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PAGE FOUR THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON- MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1925. CapitalJlJournal Salem, Oregon An Independent Newspaper Published Every Kveninff Except Sunday Telephone 8; News 82 GIOOUGB PUTNAM, ICdltor and Publisher BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY Or let him take hold of my strength that he may make peace with me; ami he shall make peace with me. Isaiah 27:r. Skinning the Grower Why is it that Salem growers receive less for their fruit than growers of other sections ? Why is it, with shippers paying as high as 8 to 17 cents in other districts for black cherries, Salem growers sign contracts (which only bind the grower) for two and a half cents a pound on delivery, plus whatever the shipper wants to hand out at the close of the season? Why was it that last year the grower sold black cherries for five cents and the shipper netted from ten to fifteen cents, with all expenses paid, in eastern markets? Salem's cherries are as fine as grown anywhere, finer than most. Properly sprayed, they are worth as much or lateness of season, nearly as much as cherries from other localities. yet the grower barely gets expenses. The fault lies with the grower. The shippers and speculators cannot be blamed. They buy as low as they can and sell as high. They pay no more than they are forced to pay, and if they can force the grower to hold the sack, they will do so. The grower is at fault for failure to organize and control his product. The grower will continue to sell at a loss as long as he signs fool contracts or until he controls his out put, either by doing his own packing and marketing, or by cooperation, forcing buyers to pay a fair price. If the grower doesn't help himself, he cannot expect the speculator to help him. The speculators game is to skin the grower. Playing the Pirate IMcntVir.g Eugene's effort to steal the proposed Southern Pacific shops from the little sister city of Springfield, the Eugene Guard says: In ihoir efforts to secure location of the Southern Pacific carsliops anil terminal, in accordance witli plans launched a number of yearH ago, the people of Springfield are well within their rights. In their cffortH to ohtnin the shois and terminal for this city, the people of Eugene are on equally sound ground of right. It is, or should he, purely nnd solely a question of competition hetween the two cities for a highly desired prize. There Is no occasion for HI feeling in the matter, or for charges of ulterior motives or had faith on either side. We of l-Jugene and Springfield have to llvo neiglihors lo each othor. Wo ought to keep on neighhorly terms. Kach side lo the present competition ought to concede to the other fairness of thought nnd of motive. Tho effort is not in the hands of unworthy men on either side. This logic might be good if the Southern Pacific had not only promised to locate the shops at Springfield, but had already purchased the site. For years it has been regarded as a settled issue, when along comes a bunch of Eugene boomers seeking lo grab the prize, without cost to themselves at $175,000 public expense, simply because Eugene, being a large community, assumes she can exert more influence with the railroad and hog all improvements. No occasion for nurd-feeling on Springfield's part? There is every occasion for it. Naturally Springfield objects to being robbed of her principal asset, especially as any develop ment in Springfield will react to the benelit of Kugene. "We ought to live on neighborly terms" says the Guard. Then Eugene should practice the golden rule in her relations with adjoining cities and cease attempting to play pirate for her own aggrandizement through the rum of her neiglihors. Pierce's Holidays Governor Pierce must be losing his complaisance and desire to please. After having proclaimed numerous holidays for such momentous occasions as the opening of the baseball season, and observances for such important subjects as "old friends week," ho has drawn the line on proclaiming July 1G, the diiy of the Elks parade at Portland, n holiday. He gives as his reasons: The declaration of a legal holiday Is a serious matter to business Interests of the stale. It means finnnclnl loss to many Institutions. Mills and factories, if closed, suffer loss. Hanks closed for n day moan Interruption of clearances hihI much annoyance to regulnr patrons. An extraordinary holiday such as this presents serious difficulties to the funning and stock Interests of tho stale. The closing down of the mills nnd fartoriea alone for one extra holiday would result In A loss of not less than a million dollars. The governor's discovery is n belated one. If a holiday entails the loss he declares, he has already cost the state a good many millions of dollars, for this is the first instance on record of his refusal to proclaim one. Hut the governor overestimates the value of his ukase and the power of his proclamation. It is perfectly safe for him to proclaim nil the holidays he desires, for nobody pays any attention to them and business runs along as usual despite them. My Ma trimonial Vacation byvwctDare A SCl Ni: IN (T'NTU Ali 1'AltK Ity the follmvliiK iiiniiilim I luul made lip my inllut to do whnle Jim w;mlrd nip to mid pretend Mutt H wan what I w;uit d ton. I il ;iijtv to nny arrnin;f'inMit ho wanted It make Tor a dhoive. lit' had n tunned that I'd go to I 'aria or Mexico nnd I wasn't n.ilng to toll him (hiil I hadn't money enough to leave. New York! I told myself that I eonld bury my pride nnd borrow the money from Nnllialle Jordan; I could pay It bnck flomehow. lie nrrlved nt the hotel Jiut ft I finished breakfast. 'Xot'fl ro for n walk whllo we discuss thlnffa," he unReted. "If a beautiful day; makes you glad to bo nlive." I wanted to toll him that noth ing could make mo glad to be allvp, but I didn't. I meekly put on my hat nnd cont, nnd went down-fltnfra. Ah we itood In the hotel door way for n moment, looking over nt Centrnl Pnrk, he deemed almost like ft Atrnnger to me. I could hardly believe that he wn really my husband. "We walked for aome distance through the pnrk before the aub Ject of our divorce came up. Then, I was responsible for It. "I suppose we mi;ht as well nr raiiKO IhliiK!" at om-e. though real ty there Isn't mmh to nrrani;o,' 1 said. "What shall I name urmindrt for dlvotvtt? Mental cruel ly desertion " "of cnuife. I did ro off to the Philippine nnd leave you. but (hen, 1 had to no," lie answered. "1 wa under order from (ho gov ernment. So that wouldn't do. Aa for cruelly w n I ever cruel to you, Nancy ?" "No, I don't suppose you were, I nald. "Well, thfn shall I nay we were incompatible? "That wouldn't bo true; we weren't," he answered. "We got along beautifully, always." " Jdon't see what we're coins to do, then," 1 exclaimed.' I was be ginning to bo Impatient with lilm. Ho wanted n divorce, yet be was making It so difficult. "Well. I don't know of course. In Paris It would be enough If I wrote you a letter aaylng that I didn't wnnt to live with you, refus ing to do It." ou might do It, then." t told hhn. Of roureet anything will do. I don't care how we arrange It." "Ko eager to get away from me. Nancy T" he aeked. I Suddenly all my defence broke. I eouldn't pretend any longer. "No, I'm not eager to set away from you," I nald. "I don't want a divorce at all. I did think I want ed one, because I thought you cared more for Cella Eaton than you did for me, when I came Into our house and found her In your arms. lit 'Oh, did you see that?" he ex claimed, "Why didn't you tell mo so ? Cellu's very emotional, and .she'd hud a row with BUI, and came straight to me. We've been good friends for years." "And you didn't love her? "Not at all," he answered, De fining to smile. "I thought you did," I ruehed on, "and that's the reason I stayed here when you went to tho Philip pines. And when BUI Ewlng fell In love with mo well, I was glad somebody as nice as he Is cared that much. I thought I loved him, too. But when I got back here, and got that messugo saying you'd died at sea well, then I knew It was- you I loved." "I might as well own up, then, he said. "I sent you that message myself, hoping that If you did still care for me, you'd find It out then. "I've always adored you, Nancy, and I always shall. Will you come back to me?" The world seemed to whirl around me. Jim took mo In his arms, despite the interest: that sev eral nurse-maids took In us, and I began to laugh and suddenly found myself crying with Joy. 'And you don't want a divorce so that you can marry Cella?" I asKea, when i came to myself. "No never did. Cclla's quite happy with her husband. I was tak ing a desperate chance, Nancy. . I didn't know whether I'd succeed In ending your vacation from mat rimony, or in losing you altogeth- That's what I came to find out." 'Well, you've found out now," E told hhn. "This one vacation will last me the rest of my life." Prejudice Blinding Many to Presence of God, Asserts Shanks THE END Speaking on the subject, "When the Mists Are Cleared Away," at the First Baptist church last even ing, Hev. K. il. Shanks, pustor of the church, Told the story of two men. who walked with Jesus on the road to Emmaus the evening of the resurrection day. Dr. Sh.'inkB pointed out that J ecus wae tho "very incarnate dlety walking among men. 'Men walk wint Uod and are all unconscious of His presence. Slow of heart, devoid of spiritual under standing, blinded and prejudiced men go on with weary step and burdened mind, and do not rec ognizo tho divine one who walks by their side. He walks with men today. If wy could only open our eyes we could see Him in the poor and needy; in the little child; In the humble toilers who are scared, broken to their taeka; In the pa tient servant who would not be able to sign our own special creed. "How narrow men are. How blinded by prejudice. How slow of heart so that they cannot love and believe. When the day dawns and the shadows flee away, when we snail know oven as we are known, then will we be ashamed of our own small notions. "We shall know, and under stand, when the mists are cleared away." The morning service at the First Baptist church was given over to children's day. "Do we take Him 'oven as He was,' or Is He pictured and de scribed to us by others?" was the quory raised by Rev. Thomas Achoson in his Sunday morning so nil on at the Jason Leo Memorial Methodist church. "Have we dis covered Him ae our own personal companion whom we may take aside with us where we may com mune and walk and live. with Him, or is He thj medieval, the effem enute, the mysterious, the ascetic Jesus of ecclesiatical authority both ancient and modern?" Hev. Mr. Acheson also raised the question whether Christ's "sim ple, kindly life Is the same prac tical, effective, eym pathetic and sufficient guide today as it was to Hfa few intimate friends' who took him as he was. Kev. Mr. Acheson used as his text, "They take him, even, as he was, in tho boat." Mark 4:36. To others, the minister said, He is a Christ of their own creation, a graven image, omnipotent, a god, a creature so far above as to be quite out of reach. Such people, he fctated, are chocked to read that Jesus was tired or that He should say He did not know. To some Hp Is merely a con venience, according to Her, Mr. Acheson, as to tie one who pray ed, "Oh Lord, help me this time and I'll never trouble you again." Those, he said, seek Him only In helpless distress when the crises Is past and tucy never think of Him again until another arises. - Rev. Carl P. Miller, pastor of the South Salem Fiends' church,: chosen his scripture reading for yesterday morning's sermon from the third chapter of First Corin thians, and his text from the 9th verso. The subjects treated m First Corinthians are various, he stated, but all may be classified under the general theme ot Chrls tioa conduct. In the third chapter the apostle was concerned by re ports of the divisions and Increas ing contentions in the church. "He tells them they are carnal, fleshly, natural men seeking their own interests," asserted Rev. Mr. Miller. "Tiiey must change these too seeking the things God has for them. There must be a change In their nature. There must a prep aration of heart as well as of miud. "God not only wants our fellow ship, but lie wants our service. Before we can do our best for Him, there must be a change of heart. If I am to labor with a Holy God I nnuit be pure in His sight." The ideal Is to bo accomplished by falt'i In JeaiH Christ, the miuiator declared. Touching on the theme of labor with God In the home, Rev. Mr. Miller advocated training children to read the Bible and to pray. "If the children were taught these as they should be," he . said, would not "eed so many truout officers, or curfew bells. In tench ins the children to obey God's laws they will obey the laws of the land. OPEN FORU Contrlbutlona to riils Column must bo plainly written on one side of paper only limited to 300 words In longth and signed with the name ol the writer. Articles no', meeting these specifi cations will be rejected. ROMAN EDITORS ELUDE OFFICIAL CENSORSHIP Rome, Italy. Italian newspa pers devoted to espousing the cause ot political parties opposed 10 fascism, have Initiated a novel method of serving their readers with news and opinions criticizing the government. Each tlrm an edition of an op position newspaper is suppressed by the censors, a subsequent edi tion prints a modest Item setting forth the title ot the article which caused the suppression. But each title is significant enough to ex plain the context of the offending article. To the Editor: Your recent editorial upon "the Mexican Crisis", and the blundering Kel logg, struck mo as the logical re. suit of the present administra tion's policy of selecting lame ducks like the "great"' ex-Senator Kollogg for a position requiring even greater judgment than that of tho presidency. Ex-Senator Kollogg was neither a man of great talent or judgment, a mere political upstart, so long as he held the office by will of the voters. , Being a recent Minnesotan and one who watched the conflict and then helped voto in a betler man. I must say that a man who is discredited In his homo state is seldom worthy of a higher office. Certainly none but a bunch of political parisltes ot which tho Republican party is overrun (or the Democrat for that matter) would be so lacking in national wisdom. Surely it Is not surprising that our exsenator possesses this gall (and little else) and lacks the good "horse-sense" to go with it. But surely, too, It would be a shamo for Innocent and better blood to be split for the political shamelessncss of Coolidge and Kellogg? Is Coolidge as lacking in "horse sense" or just what Is his apology for selecting tins shadow states man? MRS. F. H. KESO. Gen. Del. Salem, Oregon To the Editor: We the executive committee of the Marion county Sunday school council, wish to ex press our appreciation to the fol lowing: To Mr. Fred Loekley for hta splendid address, To Mr. Gilbert and (lie train ing school band, To the full-ground board for the uso of tho grounds and buildings, To the conmiltteos who arrang ed and carried out all details of their work so efficiently, To the newspapers for their ex tended publicity, To Mrs. Jeun M. Johnson and .Miss Anna Peratrovich for their inspirational remarks, And to any one who in any way had anything to do with the suc cess of tile picnic. FltKD HE VRIES, Pres. ALICE- JAQUET, Sec.-Treas. COOLIDGE EXAMPLE OF PARENTAL TRAINING New York, June 22 President Coolidge was cited yesterday as an example of the value of parental training by his pastor, the Rev. Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, who preach ed at the Fifth avenue Presbyter ian church. Paying a tribute to President Coolidge's parents who, he said, reared him under the Influence of a firm, consistent Christian home, the pastor credited that home In fluence rather than herldity for developing the president into a man of nbsolute sincerity, The character of the president cannot be accounted for merely by the fact that he was brought up In a free country, attended a liberal college or had the oppor tunities and possibilities of growth he said. 'Those alone are not suf ficient reasons. We must go back to the state in which he was born, to the home in which he was rear ed, to the influence of his christ ian father and the abiding influ ence of his sainted mother." BRINGING UP FATHER By George Mr Man us voo mke me tiCK yoo owe THNT CAT TO MB VNO HE WON THE GRWO OOtliC T THE. CACT 'bHOW - TOO CET THAT C QCK DO -TOO ecn co c,et ti THAT CACT MSO if DON'T 0UDARE COME HOME. J ( ALL J "WITHOUT HIM I RtdHT- I DID TOO 'bCE. TH PA.P THI-b MOMIH JICC,-!,? 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