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PAGE FOtflX Tb CtTSGDN BTAmtAft, Salem, Ortvtj Sender Hornirrr. Jtrae H lD3a jv Favor Strays No Fear ShaU Awe", from First Statesman. March 25. IS 51 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. SnuctE. Sbkldo.F. Sacwett. Publitktrm -CSABLES A- SPKaGUS ... E&itor-Mn9r SbeUKW F. SaCKCTT ': - Managhg-Eiitar mm . . m .. . Ta fcTlaffll Fret IS MCI1'7 enuure w 7 "7" ct!a bi. crated UU otherwise credited OEM BBa-Mi MMMH Mi M V Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W. Htypei, Inc. Portland urtty Bld in Taaciaco. SbArou Bid. ; Loa AsiUrt, W. Psa BUS. Eastern Advertising Representatives: FjAJaa0a-Stecher. lac, Nw Terk, 171 Madiaus Ave. Chicago. ? W. Michigan Am Fttfer! of tU Postoffiee Strfm, Oregon u Sccond-Clate Matter. Published every morning except Monday. fiestas office 215" S. Commercial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Mall Subscription Rate in thln Oregon: Dally uA Sunday. 1 Mo. 60 ceots; 3 Mo. 1.25: t Mo. $2.25; 1 year 11.90. jwae where 50 cents per Mo or $5.00 for 1 year in advance. By Cltt-Carrier: SO cents a month; 5.5 a year tn advanca. Far Copy J cent On train, and News Stands 6 cents. The Open Mind RECENT news dispatches from Washington carry the in formation that President Hoover retains an open mind on the proposed tariff and reserves his decision as to wheth er he will approve or veto it until he receives the measure. Superficially this may be reassuring to the country, imply ing that the president is uncommitted and that he is still 'in position to act freely respecting the measure. The question which seems pertinent is this: "Is the president's mind an open mind or empty mind V It is now a year and three months since the president called congress in special session to enact farm relief legis - lation and limited revision of the tariff. The tariff discus sion has dragged on with not the slightest hint from the president as to whether he felt the schedules being consid ered came within his formula. The only expression from the president was condemnation of the export debenture feature and the senate modification of the inflexible tariff. The re sult of this policy of aloofness is simply that whether the president's mind is open or empty, he is bound to sign the tariff measure. He cannot do otherwise for congress would justly offer bitter reproaches for this nullification-of their months of labor. For Hoover to veto the bill after his Great Silence would, be similar to the caprice of a god. Operl-mindedness is something of a virtue in a judge; fifteen months of it is most too much for an executive. Is President Hoover empty-mmded as to r eat national problems? Secretary Stimson on his return from London de clared with evident approval that Mr: Hoover gave the dele gation to the disarmament conference no "specific instruc tions .. . either written or verbal." The Nation is authority for the further statement that after the delegation sailed for England "Mr. Hoover never communicated with Mr. Stimson and his associates by letter, telephone or cablegram." When the hopes of the world rose high that some real achievement might be gained at the London conference, it seems incred ible that the president could have so isolated himself from any. connection with his own delegation. Did he have no ideas to offer, no suggestions to gain success for the conference? Now we have the tariff. The president has uttered no word upon it since his original message which would give congressmen a clue as to whether their labors were along lines approved by the president, or whether he would sud denly set their whole work at naught through exercise of his veto. Is this detachment indifference, incompetence or cow ardice? We write ont of the pain that comes from trowing disappointment when we inquire if the president's open mind is not rather an empty mind. Books at Cut Prices THE mayor of Seaside, so the Portland press informs us, comes to the metropolis once a month to buy a book and turn in a report on the progress of his ocean-side municipal ity. The mayor must be a live member of the book-a-month club. What will the mayor do now when dollar books are to be in vogue ? Will he make two and a half trips to Portland a month? Or will he limit his reading to one volume regard less of price? The backwash of the stock market crash has reached the book market. Wall Street's vibrations have rocked Grub . street. Book publisher! are now in t merry war of price-catting. It started when one firm started putting out series of low-priced books through chain drug stores. Soon the old line houses felt the effect and the book season became as dolorous as the last Broadway theatrical season. A flop, in other words. Double day-Doran announced a series of popu lar novels at $1.00 instead of 2 and $2J0. Simon ft Schus ter meet the cut; and that prompts Albert and Charles Boni to cut the price of the 75-cent editions to 60c Marmfllan on the other hand denounces the price war and claims the books with acceptable typography and appropriate royalties to authors cannot be produced for less than the old prices. There is no doubt that sales of books have been slow at $2.50 to $5.00. The average book-lover doesn't want to pay f60 for the late popular novel which will receive but one leading and then fade ont of notice and popularity. Even $5.00 for a best-seller biography seems rather steep. But if $1.00 books means a flood of the low-quality fiction which modern mass-production authors turn out, then we might wish that book prices were doubled instead of cut in two. . Quality in literature is as important as quantity, or more so. "Open Under New Management" f 1 iHE resolutions adnnted Vrv th Ttntm mnntv ronnWiMnn .Li remind US of the siona trtr. snitfar in TiVnwf srrwaf ml. -wmm-tr v w-waw MB.rfM M VTM V VII taurants every few weeks: "Open under new management.' Benton county, be it known, is one county in the state where nbt enough voters knew George Joseph was in the race to pjii him more than a low third. Now the assembled county committee bestows its pontifical blessing on the republican nominee and calls on every republican to support Joseph, and singles out "every republican newspaper, purporting and claiming to be a republican newspaper, and being run as a republican newspaper," to boost George Joseph. Now If that doesn't spell CORVALLIS GAZETTE TIMES we don't know the English language. Claude Ingalls usually writes the coun tycommittee resolutions ; but this time apparently a gener ation has arisen in Egypt which knows (or knows not) Jos- eih. ; jj- Benton county republicans are loyal to the party. And if the old Republican Cafe is open under a new management with seats for ladies," they will continue to patronize it That is one way of readimr the reselutim f wnmfrm county republicans. Either that or translate the resolutions iWKwaras use tms; "m Bailey is a resident ofXane county and an alumnus of the university. The answer is George Joseph." ii: A SLIGHT mTEHRUKnON -o I - .lljlj "Che SEA BIRD DC By BEN AMES WILLIAMS THE ROMANCE OF AN EVENTFUL WHALING CRUISE BITS for BREAKFAST CHAPTER I. They were to be married be fore the. open fire 1b the big ttv ing room ot the eld feovs en the bill. Upstatrg.tCesa Holt was help ing Faith dress. Faltn. sit before the old, Teneered dressing-table with Its little mirror tiltlag oo the curved standards, and submitted quietly and happily to Bess min istration. Bess was a chatterbox, and her tongue flew as nimbly aa the deft linkers that arranged Faith's veil. Faith was content: her eeftJ eyes resting on her own Image In the little mirror were like the eyes of one who dreams dreams and see visions. She scarce heard Bees at all. Only onee she turned and look ed slowly about this low-ceillnged old room that had been her home. The high, soft bed, with its can opy resting on the four tall posts; the high chest of drawers, the lit tle dressing table, the delicate chairs these were all old and fa miliar friend whom she waa lear-r ing behind her. And she lored them, loved the ngly paper on the wall, loved the old dagnerreotya.es above the chest of drawers, loved the crooked sampler that hang by the never-used fireplace. She lov ed all these things! ' She smiled happily and confi dently. She lored them, but she loved big Noll Wing better. She weeld net regret-.- Below the stairs her father, Jem Kflcas, talked with Dr. Brant, hte minister. Thay spoke ot wind and weather as anen do whose lives lie near the sea. The spoke el oil, ot ships, of tedious cruises when the ess were bare ot whales. Their talk wandered every where, save where their thoughts.! were; they did not speak ot Faith nor ef Noll Wing. Jem eonld set bear to sneak of his girl who was geiag trena his anas to another's; the minister understood, sad Join ed ktm la s consiparcy ot alienee. Only when Bess eaae whispering down to any that Faith was ready, old Jem gripped Dr. Brant's arm and whispered- harshly rate the ministers ear: "Marry them ttght and marry them hard and true, doctor. By God " Dr. Brant nodded. "No fear, my friend." he said, "Faith Is a woman" "Aye; said Jem horsely. "Aye; and she's made her bed. God help her!" Things began to stir In the htg house. Noll Wing was la the back room with Henry Bam, who had ailed with htm three voyages and wet-ad back him tn this new ven ture. Young Roy Kilcnp had found them there. Old Jem had demijohn, of cherry rum, thirty fears unopened. He sent ft In to KeU and Noll Wing smacked his lips over it cheerfully and be came more amiable than was his custom. Roy KIlcup caught htm is this mood sad took enick advantage ot It When the three came In whets Jim and Dr. Brant were waiting, Roy crossed and gripped his fath er's arm. "I'm going," be whispered. "Cap'n Wing will take me as as hip's boy. He's promised, dad." Old Jem sodded. Bis children were leaving him; he was past protesting. "I'm ready," Roy told his fath er, "r ageing te peek right aft er they're married. He saw Dr. Brant smile, sad whbpsred: "Be quick as you can, sir." The minister touched the boy's shoulder reassuringly. "Quiet, Roy, "he said. "There's time!" People were gathering in the living room from the- other parts of the house. They cams by twos and threes. The men were awk ward and uneasy, and strove to be jocular; the women smiled with tears la their eyes. Bi Holt, sloae, did not weep. She was to play the organ; she sat down up on the stool and spread her pretty oft skirts about her. and looked back over her shoulder to where Jem KIlcup stood out in the hall. He was te signal to her when Faith was ready. Dr. Braat crossed and jrtood beside the fireplace, where the logs were laid, ready for the match. Won Wing and Henry Ham took stand with him. Cap's Nell Wiag stood easily, squarely upon his spread legs. He was s big man; his chest swelled barrel-like; his arms stretehed the sleeves of his black coat. Cap'n Wing waa seldom seen without s can upon his bead. Some ot those in. the room discovered in this moment, for the first time, that he was bald. The tight, white a!dn upon his skull contrasted unpleasantly wua xne Brown 01 sis luutro cheeks. The thick hair about his ears waa tnged with gray. Across his nose and his firm cheeks tiny vein drew lacy patterns ot purple. Garnished tn wedding finery, he great boon.: V It Salem could set 100 extra seen, ear her payrolls by vacatfas sere stab streets, that is ICO per stsb street. It would be s great bobs If she would vacate at least every other oae And tt would pay her property halderi to bond the city for s million douars and boy land up aod down each bank ot the river. fine eeuivaleat of the Acreage tn such stab, streets, so far as the million dollars would go, for the purpose of iadseing the bringing here of factories employing la bor. ' The surest why to get more fac tories Is to help those already here to prosper and expand. Vacate the stub end of Trade street for the paper mill. Hand it to the owners en a silver platter, with a vote ot good will. V The Oregonlaa said s few days ago: "Population of Salem. Mass.. stands at S,2S7, a gain of only l.T per cent since 1920. A few more years, and Salem. Oregon, wOl be out in the lead. Then the mayor can write another letter." Yes, Salem, Oregon, should be "out In the lead" in 1940 away out. It her people lust keep on keeping on, and rote In the Imme diate suburbs that ought to be s part of the ctty now. 'But it was not the mayor who wrote the let ter. There are 21 Salems in the United States, to say nothing of s Salem Station, Salemburg, Salem Center. Salem Chapter. Salem De pot and SatemvlUe. Some 10 to 12 years ago, when he was chair man of the promotion committee of the chamber of commerce here. Rev. James Elfin wrote to all the other Salems and Invited them to get off the map to change their names and give Sa lem, Oregon the whole glory, this saiem having so many superior claims and advantages, which he named and described. Most ot the other Salems treated the matter as a joke, or an advertising stunt; but Salemf Mass., took It serious ly and set up her own peculiar claims not mentioning amoae them, of course, the burning ot the witches. The war of words led to a Joint debate between select ed high school teams ot the Mas sachusetts and Oregon Salems, in which the Oregon team won at both Salems. It was a matter that attracted a great deal of atten tion throughout the country. The optimistic spirit ot "Jlm mie" Blvtn Is now in the fields of asphodel beyond the stars. But if his gentle shade can look from the battlements of heaven upon mtmdane affaire, it will be de lighted when Salem, Oregon, gains the muniments of title of premier ship among the cities of the name by the strongest of aU evidences, that of possession possession of majer population. In due course our Salem wiH without doubt be a good many times as large as Sa lem, Mass. Isaac A. Manning. In the eight ies city editor of The Statesman, ana St latter time managing ed- By IL J. SEN IlinCSS times U. S. LAY SERMON j!" While on the subject of candidates we can't refrain from passing on to tne voters toe Great Discovery of C. C Chan . man of the Oregon Voter. Here it is: ft As between Joseph and Bailey .wo. win not hesUate to "vote for Sauey. We regard him as toward! Knv tmii - K?e? t0? Physically to !e sure, being jmother w ue scions;- dux we are curious to know the other meas ures of "real worth? which Chapman (nee a democrat) uses YOUTH AND THINGS "A aiaa'a Ufa eoniisteta ot In taa aoondaaea a? tbiagrt waich hi potieta Inka XII :1S. Young graduates of school snd coUego are tilled with Ideas of altruism. Of service, of coopera tion. This verse Is the gist of what they hare'bea taught snd what they firmly believe. Yet most of their lives will be spent In accumulating as abund ance of things. Things, mere things are tyrants. They dominate us because they control our de sires and our desires govern oar wills. Things have ' necessity oa their side, tor man must eat and be clothed. And . needs are easily stimulated Into urgent desires. So we labor to accumulate things: motor cars, houses, dres ses, luxuries ot one kind and an other. They give pleasure or, com? fort or convenience In possession. They are set dowa as the signs of progress In this rich, mechanical age. Nations without many tele phones, radios, newspapers are marked down as backward na tions to be conquered or colonis ed or penetrated commercially, that the things of modern civili sation may offer them emancipa tion, i ' Hew attich of our life Is spent acahlring things? The instalment buyer thinks he is forever narinjr back instalments. The cash pur chaser sees some new article to save for as soon as ho has takes one borne from the market. ' It may be a car or It may be a bond. They, sre things he spends his lire storing up. much as a squirrel stores nuts. Life long ago passed beyond earninr a living. Now it consists of earning for luxuries. Such dis tortion of values did not always exist. It seems peculiarly the pro duct of the industrial revolution giving mass production for mass consumption. In the social mileu of the present men must thus la bor because they cannot do oth erwise. Convention binds them to the chain. Can these aspiring young grad- sates attain satisfactions in life Independently of things?. The gen ius may, the artist may; but what of the type Which is less absorbed in its task? Things may emanci pate. . They may straighten the back ot womanhood long crooked through labor at a washboard. They may broaden the mind through- travel made possible through cheap transportation. Can society keep the balance? Can it make things the servant rather than the master of the family? Success: What is it? A Pierce Arrow and a divorce? Or a useful Job, a straight character, and an appreclatioa ef . life's richer val ues? High .resolves snd euphoni ous elans taotteee wiU not last long when these graduates enter the business world. Difficult it is for those entering en maturity to keep a? true seasef of proportion sad to chart their lives for abid tnr satisfaettosw rather than the mere accumulation ot an abund ance ef things, v waa nevertheless a man. past mid- dle life, and se mtotekteg a manjitor of thig saser and between almost as eld as Jem Kites and - - Kilcsp's daughter. He was an old man, but man tor all that; stoat and strong- sad full of sen. He had the dignity ot mastery; he bad the beeriner ot a man accus tomed to oxmarfcd asd be obeyed. Roy KIlcup- looked at him with eyes ef worship. Boss, watching over her shoalaer. saw eld Jem look up the stairs, then turn and nod awkwardly to her. She press ed the keys, the organ, breathed. the tines swelled forth sad filled the room. Still, over her should er, she watched the door, as did every other eye. Tfcey.saw ann appear there by her father's side; they saw her hand drop lightly en his arm. Jem moved; his broad sholoders brushed the sides of the door. He brought his daughter in and turned with her epos his era toward where Noll Wing was waltiBg. Faith's eyes, as sue earns throueh the door, swept the room once store before they found the eyes of Cap'n Wing snd rested there. That single glanoo had shown her Dan'l Tofcey. eeaina the others, near the window, ana the memory of DanTs face played before her as she movsa rowura where Noll -waited. Poor Dan u She pitied him as women do pity the lover they do not love. She had been hard on DanO. Not her fault, but still the truth. Hard on Donl Tobey. And misery dwelt upon bis countenance, so that she could not rorget, even womb an went to meet Noll Wing before the minister. While they made their respoas e. Noll is his besvy voice ot a master, snd Faith la ue sovet tone of a proud, sure woman, her eves met his and promised htm things unutterable. It this speak ing of eyes to eyes tnst n mar rlaee: the words are oc compara tively smaU account. Faith pledged herself to Noll wing when sne opened her eyes to him and let him look into tne aeptns 01 ner. A woman who loves wishes to give. Faith gave all nelrself in that gift of her quiet, steady eyes. Cap'n Wing, before them, found himself abashed. He was glad when the word was s- " when the still room stirred to life. He kissed Faith hurriedly; he was a little afraid of her. Then tne others pressed forward and separ ated them, and he was glad enough to be thrust back, to be able to laugh and jest : nd grip the hands ot men. (To be continued tomorrow) consul and coffee grower la Nicaragua, and now and tor a long period a prominent res ident of Cartagena. Colombia, where he has been engaged in sev eral major lines, including oU companies, wrote to an old Sa- Llea friend with whom he keeps up a correspondence, as foUowa: "Cartagena, Colombia, Feb. 22: sly dear friend: Your good let ter of January 14 has not had at tention, because we have been exceedingly-busy with our plans ot suspension, and I have had very little time since receiving it How ever, as this Is Washington's birthday and I have a little time will try and get a letter off to you. As you well appreciate, I take great Interest in your good letters which always bring me a lot ot news that I would not get otherwise. Your telling me about thsuld friends snd the old places that I knew always fills me with a deal of sadness, especially when I see the changes that are taking and have taken place in the old town. So the old Amos Strong res taurant building; stiU stands on Commercial street. What a shame this has tfot been replaced with a fine several story sky scraper, but still I am sure I would enjoy see ing the old building if I should re turn there. I suppose my little old home on Chemeketa just across from the old Howard place is still standing. I run onto an old pfroto of that from time to time among my collection, and that brings back old times indeed. "So Lena Snedecor still lives in Salem. I knew the doctor had diedi and left her a widow. She was al ways a most charming woman and we thought a great deal of her. When you see her tell her I told you this. It would be great if she. and a lot of you dear people there, would take the round trip from San Francisco on the Panama Mall steamers which go through Cartagena on their way from that city to New York and vice versa. I would love to see that you or whoever made this trip had an Interesting day in Cartagena. To show how interesting, it might be yesterday they hauled through the streets on parade, accompanied by the uniformed police, an old mor tar of the early Spanish days, which was recently found la the ruins of an old Spanish fort at Boca Chica. In view of modern ar tillery it is a curious old thing. "Maggie Cosper I guess will teach as long as she lives. The last time I was In Salem, I think it was I spoke to her class of youngsters atout the children of Central America, and it was wonderful to see how I could get the atten tion of these little tots. "Well, we have been through another presidential election, and, thanks be. It went off very quiet ly with very lfttle effort at dis turbance, but still there has been some fraud in the attempt of the eld ultra-conservatives to put the official candidate' over; but even with this they failed. Dr. Enrique Olaya Herrera. Colombian minis ter In Washington, arrived at the psychological moment and has been elected by a majority over the next higher candidate of over 120.000 votes. He baa always been classed as a liberal, but in this election he was backed as a 're publican liberal, that Is a liberal with conservative tendencies. "Olsya Herrera Is In my opinion the best, equipped of aU present day Colombian for the presiden cy. He has had several years &l minister at Washington, where he has beer is close touch with Mr Mellon, Mr. Hoover and all the other 'big bugs' as well as all the diplomats and bankers who gather at Washington and in New York His speeches during the campaign showihat he Is well prepared for his Job. He is returning to Wash ington next-month and will re main until July wiren he will re turn to be Inaugurated on Aug ust 7th. Hs hat promised to help adopt legislation ' that will give foreign capital a chance to get ii to the country with a surety of guarantees, which It has not hed for several years. "The situation finally got so bad under the present regime that our company decided to suspend all active operations, and the re sult is our men from the tat are being all returned home- we have .shut down all drilling, and will soon only hate three of n in the office here, where now we have 16. We are also letting our Colombian laborers to the number of about 300 go, with the result inat instead ef spending $60,000 per month in Colombia, saying wothing of expenditures In thn S. A., we will cut this down to about $8,000 or tlO ftoo o, most of this to Colombian lawyers In Bogota. However If thine change we may be able to return to work. "Mrs. Manning and Ahira l keep well, and the little one keeps us pretty busy. She is learning very rapidly to talk and I ke?p up her Interest in English. I hon she may learn the two languages at the same time, it being easier to teach her English now then when she gets thoroughly set with her Spanish. 'I am awfully sorry to hear about Cooke Patton and Mrs. Mc Cully. Both were always good friends of mine, and Hal and I were especially gvod chums. I also kne wtheir father very well. T. McF.. as we always called hlui. As to my manuscripts, it is hard to get at them. My office hours are too long. However, I am goini; to try again, and I may be able to find a publisher." Yesterdays ... Of Old Oregon Town Talks from The Statee- man Onr Fathers Read June 8, 1903 Members of the state tax com mission have finally been named by the state board. All of tbe members are attorneys. None are from Salenr.- The annual state meeting of the rural mail carriers' associa tion will be held in Salem begin ning tomorrow. Hen. P. H. D'Arcy and Postmaster Hirsch of Salem will give addresses. Ten marriage licenses have been Issued here so far this month. No business of any kind is ex pected to be transacted In Salem next Wednesday, when Salem day will be observed at the Lewis and Clark fair in Porttand. Nearly every business man in towa has signed up to dose his store on that day. A Problem For You For Today : James had '1.22 times as much money as John, and William had .& as much as both. If William had $108.75. how saueb did James have? .. Answer to Saturday's Problem ' $225. Explanation Reduce feet to yards; multiply 1 by 5 by 75; multiply by. 60c is Stranger than FICTION Come in and ask for PROOF of every statement made In this advertisement. A WilidtrtaiuoB 60 'duel -with. t man.c. 25 and WON at . w r lDisvea? vtei tot bvTrixj w awc,a mct ii TL tveowtor o o o You will be sorry if you buy an Electric refriger ator without investigating the new Majestic Me chanical refrigerator. It is guaranteed for life. Soon to be on display. niiiirnmn?tit mumnrn: nmmni3iPlisill 467CourtSU TeU U42 ' TOIERE QUALITY IS IHGHEtl 11IAN PRICE