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Newspaper Page TextPage Four EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE REGISTER-GUARD September 2l, J AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER (Publliba r .renin tnd Sand?) EDITOR AND PUBLISHEB . . . Altoo F. Biktr MANAGING EDITOR .... WUliim M. Turmso NEWS HEKVICE. Aisoclitid Press. United Press MEMBEIt ...... Andit Burma of Cirrnlition The Rejister-Guard's policy Is tb complete tbd Impartial publication in III news pagee of ill news tod atatementa on Devi. On tbii pace, tb editor! of Tb Register-Guard offer their opinion on events of the da? and matters of Important to tb comrann Ity. endeavoring to b candid but fair, and belpful In tb development of constructive communl. policy. A NEWSPAPER IS A CITIZEN 01" ITS COMMUNITY THE BRITISH CRISIS rpHE crisis In British finance which has led to the suspension of gold payments by the Bank of England Is In reality a world crisis because of the far-flung operations of the British empire. Al though the slatements of British leaders and world leaders are optlmlBtlc, the situation emphasises the gravity of the economic and social disorders which have sprung from the ruins of war to demoralize world relations. It Is difficult to analyze the troubles exactly from a point half way round the world, hut this seems to be a fair statement of what has happened. England has been and still Is (despite the rising authority of the United States) the world's banker. Large business concerns In all parts of the world, territorial and national governments under many flags have been In the habit of maintaining large credits, financing large operations through the Bank of England. The last few years, hut especially the last year, have brought events which have been undermining the world-wldo confidence In this world wide bank ing nation. British Industry has not been more sluggish, perhaps, than Industry the world over, but Its future haa grown more and more uncertain. Its great marketa In India have been Imperilled by the virtual revolt there. The mild and gentle Gandhi Is a portent not only to philosophers but to financiers. Great Brltaln'a colonies In Australia. New Zealand and Africa have also experienced serious industrial and financial disorders. The culminating blow has been the uprising of the British Labor parly against Ramsay MacDonald In his efforts to balance the British budget. The minor troubles In the Rrltlsfi navy due to pay reductions have been amplified with the help of Bolshevik propagandists Into rumors of mutiny, an almost unheard of thing In the British navy. The world has viewed the British future with much the ssme uncertainty with which It was regarded In the early days of the World War when It seemed likely that at any time the Kaiser might cross the Channel. The results. Canny Investors and bankers' have been quietly selling out British securities and securities of other nationals which are redeemable at the Rank of England In gold. The gold reserves of the Bank of England have been depleted despite efforts of International hankers to holster them. The remedy, suspension of gold payments, Is the same remedy which was applied during the un certain days of the war. Reactions. The value of the pound Is down and prices are rising In Great Britain and elsewhere. American securities are rising In value as money withdrawn from British Investments seeks new outlets. But these shifts are likely to be temporary. The world as well as Britain faces the problem of restoring stability and prosperity to one of the greatest buying and selling peoples of the globe. More than most of us csn realize, the world's peace and prosperity depend on the reasonable, rational adjuatments of those problems which the British people have Inherited from yeara of war. As J. Plerpont Morgan haa stated, the one great factor of security Is the character of the British people whose record Is that they have never run from trouble. ADVICE TO FRESHMEN rpHE editor of The Baker Democrat-Herald speaks some words of good advice to the young people of his community about to leave for college In this state or elsewhere. In particular he warns them not to overestimate the Importance of the social activi ties of the college career. "Making a fret," save the Raker editor, "mesne little In a successful college career and less than that In after life. The 1931 freshmen will have many 'tragedies,1 but fortunately will live to laugh at them." He might have gone on to enumerate many other activities to which the collegian often at taches false values athletics, school politics, clothes, dancing, 'slanguage.' Even the great pur pose of scholarship can he abused and converted Into a form of snobbery. If there Is anything more dreadful than the Young Intellectual, we've never encountered It. What we older folks are apt to forget when addrcuslng words of wisdom to youth is that they are about to go through experiences which are recullnr to their age and which are, thanks to some mysterious providence, good for what we may call, for the sake of convenience, their souls. There are schools which attempt to bar fraterni ties, discourage athletics, regulate dress and man ners and morals to a uniform code, to protect the young from all the cruelties and barbarisms of their age by Immersing In the atmosphere of the purely cultural. It cannot be done because It Is unnatural. The great universities and colleges have shown their wisdom by accepting youth rretty much as It la and trying to guide rather than to restrict Its activities. Perhaps because of the fact that there are now so many fraternities, the "frat man" does not carry the distinction he used to have. Perhaps because of the fact that athletics have been com mercialized, the Letter Man Is scarcely more noble than i Thl Beta Kappa. And the Fast Youth Is not so much admired but tolerated as the Campus Fool. W may be mistaken, but It seems to us new Ideas of values are being established In the I'nl versities. In soma measure, It la due to the in. creasing Influence of the grsduste schools. The undergraduate la beginning to discover that he Is not at the last shrine hut merely at the threshhold of education. Somewhere during the four yeara, and thla may be dne to the vast Improvements In leaching, the student may discover and even be. come mildly Intoxicated on tbe joys of thinking. Of course, on of the valid rvtirlsms ot edu.s Unn Is that It i. , too4 deaI llk, gln r11ou A good many people are baptised and merely become church membera. And far too many people get AB'a or RB's or PhD's and merely swell the membership of university clubs and alumni as sociations. But even these may be good for dona tions, maybe. Despite the forebodings of Mr. Flexncr and other critics ot American Institutions, despite school-oteducatlon systematize and political re formers, despite youth Itself, there are signs of Intellectual growth in the colleges. Anyhow we envy the freshman as we envy any band of discoverers. A REASON FOR HIGH PRICES npHE person who complains about the high prices he has to pay for necessities and luxuries might profitably ponder over a little article that appeared recently In the Magazine of Wall Street. Thla article points out that In many cases the consumer himself helps to boost the prices of the things he buys. He does It or, in many cases, she does It by making a needless use of the free delivery system maintained by department stores. "Two women on a shopping orgy," remarks the magazine writer, "will vie with one another to apend the greatest total and then, when the goods are delivered, will- calmly send them back un opened .... The fact that between 15 and 20 per cent of all department store sales throughout the country are unconsummated Is ample evidence of abuse. Legitimate deliveries are an expensive service as It Is, but deliveries on the rampage rep resent a waste which neither the honest customer nor the owner of the store can ignore." A confidential message to editors emanates from the secretaries to the president at the White House. In substance It asks publishers to he patient about the While House movements to cure the economic situation and not expect too much. Won der who's been Jumping the gun. Most of the re porters down at Washington seem to have given up all hope of seeing signs of life. An airplane carried the dynamite to be used by the divers who will salvage the gold In the strong boxes of a ship now at the bottom of the eea. There's an interesting snapshot of the modern age. The government Is trying to find out the num ber of men still working in the old-time hreVerles. Steady, they'll be trying to take a census of boot leggers next. WHAT OTHER EDITORS THINK TARIFF REACTIONS (Siilrin L'npital-.lourimH TWO more rtbulu of the llawley tariff are Hif los ure of the past week, both reprisnl act from our erstwhile bout customers. France linn placed a ban on lumber imports, which cuts off n profitable marktn for Oregon' chief product anrl Canada has put a iht on imported periodicals and newspaper that virtually amount to an embargo. Oregon lumbermen have appealed lo the state de partment asking thnt the French ban on lumber im portation be, liberalized to exclude that already sold or ent here on French nrd.-rn. considerable having been cut to peculiar Fmich upeetfientinns. It is hoped there by to fill these, orders, though the hope of future or der I abandoned. A a result of the Canadian periodical ban. many of the American magazine, including home .10 fict ion periodicals will be printed in Toronto instead of the I'nited States. Those which are not establishing branch plants are arranging with Canadian plant to hare their printing and press work done- from plates, which will provide a great amount of press work in Canada, thus depriving American labor of work a course pur sued by many American Industrie. Some- day it may dawn on the minds of our super statemnen that restrictiv tariffs destroy industry In stead of fostering It and that tariff reciprocity. 'ndvo. inted 30 yeara ago by McKinley, must replace embargo tariff as the only alternative to free- trade if world commerce is to survive. WASHINGTON LETTER SIDE GLANCES By RODNEY DUTCH ER NEA flervice Writer VASHINGTON. Sept. 21. It is about time that someone wrote- the first story of tbe nearn con rerning the famous democratic two-thirds rule, and probably this in it. The two-thirds rule Is something the democrats discun earnestly before every convention. First there is Invaribly much serious di'usMon about abolishing th rule, effective forthwith. This discussion resolves itself into a more or b"s general agreement that the thing should be abolished at the end of the convent inn rather than at the beginning, so that its elimination will not appear to have been brought about fnr the benefit of any particular candidate. Hut by the time the plat form is adopted and the nominee chosen, everjone has forgotten all about it. 1 1111 try among democrats Indicates that there has been absolutely no discussion of the two-thirds rule this year tin to this moment. Democrat, interviewed have been inclined to ask: 'Well, why bring that up'' Nevertheless, next year will he the one-hundredth anniversary of the two-thirds rule, even if no one is erecting any monument to it. The democrats held their first nilionl convention in K'l'J and it was then they adopted the rule. The republicans have always been content to nominate their candidate by a vote of the majority. The prime rrnnn why the rule h,i been retained appear to have hern the natural unwillingness of the average candidate and hts friends to have him become the first nominee, in parly hWtorv who wasn't nominated hv a two. thirds vote and the fact that ordinarily any candidate who can obtain a majority has little trouble in landing another 17 per cent of the delcgntex. The chief general areument for the rule U that a two thirds vote nomination demonstrates solidarity or con currence of opinion and the chief genera! arguments against it are t Iia1 the ma lot if y rule principle is a good one which hould be followed and that the two thirds rule i likely to create nnnece.sary bitterness damaging to the parfv, , Hefore tbe terithle Mdon Square Garden convert tion of 1M1M elements hi both the MrAd.o and Smith fact ions favored pr eminent sHp""mii of the rule in the belief that their favorite could obtain a niaioritv Hut apparently n1 it her .ido was quite sure (hat the suspension wouldn't nom.uatc the other man instead of Its own. After tbe mnetv-uinth ballot it was prnped that the .tr man be dropped out after each roll rail and that if neither of tlie two top cind'di'es bad two thirds after the lolth ballot the nni'n.ifion be h -tided to whoever con , get a maioritv. That prop.-al wis defeated bt x a o. e vole, as were various other motions for abrogation. Four years ag this fill It hejan to appear th.it A' Smith would h,ie mi tor it v of de-Vgites and hi friends begin to promote an a'ioj in-mi. 'I'Sen vsr-min Mithern democrats aKo urged it on the tlie..rr that f Sni'lh wete golnc to he ti..ni;i:i re.l it won!,! ;f southern delegates didn't hate fo v."i for hm Some of i the mot prominent dnno.-rits in t!'- rotintrr demand. I ' that the rule he dn. arded. Hut t-ie Smith forces became I more confident and the tii-niriMt -Mhp.d s tev lined up for the rule on the the.-TT 'h.if ifs relent n would best seite te Interests of governor's ' Candida cv. It now em likelv that the rule w rema n 1 undisturbed next year, although tou never cm te'J ! Propot:R t,, Ct.( r., f thl niU rtppr,ri.t1 j dur.ng various pt conventions. '1 hrr fa-led Demo, crane Mare ronv..i ;.. . ..... . . , . in - . . -, " " , i"1" "'lUMin.'ii reterenMum ... . . ITMR,n i nf. omy to candidates ever attained a matoritr vole and then faded ' ght of t ,e mm,,., ,n l!Mo M M,rtin v n,,r,.n ho to.t tn i .lames K I.U , Ml Ve, dent Andrew la. Won, whn,e reon:.n.inon v,as n-ured, is upposed it'- " r m i Ms I in t h r.mriit..n in oi.-r lo .oll,fj ,.,pn,t bhm Kok-u bn runmnt mat. "1M ' g II iJ."Sf.; i- '1931 BY NEA SERVICE, I "Boss, may I sit down close to the mike this ovsn:ng? My girl promised to tune In on our program." "DAILY HEALTH SERVICE SERUM FROM GLANDS NEAR KIDNEYS USED TO CHECK ADDISON'S DISEASE evil that must succeed by the livei that it wrecks? Which is brave, tbe tand for. truth aud right, salvation and safety to all, or a puoillanimou indifference that will "hands off" because some one may be in tbe evil business that haa been an occasional patrons of yours in the past? Which is mot profitable, to gam this whole world and lose your own soul, or to lose the world and save your soul? Which is the wisest, to follow af ter right and pursue it. to vote what your conscience say, or to sear con science and vote for what you know to be wrong? Which, friend, which? H. W. HALL. ABOUT HOBOES pUGENE. Ore. (To the Editor) ' May I have just a few words to say in rr-gards to the Editorial in the Ilegister-Guard "Our Own First"? I have been living near the S. P. Terminals for over a year and have had as many as eight men per day come to the house for something to eat and I have fed a great many hut in all that time I have bad only one man ask for work. About six weeks ago I bought 8 cords old growth fir wood to be split and had it stacked in the back yard. The boys and I were just a week split ting it and stacking it in the base ment, and all the time that wood was in the back yard I never bad one man come to the house for something to eat. We watched them go through the fieJd from the S. P. track but they never came near the house, but the next day after the wood won in the basement I had five men at-the back door looking for something to ent. If Mr. Simon would take a few trips out to the "jungles" near the termi nals nnd look the situation over. I am sure he wouldn't have one ounce of sympathy for the majority of these men he finds "out of work." If the city has $: 1.000 to use, why not investigate some of these men right here in Eugene that are REAL LY out of work nnd can't send their children to school for lack of school books and clothing? A. ST'BKCRIBER. P. S. Since writing this a man mine to the front door complaining he couldn't find any work and would like to have something to eut nnd I asked him if he would care to do some spading for his supper and he said no. that he would have to hurry along to get to town before dark. By DR. MORRIS FISH REIN (Editor. Journal of the American Medical Association, and of Hy geifl, the Health Magazine) VORE than 75 years ago, the Eng lish physician Addison described the disease which benr bis name as a clinical entity. Shortly thereafter the French investigator Brown Sequard proved that removal of suprarenal glnnds. situated near the kidneys, was incompatible with life. Some 35 years ago. British physiologists found with in these glands a substance which was associated with marked blood pressure raising effects. This substance was Inter isolated and is now commonly known as epenephrine or adrenalin. Promptly it. was shown, however, that this was not the indispensable substance in the suprarenal glands. Large doses failed to prevent the de velopment of Addison's dtsease Within rerent years evidence ac cumulated in various laboratories led to the development of what is known now to be the active substance of the cortex of the suprarenal gland, n sub stance therefore called cortin. The use of thi substance in cases of Addi son's disease prevents the develop ment of the disease and maintains life. Some of the earlier studies were made hv Dr. F. TT. Hartman of the T'niver sity of Buffalo and Prs. Rogoff and Stewart of the Western Reserve T'ni vertity School of Medicine in Cleve land. Dr. Hartman obtained a potent sub stance from the cortex of the adrenal gland, also near the kidney. When this substance was injected into cats whose adrenal glands bad been remo ed. the cats survived for "0 day or longer as compared with five day of life for cats whose adrenal glands were removed but which did not re ceive cortin. ' Rogoff and Stewart in Cleveland, hy the use of a similar cortex extract, were unable to prolong the live of their animals for considerable periods of time. They also reported beneficial result from the npo of their extract in a small series of cases of Addison's disease. In March. 10P.0, however. Prs. W. W. Swingle and .T. J. Pfiffner of Princeton university announced that they had prepared an extract of the cortex of the suprarenal eland which would mnintnin indefinitely the live of cats whose adrenal glands had been removed. They also were able to re vive animal that were on the verge of death from lack of the suprarenal tissue, restoring them to an appar ently normal condition and keeping them in this condition by daily injec tions. Finally, in January. Tr. L. O. Rowntree and other physicians of the Mayo Clinic reported the use of the suprarenal extract in seven cases of Addison' di sense, in all of which there had been success in maintaining life. Following the injection of this extract, the appetite reappears to the point of hunger, the patients gain weight, feel well and become able to walk and to exercise and are greatly improved. Thus far the preparation called cor tin is a laboratory preparation. Man ufacturer of laboratory product for general use have been working on the subject, but the preparation i not yet generally commercially available. Its value is so apparent that manufactur ers will, no doubt, soon have the pro duct for general use. ' ANSWERS REV. WOODS i ENETA. Ore. (To the Editor) May I have space in your Mail Rag to say a few words in regards to Rev. M. Woods on prohibition. If OP per cent of the wet are based on false foundation where are the "dry based. Every bootlegger, every police off jeer or prohi aget vote dry. Why? Because if the states went wet they would lose out on all their easv money. He also say it has mad drunkenness so scarce it i now news. He just hasn't been around much. I have been in speak easy and seen girl not over 15 years of age just a drunk a any man ever was in the days of saloons. I have been to place where police officers would come in and take their drink same the rest. And a for putting tbe United States out of liquor biisinens. yes. it has and put every individual in the t'nited States Into the liquor business. There is more poverty now than there ever was in the time of saloon. As far as men neglecting their families of little children, why doe the wife live with a man of that type? She can take her children and leave and let some of the people who are do nating to the upkeep of the churches and ministers salaries keep her for a time. W. F. PIANO CLASSES TO START IPJ SCHOOLS Registration for piano classes in the public school began Monday in Eugene. Registration is continuing this week. Much interest is being shown in the classes. The piano is the mot available of the few instruments ca pable of presenting a complete mu sical picture, rhythmically, melodical ly. and harmonically, say those in charge of the course. School piano instruction was start ed in the public schools of Eugene a hour four year ago. At present, ho Oxford course, one of the lead ing courses in the country, i used. Every child can sing and following the, old pedagogical adage, "from the known to the related unknown," the Oxford course begin with the song approach and from the first lessons the child is learning to ing and play pleasing little tune. Rirh. poor, gift ed, or moderately talented, ell may find pleasure in the development of their capacity for musical expression, it is pointed out. Woman's Gymnasium Classes Planned The city Y. M. C. A. has to an nounce that Mrs. Kenneth Moore will conduct gymnasium classes for wo men on women's days, which will he every Friday during the next 9 months starting October 1. Mrs. Moore has had much experi ence in this line. She has taught a class at the university and recently has been teaching a class of children in the fundamentals of gvmnastic dancing. Mrs. Moore is n graduate from the physical education school of the Uni versity of Oregon and has just fin ished a course in gymnastic dancing at the Cornish school of dancing, Seattle. There will be two classes, one meeting at 7:30 in tap and gymnastic dancing and one at S:"0 in recreation al gymnastics. If these classes be come popular there may be other classes formed, such as a class (n the mornings for women and a class in the afternoon for girls. Expert Formerly of Me.jn-1 1 burns is now at Bob's SIBdt 5t t II IT ALWAYS PATl ' AT STERN SHOE CO 7A9 U-m. . "i.ismetti 1 COLONIAL DAMEJ Toilet Preparations handle elutlvely by dl,d Tiffany Bldg, 8th 4 WB TRUSSES Belta and Body Brit "j rmea at Stevenson'! SCHOOL OFFTm Open every day for Rnm. for the Fall T,rm Eugene Business Colta It's a Good School Phone 666 Miner LOWEST PRICES on CIRCULATORS CHARLETS V y Eui PHONE lit FOR PRINTING Eugene Printing ft UUAKU BUILDiNC Printing..., All kinds of work done the way you want it and on time Shelton-Turnbull-Fuller Co. 44 West Tenth Phone 1663 MAIL BAG DR. SIMON'S PROGRAM pr;KNK, Ore. (To the Editor - Having read your editorial it ur prises m of the peiimitie view on in til into your criticism, how ever yon mar nor have been fully informed of his (lr. Simon's iden which a, tnld to me quite nceni not nnlv feasible but very practical n he wishes to see. that the heads of Eu gene families whose dire need is to work for their relief in an honorable service both to them and the city. There must be some underground motive for not rallying to its support nnd whatever that motive it needs to be knnwn. A rding to my in- fornuiti'iM tho undertaking will be fully self supporting and the onlv gainers would be the people employed rind the city in retu rn benefited by th result. As far as my poor judg ment carries me T can only see the city in vetting a small sum which in return will yield a good interest n money spent will return into the. business channels again. I would like to ask if the Krd Cross or Commun ity Chest'orgntiizatinns ran give us a ralid account of their relief do ings; how much Is given, in actual relief nnd how much it takes to give that assistance. .Wording to my in formation tho I'r.'s plan is to' give the work to those who are perma nent re-Mid-nts and while it may he th.it the hand of mercv may have to be extended to tbe stranger within our c:tfcs. yet it is not any part of lr Simon's plan to conduct a soup kitchen. a he made It vrr clear at tho osim-il's meeting that another orsMTvr.1t ten in no war connected with h' plan or the ritv was to te r-irfi nf (bat part of the citv's rrisri. ti. l.et us not bat of our Chris- linnity if we cannot fulfill Its prin- ' ciples, which Is concealed in the two commandments I nnst gave. i,iv i? still much the snme' th world over for those who would do good, evil is present with them. Citizens, get behind th Pr.s scheme and be tnval oo-r.rkers. THOMAS BENNETT. PROHI VIEWS pT'C.ENE, Ore. (To the Editor). Which is of tho niost value, a Crnd conscience void of offense be fore (iod and man. or streets built of blood-money and watered with widows' tears? Which is of mot value, character, virtue, and aalvation from all the vice, crime, and misery consequent to a salnnn. or saloons and a criminal record that brine' the bluh of shame to all good citizens, this plus tliA ni'ney thnt the town will gt. for license ? Which is th worse, a stranded town or a stranded soul? Which i worse, an empty purse or a broken bfeV Which is worse, a pnveless street or n virtuess character? Which is best, the regime of neaA and soberness, happiness and hli -ness and less revenue, or life under the regime of saloons with all their crimes, moral, civic, and social, and the revenue that thev will bring? Which is worse, a Kaclme, a moih er weeping for her children, com- ; forties over their wretched lives, or these weeping mothers and wrecked lives plus the revenue that the sa loons will bring ? Which is safest, the career fh.ir w 'II prevent the possible wrecking of your own son, or to v.ite f.r the thing that has wrecked its million . from which your darling hoy is not immune ? Which Is noblest, the rote that will seek to throw a mantle of protection arrsind .our f.smilr and that of yur neighbor, or to vote to license the a-ho of 1 Van FIRST C1IUKCTT OF CHRIST. SCIENTIST EVGENE. OREGON Annmince a FKKK LECTURE on CHRISTIAN' RCTEN'CE MiM Mnrtrarot Murnry Hlpini, C. S. B. of Boston, Massachusetts MTn( of th r.oirii of t.fturchlp pf Th Mother Church. Th First Chun-h of Christ. So!e:ittst, In Boston, Miss. IN REX THEATRE TUESDAY, SErT. 22, 1031 At Eicht T. M. The TuWif i Cordially Invito! to Attend 20,000,000 The Twenty Millionth Ford ear, symbolic of one man's contribution to world history, and the development of American Induslrv, will visit EUGENE en route from Detroit on a transcontinental tour. During its visit here, it will be displayed at . 59 10th Ave. Easlf during which an official welcoming committee will greet the car on behalf of this community. Motion pictures of the event will be made. Contemplation of what the production of 20,000,000 automobiles means may be easier if it is realized that an area as. large as the Dis trict of Columbia would be required to park them. and. if placed bumper to bumper, thev would girdle the earth at the equator ncarlv twice. Its tour of the country completed, the Twenty Millionth Ford will be returned to Greenfield Village at Dearborn for preserva tion near the first Ford car built in 1803. You arc invited to sec the Twenty Millionth' l ord and to participate in the welcoming cere monies. SIMMON'S COMPANY Authorized Ford Dealer Phone 5.V "Twenty Million Buyers Can't Be Wrong"