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THK UAHTAL JOUKNAL, SALEM, OKEUON
FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1925.
CapitalJiJournal
Salem. Oregoo
An Independent Newspaper Published Tery evening except Sunday
Telephone 81; newi 82
CEO KG IS PUTNAM. Editor and Publisher
What It Means
Los Angeles dispatches convey the interesting information
that Mrs. Charlie Chaplin's expectant motherhood will not
protect her from California school laws and that the screen
star must continue her studies nearly two years more accord
ing to the board of education's edict. Presumably between
periods of nursing the baby, the mother will be compelled by
the official snoopers to do sums in arithmetic.
All of which is a practical demonstration of how regulatory
laws work out. With the laudable purpose of preventing the
oxploitation of youth to the neglect of their schooling, the
uplifters forced the enactment of this compulsory educational
law, which gives the state power to interfere in family affairs
and upset married life. It was never supiosed by the ocople
th t such an absurd interpretation of the law would be made,
but your reformer has a single track mind and is devoid of
humor. It is the law and therefore sacred and must be
enforced, or the government totters to ruin and chaos.
If the child labor amendment to the federal constitution
is -atified, which gives congress "the power to limit, regulate
and prohibit the labor of persons under 18 years of age" we
shall have such fool interference with family control as
California suffers, multiplied a thousand fold. We shall
have an army of resident and traveling inspectors busying
themselves all over the nation in other peoples affairs and
arresting parents for permitting their husky offspring to
engage in healthful and beneficial toil instead of bringing
them up as loafers.
Children could not help their parents out and earn their
own way in life by working in the berry and hop fields, or
garden; they could not do the chores about farm or home;
the family wood-pile would know them no longer; even the
carrying or sale of newspapers would be forbidden and
apprenticeship in the trades would be barred by the congres
sional mother.
A host of other problems, necessitating new laws, new
office-holders, new bureaucracy would follow, for the govern
ment, having deprived the widow of the aid of her children,
must provide her n pension to support her and provide
schools for the children even though long past the age
when school is beneficial.
It is easy enough to assert that congress will exercise due
judgment and not unduly interfere in family life but the
record of congress is to the contrary. Stringent laws would
ht passed and enforced by fanatics, which would make any
parent, seeking to inculcate industry in his children, subject
to fine and imprisonment, with constantly increasing
penalties.
What can be expected of congress in case of the ratifica
tion of this amendment, has been demonstrated by prohibi
tion. The 18th amendment merely prohibited the manu
facture, .".ale, transportation or importation of intoxicating
liquors for beverage purposes. Congress proceeded to ban
liquor that was not intoxicating and arbitrarily defined one
half of one percent of alcohol as intoxicating, when as a
matter of fact, four and even five percent of alcohol is not
intoxicating. And then we have the arbitrary ruling of
bureau chiefs further limiting beverages and a 555,000,000
annual expenditure of tax-payers money to tyrannically cn
f -roe what was never contemplated in the amendment but
arbitrarily read into law by congress.
Another instance of the uplift proclivities of eomrress is
shown by the Mann act, passed to stop the while slave traffic,
ine lmiwrtation of young girls from Ktirono and their com
mercialization for immoral purposes in city slums, mining
and lumber camps. However the law is utilized princinallv
to persecute those injudicious enough to pay the fare of some
perfectly willilng woman on pleasure bent, from one state to
another a purpose not contemplated at the time of the law's
enactment.
It is the way of the uplifter to get a law on the books for
one purpose and then proceed to utilize it for another purpose.
It is laudable enough to stop the sweat-shopping of children
aim inn-- exploitation in childhood in factories, but the law
would be utilized principally to meddle in family affairs and
.prevent parents from working their children.
It is high time that we ceased centralizini? irovermm-iit f
Washington it is already breaking down from the strain of
paternalism put upon it. Such matters as child labor are
proper subjects for state jurisdiction ami all but four states
ifwrnlif m-.. I...... .... l i .i si ....
- mna imi me suDjecr. uregon cluldren are
amply protected and it is not up to us to interfere in the
al lairs of other states public opinion in the backward states
will cure existing abuses. .
The child labor amendment, put forth in the guise of
'aiiism, is me most vicious ot any or the amend
ments offered for its is destructive of Hi.- ideals of .l..m,-i-.v
Ihe Constitution was adopted to insure and substitutes the
irannv ol a bureaucratic state. It is un-American and
merits defeat.
CAHNERS ELECT
NEW OFFICERS
I'.n-ri in 1, Jan. 9 -C, K. M Mil
lln of MHlinuli iin w .1 ad .inrM
fiom vhe-pi t' I dent li pi.'vihnt if
Che Xurthwftt Caiincis' iiiW.it Inn
at Its closing convention ssin
e-itorJay afternoon. He smverd
ed If. K. ivHson of i'-rtland.
Olhfr ofticTrt nre : i:. K. Mil
Inn, vi-prr-hi.-rit ; i ,. Mutth. w
of Kverrtt, Wash . vr-pi (! en I ;
C. I). Minton of KortNtt (iiovc, re-
1 : sl iMr r la ry-t re.i m if r ; C. J.
Cletir of rorlhttiit, H. I. Himdxott
Of ol'rttan-1. W. J. Vary of I'uy.ill
U P. diwlon nnl B. M. I turns of
1 ortUni) re'jin'J am maniincr.
legislation prescribing rot-emeu
In variable finning nml n oviil
Ing for Inspector to Ihxiir ellm
Inntlon of nil of powdhlr ch.im
Of botiillniui from canned kooiIm
trnv ! tiiviwtntMl uniformly in
Oregon, Wft'hlnvton and Idaho nn
ft result of conferenr between th
Fpocintlon and reirMntlv-s of
O.o state health department of
these elate.
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"Rcidney!" lludaeyl" wUUpercd
Kuthlyn, "you cnould not have
come here."
"i'erhane not. dearest, but I
could not stay away. I knew you
would n't ant to he alone and 1
wanted to tell you that through all
tho terrible notoriety that will
come you must never doubt my
lova for you."
"And Itudney dear, whatever
come to either of us we will bear
it tousther."
"No! No! You mutt not come
into it at all, Kathlyo. Whatever
coined must come to me alone."
"I wilt not have it that way.
Hut even if I wanted to, how can
I help but be in it, dear? Every
body knows I have accepted Elton
Vom' .attentions for numlhs. Ilix
body being found dc-td outside my
door will point directly to my hav
ing vome connection with the af
fair "
"An J everybody knowa that I
waa Jealous."
'IVdney! They dli not necuae
you of shooting him? exclaimed
Kathlyn in sudden terror,
"Of course not. If they had, I
wouldn't be her-?. But, dearest, if
they do accuse either of us I am to
take the whole blame."
Hodney, you are saying that
b?caip you know that they will ac
cue you in the morning."
"Let them! I think I can easily
prove my inmcence. All we have
to do is to fit irk to the story."
"What is the tory?"
'Why, the story 1 told to tho
policeman. You heard me ring,
yuu came to your door and we
both found Elton Foaa murdered
at fhe bottom of your sttps. I did
not tell them. Kathlyn, that I put
the ruii in lib pocket, nor did 1
tell them of the other gun. You
hnvp It still ?" he added nulrklv. i
"YtiH. Here it is." Kathlyn walk-'
ed to the divan and picked up the
automatic. Without looking at it,
Itodaey dropped it In hta pocket
"Oh. why did you pick up that
tfher fiun, Uod? Your finger
prints wilt be on it. The police
man thought of H immediately
Don't you rem ember?'
"Don't worry, deav. there will be
other fingor prin'.g on it an well
Tho man who took it out of Foss'
pocket handled it, you know '
"its. but he handlei it very
carefully," Kathhn broke in.
"Ueil, by fortunate chance whn
the pjli'j?maii took it out of his
pocket ut the elation It fell out
of the handkerchief, and before
he ould carefully pick it up.
officious young policcn:an grabbed
U aul placed U on the table. A
smart lawyer could overrule any
damning evidence that the finger
prints on that gun might stand
for. There will be toj many on
It. But let's don't talk about me.
Let's talk about you. Dearest,
you understand, don't you, that
you must not come into this at ail
It would be fatal."
'I don't aee how you are goins
to keep mo out of it," ehe answer
ed quietly.
"That will be taken ciro of some
way cveu if I"
"You are keeping something
from me, Rodney," interrupted
Kathlyn, clutching him convnl
aively. "You fully expect that you
will be accused of the murder."
"What if I am? Don't you real
ize that that is the ieat of my
troubles, Kathlyn. What I hope
lit he done la that a verdict w 111
he brought in. 'Shot by a fiei-fton
unknown.' If that is not J nc, then
they probably will intli t me."
"And I have myself to blame for
this. I encouraged Elton Koss."
"What happened tonight here?
What marie you so angry with
him?" Itoriney's voice showed his
jealousy had overcame for the mo
ment his anxiety.
"Well, you aee, RoJney, Elton
made this big killing today. He
had been drinking a great deal be
fore he came here, lie had hardly
gotten into the room before he
tried to kiss me. Of course, I was
very angry, for you know, dear,
don't you, that X have kept my
kisses for you?
"Kttoo knew Hut, too, and when
I pushed htm away he accused nie
of it. He told me thai I waa a fool
to be true to ou. that your affair
with the girl who is playing the
lead in your new coimdy was the
talk of the tonn. I was very angry
for you must know. Hodney, that
I have alwpya known that you
were playing as fair with me as I
was with you. He waa too drunk
to realize how angry I was. and
he attempted to toll me that if I
would go with him he would give
me half of the million dollars he
had made on change today. Then
he adth'd that it was more than
you would ever have.
"I told him to get out of the
house, that X never wanted to look
i-.pon his face again. He answer
ed that he con i n't live without me.
that all day while the market had
been coin ins his way. his only
thought was what tho money would
do for m. H? xall he wanted me
so much that if necessary he would
marry me."
"I told him that under tho cir
cumstances X could not marry him
nor my other man, and he said he
would tnk-) me under any circum
stances if he could c?t me.
"Again I refused and he became
Hilary and said, 'I'll take you now!
He came toward me . After s
little pause Kathlyn finished with:
"At last I succeeded in pushing
him out the door."
Tomorrow The Confession.
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