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GEORGE PUTNAM,
A State Income Tax
Governorelect Pierce is out
persons in Oregon who pay an
government be required to pay
or one third of the amount of
The idea is not original with Mr. Pierce as it already
obtains in South Carolina and has been" discussed for some
time locally as a practical solution of the income tax issue,
inasmuch as it would save the state the complicated machin
ery necessitated for the administration of any kind of an
fcicome tax law. The federal
.machinery and its figures would
The flat income tax is more
and simpler to administer, but
tions of wealth menace the nation by establishing inequality
of oDnortunitv. we shall have graduated income taxation put
forth as a corrective influence,
learned how to evade it.
The greatest defect in the federal income revenue measure
is that it does not differentiate between earned and unearned
incomes and hence penalyzes industry. The income earned in
industry cannot escape the taxgatherer, for it is reflected in
the records, while the unearned income can and does seek
refuge in tax-exempt securities and is thereby withdrawn
from useful production- -
The income tax as it works
dustry and in the case of great
to the cost of production and
Ii the state attempts to levy too large a toll, capital needed
for Oregon industry and development will keep away from
the state. ,
What the state needs is not
, equitable distribution of. taxation as well as a reduction in
taxation. At present realty is bearing too heavy a proportion
of taxation. If 'the income tax
the idea of equalizing taxation
tional revenues-
President Harding in his recent message championed the
passage of the proposed constitutional amendment to pro
hibit all issues of tax exempt
Tax-exempt securities are drying up the sources of Federal
taxation, and they are encouraging unproductive and extravagant
expenditures by States and municipalities. There Is more than 'the
menaco in mounting public debts,
. which should be made available to
The proposed amendment will place the Btate and Federal Govern
ments and all political subdivisions on an exact equality and will cor
rect the growing menace of public borrowing, which If left unchecked
may soon threaten the stability of our Institutions.
Unless such an amendment is adopted, all efforts to equal
ize taxation by forcing slacker wealth to contribute its
prorata of taxes will be abortive.
along State Street
A high-stepper is not always a person who wears expen
sive shoes.
The secret of happiness- is
and keep them there.
To constantly nag a man
on a mule's tail.
The reason many a man isn't popular is merely because
he hasn't the price.
What the modern automobile
Ion
A lot of people are willing
the sake of an argument.
,It's the wise woman who asks her husband for a $50
gown when she wants a $25 one.
It doesn't seem nearly as hard for some people to settle
a bill with a check as to count out the cold cash.
A slippery pavement and a
ation that appeals to just two
the repairman.
Salem Man Is First Yank
to Win the Highest Award
Ever Given at Oxford
The chancellor's prize for Eng
HhU essay, one of the highest hon
ors attainable at Oxford, has been
awarded to Grank Curworth Fliut
of Salem, according to word re
ceived here.
Flint, a graduate of Reed col
lege, is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank K. Flint of this city.
Flint was appointed Rhodes
scholar from Oregon In 1919. He
U the first American ever to merit
the English prize, and. . the first
American ever to win an honor
high enough to entitle him to par
ticipate in the Encaenia, as the
commencement ceremony is called.
On the same occassion and lust
prior to the awarding of the Eng
lish prize, William Howard Taft,
chief justice of the United States
supreme court, received the hon
orary degree of doctor of civil
laws.
"The Post-Victorian Epoch of
English Literature" was the sub
ject for this year' chancellor's
prize competition. Flint's prize
manuscript was about 70 pages lu
length and since has been placed
In the hands of one of the lead
ing London editors who Is consid
ering Its publication.
Unusual distinction for Its win
ner Is borne by the chancellor's
prize, in that It U a ".nivereity
honor" for which competition is
open to the students of 81 coUeges
composing Oxford university.
Mint was the first Red college
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Editor and Publisher
with the suggestion that all
income tax to the federal
at the same time .one half
the federal tax to the state
government already has this
be available for state use.
equitable than the graduated
as long as great accumula
though wealth has already
:
out is simply a tax upon in
corporations is usually added
passed back to the consumer.
more taxation, but a more
is adopted, it should be with
and not of providing addi
securities as follows:
there is the dissipation of capital
the needs of productive Industry.
to set a limit to your wants
has the same effect as pulling
needs is fewer miles per gal-
to start something just for
reckless driver make a combin
people the undertaker and
siauumo 10 enter oxrora as a
Rhodes scholar. Fololwlng a ca
reer of unsurpassed scholastic ex
cellence at Reed, which terminated
in June, 1919, he received the
scholarship award simultaneously
with Stevenson Smith, also a Reed
college graduate. In December of
that yeur. Flint, however, entered
Oxford in aJnuary, 1920, while
Smith did not matriculate until
the following September.
At Oxford, Flint was a member
of Balliol college and a student of
English. It has been reported un
of ifcially that since his graduation
last June he has been added to the
teaching staff in Balloil college.
Following is an excerpt from
Flint's correspondence describing
the Encaenia as he first visualized
three years ago the annual cere
mony In which later he was to
particpate as the first American:
"At noon, I went to the En
caenia, a ceremony at which the
distinguished men receive honor
ary degrees, and various prize
compositions for English essays
are recited. Two of the most dis
tinguished men - this year were
Paderewskl and Venizelos. The
ceremony Is very impressive, be
cause the professors nil wear
gowns of solid scarlet, the vlce
chancelor Is preced dby four proc
tors bearing maces andythe public
orator leads a long speectt la Latin
about each presentee."
PANTOMIME
The Regeneration of
Malcolm Starmount
:By EDAH McGLONE GIBSON;
A Chorus Girl from the Revue
"Tell me all that Mary knows,
Pat," Starmount impatiently com
manded. "Well, she knows .everything that
I know,'' Pat answered grimly. ''She
wouldn't be easy until I told it all
to her. -
"I am sorry if you do not ap
prove, but if you do not want me
to tell anything to Mary Devlin
when she asks me, you must not tell
it to me. That little girl, Mr. Star
mount, has always twisted . me
around her little finger. You re
member how she did it, the first day
you saw her. I think we should
have told her the whole story in
the first place for she has some
very decided ideas about the Ten
nant affair. You remember she was
there when he was struck down.
''She also told me that that wom
an Van Eiseu had been around try
ing to pump her after the newspaper
incident.
"She thinks that Nalda Courte
ncy sent her up there, hoping to get
some clue about Tennant. She is
sure that Courteney is as much in
the dark as we are about Ten
nant. "For some reason Courteney sus
pects that that telegram, she got is
a raKe.
"Did -Mary get this all from
Mrs. Van Eisent 1 did not think that
aho had seen her."
"Well, perhaps she had not when
you talked to her ovor the phone,
but she has seen her since. Mary
told me that she had and you can
believe Mary Devlin for she never
liod in all her life."
"But, Mulcahy, what can a child
like Mary do or think in a case
of this kind. She i the most ln
noeont girl of her age that I ever
knew and J have known girls who
were protected and cared for and
kept unspotted from the world in
the strictest, sonse, but even a girl
of this kind is sophisticated beside
thig child that I picked out of the
street. I really do not quite under
stand how she has worked among
tho people' as she has done without
touching some of the filth that was
all about her. Hor Innocence is al
most unbelievable."
"No, Mr. Starmount, you have got
Mary Devlin wrong. She is not in
nocent in that she knows nothing
of evil. Mary, bless her, has been
brought up In a hot bed of sin as
all girls are who are thrown out
on their own very early in life. She
has seen it around hor on all sides.
She has had to live with it stalk
ing beside her with hands out
stretched to snatch her from the
straight forward 'way if she turned
her eyes for one moment in Uki
direction.
"Mary Devlin, Mr. Starmount, i.
not innocent. Toor child I do not
think she ever was innocent for that
means only ignorance of sin, but
Mary Devlin is pure; as far as she
is concerned, sin has been unablo to
touch her.
"Sometimes I think Mr. Star
mount that the saints have always
had her in their keeping. ''
'What did Mary toll you about
Mrs. Van Eisen, Mulcahy J" Star-
mount asked to cover up the emotion
occasioned by Muloahy's analysis of
Mary'a character given with all the
vision of the Celtic nature.
With characteristic adaptability
Mulcahy came back to the subject in
hand.
"She told me that common gossip
had it that Mrs. Van Eisen was not
the mother of that child."
"How did Mary know that, Mul-
cahv!"
"The little girl told it herself. She
said Mrs. Van Eisen had told her
real mother that she would take
her up to the camp and have her
made all well if she would call Mrs.
Van Ki'sen mother all the time she
was there."
'Well, what had that to do with
itf"
"Mary found Out that Mrs. Van
Eisen was one of the chorus girls in
the Little Revue company. One who
had joined recently and had struck
up a great friendship with alda
Courteney," ' .
'But I don't understand what she
expected to got out of it," exclaim
ed Starmount.
"Neither do I, 'answered Mul-,
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By J. H.Striebel
cahy, "but Mary seems to think that
she was going to try and vamp you
and by sympathizing with yon get
you to tell her the whole story. Of
course, the plot fell through because
you were so much taken up, with
the death of Mary's mother and Ed
die's operation. However, if you
will pardon me Mr. Starmount, she
made pretty good headway at that.
Because you know you did trot
around with her a lot, so much so
that gossip linked your names to
gether." "Well, Mulcahy, she was the only
live one at that place. She could
dance and she was not averse to a
glass of wine. Of course it had to
be surreptitiously indulged in at the
camp, but I guess I am not as good
as I thought I was for I did enjoy
the woman's nonsense."
''Well, sir. Mary took the blame
for it all upon herself. With tears
rolling down her cheeks she said to
me that if she had not been lazy
and allowed herself to stay in bed,
she could have kept that woinan
away from you. ' '
" 'They are all after my lord's
money'. she said. 'They don't care
a thing atiout him. They don't 6e
how splendid ha is. There isn't one
of them that would look at him if
he could not spend money ike
water.' "
Much to Mulcahy's surprise, Star
mount threw back his head and
laughed a gread loud joyous guf
faw. "So she is going to take care
of me is she Patf She is going to
keep all the vamps at their distance!
Well, she'll have a hard time doing
it, for I believe I have been the tar
get of every one in tho country."
Mulcahy looked somewhat appre
hensive. "Sure Mary does not mean
to butt in, Mr. Starmount," he said
humbly.
"But I want her to butt in, Pat,
I want her to butt in. It's the first
tried to save me or my money and
I like it, Pat I like it."
' "Lct' go to bed." .
Tomorrow More Mystery About
Wallas, Or, Dec. 26. Six peo
ple showed up at the school exam
inations which were held in the
circuit court room in the court
house, the examinations closing
Thursday afternoon. According
to Josiah Wills, county superin
tendent of schools, the number
would have been larger but on ac
count of the normal school at Mon
mouth closing for the holidays
many of the students left for their
respective homes intending to take
their examination In the county in
which their homes were located.
Out of the six taking the examiua
tion, five had been teaching In the
Polk county schools. These exam
Inations must be taken by ttie
teachers every two years unless
they are graduates from th or
inal school or have taken 'examina'
tion lor a five-year or life certifi
cate. Those taking tha exatulna
Hons during the week were as f61
lows: Elizabeth Wagner of Falls
City. Carl Morrison of Oak Grove,
Gertrude Watsllng ot West Salem,
Frank J. Hostitler of Monmouth,
Jewel Oxley ot Bettfel, Mrs.H.L.
McMurphy ef Falls City.
MONEY PROBLEM VITAL ii
PROBLEM ALONG RHINE
Pnrta Tec. 26 One of th-3
ouestiona attendant upon possi
ble action In the Rhineland i
that .of the money supply,' says
the Matin. The experts are at a
loss to , decide hether in the
event that the Ruhr basin is sep
arated from the rest ot Germany
by a customs barrier, it will con
tinue to receive, paper money
from Berlin. It is admitted tlijat
the introduction of foreign mon
ey into France would raise seri
ous difficulties. Deliberations" On
this "subject are continuing, .the
newspaper adds.
ONLY 6 TEACHERS
TAKE POLK EM
The Pride
-BY PETEfc,
Author ot "Kindred of the
(Copyrighted 1921 by Peter
First Scrceaut Michael Joseph
Farrel entered the orderly room and
saluted his captain,, who sat, with
his chair tilted back, staring mourn
fully at the opposite wall.
"I have to report, sir, that J. nave
personally delivered the .battery rec
ords, correctly sorted, labeled, and
securely crated, to the demobiliza
tion office. The typewriter, field
desk, and stationery have been turn
ed in, and here are the receipts."
The captain tucked the receipts in
his blouse poeket.
"Well, Sergeant, I dare say that
marks tne compietiou ui yum uui.
all but the last formation.' He
glanced at his wrist-watch. "Fall in
the battery spud call tne ron. ay
that time, I will have organized
my farewell speech to the men.
Hope I can deliver it without mak-
g a fool of myself.
"Very well, sir."
The first sergeant stepped out of
the orderly-room and blow three
long blasts on lift whisth? his sig
nal to the battery to "fall in." The
men came out of the demobilization
shacks with alacrity and, formed
within a minute j without command,
thev "dressed'' to the right and
straightened the line. Farrel step
ped to the right of it, glanced down
the long row. of silent, eager men,
and commanded,
"Frontl" . i
Nearly two hundred heads des
cribed a quarter circle.
Farrel stepped lithely down the
long front to tho geometrical center
of the formation, made a right-face,
walked six paces, executed an about
fuce, and, announced complainingly :
"Well, I've barked at you for
oighteen months and finally you
made it snappy. On the last day of
your service, you manage to fall in
within the time limit and dress the
lino perfectly. I congratulate you."
Covert grins greeted his ironical
sally. He continued: "I'm going to
say good-by to those of you who
think there are worse tops in the
service than I. To those who did
not take kindly to my methods, I
have no apologies to offer. I gave
everybody a square deal, and for
the information of some half-dozen
Hot-spurs who have vowed t", give
me the beating of my li'o the day
we. should be demobilized, J take
pleasure in announcing that 1 will
be the first man to be disch 'rged,
that there is a nice clear spve be
tween these two demobilization
shacks and the ground is not too
hard, that there will be no guards
to interfere, and if any man with
the right to call himself 'Mister' de
sires to air his grievance, he can
make his engagement now, and I
shall be at his service at the hour
stipulated. Does anybody make me
an offer f" He stood there, balanced
nicoly on the balls of his feet, cool
alert, glancing interestedly up and
down the battery front. "What!
he bantered, "nobody bidsf Well,
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cations will be rejected.
To the Editor: You will kind
ly let me register my objections
to the use of the pardoning pow
er of Acting Governor Rttner, on
the recommendation of the prose
cuting attorney, the Judge and
the parole board. It Is possible
that I might over rule my objec
tions if I knew all of the facts
relative to these pardons. Not
knowing personally the men thus
pardoned I must necessarily
judge by the newspaper reports
of each case. Take for instance
the pardon of Webb, the murder
er. Should a murderer be turned
on society? You say that he will
not commit another murder. How
do you know he wont? Have you
any assurance except Webbs' own
words that he will not commit
another such offence? You say
that that is all anyone could give
under the circumstances? I deny
that such Is the case, or that a
pardon should be granted upon
the word of a murderer. From all
one can gather Webb would go
to exactly the same place should
he die a natural death or be
hung for the murder he commit
ted. The life he lead before the
murder was much easier for him
than the life ha muet now, of
necessity, lead, and if he could
not then of his own strength live
it, without committing murder,
how then can he live without tak
ing the desperate chance ot com
miting another such deed, I have
lots of faith In Judge Morrow, as
a man and as a judge. Governor
Ritner I do not know personally,
but I am sure that he and the
pardoning board are all good
men, who bend their efforts to
ward helping those who, in their
estimation, are worthy. But.
don't you realize that Webb could
have gone out of that prison 1 a
naw - creature, in Christ Jesus,
were he worthy, and not as
murderer? Don't you know that
If he had been set free by Christ,
that he would have been free in
deed? That he would then had
the strength, to combat all evil,
to keep him clem and good.
Then, and then only might he he
freed without the danger of
bringing "reproach upon the men
who are responsible for his' free
ofPalomar
B, KYNE-
Duet," "Cappy Ricks', Js-tc.
B. Kyne, all rights reserved)
I'm glad of that. I part friends
with everybody. .Call rolls!''
The section-chiefs called the rolls
of their sections and reported them
present. Farrel stepped to the door
of the orderly-room.
'The men are waiting for the
captain," he reported.
"Sergeant Farrel, ' that bedevueo
individual replied' frantically, "I
can't do it. You'll have to do it
for me."
"Yes, sir; I understand."
Farrel returned to the battery,
brought them to attention, and said:
"The skipper wants to say good-
by, men, but he isn't up to the job.
He's afraid to tackle it; so he has
asked me to wish you light duty,
heavy pay, and double rations in
civil life. He has asked me to say
to you that ho loves you all and will
not soon forget such soldiers as you
have proved yourselves to be.''
'Three for the Skippert Give him
three and a tiger!" gomeooay plead
ed, and the cheers were given with
a hearty generosity which even the
most disgruntled organization can
develop on the day of demobilization
The skipper came to the door of
the orderly-room.
'Kjoodrby, good luck, and God
bless you, lads!'' he shouted, and
fled with the discharges under his
arm, while tne oattery "coumea
off,'' and, in command of Farrel
(the. lieutenants had already been
demobilized), marched to the pay-
tables. As they emerged from the
paymaster's shack, thoy scattered
singly, in little groups, buck to the
demobilization-shacks, resently, bear
iug straw suitcases, "tin" helmets,'
and gas-masks (these latter articles'
presented to them by a paternal gov
ernment as souvenir of their serv-
ive), they drifted out through the
Presidio gate, where the world swal
lowed them. i
Although he had been the first
man in the battery to receive his
discharge, Farrel was the last man
to leave the Presidio. He waited
until the captain, having distributed
the discharges, came out of the pay-
office and repaired agatn to his de
serted orderly-room; whereupon the
former first sergeant followed him.
"I hesitate to obtrude, sir,' he an
nounced, as he entered the room,
"but whether the captain likes it or
not, he '11 have to say good-by to me.
I have attended to everything I can
think of, sir; so, unless the captain
has some further use for me, I shall
be jogging along."
"Farrel," tho captain declared, "if
I had ever had a doubt as to why
I made you top cutter of B battery
that last remark of "yours would
have dissipated it. Please do not be
in a hurry. Sit down and mourn
with me for a little whle.''
"Well; I'll sit down with you, sir,
but I'll be hanged if I'll be mourn
ful. I'm too happy in the knowledge
that I'm going home.''
(Continued Tomorrow)
dom. No man is worthy to be
pardoned while in the same sDirv
it that prompted the transgres
sion of the Devlne laws. Fcr mur
der is a sin that cannot be for
given by the powers of this
world, unless it be in conjunc
tion with God Almighty.
WILL E. PURDY.
To the Editor: In all the arti
cles Olcott has put forth as gov
ernor of Oregon, the most con
temptable lies and misrepresenta
tion, wag his artical at the meet
ing of the governers in Va this
was promulgated at a secret
meeting of certain classes, before
he went east, it is one composed
of falshood from begining to end,
the school bill Is one of the very
best mesures put forth to insure
education and stop . lllitercy of
native & foren born children and
make them become . acquainted
with the English language, and
does not prohibit them-from learn
lng the language of their mother
tong before and after they have
taken the high school course,
then his favorit K. O. C. prokllv
ities, and fighting the K. K. K.
shows his weakness of carictun
and his inability to even under
stand true American principles &
ideas his stand for Catolick
church K. C. his acts, in extra va
gene in salery & management of
state institutions was showen by
the change of Ore. vote from
SO, 000 republican majority to 40,
000 democratic vote and the peo
ple now think the place he should
ocupy would be under the care
of Dr. Stiner at the assylum.
Any man of common sence
would not make a fool of himself
as he did at the meeting of the
governers in Virginia, and the
Gov. of N. C. called him down
hard, on his artical which was a
dtspraee to the state of Oregon
is and should be condemned by
all good citizens and the press.
R. R. RYAN.
As the legislature .soon meets
I hope to see a bill passed to rala
iome taxes from a graduated In
come tax. also to change the au
tomobile tax to a tax on the mack
st a reasonable valuation then a
TUESDAY,
tax on amount of gas used or nill-
aee of travle matting the tax on
the actual value of car and
amount of travle on the roads or
gas used this would be fair to all
then the money In each Co should
be applied on the roads in said
Co. for general up keep and build
ing.
Let Salem try heading tho
cars in so it will give more-room
for other cars.
Yours trulq,
R. R. RYAN.
To the Editor. A recent article
In your issue of The Capital Jour
nal of December 20 la.it, has
drawn our attention to what we
consider an injustice to the repu
tation of the Salem high school.
The. article under discussion
pertains to the arrest of several
young men for alleged thefts. Our
objection is the fact that your ar
ticle was expressed in a .manner
that refers to the high school as a
criminal institution and not as an
educational center.
It Is true that in every body of
people there is a- good and a bad,
and while the young men under
discussion undoubtedly belong to
the bad element, it is enough to
punish them as such and not to
carry it to extreme by degrading
the reputation of the Salem high
school.
The cause for the publishing ot
such an article is entirely un
known to us. Whether it was an
error, or the exposing qf a grudge
against our school by The Capital
Journal management, we do not
know, but we believe that you
should be enlightened upon the
subject and we hope that In the
future you will endeavor to coop
erate with us in upholding the
high ideals of the Salem , high
school. '
HAROLD C. MOON,
FRANCIS E. ELLIS,
Students of S. H. S.
T
DallasDec. 26 The drill team
from Prune Center camp No. 9917
Modern Woodmen of America,
under command of Captain Roy
Kelly, were at Hillsboro, Or., last
Thursday evening and conferred
the organization work upon 20
candidates. This ceremonial clos
ed a two days' celebration In that
city to commemorate the 40th an
niversary of the organization.
Installation ceremonies to be
held In the old Elks temple at
Salem on the evening of January
10, will be participated In by the
camp of four counties, .about 10
in number, will draw close onto
8QJ) members of the organization
to that city. The ceremony will
be ' a joint one in nature,
newly elected officers of the
Modern Woodmen of America and
the Royal Neighbors, the ladies
organization, taking part. The
tentative program for the evening
calls for a monster parade at
7:30 o'clock led by the organiza
tion band from Hillsboro, with
about 26 pieces. Governor-elect
Walter M. Pierce, state lecturer
for the organization, will deliv
er the main speech of the eve
ning. J. G. Tate, national auditor
of the Woodmen with his head
quarters at Portland, will also
be present and deliver a speech.
Plans are now being made for the
conveyance of practically every
member of both the Woodmen
and Royal Neighbors of Dallas to
Salem on that evening.
Polk County Court
Mrs. Frank Munson has been
ill the past week with ; what
seems to 'be an attack nf la
grippe.
Little Maxlne Olson la vorv atcV
at this writing.
Loyal Whttnev. wh n Tina Vioon
suffering for the oast few wooli-a
with tonBll and ear trouble, is
some better, we are glad to state.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank niann
Portland visitors last week.
Mr. and Mrs. MitrKali on
Harold, came up" last Fridav
from Portland to spend the Christ
mas holidays with i d.j
. . iiita,
Jonn hchlndler. Mr. Mitchell
is
Mrs. schindler's brother.
"The Night Hawks" held the!
annual Christmas celebration
at
tne home of Mr. and Mrs,
W.
iiorsllne last Saturday night
Their Christmas tree was a a-rent
success; so were the refresh.
ments, also. Fun. fun, fun was
the key note of the affair.
Archie Ewing is again able to
be out after an attack of the in
fluenza. The community Christmas ex
ercises were held in the school
house last Friday night. The
largs crowd, which was present
was enthusiastic over each num
ber on the program, and high
ly praised the whole. After the
program a treat consisting of
candy, popcorn balls and apples
were served, and a general good
social time enjoyed by all.
Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. D. A. Hoag,
teachers in the Brush College
school,, left Saturday for thfir
home at Monmouth, where they
will spend the holidays. School
work will be resumed January 2d.
Expel impurities with
Dr. KING'S PILLS
for constipation
DALLAS LOOSE TO
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DECEMBER 2G, 1922
EIGHT HOUR DAT
NOT FEASIBLE IS
Chicago, Dec. 26. - Sve. ,
abolishment of the 12 hour day
in the steel industry 19 hoped for
by Judge Elbert II. Gary, cha..
man of the board of the United
States Steel corporation, hut Oer.
many and France are golnir t,o.i"
to the two shifts a day svsw
and there is agitation to th
same' end in England In order t
compete with American steel h
said today in an interview' "
thorlzed by him. "
The steel corporation ma ..
duce its 12 hour workers to ii
per cent but to adopt generally
the eight hour day would Mr
Gary BaiS, entail stagftering' IoS8"
es or an Increase in steel prlC6
which would be a bad ti,in
the steel industry and the coun
try. The practice of "pittsh,
plus", that is, basing the price of
steel on the cost plus freight from
Pittsburgh to destination, instead
of retarding development of th.
uuuuis west woum see more steel
plants open In that territory
than without the system, he said
"Pittsburgh plus," he assertsd
was a stabilizer by giving hoth'
buyer and seller a defimta h
on which to. figure prices.
we are not making enough
now to pay our dividends on com
mon stock," Judge Gary said
"They are paid in part from sun
plus. With such an added ex.
pense as the eight hour day must
necessarily entail, we would fi-
staggering losses or an Increase
in prices wnictt would be likely
to have a most depressing effect
upon all building and many oth
er lines of industry."
LOTSliilAy
Fred A. Erixon is the grantee la
two warranty deeds filed for rec
ord Saturday. The first is from
Edward C. Roberts for 4 2-3 acres
for a consideration of $3150 and
the second from M. J. Hunt and
wife and Laura Davidson for a
tracts Is what is to be kuown as the
Highway addition to Salem, with
a consideration of $1500.
With the filing of these two
deeds, the title to the property
known as the Highway addition to
Salem is completed.
Mr. Erixon, who has charge of
the addition at the north end of
Capitol street, says everything is
now in fine shape with but a
lot or two unsold.
In purchasing property In the
Highway addition, each owner
signed an agreement to favor a pe
tion to the city council for paving
through the addition, extending
Capitol street north to meet with
the fair grounds road. This work
of paving will begin early next
spring, and it is undersood the
erection of several houses Is al
ready planned.
Mill City News
Mill City, Or., Dee. 23. Mr.
and Mrs. George Berry will be at
home with Mr. and Mrs. W. Q.
Smith for the holidays.
LeRoy Hawkins is at home for
the holidays from the Oregon Ag
ricultural college at Corvallis.
Mill City high school basketball
team will play Turner at Mill City
Thursday night.
Anton Waters tallyman at Mill
City Hammond yard la confined
to his home on account of Illness.
One of the best social events of
the season will be held at I. O. O.
F. hall Thursday evening when
the Maccabees entertain for mem
bers and their friends .with their
annual dance. '
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