The' OIU2GON STATESilAIi, Galea, Oregon, Saturday Horning, February 20, 1S37
PAGD FOUR
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"No Favor Sways Vs; No Fear Shall Awe"
From First Statesman. March 28. 151
Charles A. Sprague .
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Farmer-Labor Alliance j
THAT a severe strain has been put on the so-called farmer
labor alliance is very evident. Leaders of the state grange
have been criticised for standing with labor against cer
tain pending bills. The strong demand for action to repress
organized labor comes from farming districts where losses
have been sustained because of the maritime strike. There is
genuine fear also that strikes . among agricultural laborers
may tie up harvests and permit crops to spoil. To avoid this
Messrs. Gill and Tompkins have proposed) forming a new
board of conciliation for farm labor.
While these grievances or fears have foundation, in the
opinion of this newspaper an even greater danger to the
farmer lies in the pushing up of costs of goods he purchases
because of wage increases. We read of strikes, then of settle
ments and men going back to work. Almost universally the
return to work is at an increase of wages or a lessening of
hours or other improvement in conditions. What happens
then? The employer passes along all the increase, or just as
much as he can, to the consumer. If the consumer can retal
iate by increasing selling prices for his goods or service then
he is safe. The rub comes for those unable to move up their
...incomes to meet the higher costs of things they buy.
In this group are farmers, white collar workers, unor
ganized workers, civil servants, persons on fixed incomes.
Farm prices do respond to general conditions, but special
conditions within the commodity jnarket are more apt to be
controlling. So the farmer is vitally concerned with urban
wage increases which boost the prices of the goods he must
.: buy. .. : !
Farmers and laborers have had and do have a common
interest to protect themselves against exploitation by "big
. business." After that they are on opposite sides of the bar
gaining fence. The farmer employs labor. He buys the prod
ucts of urban industry in which the labor cost is a large item.
He depends on transportation of his produce, much of.it per
ishable, to market, and so is deeply concerned over the cost
of transportation and its being kept open. The farmer also
sees entering into costs the new social security taxes which
improve the lot of the urban worker but give neither the
farmer nor his hired man any security for; themselves. His
concern is not adverse to good wages for city workers ; but a
wonderment over his own position as a buyer of the products
of city workers. How large a share of the wage and tax in
creases will the farmer have to bear? To what extent can he
protect. himself by increasing his selling prices? These are
vital questions in the farmer-urban laborer; relationship.
Urban labor is coming to be better organized politically
as well as economically. Farmers are divided in organiza
tions and many are members of no organization. In the polit
ical sphere labor would appear to have an advantage. There
remain zones in which farmers and laborers should unite for
mutual protection against exploitation. But there are very
definite limits to their political affiliation because their ec
onomic interests are in many respects divergent.
Court House
THE bill introduced by Rep. Hosch and others, HB 400, to
assist Deschutes county in" the 1 construction of a new
courthouse, may prove of value in Marion county. While
the amendment proposed to the old law does not change the
procedure in giving the,, people the opportunity to vote on
the question, it does improve the method of financings.
Amendatory matter in the bill reads:
"Said notice shall state definitely the amount of the pro- ,
posed tax levy, and whether such levy Is proposed for one year
' only or is to be apportioned and continued for two or more spe
cified years; also, whether the proposed tax levy is to be sub
mitted to the legal voters of the county for specific authorization
outside the limitation of Article XI, Section Jll, Oregon constl-
tutlon." - i ' '
. This enables the county court to provide for spreading
the cost over a term of years ; also to submit the question of
going outside the six per cent limitation. The latter has not
been proposed in Marion county; but the spreading of the levy
has been considered, and the bill, if enacted, would permit
that to be done. The bill will be helpful to Marion county and
other counties as well as Deschutes.
Rainbow
ALL available space for shipping lumber is contracted for
on boats leaving for the Atlantic coast for 120 days
ahead, says a report from the West Coa t Lumbermen's
association. This is to move the lumber already sold, delivery
of which was held up by the recent strike. Now business will
have to wait until May or June for water shipment. This
shows that west coast lumber mills have a prosperous period
ahead. The handicaps that remain are shutdowns due to
weather and delays because of continued disputes in the ship
ping industry. If these clear then the northwest's largest in
dustry will operate full time well into the summer; and that
will provide wages for workers, trade for stores, patronage
for service stations, beauty shops, and daily newspapers.
When the lumber business is good the northwest wears a
rainbow round its shoulder. r
Senator Robinson charges there la 'a strongly organized pub
licity campaign against the plan to change the supreme court so as
to get pro-new deal decisions. None baa reached this far. But there la
a definite spontaneous activity of plain citizens: In protest against
the packing of the court. Inspired only by patriotic purposes. And
peaking of "organized -campaign", labor organizations headed by
the miners' union are reported as starting a campaign of publicity
and letter-writing tor the. measure. The scheme works both ways;
but congressmen and senators can generally tell which Is genuine and
spontaneous and which la Inspired and Inflated. The hope of defeat
ing the president's proposal lies in the reaction of public opinion as
howa in letters and resolutions to members of the congress.
The warden of the Washington state prison recommends that
prisoners earn a "nominal" wage while Incarcerated; and a bill has
been offered In the legislature of that state to give persona leaving
the prison $7 a week for six weeks. There Is no doubt that one cause
of quick return- to crime and to the penitentiary Is lack of finances.
Hen are discharged with a new suit and $5. Unless they have a job to
so to, or some one to support them temporarily, the easy thing la to
drift back In the old haunts and the old ways. -the end of which is
again the Jail, the courtroom, the penitentiary. This cycle la more
costly than helping men get on their feet again. !
Great Britain plana a seven and a half billion dollar expenditure
for aranaementa over the next fire years. Japan la piling on the bent
backa of its hard working subjects a miUtary burden of nearly a half
biUIoa dollars for the year. The United States, one of tho most se
cure of all nations, la apendlng a billion this year.' Why speak of past
ages as "barbaric": - j
- Employes at tho Townsend offices la San Francisco have gone
unpaid for six weeks and are filing- claims with the state labor com
missioner. Did tho tophaada set away with all the money; or has the
trickle of dimes dried op? f
Something unusual happened
fflcl&l died, of natural causes.
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Editor and Publisher
Financing
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Bits for ' I CanHeHakeltGoasFaras George Vashington Jntcrpre&ihs tllC NcV5
- DlC,.i: ' J'' ; By MARlTsULLIVAN .
By R. J. HENDRICKS I - : rq
Frank Davey, , Z-20-J7
good citizen, loyal , - "
friend, loving husband
and father, an able man:
.
Oregon will i be lonesome be
cause the brave and gentle spirit
of Frank Davey has gone to the
asphodel fielda beyond the stars.
Ha tarried In this state for
more than 50 long years, and was
actlre. helpful and companion
able In many kinds of honorable
endeavor and enterprise.
S
In that time this common
wealth has not had an abler all
around orator, or one more ready
to lend his aid to a worthy cause.
He served three terms In the
legislature, two of them from
Marlon county and one from Mal
heur, and Harney, and was speak
er of the house during the 1907
session, making a singularly able
and fair presiding officer, v
Frank Davey was a republican
In both sentiment and n&rty, and
fought a straight political fight,
but he never struck below the
belt, and took no mean advan
tage. He believed In giving fair blows
and taking fair ones in return,
and, though born In Ireland, was
an American of the Jeffersonlan
type, or the Lincoln style, stand
ing for a government of, by, for
the people.
V
Mr. Davey came to work on The
Statesman for and with the.wrlter
In 1888, two years after having
arrived In Oregon, and that rela
tionship lasted In all for 20 years
and more, and the close friend
ship then formed endured, for
nearly a full half century, other
mutual relationships having been
entered Into from time to time.
This writer took charge of The
Statesman property August 18,
1884. That happened to be Frank
Davey 's 34 th birthday and Aug
ust 18 was mutually remembered
and observed by the two frienda
in all the after years. .
m
Many matters arose in the pass
ing time that brought events for
mutual remembrances.
Most people know about the
I. "W. W. disturbances of the '80a,
90's and later. I. W. W. for Inde
pendent Workers of the World,
often yclept the "I Won't Work"
order, or worse.
The I. W. W. enthusiasts had
many soapbox orators who made
loud and long noises, and many
towns wero afraid of them and re
fused them the right to speak. 5
. The writer hereof, as many will
recall, was not in favor of sup
pressing those orators, and Salem
never did drive them away. They
had a right here to say their say,
always.
But one of them, more loud
mouthed than most, and more
reckless of his utterances, became
peculiarly violent in his talks
called the Pope names, cussed put
all preachers generally, and saw
no good In anyone or anything.
V
So Frank Davey volunteered
one evening to take him on. He
listened attentively to what the
fellow bad to Bay, and then, as a
matter of fairness and justice, po
litely asked for the right to re
ply. Frank so blasted his argu
ments, one by one, that the soap
boxer was completely routed. He
waa quiet for a few evenings, and
when he came back and Mr, Da
vey was notified he went and re
peated the performance. Then
that man actually gave up and left
town. '
V m
His experience was a lesson to
other radical speakers, and Mr.
Davey did not feel called upon to
interfere again frequently, though
he did enter into their debates a
few more times, for their good
and the general quiet and order
of the town. :
Few men have appeared in pub
lic life anywhere quicker on their
feet In debate than Frank Davey.
Such aklll comes from two things.
a natural talent for ready speech
and a large fund of available
knowledge. He had both.
m m
Had Mr. Davey lived six months
and one day more, he would have
entered his 88th year, and yet his
mind retained its resiliency and
his memory Its nimblenees. That
Is somewhat unusual. : : ;
Though he was a Catholic and
true to r his faith. Frank Davey
had no quarrel with the religious
views of any man, and so worked
la harmony with alL That toler
ance waa a part of his democracy
that attracted him to the shores
of America, land of the free, when
he was a youth of 17.
V
He waa a ready writer as well
as speaker; capable of turning out
an unusual amount of good
"copy." And this was true when,
in his early t career, typewriters
were not invented. He wrote a
hand almost letter perfect .
Such hand were more usual on
the average In the old days than
now. Prof. J. B. Horner, who
worked his way through- Willam
ette university while holding a po
sition as reporter on The States
man, wrote a wonderful hand,
and rapidly, too, as did Davey.
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Mr. and Mrs. Davey would have
come to tho fOth anniversary of
their wedding day on April 4. and
they had a very happy life to
gether, blessed with a tine fam
ily, to the fourth generation. .
Frank was happy with and
proud of them all, aa he waa ap
preciative of his - wide circle of
friends, and his illuminating
smile and friendly greeting will
be remembered and missed.
. Fish Family Mores
8ILVERTON, Feb. 19. Mr.
and Mrs. R. A. Fish and family
have moved from 407 West Main
street to the Chris Enevoldsen
home at tlS Pine street. Mr. and
Mrs. Enevoldsen will move to
Portland to be with their daugh
ter. Miss Marcella . Enevoldsen,
who Is employed there. -
Copt W7, Km fanw )
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LUXURY MODEL
CHAPTER XXII
: At the back of Jimmy's mind
floated thoughts of Luana. He
was convinced by now that the
happenings of the evening" had
been entirely her fault. Surely she
could at least have waited for him
in her apartment? p
i. But Luana, he told -himself was
spoiled. !; r f j' -' -' ;
1 Possibly she bad gone off with
someone else, someone with more
money who could entertain her
better? To justify this extraordin
ary situation where he found him
self alone with the charming Mrs.
Vandaveer, perhaps he wanted to
think that ...
r Better think that!
' His artistic sense revelled in
the beautiful Florentine hangings
of the salon and the priceless tap
estry that ran clear across one
wall.
The very chair he sat on had
come from a palace of the Do Me
dici! The. present-day world
faded, and he was transported
back through the long centuries
to the glowing capital of Tus
cany. The woman opposite him took
on a strange beauty. Her face
seemed to come near, and then to
recede. Her milky skin had an un
earthly radiance. She Was a cre
ation of Michael Angelo, the great
Florentine painter! The wine was
in his head. To think was to
"You look like Beatrice
Dante's Beatrice," he said 'thick
ly, for he was suddenly greatly
moved.
"If I can Inspire you to great
deeds, then to you I shall be Bea
trice," said Lorraine, and her
voice caressed him like the notes
of a violin-cello in some lonely
forest. She rose from her end Qf
the table and came to him, put
ting her two hands In his.
: Jimmy Randolph, for all his
good looks and 25 years of sou th
orn living, was Inexperienced
with women.
1 Still leu did he comprehend a
woman of the caliber of Lorraine.
At this moment he seemed to
him the epitome of all that was
spiritual and gracious.' Ha was
still enwrapped in the vision and
the glamor of the city of the De
Medicis. The centuries had rolled
back, and In her shimmery gown
before him was standing a white
skinned beauty from Old Flor
ence, offering him help ; and in
spiration. .
He would be an lngrate were he
to repulse her. He didn't want to
repulse her. The wine was In his
head, and as he held her hands it
was all he could do to keep from
kneeling at her feet.
For It was not only the wine
that had affected him, and the
sensuous beauty, of his surround
ings, but a nebulous something
that emanated from, the strange
eyes of the woman, as though her
very soul were glowing in the
green depths. . . ,
Those eyes drew him, held him.
He rose. Their faces were almost
on a level, for Lorraine waa tall.
- "I want nothing better , than
that yon should be my inspira
tion,' he said slowly, stammering
a little because of the Inexplicable
emotion that had gripped him.'
Lorraine willed that he ahould
kiss her. She knew he wanted to
kiss her. that he waa emotionally
stirred, as she had Intended.
Bat something held him back.
Was it because she was married?
Waa it because he thought ahe
was far above him ? . Chivalry or
shyness that deterred, him, she
wanted -1 the feel . of those strong
young arms about her, drawing
her to him! And they were reach
ing toward her now. ...
Joel was old Indeed. .In compar
ison with Jimmy Randolph. She
loathed the memory of Ramon,
the effete. . . . She saw Jimmy's
lips tremble, and an added thrill
went through her that could so
stir him.-It--was like playing on
some exquisitely sensitive Instrn-
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m ervaw m.'vsv ' .: rw m vi.'nii-fflf.ri a s t a
What wonld have happened had
not the butler entered the - little
salon at that moment, Lorraine
was afterwards to wonder? '
- Slmes was a fool. She must get
rid of him. He had no tact. He
bore a silver salver, with a decan
ter on it. and two liquor glasses
the size of thimbles. Also a sil
ver code e-pot and two demi
tasses. - Like a schoolboy caught - in
wrong doing, Jimmy "dropped her
hands Instantly, and his face that
had been so pale and strained a
moment ago was suffused by a
dark flush. t
He stepped back awkwardly ao
that his elbow caught his hitherto
untouched water-goblet of ruby
cut-glass which fell to the pol
ished floor and smashed into frag
ments. He apologized and stooped
down to mop up the water with
his napkin.
"Let me do that, sir." said
Simes.
"I'm a clumsy Idiot, Mrs. Van
da eer. Please forgive me," Jim
my said hastily, straightening.
And to her conception, the shamed
look in his eyes was more for
what had preceded the accident
than for the accident itself, which
was a trivial one.
I She laughed it off, knowing
that the spell was broken. "Are
you superstitious?" she asked.
"Pardon me, madame, but : a
broken glass, unlike a broken
mirror. Is a lucky omen, Simes
volunteered as he collected the
smashed ruby pieces.
"Then your pantry has a lucky
angel for you're a demon when It
comes to breakages."- she said
tartly, for she was annoyed with
Simes. "Put that tray out on -the
terrace. We'll have coffee and
liquers out there," she -added
sharply. The blundering butler
certainly must be dismissed. Just
how much had he seen that could
be construed as compromising
when he first entered the little
salon . . . ? And how much did
he know about herself and Ra
mon . . . . ? Would he be vindic
tive . . V?
. To break the awkward pause
when Slmes had gone, Lorraine
started showing Jimmy the treas
ures in the room for, ainee dinner
waa ended, there was no point in
going back to her chair.
The light in his eyes waa not
for her, this time, but for the
beautiful - mosaics: and oil paint
ings, and the wonderful old Flor
entine books In their rare bind
ings and rare typescript.
She , opened an inlaid cabinet
that had a glass front to it, and on
whose ' shelves, on beds of crim
son velvet, rested ' relics of the
past.
Here was a bracelet made by
Benvennto Cellini, the great ham
mersmith of Florence. Lorraine's
llpa twisted wryly as she : recol
lected that Ramon and she had
quarrelled . over the bracelet. He
had wanted to wear It In the
Charity Pageant in M a d a o n
Square Garden where he was tak
ing the role of Cellini, and ahe
had refused to let him hare it.
and he had been furious with her,
: Among the curios in the cab
inet were, several old rings of In
tricate design. .
"This Is a particularly beauti
ful one." said Jimmy, reverently
fingering a heavy, embossed gold
circlet on Its bed ot velvet, "111
bet 1t has a marvelous history!"
' . "It's said to have come from
the palace of : the - Medici," his
hostess replied.' Why not give it
to Jimmy to cement their "friend
ship?" It would put him In her
debt In a way, and be a sort of
talisman between , them. -. possibly
. . . why not slip it on his finger
with a gracious little speech that
wonld restore lost dignity to her,
since Simes's untimely Interrup
tion? - . -
: "I think It might bring yon
good luck were you to wear it."
she said slowly, giving htm the
benefit ' of her green - gaze. . She
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MAY CHRISTIE
lifted the heavy ring, holding It
speculatively for a moment.' She
wondered If what the old jeweler
in Florence had told her had been
true, and It had really belonged
to the wicked Lucrezia Borgia?
But no! . ; . she had never been
able to find a secret spring in It,
though she had tried, time and
again. .
"Let me try It on your j little
finger?" She smiled dazzlingly at
Jimmy a bright, friendly smile
that seemed to hold no arriere
pensee. : . I .
"Why, It fits perfectly!" he
grinned. He turned and twisted
his left hand to the light which
flashed on the high points of the
old gold circlet.
Jimmy was about to slip it off,
when his hostess stopped) him.
"That would be terribly unlucky!
t know nothing definite about the
ring except that the owner of the
antique jewelry shot in Florence
where It came from told me that
anyone man or woman -who re
moves this ring from his finger
once it has been set there by a
friend or lover- will meet with
some terrible disaster!". I
The word "lover" echoed In
Jimmy's ears. He waa embarrass
ed.1 What on earth did ahe mean?
How could he possibly keep it?
He was about to take it off
again, laughing at the stupid su
perstition, but Lorraine put . her
long white hand over his, cover
ing the ring, and pleading that he
comply with her request.
"The bad luck would fall on
me, aa well! Jimmy, I feel un
canny about your removing It!"
"But if bad luck's coming." he
protested grinning, "isn't it as
well to take It by the forelock I
mean, meet It halfway?" '
"You silly boy, you'll have
GOOD luck If you wear it! I in
sist you wear it! Mark my words.
If you wear that ring, and never
take It eff. you'll win the prize for
the most beautiful building in the
exposition! I'm certain of that!"
At nine, Wallace Briscoe ar
rived. By that time, Lorraine and
Jimmy had had coffee and liquers
outdoors, and were en rapport
again. Slmes showed the all-important
Briscoe out to the terrace
where they sat In the spring
moonlight, discussing Jimmy's fu
ture. -
Lorraine greeted Mr. Brlsco
effusively, for she was: a born
wire-puller.
Briscoe was a short, bald, el
derly man, as rich as Joel, and
perhaps richer. Where the School
of Architectural Design was con
cerned, no one had been more
generous In the donation of mon
ey. Interest, and time. Hia say-so
went a very long way with the
committee which he headed. Until
the In trod action which Lorraine
effected, Jimmy had' no knowl
edge of his Identity, for he had
never met Wallace . Briscoe al
though, with a thrill of excite
ment, he recognised the name at
once as heading the committee of
the school.
Simes brought fresh coffee for
Mr. Briscoe which he drank, but
he declined the proffered liquer.
After sundry attentions, and
flattering inquiries after his
health and welfare. Lorraine
wasted no time in coming to the
point. . . .
-"This Is the young; man of
whom I spoke to yon on the tele
phone. Wallace. she said brisk
ly; - "he's extremely anxious to
take a three months course in
Paris Just aa soon as your commit
tee can arrange it.I know there
are plenty of applicants for the
exchange, but a word from yon
will carry weight.
"Ah yes, commented Mr.' Bris
coe ponderously, putting his fin
ger tips together and staring dver
his glasses at the good-looking
young man. "Mr. Randolph, I un
derstand from our hostess that
you won a scholarship to our in
stitution and that you've entered
the lists for the f 10,000 prize the
m enrv rtfmi VmIi. 1 if). The
surprise attending Mr. Roosevelt s
action about the supreme court
was : one oi a
double kind. It
in the sense that
M r. Roosevelt
had with sreat
pains kept it se
cret until the
moment he read
it to the news
papermen. - His
success at keep
ins It secret save
him pleasure.
but frauivM nailers ' who
talked with him after he had put
the sensation forth, found him
more Interested in the success of
his secrecy than In other phases
of 1 the - momentous step he had
taken; he aald. with much pride,
that only three people had known
of it, -
It was & surprise also In the
sense that nobody expected lt,-or
anything Uke It. On the contrary
nearly every well informed person
expected, so to speak, the absence
of any . sensational step by the
president. Everybody supposed
the president had turned bis face
in the direction of calm and heal
ing. Immediately after the elec
tion sources : close to him gave
out the notion ' that his second
term was to be a period of quiet,
and of forgiveness of opponents
an "era' of good f eeiing" said a
confident of the president. Dr.
Stanley High, In "Liberty" , for
January. The same spirit eman
ated from the president's circle
ihrnnrh muT channels. Intimates
reported the president as feeling
that there should oe an ena io
agitation, commotion and public
nervousness, that the country must
bo-led Into a period of repose and
tolerance. This imposition per
meated the Washington atmos
phere, a dispatch from Washing
ton written by myself November
18 reported democratic party
leaders as feeling assurance that
Mr. Roosevelt's second term would
be more calm than the first, and
that Mr. Roosevelt's whole eight
years would be seen in history as
merely a period of necessary and'
wholesome - democratic Jackson
Ian reform.
Why Mr. Roosevelt should have
blasted this atmosphere of quiet
with one -of the most sensational
and provocative actions in Ameri
can history is a question, of which
the answer lies in the mysteries
of human personality. Mr. Roose
velt's personality is npt only a
part of the Washington scene in
the ordinary sense. Because he
has already been given such great
powers by congress, and because
of the prestige of his overwhelm
ing election, his temperament Is
an essential factor in government.
The general expectation of ser
enity was confirmed when the
supreme court on January 4 hand
ed down a decision in which the
the 'court seemed to accommodate
itself to Mr. Roosevelt seemed
indeed almost to make a consci
ously amiable gesture toward him.
This decision of January 4 made
it possible for Mr. Roosevelt's
objectives to be attained without
necessity of constitutional amend
ment or of any change In - the
court or curb of It. "
. The January 4 decision of the
supreme court in the convict-made-goods
case, waa Immediately
recognized by lawyers' and stu
dents as having far-reaching im
portance..; Several states had
passed statutes forbidding the
sale within their borders of goods
made by convict labor. Thereafter
congress, la order to aid the states
in making such statutes effectltve,
passed the Ashurst-Summers act.
This statute forbade shipment of
convict-made goods Into any state
which outlaws such goods.
The decision upholding the
Ashurst-Summers - act seemed to
break the jam caused by the
court's Invalidation of NRA and
other New . Deal legislation. It
seems to ease the tension between
the president and the supreme
court. The path seemed wide and
clear for the attainment of Mr.
Roosevelt's objectives, without
change in the constitution or
change In the court.
The situation r. created by the
Ashurst-Summers decision re
mains. The path opened by this
decision remains an easily avail
able and abundantly satisfactory
way to attain UK Rooseveit'a ob
jectives. It is free of the disad
vantages of the other ways pro
posed, whether the president's
way, or the way of constitutional
amendment, or the Way of limit
ing the court's function. Besides,
the Ashurst-Summers way has
one Immense advantage; It
achieves the desired objectives
but at the same time preserves
states' rights.
.The way opened by the Ashurst
Summers decision' consists of a
combination. of state and federal
legislation; it conforms to what
Mr. Roosevelt himself suggested
in his January 6 message to con
gress, "federal laws - supiement
lng state laws."
Any state that wants to can,
and probably all would, pass sta
tutes forbiddlnav the minnfi.tn..
or sale of goods made by child
laoor or made with labor receiv
ing: less than a minimum wage,
or made under other
conditions. These local laws will,
of course, srotect the mttm
against the making of such goods
or toe violation of such standards,
within their own borders.- .
Thereafter, congress can pass a
law. analorons ; to the iihnMt.
Summers one a law forbidding
uie uipmem oi goods made under
backers of the forthcnmlnr
sition are offering for the finest
Plans for a building to be put up
In the exposition, aald prize be
ing open oniy . to beginners to
those who have not vt ntns t.
ranks of professional architects."
"That's so." said Jimmy ner
vously. Mr. Briscoe deliberately
drained his coffee cup, set cup
and saucer on a small glass table
oesrae mm on the - terrace, and
nodded his head. -
"Anart from th
Kuwiemeni io aate warrants the
luonunuea on page 9)
disapproved conditions Into sny
state that outlaws such goods.
By this federal law the state would
be protected against disapproved
goods coming in from other states.
By its own local statute It would
be protected against the making
of such goods within its borders.
By the combination of the two,
the federal law - supplementing
the state one. the state would be
protected completely.
True, this path depends upon
getting rid of one obstacle that
still remains. The supreme court
must yet hold that states have
the right, to pass laws forbidding
child labor, or wages below a min
imum. At present, the court is on
record, as late as last May, with
a decision that a minimum wage
law enacted by New York state
was? unconstitutional. But com
petent opinion believes ; the ob
stacle presented by that decision
will , soon disappear. Competent
opinion believes that with a rela
tively slight change In phrase
ology! the New York minimum
wage law would be found valid.
The : adverse i decision last May
was a 5 to 4 one. A switch by one
Justice would uphold the law.
The court does not exist In a
vacuum it knows what is taking
place in the world. Throughout
the country's history, the list of
articles defined to be deleterious,
and therefore banned, has always
been growing. In the - Ashurst
Summers decision last month,
Mr.: Chief Justice Hughes read a
list of articles which have already -been
barred from interstate trans
portation, by laws which the su
preme court fias sustained. They
Include diseased livestock, lottery
tickets, adulterated and misbrand
ed articles, kidnaped persons,
women transported for immoral
purposes, Intoxicating liquors, di
seased plants, stolen automobiles
and no convict-made goods.
To add to this list, now, goods
made "-y child labor, goods made
by labor at less than a minimum
wage, and goods made unde.r oth
er undesirable conditions to do
that would be a sail matter. And
it would be a natural evolution,
of the kind through which the
court's lines of decision are con
stantly passing.
(New York Herald-Tribune Syn.)
The Safety
Valve
Letters from
Statesman Readers
Would Strengthen Law
To the Editor:
I read in -an Inconspicuous
place in the morning paper that
the House has passed - wiUiout
opposition a bill to eliminate a
minimum sentence upon convic
tion for,, drunken driving. This
bill also provides that it be left
up to the judge whether or not
a drunken driver's license should
be suspended, and that a man
has to be proven careless in ad
dition to being drunk before he
can be found guilty of man
slaughter. -
I'm not surprised at this House
passing everything but that they
should pass such a vicious mea
sure without opposition is a dis
grace to every ; member who
claims to be sober.
Secretary of State Snell has
Just announced that Oregon 'a
traffic fatalities increased 36 per
cent : last year, making Oregon
the worst offender of any state
reporting.. Drunken driving plays
an important part In traffic fa
talities. t What will removing the
penalty .for drunken driving do
to this condition? j
I'm wondering Just f why the
House has decided to make Ore
gon heaven for drunken driv
ers while other states are tight
ening their laws against them.
Perhaps It Is a desire to attract
tourists, , or the mad chase for
liquor- revenue may have some
thing to do with It. I would
hate to think that the majority
of our representatives feel that
they are better drivers while In
a slightly Inebriated condition and
wish to so drive -without the dan
ger of having, their licenses re
voked. This bill can - yet be atopped
in the Senate and I believe that
If the majority of the Oregon
people know what the bill con
tains It will be. -
Sincerely,
MRS. CW. STACEY,
Rt. 4, 8alem. Oregon.
Ten Years Ago
February 20, 102T
Construction of a two story'
concrete building at Liberty and
Chemeketa streets, costing S5,
000 will be started soon for A.
C. Nelson, - he announced Satur
day. . -
Salem Is to have a new 9300.
000 hotel and the work of con
struction I to start very soon;
Hawkins and- Roberts to build it
on northeast corner of High and
Court street,
A nature study club was form
ed last night at the local Y. M.
C A.; George Shand was elected
president and Morton Peck, vice
president. Twenty Years Ago
House was In confusion it
night aa time for adjournment
epproacnes ana time-pieces halt
ed. General Frederick Funston,
commander of southern depart
ment, died last night In a San
Antonio hotel, collapsed few min
utes after dining, due to acute
indigestion. .
Justice Wallace McCamant .will
SUhlftCt "Clnrmm
. IIMUIUiiVi'l
Gentleman." gave the address it
the annual kinnn. nf Mirl K
I of senior high school.