his utterance, when he made such statements for pub lication. Directness replaced evasiveness. In recent months the attitude on conservation of oil drill ing is typical. The Rooseveltian policy toward the press on such, a policy would have been that of sending out a "trial ba loon" in which the presidential chambers would be said "to be considering such a step." When the public reaction was determined, action would follow. More recently such a step would have led to a statement from the White House spokes man. No so with Hoover. The policy was announced and bears the president's label. Mr. Hoover is reported to speak "clearly and crisply." He deals in realities. He lacks the "academic rhetoric of Wilson, the pleasant banter of Harding or the uninf ormative discoursiveness of Coolidge." To Hoover the only real news id that of facts. His recent and his expected statements to the press will be those of the take-them-or leave them variety. Happily, newspaper correspondents of Washington are agreed in their praise of the new idea and remark on Mr. Hoover's lack of supposed strategy which very lack indicates a type of political acumen which delights the public. Astoria Passes Through Difficulty , A STORIA has had another bank failure, the Astoria Sav- XX ings bank, largest in the city, being forced to close its doors through withdrawal of deposits. The down-river city has had more than its share of reverses in recent years. Fires which wiped out industries and the disastrous fire m the business district, depreciation in property values, all con tributed to the depression which affected the soundness of some of its leading financial institutions, ine Astoria in a tional closed some months back. A ritv ia not ruined bv bank failures, distressing as they may be. In modern, closely supervised banking, the principal loss falls on the stockholders. The depositors suffer the in convenience of having their funds tied up for a time and forced to secure accommodation elsewhere. But hnsiness irenerallv eoes on much as before. Another thing is true, the conditions which finally force a bank to close are rommunitv. The bank fails because loans made some time before finally fail of collection and are rhnrorpd off as losses. Good sized cities in the agricultural states where all the banks failed a few years ago, went ahead, and nave gotten back on their, feet. With its great natural resources and with the snirit of determination which the Astoria people possess, the city will rally from its embarrassments and on the foundation of sound values puna peuer man me past. . We see that a suit has been filed asking for a receiver for trKjncuniiM organization. Tne petitioners claim the reserves r not nnfficUnt for the insurance liabilities. The road has been rrttv rookv for assessment Insurance in recent years. Everything vaa lovely's long as the memberships kept growing and premiums kept rolling in. But with age came lncrealng mortality losses, ana was found a man would have to die soon to get his insurance ben efits. Many of the lodges boosted their rates to meet the conditions, so it no longer was Just "cheap insurance." The assessment com panies shifted to a legal reserve basis and some of them have been Quarrelling with their policy holders ever since. With the big in surance companies mntualiied the need for lodge insurance has pretty much passed out Lodges do well to confine their work, to sick benefits and relief for dependents or unfortunates. Insurance is not charity. It is organised business. The round-up rash breaking out badly this season. Molalla, Crawfordsvillev Vernonia and Oregon City are announcing rodeos for the week of July 4th. We can't nnderstand why Oregon City is breaking Into the game, when Molalla In the same county has had an up-and-coming show for several years. However we hear that the Oregon City show Isn't a community effort but a private enter prise with an organization sponsorship. Oregon City may get some support out of Portland, but up this way the sentiment Is aU In fa vor of Mollala. The people who want to see Americanized bull-fights n ill go to Mollala on the Fourth of July. It seems out of character to hold round-ups In the Willamette valley, where the trees have always been so thick you couldn't throw a lariat and the cows were all barn4ot creatures with pedigrees as long as a cowboy's lasso. Next thing we know Pendleton will hold clambakes in retaliation. Shingle makers are mistaken If they think a 25 tariff will jave their bacon. It will simply result in usa of more patent roof in, covering houses with hideoas geometric patterns or monotonous colors. The reason so many British Columbia shingles, are Imported " 4s because American maker try to sell Inferior shingles. It la a hard ratter to get real quality cedar shingles. They are made from the ' forest cedar to begin with,' and the quality Isn't uniform. If the trade would quit trying to market low-grade, rotten shingles and deliver shingle of real Quality they would win back their market , from importers and substitutes. The trouble la within the indus try; the tariff won't help, but just encourage the use of competitive materials.' ; AnotherWayToLookAtlt r It Jfti V WZmfH. JMM'W LINK I II I L VI JOT7 9YWirS. 1 7. II j Can rmtm iyW.!, Imc, Cmt SHU riMi mmmi O C V mU I : Editor Say: tKTB COLORFUL AMBASSA DOR TO GREAT BRTXADT Ever the colorful citizen, Charles Gates Dawes was in char acter when he arrived in Great Britain to be ambassador from the United States to the court of St. James, which, In the minds of the majority. Is a synonym for for mality. The new ambassador call ed on the king, and the two chat ted for half an hoar. After the call Mr. Dawes said he found the king delightful. "I don't know what the usual ceremony Is." he remarked bland ly, "but I Just presented my cre dentials to Mm." So that was that. Asked by a correspondent on his arrival in England whether he intended to let the English people enjoy some of his characteristic expressions, the former vice pres ident, giving the underslung pipe a few puffs, retorted: "Hell's bells, no! Now I'm a diplomat. I must don kid glove manners. But if ydu newspapermen don't stop asking indiscreet questions I may be forced to break my good reso lutions in about ten seconds." Mr. Dawes somehow seems al ways to be the center of some dra matic incident. He goes to Great Britain at a time when there is a resurgenee of a definite move for emphasizing goodwill and when the newly-installed British pre mier is preparing to make a trip to the United States to talk with President Hoover on the subject of naval accord. And he is an ideal type of diplo mat for the occasion one who may not "know the ropes" of court procedure but who knows how to cut red tape, from exper ience as Pershing's right-hand man and later as director of the budget, and who has an instinc tive flair for being picturesque without being undignified. Both the United States and Great Britain will know who is American ambassador to England and neither, it may be predicted, will have cause to regret the se lection. BeWiurham Herald. this more active salesmanship. Re- Ltults In many cases seem to have Justified the original practice ana made the radio a valuable help to other forms of advertising. The enlargement apparently is an er ror of Judgment. It Is. of course, not surprising Lthat advertisers should be tempted to introduce more and more direct advertising. But here in practice two ideals come into immediate Conflict. The ideal of the listener is all program; the Ideal of the advertiser la all advertisement. More than that, the two parts of tha radiocast are often ludicrous ly inharmonious. The salesman in congruously Interrupts the musi cian; the interruption apparently is as resented by the invisible au dience as it would be U it occur red in a concert hall. Multiply such interruption, and perhaps the invisible audience will invisibly retire. The necessary program for it Is generally admitted that no appreciable public would pur chase receiving sets for the sole purpose o f listening to advertise ments in proportion as it is suc cessfully entertaining the listeners makes direct advertising more in trusive. It would appear also that there is material for savants in a comparative study of spoken aid nrinted advertising. Slav not a or - slogan, for example, be effective in print and tiresome when re peated vocally? It is an appalling possibility In radio that a speaker might con ceivably think he was addressing a vast audience and yet only be talking to himself. This possibil ity, apparently. Is what the radio casters and the radio manufactur ers believe the advertisers are in danger of leaving ot of consid eration. They apprehend a time when the announcer might appro priately say, "There will now be a brief pause in this advertisement during which the orchestra will play." Old Oregon's Yesterdays Town Talks from The States man Our Fathers Read June SO, 1904 Frank W. Waters, Tilmon Ford, Hal D. Patton, William Brown and Dan J. Fry have been appoint ed as committee of the Commer cial club to have charge of the Dallas-Salem proposition. Just $72,000 worth of bonds will be Issued at five per cent. BITS for BREAKFAST By R. J. HENDRICKS The Bits man differs W S From some of the conclusions of the editorial article 1 n The Statesman of Wednesday on the sugar tariff proposed in the Haw ley bill. S The writer of that article Is correct in the statement that the proposed increase in the rate would aid the sugar producers in Hawaii and the Philippines. Also, t would help the sugar producers in Porto Rico. The rate on Cuban raw sugar is now roundly $1.76 a hundred pounds. The proposed rate is $2.40. Cuba sends us no sugar excepting in the raw state. Neither does Hawaii, Porto Rico or the Philippines. The refineries are in this country; on the Pa cific and Atlantic and gulf coasts. But the Philippines and Hawaii, whose raw sugars are refined on the Pacific coast, are United States territory, and so Is Porto Rico, whose raws are refined on the Atlantic and gulf coasts. Cuba is foreign territory. If we must fa vor Cuba, the same argument would make us favor Canada, or the British West Indies. And what does favoring Cuba mean? The laboring or general population of Cuba? No. It is favoring the Wall street owners of the Cuban cane lands, sugar grinding mills, and tho refineries along the Atlantic and gulf coasts. The Cuban labor ers remain in practical serfdom or slavery, whether sugar prices are high or low, affecting the prof its or losses or watered stock man ipulations of our Wall street bar ons. S V We owe the Wall street barons something. We owe them justice. But they have had this, and more, in their unjust differential they secured when we raised Cuba to the place of an independent coun try after our war with Spain, and thiew over it the egis of our fa vor in the shape of a 20 per cent preference on tariff charges ap plied to what we ,buy from that country. The Wall street sugar barons speeded- up their opera tions in Cuba; bought more land; planted more cane; put up more grinding mills there; built more refineries in this country. They have "had theirs." They took the risk. No one else was helped by th- differential that has been un justly continued, for their bene fit alone. The Cuban working and general business people have not pcofited. The consumers of the United States have been charged aU the traffic would bear; wit ness the 25c price of sugar dur ing tha World war. As to the conclusion that the proposed protection is not needed, ask the 500,000 people of this country directly interested in the beet sugar Industry. Ask the cane sugar interests of the south, where many millions in capital are awaiting the present issue in congress. . In the south, the cane rugar in dustry is "coming back;" decided ly. It was almost "out of the run ning" for a few years, because of the rust la the cane. The new rust resisting canes, the P. O. J. varieties, are bringing it back. It mounted to 80,000 tons a year, to 100,000 tons, 150.000, and is up to a basis for next year of 2 S 0,0 00 tons. It will speedily grow to a million tons, if the Hawley bill passes as It went through the house. The south will be produc ing; half of our horns grown sugar supply; that is, the sucrose, sup ply, aside from the' corn sugar, the tonnage of which la nsont-tlng fast to' say nothing of artichoke tttgar, a Urge prospect for the near future. (The United States is bow using nearer 7,000,000 than 0,000,000 tons annually of sucrose sugar: cane and beet su gar. It "will be burdensome, Is the last conclusion. Will it? The Wall street trust is already landing raw Cuban sugar on the Atlantic sea board at the lowest price in all the history of the industry. Its man agers expect to be obliged to ab sorb the additional duty the difference between $1.76 a hun dred pounds and $2.40. The very nature of the case will oblige them to do this, till they ean find oth er outlets. They furnish nearly 4,500,000 tons of its supply to the United States. In their case, the proposed higher tariff charge Is a tariff "for revenue only." But it would undoubtedly In crease their competition in this country,' from the southern cane districts. That is a fact as certain as anything in the future can be. This will keep the price low to consumers. S And the beet sugar men of the Rocky mountain states, the upper Mississippi valley and the Pacific coast think the higher rate wiU at least preserve their industry from extinction, and possibly en able an expansion to be made. An expansion would take off some of the curse of other major crop sur pluses. It would take some wheat land for sugar beets. It would vastly aid our dairying industry. With major Irrigation projects. tne wiuameiie vauey would un doubtedly get beet sugar factor ies. Perhaps many of them; as It will perhaps get artichoke sugar factories. Likely they will be the same plants, with 12 months op eration. S The Bits man believes that if we could have a tariff wall high enough to make our country en tirely self contained in sugar, this one thing would cure all our farm troubles. It would transfer en ough land used for other purposes to cane and sugar beet growing, and give such an impetus to growth and prosperity, that we would have no exportable surplus es of wheat or cbrn or other farm crops, uan tne reader think of a Detter way to solve the farm re lief problems? Or can he think' of any other way to solve them atall, without excessive cost to the treasury of the United States or the creation of an unnatural condition that would in the end help no one, and would in the interim affect many injuriously? (Excepting the nat ural thing that is happening, through increase of population, that will in time wipe out our ma jor crop surpluses, but which may take 10 to 15 or even 25 to 30 years.) W But that U another story, for a later Bits column. That is just the old, old, story of the fat years and the lean years thai troubled Joseph in Egypt. SENATOR WARRE.V HONORED WASHINGTON, June 19 (AP) The oldest member of the senate, Francis E. Warren, of Wyoming, listened smilingly to an ovation from his colleagues today. Read the Classified Ads. Do You Know What Fire Insurance Does Not Cover? FIRE INURANCE will not replace treasured keepsakes and documents that cannot be re placed .with money. Fire Insurance will not re place any of the items listed below: Abstracts of Real Estate Title Agreements Contracts Deeds Fire Insurance Policies Heirlooms Jewels .Mementoes Patent Papers Stocks Will Accident Insurance Policies Bonds Copyrights Designs and Blue Pritns Formulae Income Tax Duplicates Life Insurance Policies Partnership Papers Receipts and Cancelled Notes Tax Receipts A Safe Deposit Box provides actual security for this type of property, and at less than two rents a day. Insurance so inexpensive that you really can't afford to do without it. Check this list over; gather the documents listed, and bring them down to our Vault today. United States National Bank WHITHER RADIO ADVER TISING (Christian Science Monitor.) Radiocasters, it is reported, and manufacturers of radio sets, are regarding with anxiety, and even viewing with alarm, a growing proportion of commercial infor mation in the programs that are being put on the air. Radio listen ers have also noticed this tenden cy. A comprehensive inquiry by the Radio -Manufacturers' associa tion, putting the question to all sorts and conditions of listeners, Indicates that the invisible audi ence is so easily bored by the in visible salesmen that in -many cas es the impulse to turn on the ra dio is being weakened and in many others an impulse to turn it off is being encouraged. Such reactions evidently do not lead to the purchasing of new radio sets; they raise a cloud on the horizon that threatens the hitherto sunny landscape of the radio industry. But the advertisers who sponsor programs and pay for radiocast ing are apparently unaware of this cloud. The initial practice of de pending upon the entertainment to make grateful listeners think well of the sponsor and become therefore the more likely to buy his product is being enlarged by 1 read it carefully. Be sure ' that it specifies a portland cement concrete pavement for your street. If it does, sign it, with the assurance -the assessments will repre sent an investment which - will improve your property. PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION 146 fifth Street PORTLAND, ORB. A National Organisation to Improve and Extend the U$ea of Concrete Offices la 32 Cltlsa See it BOW ? 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