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THEY ARE PLEDGED TO THE LEAGUE THE Harding plan about trying to work up some sort of an association of nations for peace if the irreconcilable candidate is elected is a bogus proposition for three reasons. 1 All the great allied and neutral nations now in the league, 40 in number, are obligated by article 20 of th cove nant not to go into any association that conflicts with the League of Nations. This has been shown by Bainbridge Colby, Secretary of state. 2 Those nations just mentioned would not want to go into a Harding league if they were free to do so because they know it would be a waste of time. . 3 An association such as Harding proposes, consisting of a court without force behind it, even if attainable, would be a cruel farce just like the Hague tribunal was. No nation could afford to cease its military or naval growth under such an asso ciation. For preserving peace, a Harding league would be: good only when skies are blue. In a time of trouble it would be a rope of sand, a house without nails, a policeman without a , uiu jcx vuu.ii,, i alii vu v viquilcu Junci VCU111U lis emu a practical provision for using that power when needed, cannot preserve peace any more than can the courts of Oregon enforce the laws of this state without a governor, sheriffs," police and militia to sustain the law when necessary to employ force.1 That is obvious. The view taken by some partisans that if Harding is elected the United States will in some manner crawl into the league anyway is equally ridiculous. Harding has flatly and publicly etated that he seeks rejection of the league, not reservationss. Johnson, Borah and six million pro-German voters are squarely behind him on that proposition. If Harding is elected this con tingent will say and they will be justified in saying that the peo ple of America have repudiated the League of Nations and do not want to join. 4 The only chance for America's entrance into the league con eists in the election of Governor Cox. If Cox is elected it will be a pro-league victory. It will be a mandate from the people that the senate ratify the treaty with such reservations as may seem Seeded to make the American position clear. The senate would heed that mandate because senators are politicians and for the further reason that most of the senators at heart are favorable to that very course. The great issue in the presidential election is so clear that the election of Governor Cox seems inevitable. The talk of a Harding triumph is based nine-tenths on propaganda work fi nanced from the most colossal campaign fund in history and from party serving newspapers that are flagrantly opposing their own convictions. ABOUT PRICE REDUCTIONS LIVING costs are coming down. From one end of the country to the other come stories of price declines. Su gar has dropped until it is now but little more than half the exorbitant price charged some months ago. Clothing prices also are being reduced. It is not reasonable to expect too much elong this line this fall because merchants are stocked with high priced goods. Nevertheless the downward trend is apparent and if the law of supply and demand is allowed to prevail the process will continue until a fair basis is reached. Eastern manufacturers see the drift and are taking precau tions against it The American Woolen Company boldly shut down 50 of its mills for the purpose of curtailing production to keep up the price of manufactured wool and to reduce the cost of raw wool. That same combine and similar groups of eastern manufacturers will in the event of a Harding victory be appeal ing for a high tariff to keep up prices and doubtless they will get it. A high tariff is of benefit to big manufacturrs, but it works badly for the consumer and for agricultural regions like the west. The western fanner is not a tariff beneficiary. He is a tariff victim. It means higher prices for what he buys and his wheat must be sold on a basis of the export market. The wool grower is in a slightly different category, yet many contend the grower has benefited little by a tariff. The eastern manfactur er generally sees to it that foreign raw wool is not shut out. His fame is to depress the price of the raw product and obtain pro tection for the manufactured product. 1 There are many who look for even higher prices on manufac tured goods if Harding is chosen and has a high tariff congress behind him. It is certain that Lodge and his New England fol lowers will not be idle. WHO IS RUNNING THIS COUNTRY? i 0 VERNOR Cox has properly taken notice of the threat that the senate will not ratify the treaty even if the peo ple vote for it by electing Cox and Roosevelt on Novem ber. If the senate feels that way it is time to learn who is runninir this country the senate or the people. Is this a republic or have we a dictatorship by the oligarchy led by Henry Cabot Lodge? The boast that some senators will try to defy the popu lar will if the referendum vote favors the treaty is a bit of arro gance the nation cannot tolerate. . ' Oregon once had a legislature that was not going to elect ucuige u. i-naiuueriam as senator aiier me people naa cnosen .i 1 .1 .: r il . . . . . . nun unucr me provisions oi me primary law. Hut me legisla ture changed its mind and the senators who talk so insolently -in ao iiKewise n uox is elected. Some people warmly commend the League of Nations but say they will vote against it because they do not like some of President Wilson's methods. With equal logic they could argue for abolishing the ten commandments on the ground that Moe avorc- h beard, j n fih.. MB W4 Nil tan! U XanatfT j i in 1 1 J i 1 J$50,00Q.00 WORTH OF MEN'S SUITS AND OVER COATS PRICES CUT DEEP-lWHICH WILL MEAN A BIG SAVING TO YOU IN THESti TIMES OF HIGH PRICES. : AND GteT A FULL SEASON'S WEAR OUT OF IT. WE HAVE TOO MUCH MEN'S CLOTHING AND MUST RE DUCE STOCK SO WE HAVE TAKEN THIS MEANS OF GIVING OUR CUSTOMERS R EAL VALUES AT BIG SAV INGS. NOTE THE REDUCTIONS AND COME IN TOMOIU ROW AND BUY YOUR SUIT OR OVERCOAT. FIRST CHOICE IS ALWAYS BEST, BE ON HAND EARLY. AL TERATIONS FREE. , ' $25.00 REDUCED TO . '$18,75 $27.50 REDUCED TO ' $20.65 $30.00 REDUCED TO , . . ... $22.50 $35.00 REDUCED TO .... . . . . .... . . . .. $26.50 $37.50 REDUCED TO , . 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