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Page Four OF THE REGISTER-GUARD AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER (Published every evening end Sunday) EDITOIt AND PUBUHUKH Alton if Baker MANAGING EUITOH . . . Wllllim U. Tugman NEWS SERVICES. Associated Preae, United frees MEMBICU Audit Bureau of QircnUtlo The Kegister-Guard'e policy i the complete end Impartial publication in In news pages of all new; and etatemente nn newa. On thla page, the editors or Tha Regletr-Uoard offer their opiniona on events of the day and mattere of Importance to the commun ity, endeavoring to b candid but fair, and helpful In tha development of conatructlTe community policy. A NEWSPAPER 18 A CITIZEN OF ITS COMMUNITY STRONG-ARM IN INDIA Ton the time being Britain will try the stronic " arm method in India. Oandhl and other leaders of the non-renistant resistance are In Jail. The nationallat movement I being suppressed wherever It shows Its head. The Moslem antipathy to Hindoo thinking Is being encouraged as an antidote for major troubles. It will be Interesting to see if the new policy produces any mora prolltable re lults than the recent policies of conciliation. There are two ways for Britain to hold profit able trade with India. One Is by creating a solid foundation of Indian good will. The other is by keeping the Indian people In complete subjection. Britain's real trouble In India Is due not to Gandhi-Ism, but to modernism. In many ways, India seems to bear out Oswald Spengler's gloomy theory that the white man's civilisation promotes its own doom when It carries education (and technical knowledge) Into subject lands. An India educated ' and industrially organlied would not need much cloth from Lancastershlre mills, Spengler seems to argue that If the white man doesn't want to see the cheap labor of subject lands exploiting his own inventions and machines, he must "keep 'era down." On the other hand, It seems to be the history of the world that subject peoples Inevitably absorb tha culture and skill of the conquerors. No nation ever ruled Its subjects with a firmer hand than did Rome, but Rome not only absorbed, but was absorbed by the conquered. It may be the white race In Its teal to uplift the heathen has speeded , up tbe process of heathen unrest. Keeping 'em down may delay things, may prolong the advan tageous status quo, but no nation or racei has yet been able to monopolize civilization. India has learned from the British conquerors to aspire. The meek posturlngs of Gandhl-lsm are only a mask for the fart that India aspires. Young Indians, Hindoo or Moslem or Buddlst, have ac quired new Ideas. It will be a long time before India is capable of Self-government or before the Ignorant and superstitious millions understand this - aspiration which comes to them through, various leaden. . There Is just enough understanding to make 'plenty of trouble. Britain cannot afford to let go in India. Neither can she afford the siege tactics of endless haggling. The strong-arm technique Is a step back to the methods which worked In India In other centuries. It Is a question whether It will serve to avert or to provoke the explosion. TO CURB BORROWING HABIT TT COSTS the people of Oregon more than 12 millions a year for service on their various public debts. Of the 1 millions, 7 millions are for Interest charges only dead horse. Debt la a tre mendous factor In all tai rates. If tha burden of debt could be removed all taxes could be reduced and kept iJuced. . In Governor Meier's program to 'reduce taxa tion In Oregon much can ba accomplished by ona very simple step. Prohibit the use of the borrow ing power by the state, by the cities, counties and school districts except for those public Investments which have practically permanent life, Roma provision for emergency borrowing In times of disaster of unpreventshle distress might be allowed, but there Is no good reason why all the ordinary operations of any branch of govern ment, Including most construction work can't be brought to a cash basis. Loral governments can be allowed considerable freedom In tax levies. Too much long distance tinkering with purely local budgets Is bound to lesd to local revolt. Thoro Is very little danger In giv ing public officials adequate cash for all operations. The real danger lies In unrestricted opportunity to get Into debt. A program can be devised for retirement of all debt over a period of years and the establishment of cash reserves which will earn Interest Instead of eating It. By getting rid of debt Oregon cannot only achieve lower tax rates, but provide moro money for public betterments than the state has ever hud. Oregon's schools of higher education hsve their faults but thoy also have one distinction. They havo no debt. They have never had the power to Issue bonds or warrants or run Into debt. For this one reason they give the people a bigger dollar's worth for every dollar spent than almost any other activity deriving publlo support. If we had tho 7 millions being consumed an nually for Interest charges, think of the things we could accomplish even after putting half of It back where It belonga In the taxpayers' pockets. THE HORRORS OF PEACE A GREAT deal is being said these dns about the horrors of war. This Is as It should be. It mlnht bo a good thing, however, to make occa sional mention of the horrors nt pes.'e. In fact, It the torments and casualties of recurrent business cycles and depressions were taken Into account, oua might ba able (o compile a very Interesting and shorklng book nn the subject. It Is well, however, to itlrk to simpler and more understandable things. How many people do you suppose are being killed by automobiles these days right here in Oregon, for Instance. Well, arrordlng to Hay Conway, the able publlo relations man of tha Oregon Slate Molor asso ciation driving a car Is a little bit worse than war which Gen. Sherman damned In letting figure of speech. In IS months of the World War, Oregon suffered 387 killed; 1.100 wounded; a total of 1,467 casual u mou in naivg service, in ciregon, an Ill-month record of molor casualties shows 171 iiieu; injures.; a total of S,no for the rasuaity list. (1 1 rntirmm 11.. . ... """" motor casualties were Having a good time when It happened. On th ....... ..,u, ii niisni ne pointed out that ih Wo.m War casualties were doing or thought they were doing the world an heroic service which In a way Is a compensation for injury or death. Most of the motor casualties were merely trying to gain a perfectly useless second. The records are full of the queer antics of people who drive Into the path or Into the side of moving trains, who forget the curves ahead and skid over steep em bankments; then there are the sapheads who get drunk and the congenital idiots who never dodge a risk. Far too many of the casualties are Just victims of other people's carelessness. Anyhow, It's quite a peacetime casualty list, isn't it? SIDE GLANCES WOMEN AS ARTISTS p R. CHATTERTON, the artist whose paintings of Maine's coast scenes recently drew favor able attention In New York, asserts that the trends of American art hereafter will be in the hands of women. Women, he says, respond to art and concentrate on It better than men do; and, he added, "woman Is bringing art into the home and taking care to see that it is good." In all of this he Is probably right; and the en- ' couraglng thing about it Is that feminine appreclat- tlon of art Is on a much higher plane than It was 1 a few decades ago. Even since tne tivii war women have been more or less the arbiters of things artistic In this country not as critics, but as the great, inarticulate public whose likes and dislikes subtly determine what style Is to be upper most. In the past their Influence has not been entirely good; too often It has led to pretty-pretty things of no artistic significance. Now the American woman Is apt to have, a sounder taste than the man. It her Influence Is to predominate, it may be a good thing for art. Twenty-three tons of fresh air can be forced Into Chicago stadium, scene of the 1932 Republican National convention, every minute. How many tona of hot air can be forced out? ' An electric device has been Invented to open locks. Now If someone will only invent something to open Scotch purses. WHAT OTHER EDITORS THINK CAN EVERYBODY LIVE IN CITIES? (ChrinMun RrlfiK Monitor fORK human taini an gatherer, within commuting distnnr of th New York rlty hall than hove lived In any nria ninc tho world hpfan. Tlifn nrrfttinir "rl"ini. (it mnH hy Louis T. Dublin, MiiHfttjriftn of th Metropolitan Life Insurance Com pany. It somewhat confirms the observation of a repent foreign visitor that "New York is not a city it's a phenomenon." Persons who have an aversion to crowds and all blft cities would perhaps a free with the critical was who referred to New York as "the eighth blunder of the world. ' .Almost everyone accepts the fnmiliar boast that there is only one New York, but many therein find ((rounds for fervent gratitude. Anyhow, there she towers above .restricted Mnn- hattan Inland and runs over Into four other borough. Bronx, Kings. Queens, and Richmond a melange of money and misery, benutv inri sumilor. Erentness nml sordidness. The population of (".renter New York alone, leaving the commuting rones of Westchester, Long island and New Jersey out of the reckoning is 0,030.4 10. The remarkable American trend toward living in large cities has inexorably swepf people away from the rural regions in the last two decodes. Can it con tinue Indefinitely? Can even complex modern HvlHwiHon assure a livelihood, to sny nothing of t rmisnnrtnf ion. light and air, to siirh n gargnntunn ngcregntlon of human beings as New York represents? The volume and seriousness of New York's relief problem last winter raises the Question of whether there nre limits even to urbanization. Looking broadly at the nuestion of sunnort for the herded millions in times of critical Industrial dis location, can everybody live in the city, even if he wishes to? Or does tho current economic emergenry hold premonitions of a hack-to-tho-lond movement which eventually will carry even some New Yorkers with it? Wouldn't thousnnds of dwellers in Its teeming tene ment a be better off In the country or nt least in small illagea depending on their own gardens and orchards or small forma to sunnlv nart of their ltvinr? Will abandoned frms bo abandoned permanently? organised industry, as well as the city dweller In moderate or poor cirrumstances is thinking about the duestlon. Pernaps Henry Ford's Idea (hot industry should be coordinated with farming so that industrial workers will not he wholly dependent on the mill and incrory itns in It seed or n mensurable social reforma tion. Certain It Is the urban llvlnir condition nre nn important faclor In the profound readjustment of social and economic forces which confronts a world thrown far out of lis accustomed equilibrium. WASHINGTON LETTER Bt RODNEY Pt'TOHKR NBA 8irvlce Writer y.SIIINOTOX, .Inn. 0. The constant Increase In school enrollment has boon rnnllt'rnbly nreplcrntptl by the riprpKftinn end rhildrrn of M'linol ayo have been receiving an nniireeeilenteil nmnnnt of nttentlon herimse of the reengniaed harmful etfeeta of alien depresxinn on child welfare. Homo of I lie other recent new, nhntit children Is: The number of pre-Kelioul children in ileereiiHinu, having heen off l'.'S.SIn for tlm.e five yenra old or Icfn in 1WII n cumimred with IIIL'O. nceordlng to the offica of eilucntloii. What make thin figure Kliglitlv Ktarlliug I, Hint, there n a gain In number, of iucii children nf nearly 1,500.(1(10 between 11100 and 1010 and a 1(110-20 gain of nenrlv 1.O00.0O0. . More tlmn I.IHHl.noO children from 7 to 17 yenr of nee are normal!) nut of aehool and working, n'eeording to an elinialB by V. . fnrr of the Natimuil Ivlucntinn MMSiifiatlon a fnet oflen cited new In ilijcussiona about child labor and it, relation to Hie genernl unemploy ment problem. To nlinl extent thia numher hna been reduced by Inroffa and Increased enrollment no one. know,. The llWlt ceii,ua found 8I1.0IKI children under 14 not enrolled III any aeliool, many of whom were, at work. Many have been forced to lenva achool, but man have- elnyed only hecauae Joh were scarce. "All available evidence." aya the National Kduca lion aaanrlntinn. "poinl, clearly to a aignificnnl Increase in enrollment. Thia inireae la undoubtedly heaviest in tha high action! and in Tocntional olnsc. . . The ln crease la inrl of a long continued trend which has been greatly accelerated In Hie past two years br unemploy ment among children and adults." Ilelief fuuftlons hav freiiently been allotted to schools, the association !,ay, most importantly the. auindjiiig of clothing and one or more tneala daily to destitute children. New York school employes them selves contributed a million dollars to a school relief fund this year. Philadelphia schools found that hundreds of children were coming to acliool without having had any breakfast and breakfasts were served to children In 1JR school buildings. Hundreds of cities, it appears, havo been (ceding or clothing school children . Such urve as hsve hee made show that half the families stricken hy iineni,lo.nncnl spend onlv half as much or less for maintenance as whn the father is working, thai nearly a third of the mothers in families oi uneti luoicit men were gainfully emplojed - and I ...,, ...,r ultra -nun a resultant laHt of rare for many children, that children were at work frnm one. fifth f sinh families, that malnutrition has increased enrmoUtk. that of 1.V1 cases of uneiiiplot . went Intensively studied I here were in. lances in which the welfare of children was scriisi.lv Imperilled I nemploiiiient," a.fnrdii.g to a children's bureau report, because It mean, lowered fnmilv standards, antiety and dread, the loss of sayings and the mort. gaging of the future has direct and lisastrou. effect upon the elfnie of children." Ten aamitle cases of the if, mentioned showed threa children a.rlou.ly nndrrneight from malnutrition, three unable to go to school for lack of shoes and proper clothing, one girl compelled to e,e school and ahan do music les.ons. another leaving ,o,, to look afier younger cMdren. , hoy e,v , ,,rk In a ciotlrng store at l. a week ,f,,r pr,,,,- ,,., (.,r , college education had been ,,e up and another who .iimehu '."T" "r unemployed parents, stole an IchMl m ,UJ 1,nd"1 ' "'' e I Rta. U. . PAT. OFT 1932 BV NEA SERVICE. INC "I'm ao glad ha s doclded to be a dentist. their white. acket." They always look so neat In TULAREMIA SPREAD BY RABBITS . AND INSECTS WILD RABBITS SHOULD BE REFRIGERATED SEVERAL MONTHS rerealed that an organism called the bacterium tulnrense it tonveycu io mr human being by the bitea of infected flies and ticks, and by Inoculation through handling infected nnimala, aa in skinning, dressing or doing post mortem examinations on them. A few rare cases have occurred In which human beings hare been infected from the bites of coyotes, skunks and hogs which hnd become infected presum ably from eating the infected flesh of raboite or squirrels, Not only however,, have squirrels and rabbits been found as conveyors of thin condition, but also muskrats. opi, sunns and water rats. From one to 10 dnvs after haying come In contact with the infected meat or having been bitten, an ulcer develops at the in fected spot; the lymph glanda awell and break down. It has heen shown that refrigerated rabbits may remain infective for three months but not for four months. Obviously the way to avoid this type of infection is to avoid being bitten by files or ticks when working in regions where tularemia is frequent, and snt ond to use rubber gloves when en gnsed in dressing wild rabbits or do ing postmortem examinations on in fected animals. Tho meat of the wild rabbit should be most thoroughly cooked before serving, and preferably should be re frigerated for three months previous to dressing. There is no special method of tak ing care of the infection by the bacter ium tularense,. except to disinfect the discharges from the ulcers and the lymph glands and to avoid contact be tween such infection and open lesions in other neople. 't School Semester Ends January 22 Hy DH.- MORH1S FISbJBKIN (Editor Journal of American Medical Association nnd of Hygeto, the Health Magazine) JOT long ngo nicdicul magazines s lu.nn recording cases of Infection of human beings who hnd come in con-1 tact with wild rabbits. Usually the person wns a market worker or a cook who had skinned a wild rabbit pre paratory to cooking nnd serving it, and who had developed a sore on the fin ger quite soon thereafter. Investigations since that time hare The first semester of the 1031-32 term of the Kugene schools will end on Jim. nnd report enrds will be issued on that tlnte instead of the Tuesday following as is the custom nt the end of the six weeks lieriod, II. R. Goold, city superintendent, an nounces. No beginners w-ill be accepted for the second semester nnd no shift of classes will tnke place from the ele mentary to the junior high schools, or from junior to senior high schools, it was announced. Cricket, the national game of Brit ain, could not be plnyed in thnt coun try less than two centuries ago. Living bacteria can be found in bi tuminous conl nt a depth of more than three thousand feet, scientists sny. 1 ' January bJ Steel Has "Pauper" Year But Better Th5 t moo t r.. i:tj 'I 111 IVOA in 1 1CU1LICU By B. E. V. I.CTT Associate Editor American Metal Market For a half dozen years steel con sumers have carried almost no stocks and the course of production has been a close measure of demand. The course of steel production hns been uniform ly downwards alnce June. 1020, except for special year-end recessions and brief seasonal recoveries. That is, March. 1030. was under October, 1020, and April, IfOl, was under the preced ing September. In May and June, 1029. production of steel Ingots was at an annunl rate of 62.500,000 gross tons, while in December. 1031, the average rate was 18,000,000 to 19, 000.000 tons. With ao protracted and marked a decrease in rate, annual totals lose much of their usual significance, but comparisons cannot be omitted. The seven years through lf)2! constituted a period of remarknble activity, inter rupted only briefly by the slump in the middle portion of 1024, by 1027 having a relatively poor second half throughout, and by the declines dur ing the second hnlf of 1020. Average annual ingot production in the seven years wns 4ft.TflO.00 tons. 1020 show intr 84,850,4:18 tons and 1030 30,505,. 268 tons, while the final figure for 1031. due a few months hence, may he forecast nt about 25.000.000 tons, with a probable error of leas than a quar ter million tons. Prince or Pauner Many venrs ago Andrew Carnegie sain "Iron is ettner prince or pauper nnd the saying was often quoted ap provingly, but before that Jnines M. Swnnk, the stntistlcinn and historian of the iron nnd steel trade for 40 yenrs hnd written in nn nnnunl report that iron seemed either to be In a fever or experiencing a severe chill. In recent yenrs such snyings have not been appropriate, for the idea was to distinguish iron nnd steel from the general run of business activities. The trnde hnd a poor yenr in 1030, nnd a much poorer year still in 1031, but so did other manufacturers as well as trnding concerns. Whnt made the grent ups nnd downs in tho past was the fnct thnt steel wns a con struction mnterinl more thnn a mn terial of common everyday consump tion. In contrast, one has it thnt from 1020 to lO.'IO totnl steel production decreased 28 per cent, but shipments of the strncturnl steel fabricating only 10 per cent, while frnm 1030 to 1031 total steel decreased about 37 per cent and strucrurnl steel about the same amount, leaving its proportion higher than in 1020. Heavy shipments of structural steel in the first ten months of 1030 indicated that invest ors or builders had not for,MM depression aa previous great 4 aions had been foreseen and even grasp th situation when ft In 1031 there was very little ..iS atruction of an investment ek.,.1 hut much nublie -.i. 'T'hsJ bridges, viaducts and biiildint?" Can Art Factor inere were no automobile, J tho "prince or nauncr" i.. " l coined, but one might perhsm that aince automobiles are in a luxury while aa a necessity be utilized a longer or shortwi! na desired the production of i biles would fluctnnte more nUtS total production of steel. Sueh k, been the case. From 1IVu t t.."1 tomobilo production decreased V? J more than total steel r,..i..,1v from 103fl to 1031 its deeli,2! ntively less and from 1020 to ljS two declines were substantlsff same. A distorted view would! tnined by regarding merei o." light automobile production in t!.c quarter of 1931. The season.l ence has changed, there being disposition to buy cars in aprli,; at other times in the yenr and ii S th stimulus of new models . middle of the year was withhdi. ly through mutual underunZ There has furthermore been i ft augh liquidation of stocks of an, used cars. There la logical ml for predicting that whatever thti .ltietlon of stent nt.n k. 1. ' half of 1032. the nronortina the automobile industry will bjj. thnn in any other first half. ' In the Inte months of 1(131 t ronds took almost no steel, jj, were endeavoring to forestall or p, .. .. '".'niii" ii,i "mn appti, to ho a buying policy niggardly extreme wns nictated Dy circnmituJ oi me moment, ihb railroads in ing to bo preserved and if tha. receiverships the receivers will b, J miLirti tin; win in nut uniy to M tnin the properties but to makiJ provements. ji nxen ennrges an high some losses will simnlv fill the public when refunding canmr. crtecten oojiar tor noiinr. BOOK-KEEPING AUDITIsJ INCOME TAX PERCVW. BROWN, Accountant 401 Miner Building Phone 111 j ae'iaspH!n? Kit t-'E'C AA77 T7 WAW7 Ml Will nO W8& V MCT f 19J2. Uoom at Mmi TosaOO luight up . . . Convince Yourself that Chesterfields Satisfy F LIP OPEN a pack of Chesterfields! Help yourself to a cigarette . . . Light up . . . and let a get the facts. Mister . i . you're tload right. They're milder! 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