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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1922)
PAGE FOUR THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. OREGON Gapitar?ournal Balem, Orecon An Independent Newspaper. Published every evening ecoept Sdda Telephone SI; news II GBORQH PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher No Subsidy Needed In a narrative of his business career now running serial ly in "The Nation's Business," Captain Robert Dollar, one of the most successful of American ship-owners and posses sor of fleets sailing the seven seas, opposes President Hard ing's pet scheme of a ship subsidy as superfluous, declaring: I have been operating ships for a good many years, and I feel that I ought to know something about the subject. I have always felt that a shipowner wHo must bare ''pap" from the government doea not deserve to be in the business. We do not need any advantage over the other fellow; we can take care of ourselves. It is a relief in these days of greed and grab, of bonus begging and subsidy clamoring, of interests seeking special privilege at public expense, of grafters, pap-hunters and profiteers, to hear from one imbued with old-fashioned ideas of commercial honesty and business enterprise, who asks nothing in the line of special favor, but relies upon his own initiative, energy and wit to enforce a square deal and crown his efforts with success. It was such ideas and such ideals that developed Ameri ca and created its greatness. From the early pioneers down, worthwhile Americans have asked no odds of any one and held their own in competition with the world. The idea that Uncle Sam exists to dole out special favors to the individual to make-up for incapacity, or to enrich the few at the cost of many, is the inspirition of tariffs, subsidies and bonuses, and responsible for that paternalism which is destroying initiative and crippling e nterprise, and making us a nation of clamorous business beggars always crying for more. . '' Not only the ship-owner, but the man in any business who cannot stand on his own bottom, and must have pap from the government, is not worthwhile and the business that is similarly dependent, is also not worthwhile. But the primary idea of pap nowadays Is to get something for nothing and to inflate profits for monopoly, and the clamor for its necessity to preserve industry is mostly camouflage to deceive the people whose pockets are picked. It is about time that the nation went back to first prin cipls cut out privilege seeking and pap-sucking and left the individual to shift for himself, with no advantage over competitors save those that nature bestowed. It is time to wipe out paternalism and return to democracy, lest paternal ism wipe-out democracy. the beginning. "Why does the teacher correct my darling child more thaa the rest? Why do the children pick on my dear and make him bate school T" Because you, parent, did not teach him to obey. You are the cause of bis trouble. For your child sake, then, and for your country's sake, stand back of the school teacher who must do your work as well as her own present Tacts to your child that, will cause him to become a respected citizen and a loyal subject of his country Qod pity the child if his teacher la also slack in discipline. She, too, must answer tor her crime. Ood will bless the parent and the teacher who are true to their trust. Parent and teacher should work together for the child's sake and for Ood's sake. A home with out obedience, and a school with out discipline, are two long strides toward the penitentiary, bolshev ism and hell. MRS. DWIOHT A. IIOAO. Monmouth, Or., June it, 1922 OPEN FORUM Contributions to This Column must be plainly written on one side of paper, limited to 300 words in length and signed with the name of the writer. Articles not meeting these specifi cations will be rejected. To the Editor: As for the Sloat reward it was offered for the crime committed In Salem up on two little girls from this city. If Linn county gives any reward for the crime committed there we have no claim to that. He was not arrested in Linn county for the crime commited here and il was our two little girls that iden tified him and made It possible to convict him for the crime commit ted here and to them and them alone belongs the reward. - U H. SUTER. An Unnamed Sin. To the Editor: Many are daily committing a crime that though unpunished as far as the law di rectly concerns the offender, is a thousand times worse, with two exceptions, than any crime that is punished. Yes, It Is a major In, yet unpunished except by retribution. I shall write about it without naming It. A child Is born. - It is his pre rogative to be taught in such a manner that he will be qualified to live a proper life, He should not "only be shown what Is right, and what is wrong, but with rea-l soiling and firmness be brought to' obey. Obedience demanded by parents win incite a child to make obeis ance to them In later years, and il done in the right manner will no prompt an objurgatory attitud in the child. But this is not th issue. The child must obey fo the child s own sake. "My child has an ego; if I bos: him around, he will become nonentity." Oh, parent, did you say that? Explain the why for oi things as they come up in the life of a child, and if you have begun his education early, be will decide tor the right, his very being will be strengthened, and at the aam time a iounaatlon begun upon which his good character can rest, If he refuses to obey, with sor row and firmness cause him to d so. The natural 'inclination of human is toward selfishness wmcn is the skeleton key mat opens every undesirable thing in a human life. Leave a child t his own diction, and he will use this key freely. A child thus reared will be a detriment to th community. A child starts to school. Hi; parents have committed the name less crime against the one they love; hence he has trouble from - is - 1 BY . .r-$h2 r 1 Jap. wW ltn-m-tto. Aikla.J.Oraaa Nothing is difficult when you know how. It is safer to trust the people than the politicians. A lot of fun trouble. nearly always leads to a You never consider yourself a liar when you lie about your own town. . Good luck sometimes lead to bigger bank balances than shrewdness and wisdom. Laziness is ometimes so artistically employed that a man gets a fine reputation for prudence and good judgment. Hez Heck Says: "A farmer's disposition de-i penda a good deal on thp price o'hogs." HABVEY STARKWEATHER MARRIED 2 WEEKS AGO Portland, June 28. Harvey O. Starkweather, . democratic war horse, president of the Jackson club and recent but unsuccessful aspirant for the nomination for governor, married Miss Eva Mar gery Newman of Brookings, Ore., at urants Pass, June 14. After a trip to Bandon . and California points they have settled down at their country home, "Maadhug eru", on the Oregon City road. The announcement of the mar riage came as an utter surprise to Mr. Starkweather's many friends. They had formed the opinion that he for a long time had been think ing more of politics than of love. Mrs. Starkweather comes from an Oregon pioneer family. She Is an ex-student of the University of Oregon and the normal school at Monmouth. She has taught school In both Washington and Yamhill counties, and has taken a prom inent part In women's activities. T A DRAMATIC STORY OF LOVH AND ROMANCE .LOVE'S S 1 TV If JT- I::iyiASQUERADE By Idah MoGlone Gibson ShipjOrounds ; Floated Cleveland, Ohio, June 28 After being aground four hours on a sandbar near Kelleys Island In Lake Erie, the steamer South America, with 500 passengers aboard, was floated at' daybreak this morning and started for Cleveland. The steamer went aground about midnight in a dense fog that blanketed the lake and made shore lights invisible. The home of W. F. Biddle at Medford was entered some time last week while the family was away and loot to the value of $1000 was taken. Somehow the skirl of the bag pipes made all ex-Scots long for a snifter of Scotch. The Inquest ik "Yes, Dave, I cabled Margaret," replied Claveiing In answer to Davis" question. "Although Milt said nothing" to me about it, I was sure that he was Just burning up with the desire to hare her know what bad nappened to him. I al so knew that he had some queer ideas about the propriety of cab ling her himself with his wife's body awaiting burial." "Isn't it absurd thai a man as big as Milton should be so bound by social customs and would care enough for conventionality that he would refrain from telling the woman he had loved for years of the death of his insane wife. "Someway, down In my heart I feel as though Margaret Earle would come to care for MUt now that she has realised the philand erlng of Harry Glendenlng. "Because I felt this way I cab led: " 'Mrs. Milton was killed in ac cident last night. Dr. Milton slightly hurt while trying to save her. He is at the hospi tal.' " "You didn't say anything about Harry, Jim," remarked Davis. "No, I guess I do not know how to be diplomat, tor although of course . 1 Know that Margaret knows I have heard her story. did not just know how to cable about Harry. I left that for Milton later." The whole day was very full for all three of the friends. Dr. Milton worked assiduously over Glendenlng. You would have thought that he was Milton's dear est friend instead of his greatest enemy. I didn't know there were such splendidly unselfish men In the world, Dave," observed Clavering, when they had literally been ob liged to put Milton to bed in the hospital where he was visiting Glendenlng. The two friends returned to the Club and talked far into the night planning to bring some sort of or der out of the chaos. Their whole endeavor was to save Doris' feel ings as much as possible and to keep Margaret's name out of the proceedings for the sake of Dr. Milton. ' Davis was on hand early in the morning to take Doris to the in quest. He could see that she was very nervous when she whispered to him that she had never been to such a place before. j j Davis had asked that she might best and kindest husband in the be questioned first, but Adams was in such a state of mind that the coroner decided this Jnexpedient. He was afraid that Adams would make a scene whUe the other wit nesses were talking. Consequent ly, Doris Glendenlng bad to sit and listen while the man who bad tried to kill her husband and suc ceeded in murdering his wife ex plained his conduct and tried to Justify himself. "Your name?" asked the coron er. , "Henry Adams." "Your occupation?" "Traveling salesman." "Claire Adams was your wife?" "Yes, sir." "Did you fire this gun that kill ed her?" "They say I did, sir. They say that Claire la dead and that I mur dered her. Why, I never intended to kill her. Why, judge, I loved her. I was trying to get the man who ruined my home. It was he who killed her not I. If he had let her alone this would never have been. "You see, Judge, Claire was one of the most beautiful of wo men. She was good. Judge she was good. Naturally Bhe had a great deal of attention, for all men like good looking women, but I swear there was nothing wrong about her until she met Glendenlng. 'She loved a good time; she lov ed to be admired. And, oh, God! I wasn't there to protect her. I am sure, judge, she loved me until she met Glendenlng. I know now that it must have been because of him that I had notic ed the difference in her in the last two or three months, but I didn't even suspect anything un til arriving home unexpectedly I found a letter on her table ad dressed to Glendenlng. Evidently she had expected to send it to him when he had called her up and in hurrying to meet him, she had forgotten to destroy it "Is this the letter?" asked the judge. ''Yes, sir, "Will you please read it," he said to one of the attendants. He read: " 'My darling: " 'I haven't been able to un derstand what has changed you In the last few days. You don't love me any' more? It can't be pos sible after all your protestations, after making me love you as I do, after making me untrue to the world, you don't lore me any more. " 'Oh, dear heart! What is the matter with you? I am so unhappy Don't you remember telling me that you were going to love me forever and that you could not live without me? " 'Don't you remember telling me about Qulnto and what a won derful life we would live out there together? " "You must write to me. I can't bear it. Yours always, " 'CLAIRE.' Tomorrow The Wronged Hue band. PAVING OPERATIONS NEAR ALBANY BEGUN Albany, June 28. Hauling of 'hot stuff" on the Pacific high way on the Albany-Tangent sector began Tuesday morning. Five large trucks belonging to the A. D. 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