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TAGE FOUB DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1021. rwriiiiiim ii ii mii i.''7' ' inn ii ii i nun m " iiismiiII,.-,., w .iOX OreAonlani iiift'muMi ruwianeii Dally nfl 8eml-VeekIy, at i'r-nolton, (.)rt(trtn, bv the East okkuoman pchushimi co, lintered at tha postnrfice at IVnrile ton, uregon, at second-class mail mat ter. ON SAI.R IN OTHER CITIES Imperial Hotel News Stand, Portland. ONE KII.B AT Chlrago rttireau. o Security ttuildinir. Washington, n. Bureau 501 Four teenth Street. V. V. Member f Ihe .4.aafelated fmx. The Associated Press t exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all n.wa diapatches credited to It or not otherwieo credited In thla paper and also the local news published here- I AN INDEPENDENT NEWSl'ArEft SUUSCRIPTION RATES (IN ADVANCE) rially, one year, by mail s.fl9 Daily, alx months, by mail l.oo Pally, three month by mail ..... l.io Daily, on month by mail .. .60 one year by carrier 7.50 ix months by carrier 3.711 three months by carrier...... one month, by carrier .t5 Semi-Weekly, one yea by mail... 2.1' Keml-Weekly, ail months, bv mall 1.00 Semi-Weekly, three months by mail ,5C IMMIllM naily, Dally, 1'aily, Daily. Telephone ' IX TllK LIGHT (By Frank U Stanton.) It's a groat old world the winters are chill, but the summer, Jt comes around, . w And the warm sun whiskers secrets to the seed that's In the ground; And though some seasons are weary, there's hope when the storms are past, And we'll enter a fairer country and rest in the light at last, We'll rst In the lisht at last, in the beautiful later light; We shall kiss our hands to sorrow and whisper a last good night And storm and striie will be memories that soon shall melt away " In that light of a beautiful morningthe. light of the later day! Copyrighted for tho East Oregonian Pub. Co. "INTERFERENCE WITH BUSINESS" US'DER the emergency tariff law now the subject ' of a fight in the United States senate a tariff on sugar is pro vided that will mean an increased cost of from $160,000, 000 to $500,000,000 in a single year to the householders of the country. The senators opposing the measure assert that such a tariff will mean a price of 16 to 20 cents for sugar if the meas ure becomes a law. Supporters of the law assert that these fig ures on cost per pound are too high but they admit that the con turners will be forced to pay $160,000,000 a year because of the tariff. " . This astounding legislation is proposed at a time when the-e is widespread clamor for prices to come down. Merchants are advised'to take their lossess. So are the farmers. Labor is advised that it must not expect a continuance of war time wages. It is argued that with prices dropping and further de clines expected in many lines the best course is to let the read justment process take its natural course. As far as the wheat ' man is concerned this must happen because the price of wheat is based fundamentally on the export market. t What, then, is the excuse for taxing the American breakfast table even $160,000,000 in order to enrich the sugar trust? How will the farmer feel if he must sell his wheat on the basis of the world market and yet buy sugar from a protected combine? How will the worker feel about this "back to normal"! talk if he finds his sugar bill soaring upward toward the wartime prices? , . The tariff on sugar is a vicious thing. It means robbing the multitude to enrich a few. It is not a fair basis of taxation and it is not sound even if we accept the protective tariff policy as the true gospel. This is not a sugar raising country and can never be. Sugar is the product of tropical and semi tropical re gions. It is vain to try to turn the United States into a sugar nroducinc reo-inn. Tt. ran rA Hnno mrm,n i.. v... -t.:- trie, north temperate zone many miles to the southward. ' ; , Presidentelect Harding should put his foot down on efforts of his partisans to put through such a measure. During the campaign ilr. Harding advised less politics in business, but here is a scheme to inject politics into business and to do so at a direct and colossal expense to all who use one of our chief food pro ducts. V COLLAPSE OF THE ATTACK ON CHARLES M. SCHWAB M t HE complete collapse of the charges against Charles M. .Schwab was to have been expected. Hardly any unpre judiced person would give much t weight to assertions tJiat a man of the Schwab type took part during the war in an expense account graft to defraud the crovernment. Neverthe less, the charges having been made, it was necessary, for Mr. Schwab's sake, as well as that of the government, that thev be thoroughly investigated. The investigation has taken place, and lias resulted in enure exoneration. , The unfortunate feature of the proceeding was that Mr. Schwab should have been compelled to defend his conspicuous ly patriotic war record. He was one of a large number of emi rent Americans who gave to their country in the emergency services that otherwise could not have been bought at any price. These men contributed to the cause of winning the war execu tive ability, organizing power of the highest degree at the same time that they were giving lavishly of their fortunes to finance war enterprises, and paying huge taxes to care for war expenses, i Charles M. Schwab was high on the list. His services were great and his reward was small. Now he has been compelled to undergo an investigation founded on insinuations that he did not possess even ordinary honesty. The charges were given the widest publicity before any sort of investigation had Been made, tnd the report of exoneration can hardlv travel as far unfounded and irresponsible accusations which started the mis erable business. It is events of this kind that discourage men of high ability from undertaking public work. They know that, no matter how unselfish their motives or how genuine their devotion, none of them is safe from the calumnies of petty individuals who see an unworthy purpose in every act. . There should be some way of t-uuiijciuiig jiivcsnBduuii to piace oeiore any charges such aB mose maae agamsi jur. jscnwao can be made public, Spokesman-Review. ARE HALF POPULATION t WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. (IT. P.)l Japanese residents of Hawaii total lQs.2'4, or nearly hall the entire pop li.tinn, the census bureau announced. The Japanese population has Increas ed Ss.r.Ss since 1910, facter than any other element of tho Hawaiian population. MVST GO BV mi. II WARHIVOTON". Jan. (A. P.) Donald OV.aliaj:han. lord mayor of fork, has len ordered by Secretary Wilson te leave the I"nlted State by February 11. He now In this country & enmun awaiting an opportunity to rvhip. DE VALERA OUTLINES IRELAND'S PEACE TERMS VVBUS. Jan. Y. (V. P.WPres iuynt" De Valera has ouUtned Ireland' peace terms. The first step, he said, will be for Britran to acknowledge Ireland's right to independency. The next step will he to negotiate a suit able agreement on relations between the tec cintries. Sinn Fein won't lfi it upon isolation from the empire, he said. Pevalera's terms were announced In i his reply to the questionnaire. His statement regarding isolation was ac cepted by his followers as a reply to the claim of British opponents that Ireland, entirely separated from Brit ain, would become a menace to the empire. . New Mark Needed. Miss Olden calling) What! Ton can't name all the presidents. Why. when I was a little girl I could easily, f Jack I don't think I should get a Host cm' riaugbter Hut Hire were i wro on this examination only (lire or four then. Louisville j Professor Correct, but that's the t'oiiner-Juuiiuil, I Ust luaJlt I kpa? oX." freU, !!JT i- ' A '- . . . . . ... ..... TJLie Credit ;Mot. fill' . j ..t t ".... V .; 4 " of a manufacturijig or commercial concern must know the fi . nmcial( standing of he firms to whom hia . company extends credit. Jle, hfis his (uii ox Bradstreet , jt PURCHAS OF THE variops departments must be, conyipcedthaf the goods de-' levered are as represented n bqifo TO.-1 .WtyX haye their scaleaxid, testing jajpparqtus .. .,r , ? -v THE ADVERTISlNa 3VIAN iltiSf kOW THAT THE CIR culation claims of the papery th,,wic Jie doe buns are justified by the facts. He has the reports of the Audit -a M m Uureau ot L.ircuiauons. 1 t x , u , GOOD FIRMS INViTE INVESTIGATION OF THEIR RAT 'ing or tJieii;mercliandise.- 'iT;; vtir GOOD PAPERS fIHvNISH A. B. G REPORTS TO THEIR advertisers. x, - UnvK '? - 1 'Jl ASK fo See the a. b. C. REPORT OF the east ore- GONIAN. TWELVE PACES El 1
