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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1930
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Some Good Even in Evil
The unidentified philanthropist who has opened a large
iree soup Kitchen for unemployed in Chicago has been named
by the Chicago Post as none other than the notorious gang
leader "Scarface Al" Caponc. The czar of the underworld,
with some of his friends is reported as financing the kitchen
which feeds about 1100 men daily, serving three meals a
day, varying from coffee and rolls for breakfast to soup
stew and coffee for dinner. One of Capone's associates is
reported as saying that "he couldn't stand it to see those
poor devils starving.
The kitchen has attracted attention not only because of
its size but also because it is not identified with any of the
various relief agencies. The attendants have refused to say
who was financing it, replying that their instructions were
to hand out food, ask no questions and answer none, which
is an improvement over the Gospel soup houses where the
poor devils are forced to listen to a sermon before getting a
hand-out.
All of which proves what a strange compound human
nature is. Here is a ruthless outlaw who does not hesitate
to order the cold-blooded massacres of rivals by machine
gun squads, who by racketeering, blackmail and murder has
amassed great wealth illegally, who is as remorseless as he is
pitiless, so sentimental that the sight of hungry jobless
men, about whose slaughter he would have no compunctions
if they stood in the way of his profits, wrings his heart and
opens his purse.
There is some good in the worst of us, which perhaps
accounts for the fact that humanity heroizes the Robinhoods
who rob the rich to give to the poor. It is too bad that the
gangster chief's example is not followed more by the one
percent of our population which own three-fifths of the total
wealth of the nation.
The Tax Muddle
The state tax commission has requested the governor to
call a special session to straighten out the muddle created by
the invalidation of the intangibles tax and the adoption by
referendum of the income tax.
There are several issues involved. It takes a legislative
act to refund the illegally collected $900,000 paid on intangi
bles or to amend the law to make it legal and retroactive. It
takes legislative sanction to cancel the collection of the in
come tax on 1929 incomes, for any attempt at collection
would be followed by litigation with prospects of the act be
ing invalidated on the same grounds the intangible tax was.
More important than all is the fact that the state tax levy
for 1931 must bo made in December, 1930, and any attempt
to fix a base within the six percent limitation is extremely
difficult and almost impossible with the cloud of doubt that
envelopes the entire tax situation.
. On these grounds perhaps a special session would be
justified, if it could be held within bounds. Yet even a spe
cial session involves issues that might further complicate
the situation. Under the 1910 amendment (Act II, Sec. 14)
the members of the old legislature are apparently qualified
to serve, in spite of Art. IV, Sec. 4, defining the term of mem
bers of the legislature, and legislation passed might be in
validated. Another phase is that no taxation la v passed by the spe
cial session would become effective for 90 days and might
have to run the gauntlet of referendum. Altogether it is a
fine muddle. And the best way out is to let Julius do it.
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Something About Mr. Jackass
By GERALD W. JOHNSON
In the Baltimore Evening Ncwa
Relying on the Dole
Poverty and distress, unemployment and soup houses in
'A land of plenty following an era of unprecedented prosperity
are a fine commentary on our civilization and our heedless
ness in not preparing for such emergencies. Though for a
year we have faced the situation, little besides optimistic
proclamations and the promise of public work in the indefi
nite future, and the appeal to corporations and private char
ity to mobilize for the dole, has been forthcoming from
Washington. Allcviative legislation, such as the Wagner
bills, though passed by the Senate, was killed in the Hoover
controlled House.
Organized charity, on which the burden of feeding the
hungry and sheltering the cold has principally fallen, is feel
ing the strain occasioned by exhausted revenues and dimin
ishing contributions and in many cities the treasuries arc
empty. Yet now the crisis is here, appeals for charity are
our only resource. The President organizes committees and
tries to stimulate business but he tried the same methods a
year ago and failed. As the New Republic remarks:
Tliere Is no adjective sufficiently sharp to characterize the plight In
which the American people now finds Itself in regard to this evil of un
emplovment. We can call It intolerable, revolting, inhuman, stupid. It
Is all tlicse things, and something more. A large part of It Is a direct
resO.lt of that arid worship ol phrase, that superstitious obeisance before
misapplied principle, which has kept us from grasping the most obvious
method of relief compulsory Insurance against unemployment. Faulty
as this has been In lta practice abroad. It at least hr for many years
prevented any other great Industrial nation from sufterlng tlie sort of
degradation which faces the United Elates In the winter of 1930-31. It
at least has fed the hungry and housed the cold, and It has done so by
foresight and system, largely out of the advance contrlbuUonj of work
men and employers themselves.
With leadership in the White House, unemployment in
surance would become an actuality, but all we get is incan
tation for the dole.
REWARDS OFFERED
NARCOTIC 'STOOLS'
8an Francisco (IPV The start of a
new drive acainst narcotic was
seen when William J. Allen, In
chare? of the federal narcotics bu
reau here, announced that hereafter
the government will pay rewards
to Informers.
Allen Mid that he l.ad received
word from H. J. AnI inner, national
federal narcotics chief, to the effect
tint from now on agents are author
ized to pay rewards.
'The scale," Allen Mid, "will de
pend on the work."
Aj an example, houcver, ol wliat
might be expected, Al!n mentioned
one informer who had been work
ins on t case month. "I'll try
to glre ttiat man 300 or $400 If
arrest and convict torn are obtained."
Independence Miss i-ella Howe,
Mrs. Mona Sheldon and Mrs. Elsie
Bolt, entertained as their guests at
the church dinner, the teachers of
the training school and after the
dinner were hostesses for an at
tractive bridge party at the O. C.
Skinner home. Among the guests
were Misses Goddard, Hayman, Ken
nedy. Donaldson, Wolfer, Vera and
Pay Johnson, Mrs, Harry Keeney, all
of independence, and Mrs. Shumak
er, Mrs. Bell. Mrs. Hutchinson. Mis
Deutch, Miss Kirk and Miss Topp
of MonmcmUi.
After many years' observation, In
cluding long and prayerful cogita
tion, I have arrived at the conclu
sion that to this question there Is
no answer. Why do .vme men In
sist on voting democratic? One
might as well ask: Why do some
men have red hair? Nobody knows.
Original, genuine, dyed-in-the-wool
democrats, like redheaded
men, were born tliat way.
Of course, some people voted
democratic last Tuesday because
Herbert Hoover blew up the stock
market, depressed the price of
wheat, conspired with the pope to
prevent rain and made the St. LouU
Cardinals lose the World series, but
they are merely temporary demo
crats, momentarily allied with but
not a part of the Unterrified. The
real democrat is made one by na
ture. not by circumstances.
The plain proof of this Is that he
remains a democrat, regardless of
circumstances. He Is capable of
voting for Alton B. Parker in one
election and for William J. Bryan
in the next; or for Woodrow Wilson
in one and for Jimmy Cox In the
next; or for John W. Davis In one
and for Al Smith In the next. Ob
viously, what the democratic party
happens to stand for at the moment
has but the slightest bearing on the
fact that he is a democrat. His
politics Is not an attitude, which
can be shifted In a moment; It h
an attribute, which Is for all prac
tical purposes unchangeable. This
accounts for the lndeslluctiblllty of
the democracy. It has survived a
dozen disasters, any one of which
might reasonably have been
pec ted to obliterate It But so far
from being destroyed, It seems to
thrive on defeat.
The attribute of democracy Is dif
ficult to Iso'.ate and examine In sci
entific fashion, for the very reason
that Its presence or absence Is ap
parently not controlled by any set
of circumstances. It cuts athwart
all class distinctions, and pretty
nearly all other distinctions. The
democracy Is conspicuously the par
ty of the sore-heads, and yet it in
cludes many men who have every
reason to be satisfied with the
world as it Is. It Includes vast
numbers of the rank and file- of
Coney s Army, but It also Includes
millionaires.
Here, perhaps, we stumble upon
the beginning of a distinction that
helps define democracy. There are
millionaire democrats,, but not
many mho are merely millionaires. I
He might be at once a gaudy fel
low, a millionaire, and a republi
can; but he could not possibly be a
drab fellow, a millionaire, and a
democrat. For congenital de-!
mocracy connotes a certain Intel
lectual, temperamental restlessness.
chronic Inability to let well
enough alone. It makes no appeal
whatever to men who are financi
ally and mentally sound, solid and
serious; but It is Irresistibly attrac
tive to such fancy fellows as Owen
D. Young. Johnny Raskob, Jimmy
Cox and the like. The apparent
exception, John W. Davis, Is not
really an exception, after all, for
there Is a touch of the gorgeous In
Davis. It la a dignified gorgeous
ness, to be sure, but he reveled In
being ambassador at the Court of
St James, and what appealed to
him was probably the pomp and
circumstance of the court, not the
business opportunities which the
position offered.
Find a man who, no matter how
secure his financial and social posi
tion, feels his fingers Itching to
monkey with the machineyr, who
yearns for Innovations, who perpet
ually is disposed to start something,
and you find the makings of a good
democrat. It makes no difference
whether he Is a millionaire or a
mechanic. If the h?x Is upon him.!
he is headed toward the democratic
party. He may, like Raskob, spend
half a lifetime before he discovers
what It is he wants; but when he
docs come through he will "blossom
In purple and red.
The one thing a congenital dem
ocrat cannot endure is. dullness.
Even when he knows that safety
and profit lie in dullness, he can
not endure it.
Since dullness rides the greater
part of the human race like an
Old Man of the Seat, It Is obvious
that this must be, under normal
conditions, the minority party.
What profit, then, does it offer the
majority whose gospel Is safety
first in exchange for its support at
any time?
It seems to me that the profit
arises from the shifting, restless,
unstable condition of the party it
self. Contrary to the general lnv
presslon, this country needs a presl-
dent only at Intervals, usually wlde
ly-separated intervals. In ordinary
times what we need is not a presi
dent but a Coolidge, a man who can
make a respectable appearance and
yet never say anything or do any
thing. For his time, Coolidge was
perfect Then, hen the stormy
winds do blow. It is dangerous to
hava a hopelessly dull man at the
helm of the ship of state. What is
needed then Is a muscular and res
olute individual, alert to the finger
tips. And there is where the de
mocracy comes in.
The symbol of this great party Is
the Jackass, not without cause. For
if safety and profit are tlie summit
of alt human good, then the democ
racy la an asinine party. But the
very fact that this political Jackass
is obstinate, unruly and somewhat
vicious also endows him with his
supreme value to this country. For
It takes a cowboy to ride him.
Since the Civil war only four
men have really ridden the demo
cratic party. They were Samuel J.
Tiiden, Grover Cleveland. William
J. Bryan and Woodrow Wilson.
Whatever else may be said of this
quartet, not a man of them was dull
and not a man was feeble.
Any democratic candidate, to
have a Chinaman's chance of being
elected, must have five times the
power of tlw average republican
candidate. So the democracy holds.
in our political economy, the posi
tion of the rough-wea titer part v. Its
ticket Is the ticket for timid men
to vote when things are going
wrong; for whatever else it may do.
it will never put a weakling in the
White House.
For the rest. It Is the ticket for
men who demand that the world
supply them with amusement, as
well as food, clothing and shelter.
But In tills country such men, the
bom democrats, are in a minority
of about 15 to 21, as the election
returns of 1928 demonstrated be
yond question.
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To the Editor: From the article
in Capital Journal Nov. 10 about
tax muddle I get tho impression
that our governor favors calling the
legislature to enable state officers to
enforce an unfair tax law for 1029.
that the supreme court has declared
unconstitutional, a law so unfair
that It would tax a widow with sev
en small children to support. $15 If
she happens to have a $500 income
from, intangibles and no other In
come. On the other hand he wants
the Income tax law fixed so that
they cannot collect any taxes un
der that for 1929, a law that Is
very fair and was approved by the
people.
Why cannot the state government
get busy and collect the Income tax
for 1929 aa the law provides and
use the money to refund the In
tangibles tax to those that have
paid, as they promised to do.
Then when the legislature meets
In January the only fair thing Is to
amend tlie Intangibles and the ex
cise laws to conform with the In
come tax law and make It the same
for all people.
O. I HATTEBERG
EXPENDITURES
ON MARKET ROAD
WORK INCREASE
Final segregation of market road
costs for Marlon county up to Oc
tober 91 this year show ft material
increase over last year, and this does
not Include a considerable amount
of October cost warrants which will
be Issued during November. The to
ut so far computed for this year Is
$344,127.67 as compared to a total
expense of fcill.806.30 for last year.
When the final computation Is made
It will probably be shown that the
amount of road work done is con
siderably ahead of the preceding
year, although some of the work
this year haa been on heavy con
struction In outlying sections and in
the hills which is more expensive,
mile for mile, than in the lower and
more level lands of the valley and
on roads which had better developed
foundations to begin with.
Segregation of the road costs on
market roads so fnr compiled Is as
follows: Surface, $83,701.39; culverts,
$8,138.33; bridges. $66,114.51; right
of way 13401.38; paving, $24,775 28;
grading. $142.48.35; engineering
$12.358 43. .
In connection with market road
costs an Interesting development
came up Friday when Commission
ers Smith and Porter and Roadmas-
ter Johnson ran up to Centralis,
Wash., to look at corns graders
which are In operation on farm to
market roads tliere, to ascertain
their feasibility for work down here.
The local officials stated that the
work on the farm to market roads
which they saw in Washington, be
lied reports they had received that
Washington was ahead of Oregon
in its road work. They declared that
certainly this was not so on market
roads as they stated the type of
road work they saw up there mas of
about the basis of the work when
it started In this county and that
Washington could learn a lot from
the experience had In road work
here. They stated that the market
roads they are constructing there
are no better and in some cases not
so good as ordinary district roads in
this county. No attention Is paid to
grading, or at least not nearly so
much as here, and gravel is simply
being dumped on top of tlie road
after It has been scraped a time or
two with a grader blade and small
bumps are left, as the road builders
find them. There seems to be no
particular attention paid to elimi
nation ol curves and In a general
way they said that road work in
this county was so far advanced over
what they saw up there, that the
only comparison that could be made
would be with market road work
started here 10 years or so ago.
Incidentally, the officials stated
that up near Central la it looked
like Christmas with trees hanging
heavy and white with snow. They
stated It was bitterly cold there.
ATLANTA ENFORCES
RADIO CURFEW LAW
Atlanta (LP) Atlanta's radio
"curfew law" has produced a situ
ation In which a committee of rep
resentative citizens, dealers, offi
cials and musicians has been ap
pointed to determine when a radio
set produces music and when It
produces "just noise." Tlie curfew
prohibits playing a radio after 11
p.m., and many a policeman has
rapped disconcertingly on apart
ment house doors as a result.
MISS IIVDF.M HOME
Woodburn Little Miss Rosalie
Hydcn has returned from an ex
tended visit with relatives near Al
bany, where she was a guest at the
Ralph Orosbong home.
BIG ITALIAN RADIO
STATION GIVES DATA
Genoa U The ultra-powerful
radio station of Coltano that sends
messages across the Atlantic and to
the Orient, has organized new
service for Italian shipping In the
Mediterranean.
By ministerial decree all Italian
vessels of over 6.000 tons are ob
ligated to cary short wave ap
paratus enabling them to com
municate with the station which
will make a regular dally report
of their movements, issue news
bulletins to them to be the nerve
center of live-saving operations.
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REVELATION
SUNDAY EVENING, NOV. ICth, IN THE
Seventh Day Adventist Church, Corner
of 5th and Gaines
PASTOR J. MARK COMER
will give the second study of his series on the book of Revelation.
The study begins with Chapter 1, Verse 1. The most Intensly Inter
esting part of the chapter. Large attendance last week. Song service
begins promptly at 7:30. Service closes ft o'clock sharp. Bring Bible,
note book and pencil. EVERYBODY WELCOME!
MEN'S SHOES
$495 and $595
Oregon Shoe Co.
Next to Ladd & Bash Bank
Thumb Naih
Are Sketched
Man-Its, (IT) Gaudily
painted finirr Balls at lu
Uw for to society wocnea
of this resort where thumb
nail sketches art bow tho
fashionable vogue.
A blood red heart painted
on a bin barkfroond Is tho
symbol worn by one well
known French social leader.
Another has etched upon her
thumb nail tho head of her
husband's favorite polo pony.
Family crests, monograms,
and fantastlo desUns are also
brlnf used.
Several clever painters are
making- a small fortune d re
uniting women's thumb nails
with appropriate sketches.
One woman Is said to have
the Initials or her four dif
ferent husbands.
DECREASE SHOWN
IN FOREIGN FILEERTS
Estimated production of filberts
this year in Important producing
districts In the Mediterranean ba
sin, as compared with 1929 produc
tion, was reported In a cable to the
department of commerce from Ag
ricultural Commissioner N. I. Nell
sen, at Marseilles, as follows:
District 1930 1929
Spain: Tarragona ....11.000 14.500
Asturia 625 4.400
Sicily 10.500 3.830
Southern Italy 13.500 5.000
Turkey 60.000 9,000
Actinj Commercial Attache J. T.
Hardin?, Istanbul, Turkey, cabled
an estimate of 70.500 to 71,500 ions
for tlie Turkisb liitxrt crop. ,
MEXICAN MINING
LAW CHANGE TO
HELP INDUSTRY
Nog ales. ArLs., 0P Modification
In the strict mining laws of Mexi
co, which became effective Oct. 1
aro expected by local engineers to
bring renewed activity on many
properties south of the border.
The changes. It Is pointed out,
will make development of new min
eral claims much easier and place
the country's mining laws on a basis
similar to that of the IJIas regime.
An important feature of tlie mo
dification Is that mines, under stip
ulated conditions, may be operated
without taxation the first two years,
with a 50 per cent tax reduction
during the ensuing 'Ive years.
. Another concession Is a grant to
minln? corporations of permission
to reduce working forces 50 per cent
without application to the Mexican
department of Industry, Commerce
oand labor.
A rider attached to this conces
sion, however, recommends that
tlie entire working force be main
tained on a half-time basis to keep
organisations Intact and thus as
sist In bettering employment condi
tions in Mexico.
The modification was brough
about at the suggestion of the Mex
ican Mining congress, which was
especially Interested In the two-
year exploration concession wmcn
will benefit the small, independent
operator.
COMPANY OFFICIALS VISIT
Mill City Arthur Jones, auditor
for the Hammond Lumber company
from the San Francisco office, and
A. C. Charters, auditor from the
Portland office, are In Mill City for
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Saving is
the surest tvay to
build for the future.
A four per cent Savings Account at the First Na
tional Bank is a forward sfep in the right direction
"IT UST check through the records and you will
Cluv see that "Savins: has been the original
Foundation of the Fortunes of all our Really Great
Business Men." It sounds old and staid, but noth
ing could be more true.
Not only is a Savings Account very often the
"open sesame" to success, but it is a protection
against times of need. Prudent saving of money
tends to strengthen one's character and teaches
self-restraint and economy.
And now you "can obtain an interest return on
your savings account that compares favorably
with that paid anywhere in the country. It will
pay you to open a 4 savings account at the First
National Bank,
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