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rem The Q3EGON .STATCSMANy Salary Oregon, Tuesday Homing. November 5, 1929 : i r ! 1 t 4 - i r "No Favor Sway $ Vs; No Fear Shall Ace.H From First Statesman, March 28. 1851 " THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Cbaeies SPKAcCfe, Sheldon F. Sackot, Publishers Charles A. Spraccb - - - Editor-Manager SHEUXttTF. SaCKETT .-- Managing-Editor - Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to It or not other wise credited in this paper. - .Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: - Arthur W. Stypes, Inc., Portland; Security Bid. San Francisco, Sharon Bldg.; Los Angeles. W. Pac. Bldg. A Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford'Parsons-Stecher, Inc., New Yorjc, 211 Madison Are.; Chicago, 360 N. Michigan Ave. . Entered at the Postoffiee at Salem, Oregon, as Seeond-Claea Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Business , office 215 S. Commercial Street. . SUBSCRIPTION RATES Mail Subscription Rates, In Advance. Within Oregon; Daily and Sunday, 1 Mo. 60 cents; 3 Mo. $1.25; 6 Mo. 2.26; 1 year f 4.00. Elsewhere 60. cents per Mo. or $5.00 for 1 year in advance. v By City Carrier: 50 cents a month; 85.50 a year in ad vance. j ; Te Coalition : rpUE country is now. reading "ante-post-mortems" about JL the tariff. The chorus - Din passea leisurely enough .Tgiist as'though it were alive, in tne nouse-senate conference. Of course miracles are not uncommon in politics. The worKing compromise that would carrv a tariff bill thromrh. The coalition group, testifies S - iignng.ine Dawie 01 tne larmer. it is the coalition of the west and. south still predominantly rural, against the manu facturing east. They hope xarm by .slitting a few blood . Newspaper comment is combine. Republican newspapers condemn the insurgents , forwrecking tariff revision through failure to adhere to the ; republican platform and the recommending changes an the tariff as aid for the farmer and to benefit sick industries. The New York Herald-Tribune does not mince its words when it says: "Mr. Borah stepped offjthe Republican platform and Ignored the popular mandate or 1928 when be tried to confine tariff relief this year to agricultural products. He and many of his fellow insurgents Want to fulfill one platform pledge and not the other. Mr. Simmons and his followers are similarly disregarding the Democratic party's conversion to protection last year. They are talking aboftt lowering duties all along the line about reverting to Underwoodism. The country is not interested in Underwoodism, nor does it admire the dog-in-the-manger attitude of the insurgents, who are clamoring for the higher duties on farm products, while, through their association with the Democratic downward revisionists, they are trying to slash manufacturing rates and thus make the bill unacceptable to the House. They hold out relief to the farmer with one hand and with draw it with the other. "This unnatural Senate majority is the chief obstacle to the passage of a tariff act embodying the President's recommendations. Probably the insurgents and Democrats have no wish to, give tariff relief to 'anybody. They thrive better on perpetuating discontent." Such a view is not surprising in an old republican paper like the Herald-Tribune. On different lines somewhat it is corroborated by the stand of the Des Moines Register, a pow- erful newspaper in the agrfeulthral west, which at times has irotbeen afraid to endorse such heresy as the McNary-Hau-gen bilL The Register denounces the coalition for fighting Hoover instead of standing strictly behind the formula the president laid out in his message: restricting changes to farm products and to those of industries which experience showed needed added protection. In its comment on the speech of Senator Reed predicting the. failure of the tariff bill, the Register says: "What would be more natural in . this situation than that the farm bloc would be found squarely behind the president's program? What would, be more natural than that Senator Reed and his group would be found challenging the administration?- What would be more' natural than a real test between east and west, the president leading the western contingent as by birth, training and association he would naturally lead it? ; "And yet by one of the most.unexplainable shifts our politics has ever known the Senator Reeds are looked upon as the suDoorters of "the administration while the Senator Borahs are looked upon as the idisect challengers of the president. The issue instead of being be--tweeV east and west on the tariff is now shifted until it is the west and south against Hoover And this shift has been made not by the east but by the farm bloc -west. - "Just why the farm bloc leaders permitted themselves to be 1 switched from the administration program, and joined the democrats inthe senate in a fight against the admmistraion, thereby giving the aator Reeds the inside advantage, will doubtless appear fully as .! the political situation develops. That is was not done to advance the cause of farm legislation is plain on its face. That it was done to make the beginning of a new political party has been hinted, but we ' may question that. That it was done to show hostility to the Hoover 4frfaistration is plain. The farm blot -leaders are going to have a lot of eTnlalnlTio- tn i do when the special, session adjourns with no farm tariffs enacted." IJ- No one seems to appreciate the fact that the real reason ?-tor the tariff debacle is the bewilderment try finds itself over the tariff issue. In the 1928 campaign . the tariff was not a major, issue because even the democrats rendered lip service to it. There was no thought of .a gen eral revision. At most the only thing anticipated was the modification of a few farm rates as political gesture to the 'farmers and a conventional attempt to ..carry out platform - j--. k - t -ie)" t . The thine that is essential hefnrn tariff ,-rtajcen again with any show of T rf Public sentiment respecting ui.ii,ciuK.ui.uu ui tujuuunu L . ilted m the nation's tariff policy. It was because the Haw j '"ley-Wll went far beyond the specifications of the presidential message and far beyond tne anticipations of the country, at large, that public opinion was cold towards it almost from the first. The senate coalition warping the flexible tariff provision, which wMohe'saying "grace of the house bill, and 'annexing the abominable debenture plan, merely made the .tariff bill ludicrous'as well as somewhat odious. The coali tion will get the discredit of . leadership they might have waged a real fight for the Hoov ; er program which would have been a start toward the new -attitude toward the protective tariff which we believe must come in the UnitedJStates. r Chicken thieves are busy in the valley bow that the birds are plump and just ready for the market. Farmers do well to load tha shotgun with bbs and prepare themselves to protect their property- . against inese marauaera. vte.want 10 warn tne farmers against sell 'log their turkeys or chickens to" transient fellows -with a truck. A year ago a fellow operating In Joe valley cleaned up hundreds of dol lar! by offering the farmer a few cents more tor his dressed turkeys uta ine esiaousnea concerns wouia ouer. ;He aMj)7HgJMex. When the. no-good checks were: returned to the fanner, the culprit had skinned cut of the country." Farmers should recaU the lesson and deal only with established produce houses, or else-demand legal ten der on the gate post before letting some unknown fellow drive off with his year's production of poultry or other stock. ! K - ' S, . ' i. I The Seattle municipal railway is getting Into print' again. Tie . holders of the bonds Issued to buy the system have agreed to post pone two annual payments which amount to l,es9, so the sys tem can be rahabllitated and put on its feet.' The usual squabble ensues as to how the money shall be spent. ,Tht mayor demands that the money be spent In buying more cars, Improving the service, etc The chairman, of the council's finance committee and the superin tendent of the railway say the money should go toward cleaning, up the warrant debt and restoring financial health to the sxstem. Ia the argument between the mayor and the council the usual result nay be expected: the car employee will get another boost in.pay& : - ; Willamette and Paclfio hara , to cut out vandalism. - .This Is gracious ceremony, that somehow vLa to be repeated about every seventh year. r Student generations iaage and ancient pledget ar forgotten: irhea yosng blood ruj tot. and the Tariff has sung its requiem, though the through legislative formalities, to its almost certain entombment president might effect some Mark Sullivan, thinks it is ;to restore the balance to the vessels in eastern industry. severely critical of the senate message of President Hoover success, is for a crystallization the tariff. The public has a cnanges wnicn ougnt to De re- killing the buX , Under better smeked the peace pipe and r K - X.; ,vV w I BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HENDRICKS Beginning at the beginning S In Former Governor T. T. Geer.'ln his book, "Fifty Tears In Oregon.1 this column concerning the coming f his family with the "big immi gration" of 1847, the largest up to that time, doubling the popula tion of Oregon; of the marriage of his parents at the home oft his father's mother's people on How- eu-s prairie Oct. 14. 1848: the groom being a xtfonth past 20 and the bride- a month less than 18, And of the bride and groom set tling immediately after the nup tial knot was tied on a claim Jut opposite Ohampoeg, where the iatner of the future governor worked for two years at getting out togs and rafting them to Ore gon City. But, the donation act having 4een passed Sept, 27, 1850, the young couple went to the Wal do hills and located a claim two miles southeast of that of Daniel Waldo, the first settler anywhere in that section; that a small house was built, where, four m'onths thereafter, the- eyes of T. T. Geer first saw the light of day. S H In the following chapter, Mr. Aeer wrote in his book: "Most of us can, I presume, recall without difficulty the first Impression made upon the memory. Nothing is clearer to my recollection today than that event in my own life, though I remember absolutely nothing of what occurred the day Derore.-Architecture in those days differed somewhat from the style in vogue at present, and especially was ventilation based on a system generous in the extreme. The first thing my father did on his donation land claim was to build a house 10x12 feet, with a kitchen extension two sizes smaller. In the floor of the kitchen the possi bilities of ventilation between the puncheon boards of which it was made so ample that my sister, who was two years younger than I and just able to crawl, acquired the very annoying habit ef dropping our spoon through one of those cracks at least once every day. "We had a knife and fork also, but they were regarded as dangerous f weapons and were kept on a shelf beyond our reach. W "W "To make diurnal visits , under that floor and rescue that spoon was exacted, from me at the tender age of three years, and it is the tirs' thlpg I can .remembr. The space was about six inches above the ground, as I recall, and at least eight feet square, but 4 was perfectly dark and my youthful imagination peopled it wjthall the hideous monsters known to zoo ology, geology and mythology. An- Lother, of . my very early recollec tions Is that my father bad a band of. sheep-which he occasionally salted on the hillside, and that at his call they would appear from every direction, coming at a full J ga.uop ana tilling tne air with such a terrific bleating that I thought it meant certain death to him unless ho should run for sor er, which to my surprise he never did. Ills escape with his life al- j.ways seemed to me little short of miraculous. 'Another event which occurred while we lived on the Hills farm was the appearance at times of Waldo's cattle perhaps 100 head "Or more coming In a , run in search of water, which was to be found In a small stream nearby. Their occasional appearance, as they rushed .down, the biUside, must have been the dread of my lifer since to escape It I would hare consented willingly to crawl under the kitchen floor after the family spoon. I distinctly remem ber being very unhappy one after noon jwhen. .though I was but 4 years, old at the time. I was left alone in our little house. .(Here Mr Geer described his sense tot utter loneliness, hearing nothing but the ticking of a clock and the buzzing of some house flies. He tails the- childish, storyrrery nath- Following A Leader "j. J - . - -.- 3.-4-- - " - - ---a 1 -bjT - etlcaily and feelingly. "W "k W He adds:) I have never felt an hour of loneliness which caused me such real distress as that particular summer afternoon of 1855. and a. 1 a . we impression it made oa my mind was so deep that to this day there is nothing that Is so likely to produce within me the feeling of absolute loneliness that, per haps, friends are not only not very plentiful, but still dependable than to sit in a rctom by myself on a warm, droway day,-where there is no sound save the ticking of clock and the humming of the flies in an unvaried undertone. V . - "In the fall of 1851 my father sod his C40 acres of land and mov ed to SUverton, a new town Just springing into existence about sevl en miles away. I am not sure what he received for his land, but i tninK it was, a yoke of oxen, a pair of tongs and a quarter of beef! I know it was regarded as a good trade in those days, for there- was more unoccupied land in the country than anything else. (The same tract of land, now di Vlded Into several splendid farms, is easily worth $100 an acre.) But men cannot see the result of these mores on life's checker board, and it is probably best, else everybody would soon be rich and the human race would die of starvation through the lack of sufficient labor to produce enough food to sustain life. b "Today Silverton is one of the most thriYlng towns of Oregon, having a population of about 2000. (This was in 1912.) When my father moved there In 1855, how ever. It contained but one house, and that was on wheels, or log rollers, having just arrived from the town of Mllf ord, two miles above, on Silver creek and when that house started away it being a small mercantile establishment owned by Al Coolidge, Mil ford was entirely depopulated and has been, ever since. , - ; , 7 "It was In Silverton that I at tended my first school. The mas ter'-was Paul randa11. a pioneer of the earlier: days, at one time weU known over the stats. An other teacher was F. O. McOown, afterward a prominent attorney in Oregon City, who -died several years ago. -. - . "ih Silverton my father engag ed la the nursery business and for several years supplied the farm ers, with most of the apple, pear and plum trees which formed the first-orchards of the Willamette valley. In connection with this he started quite a pretentious poultry industry in 1S59 and hauled the Cffiihed product to Portland, 50 in 11 e3 away, which was the only market of any consequence in the country. To deliver the poultry he constructed a double decked coop the sise of .a wagon bed, in which he could take several dozen chickens at one trip. In the faU of that year he made the Journey several times, each requiring, five days, and as-1 had implored him unceasingly to allow me to go with hlm--for to see Portland in all , the magnificence With which his accounts, had invested It was the highest aspiration of my life reward the last of October, after a particularly persistent anneal." he allowed me to accompany hlm.4 "The cup of my Joy was tuU to overflowing; Only a few things, however, especially Impress them selves upon my mind, the first be ing oar arrival at Aurora, then universally ; called 'Dutchtown ' about 5 "o'clock In the afternoon. where we were to-camp for the night We unhitched the team on the tanks of Pudding-riverr and f wane my father, attended to its wants I dragged a lot of dry sticks frenf some near-by brush and wal soon' started a camp fire. And hew delighted I was! What a nltv little things cannot give as much - "S - Ti - : - . pleasure in after years as they do in childhood. We fried ham and eggs over the fire and made dome coffee, and the delicious odor aris ing from the three articles of food always good at any time, in any country i nave never forgotten. It was a memorable evening for it was 30 miles from home, and I I was going farther! "The next morning, after trav eling an hour or so, we came to the Willamette river, which we crossed at Boone's ferry, a well known pioneer landmark, quite as old as the first settlements and yet bearing the same name and in use. (It If at present Wilson Tille.) The . Willamette river I had heard of since my. first at tention to things I had not seen, and here it was and here I was! As we drove into the boat, but little larger than the wagon and team, I wondered if it was possible ever to reach the other side so far away was" It but a look Into my father's face Inspired me with confidence that all was well, so I began to enjoy the Hovel situation. I had never before seen a stream larger than Silver creek, where we crossed it on the covered bridge that Homer Davenport has made famous, and Z feU Into a deen consideration of the possibility of the Pacific ocean being any larger thanv the Willamette, while I won dered how the boat would cross the river by hanging to a rope which stretched from bank to bank." O OTHER EDITORS R 101 From the Manchester Guardian The British airshln R 101 made her first trip on Monday. London saw her with enthusiasm, and all her fellow-countrymen regard her with keen interest. She is a mon ster, and monsters are admired. She follows hard upon the Graf Zeppelin, and it is pleasant to show what we too can do in air ships. She has unknown possibil ities, and the unknown excites high hopes as well as fears. She represents a new and experimen tal policy, which, if it stfcceeds as its authors hope, will eventually give us airship linea running to Canada, Egypt, South Africa, Ind ia and Australia, and since neith er the State nor private enterprise will pay for airship services which do not pay for themselves, it fol lows that these lines, if they run at all, wiu carry passengers, freight and mails at reasonable commercial rates.' Such bright hopes do the R 101 and her sis ter ship the R 100 reDresent.But a long period of testing has to be endured before one can even be gin to consider whether they will oe lumiied. six months or .more wiU be spent in short-flight trials, six. further months In flying on the projected routes (the R 100 crossing the Atlantic, the R 101 gofng to Egypt and India) and then it may be possible to say whether anything in the nature of regular service can be offered and, if so, at what cost. Should any disaster take place in. the in terval, commercial airshlo con struction, at any irate for world routes, win almost certainly be abandoned In this country. For eight years we have had no air ships. Construction came to an end In 1921, when the R 28, hav ing cost 509.000 and being two months old, was destroyed with heavy loss of life. In 1924 it was decided to give the airship anoth er chance, and to devote tim. study and money to producing a ship that should be safe, The R l vi rand R are the fruits of that decision. " " Airships roosting from halt a aaUlioq upwards .cannot be Justi fied as luxuries or toys. In war money -does not matter; :th peace the airship has to pass the same tests of utility as the locomotive the liner.. Three things, there fore, are demanded of it: safety, regularity, cheapness. The great est of these Is safety; sine with out it the others are of no inter est, and with safety; therefore. the designers of ther R .101. have begun." "The " airship, has r more' than one major danger to contend with. There is the possibility of fire, which the R 101 has met by Installing engines run on heavy oU. There is also the danger of the "vertical gusts," the greatest to which , the airship is exposed. The vertical gust, suddenly strik ing a ship of six or seven hundred feet in length, may put a strain on some part of the framework which it is incapable of standing; the strain on one of the American airships which was broken was es timated at 800 tons per foot, on the other hand, the vertical gust may violently cast the airship up some hundreds or thousands of feet,' and then perhfps drop it down again. The German war records tell of a Zeppelin which was thrown up 2,000 feet in minute, and the American Shen andoah fell 1,000 feet in the same time. The framework of the ship may hold fast, but disaster may come In a moment from the ex pansion and contraction of the rgas as the ship is thrown up and down. The R 101 embodies the results of all former experience and of five years' researches into the best methods ef meeting these dangers. She has acrificed other things to securing safety. She is not as fast a had been hoped, and her engines and cars take up weight which; it had been expect ed would be part of the commer cial load. On the other hand, whereas Dr. Eckener took the Graf Zeppelin to Japan by a north erly route, the R 101, with her heavy oil fuel, can face the torrid regions between Egypt and the Persian Gulf. She has been built for safety on the Indian route, Since safety was, .what was lack ing in so many of -her predeces sors, and since the Indian route. if any, is that on which the air ship should be useful, the policy so far appears to be the right one, But we ask more of a train or a ship than safety, and so we shall, after a generous trial, of an airship. Even to trains and ships we allow a certain measure of frailty, but on the whole we demand that they shall not only start and arrive In safety but that tney snail do it at stated times, Regularity is the word. If L.M.S, engines would not come out of their sheds except in certain wea ther we should rightly demand the head of Sir Josiah Stamp. A word of equal importance is cheapness. Trains and ships must carry us at rates which come within our usual standards of life. At present the airship has neither of these qualifica tions. The Graf Zeppelin can fly round the world, but the passeng ers waiting to go on the German flight which they had booked have just had to return home because the 'Weather prevented the Graf from making a start. Moorinx masts can be multiplied scarcely any of them exist at present but it wui continually be necessary to house an airship In a shed, and that means that there will be continued difficulty with the wea ther. As to costs, it is too soon to say whether there will ever be such a thing as a "commercial" airship. Up to the present the airship has had a curiosity value,' and the passengers have been those who had not to count the cost. Twelve months' experience will supply a fund of information which is at present lacking. We Bnaii see how the regularity and the speed of the ship are affected by the variable weather of West ern Europe and the heat- of the Arabian deserts, what are the rurfning costs, the expenditure on repairs, and the possibility of sav ing weight on the engines and framework of the shiD and In creasing its earning power by tak ing more freight and mails. We are opening not only a new chapt er, but the first chapter of a new book; an exciting chapter, since It may be the first of many, but may also, perhaps, be the last In your handsr this minute, Is a treasure trove beyond the wildest dreams of Sir Henry Morgan, Captain Kidd and Long John Silver combined. . - Secrets! The secret treasure of all the realms ofscience, unearthed for you. Secrets of living! The care of your teeth, your hair your handsr and feet; antfthe style and material of your new gbwn; Secrets of safety! New methods of ffiardW your health arid your familg. New protection from fire," cold and theft. i -" Secrets of comfort! New, drudgeless devices to lighten your household tasks. New and delicious foods, prepared by famous chefs, and ready without fuss, for your table.. Secrets of economy! Practical ways of maldnff theSare f ally spent dollar do added service. V , ; Secrets! Disclosed In the advertisements. of them. ' ' ; 'HAND-MADE'WEATHER 3IEANS GOOD HEALTH Now We Can Have ; Whatever Atmospheric Condi tion Desired an Aid Not Only to Food Pro duction, But to Industry, Says Authority. By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. United States Senator from New York. Former Commissioner of Health, New York City. 0 UR present high standard our grandmothers, is always we are no longer limited, to which we draw our raw materials In our grandmother's time tHe supply of food-: stuffs depended entirely on the weather and season. It is not so today. We are able to eat peaches, pears, plums, melons, broilers and all the other delicacies at any time during the entire; twelve months of the year. In olden times even manufacturers of certain foodstuffs were able to operate their plants only , whet atmospheric conditions were suitable. They were helpless so far as orchard and garden were concerned. Hothouses, refrigerators and air cooled containers now insure almost uniform growth and delivery of food. Through the marvelous inventions of the en gineers of the country, it has been found possible to create any type of atmosphere necessary for successful production. For those enterprises needing moisture or those requiring extreme dry ness science has the solution. They "manufac ture" the air to order. I am interested in these inventions, not only because of th im proved food -supply they give, but also because of their effect upon those who work in these great centres of industry. Those who work under conditions made ideal by ln-f ventlon ar bound to be bealtbier, happier persons than those working under less favorable urrounaings. Most large industrial establishments now have what are known as Mair conditioning:" machines. In Summer these machines cool the air and taka out the moisture. In Winter they properly warm it" This is true of the theatres, too. The modern theatre has Its cooling system, which adds much to th pleasure of its patrons on a hot day. There are still many industries In which the worker is subject to in' dustrial hazards. With the advance of science these are gradually being overcome. Let us hope lor continued work In manufacturing the rigrht kind of weather to meet the highest needs of- the human race. Answers to Health Queries JT. C Q. What makes me so cold all the time? A. Ton are probably troubled with poor circulation, or may be due to undernourishment. N. C EL. Q. How can eczema be cured? A. Diet must be corrected. Tot further particulars send a self addressed stamped envelope. K. S. Q. What should a girl four teen years of age. S feet SVk inches tall weigh? s A. Shs should weigh 114 pounds. M. U Q. S4.T w nai snuuia a young steeW years of age S feet lady - ninet 10 laches tall weigh? A15lpcud. , -, .- A. QJ Would a taUespoonful of Epsom .salts taken; daily affect the health and to what way?- y .A. If you think the Epsom salts are necessary, would suggest that you correct your diet, and avoid all drugs as much as possible. m m w Q. J. Q. What causes a person to have cold sweats at night? A. Poor cirouiJrlion and low vi tality-are the usual causes. It would be wise to have your physician make a thorough examination. , Social Program Now Announced SILVERTON, Nor. 4. (Spe cial) The annual social calendar for Silverton .senior high school Secrets! Read the advertisements here In your paper C . It innearthsi secret treason 1 of fnfiniU value. of living, sq different from that oi an interesting study. For our food the 'neighborhood; the sources from are increasing every year. OR. COPELAND. M. BL Q. What would cause en larged glandji m the neck? A. Enlarged glands may be du to diseased tonsils or teeth. J. Q. How can I gain weight? A. Try taking a tablespoonful ot pure cod liver oil after meals. Prac tice deep breathing. -J. V. B. Q. What do you advla for a child who stutters? A. Place him under the care ot an elocution teacher. N. O. I Q What should a girt of 17. 4 feet 10 Inches tall, weigh? A. She should weigh about 101 pounds. H. W. Q. C Q. How can I over come chronic appendicitis? A. Sometimes -you can overcome chronic appendicitis by avoiding in digestion. B. N. Q. What causes pain la the stomach? 2 What cause legs to swell after operation? A, Pains la the stomach may be due to gas. 2 Swollen legs may be due tti varicose veins, weakness of th heart, kidney trouble or many other causes. For further particulars it would be wise to have a careful examination. E. P. Q. What causes the skin to become red after scratching? This remains for about fifteen minutes. Aj This may be due to hives or due perhaps to some form ot mild food poisoning. VI. B. Q. What will benefit high blood pressure? A. Proper diet and general care. W. K.I Q. Can soda be used as a cleanser for the teeth? A Tea. sodium bicarbonate. Coprrld. 1M. Ifmpapw rutan BmrtU. Ib- which has been recently completed contains the social events of the year as well as the dates of the football games. The student body parties are limited to six. This does not Include the club or class parties. Make the most j : ' , v 1 X 4 .1 t -y.' A. . '''