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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1932
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A Minimum Wage
At the request of Governor Meier, the state highway
commission has fixed a minimum wage scale of 50 cents an
hour for a six hour day for emergency highway work to pro
vide relief for the unemployed. As the average wage for
common labor on highway department crews is J3.20 for an
eight hour day, the emergency workers will be paid a higher
scale than regular employes. They will also be paid more
than the counties pay for relief road work.
As most of this emergency work consists of hand work
that can be done by machinery at less than half the cost
tne nighway commission figured that it could not pay over
$1.50 a day and get the same result to the taxpayer that it
can get by machinery the emergency scale involves a loss
to the state of half the wages paid. That is the state is pay
ing a dollar for what it otherwise would secure for 50 cents.
Fifty cents an hour for common labor is more than is
being paid by most of our embarrassed industries at the
present time or by the farmers. In fact it is more than
most taxpayers who have to pay the bills, are earning
tnemselves. it is little enough, of course, but profitless in
dustries and bankrupt communities cannot Day it.
Emergency work is provided only to keep people out of
Dread lines, and it is paid for by bond issues that must
be repaid by taxation, already burdensome, so that it cannot
be logically considered as establishing a standard wage for
industry. When this emergency wage is higher than that
pain elsewhere, it will draw labor from industry and lose its
reuer cnaracter. me ranks of applicants will swell far be
yond the funds available for emertrencv work.
It is not an emergency relief wage scale that is being
established, but a minimum wage scale for industry. But
oniy wnere tne taxpayer holl3 the sack, will it be paid until
a business revival gets underway. It is another attempt
of the slate to upset the economic law.
A Fitting Ending
Doubtless the jurors in the $200,000 breach of promise
suit brought against the rotund baritone David Hutton, hus
band of Aimee Semple McPherson, the fair evangelist, by
Myrtle St. Pierre, gave her $5,000 on general principles, not
on the merits of the case. It was a case of a very pretty
woman who proved herself a superb actress against a dub of
a fat man, and "nobody loves a fat man" that is no one
loves David except Aimee.
Miss St. Pierre had been twice married and according to
the testimony, had many other affairs, and was not at all
bashful in the bestowal of her favors. She was far from an
innocent maid, courted and won by a base villian. She was
a perfect type of gold-digger and was seeking some of
Aimee's sanctified millions. David's defense was a clumsy
one for it consisted principally in trying to besmirch the
character of his accuser and much of the testimony had the
earmarks of being manufactured for the occasion.
Th8, jurors probably figured that Myrtle, bad as she
was, ttas better than the man who jilted her to marry a
wealthy woman. Besides they were probably fed up on the
scandals that break with monotonous regularity about the
soul snatching Aimee and her publicity seeking clan of vul
garians and so put David on the mourner's bench. No sym
pathy need be wasted. It was a fitting ending for the farce.
Cost of Prohibition
According to figures furnished Senator McNary by gov
ernment officials, some faint idea of the cost of prohibition
can be obtained.
The government collected internal revenue taxes in
1919, on distilled spirits $35-1,689,643.12, on fermented
liquors $117,839,602.21, on wines $10,521,609.14, a total of
$483,250,854.47. In the 12 years of prohibition, the govern
ment has lost approximately six billion dollars of taxation
revenue, it would have had except for the dry law.
The bureau of prohibition has spent in these 12 years
for enforcement $108,000,000, from which must be deducted
$60,000,000 fines, penalties, seizures, etc., leaving a net cost
of $18,000,000, of this one bureau. This does not include
appropriations made for enforcement for federal courts,
coast guard, bureau of prisons, and customs bureau, which
will multiply the cost many times.
These figures do not include the cost of prohibition en
forcement or the loss of license taxes to the states, counties,
cities and other divisions of government, which probably far
exceed those of the federal government.
It is small wonder we cannot balance public budgets,
when what has always been a principal source of revenue in
all governments, including our own, is eliminated and an ad
ditional heavy cost of enforcement substituted. The only
ones who profit are the racketeer and bootlegger and the
bureaucracy of snoopers.
PETITION FOR
SCHOOL BAND
BEFORE BOARD
Ollnger. chairman of the board, that
uie directors wouia give the matter
"serious consideration, a delegation
of Salem residents who had as-
raioiea to present a plea for con
tinuance nf the hiffh anhml Uar,A
filed out of Superintendent Hug's
office Tuesday night, leaving a pe
tition containing 200 names, the
DUronrt nf whlrti ... - nmtn.t
aaainsr. uie nojuihi in, nf tiu mn
slcel nrpanlxnHrtti
Failure to renew the contract of
e. k. Deny, band director during
the past two years was principally
due to the board's desire to cut ex
penses as much as possible and be
cause the tnstmrtnr haii drimillul
that he had received commissions
irom mUSl dealer nn lnxtriimnta
soia lo students.
Tolri hv memhers nf th ilaluaa
tlon that It Is a universal custom
for banH and nrphnatra rilnwfnr. .
receive fees for assisting In sales of
instrument tniirmiD ounger
countered with the statement that
the Relem hnerrf aa rwit aM.atnm
ed to doing business In that way and
naa no intention of changing. Mrs.
R. S. Keene suggested that the
board paid Derry a salary of $1700
to take care of the band and that
he should not accept eonunlsiona.
The advantage to the city from
a etvle atanrinntnt aaa wilntarf
by Mrs. W. K. Anderson, who im-o-mI
the board to retain the organisa
tion. She suggested that some plan
mlffht he Worked mt wH-r. V.
ernnnl hnnrit rniiM mmIiw fin.n.i
aid Irom sources other than tax
Other speakers In favor of the
u:uiu inciuaeo ears. w. A. Barkus,
Mrs. Ora Mclntvre and Leonard
Jtidson.
Upon the recommendation of the
Duuomi rnmmiLiee in, nnarvf an.
thnrlzeH thA wnlaiam.nt nf uwbhi
flights of steps In the senior high
scnoui Diuiaing, and tne decorating
oi a music room in the Qarfield
building.
The board also voted to share with
Fred Lamport the expense of Instal
ling a fire hydrant near the Mc
Kluley school which was placed
some mnntha ao-tv The VnillHtno.
and grounds committee was asked to
investigate a report of the city
building Inspector that tree roots
were dammzinfl- concrete u-nlk-e hor-
dcrlntr the Washinqlon school
building.
Olympic Games
Is Aid To Peace
Says Hollander
Los Angeles. Juyl 13 m Malor
Oeortre Van RooBem, secretary of
the Netherlands Olympic committee.
sees In the Olympic village where
tne athletes of the world are being
housed, a medium for continued
world peace on a par with the Oe
neva conference.
"It Is a wonderful idea." said Ma
jor Von Roosem, who wti general
manager of the organising- commit
tee which staged the 1928 games at
Amsterdam. "This Idea of the ath
letes of the world living together as
neighbors will go a long way toward
the promoting of world peace."
Someone suggested it might be
even better than the world court.
now in session. The major smiled
broadly and shrugged his -holders,
but would make no such drastie
comment. He predicted complete
success of the Olympiad July 30 to
August 14, praising the work of the
Lios Angeles organizing committee In
its preparations.
Jefferson f A aVt-OTionn nf
Portland, who formerly onerateri a
barber shop here, was renewing
acquaintances in Jefferson recently.
Anmi rtfwwnm CeatHa-itleaa to tads
vl -- VftUIII side of paper only, limited to Mt
wertti hi length and elsaed wHh the saw of tfca writes, Artie la
aot meeting these specifications will be rejected. If return of u-pobU-Saai
artteles It istm -eU-a.dira.id. stamped esrrelepe mast
To the editor: Recently I have
learned that a few are objecting to
continuing the band work In the
Salem schools and retaining me as
director because they claim I re
ceived commissions from the sale
of band Instruments last fall.
In view of this fsct I am making
a complete explanation of the en
tire situation because I think the
people of Salem have a right to
snow tne racta of we case.
Since there are many faulty mu
sical Instruments on the market
and since Inexperienced persons are
not able to detect the Imperfection
In these Instruments they natural
ly seek the advice and help of their
musical Instructor. It often hap
pens that an Instructor la obliged
to spend several hours In putting an
Instrument In playing condition.
Some cannot be remedied and must
be returned. Instructors llvuv In
out-of-the-way places are often put
to consioeraoie expense for trans
portation charges on Instruments
returned, minor repairs, etc.
Because the Instructor does not
charge the student for this service,
music dealers almost everywhere
mass a small allowance to the In
structor to repay him for his time
and trouble. Tills money In no case
comes from the purchaser of the
Instrument; he pays the music dea
ler the same price for the Instru
ment as any one else would. The
dealer then makes the allowance to
the Instructor.
In my particular ease I received
the total sum of 116.34 from a local
music dealer In consideration for
time spent on trying out instru
ments, and In general helDlne the
students to get good Instruments.
wnen I learned that this practice
was not approved, I discontinued
It and returned the complete
amount to the dealer. I have the
reputation of the local house to
back me In this statement.
E. R. DERR7,
1745 N. 17th St.
To the Editor: while listening to
the two party conventions I was
deeply Impressed by the lack of
sincerity on the part of both par
ties. It would seem In these strin
gent times that the statesman vrtio
claim to be so great and human
would lay aside petty problems and
grasp the real problems and try to
find a real solution.
Instead what do we find? We
find the two great parties unable
to resist the opportunltv to grand
stand before the suffering public.
They dangle beer In front of the
people Instead of food and cloth
ing. This Is the greatest sham and
falsity ever forced under the pub
lic nose and the majority eat It up.
We hear the cry "tax beer." but
how can people buy beer when they
cannot pay the grocer?
in congress today a great bill Is
under consideration. It Is to give
aid to the suffering and the unem
ployed. The newspapers carry only
stories of the wets playing politics
and trying to force a vote on beer.
Now which Is the more Important,
Alternating Church
Services Scheduled
Dayton The Dayton Methodist
church and the Dayton Evangelical
church wilt alternate each Sunday
service. Rev. C. O. Morris, recently
appointed Methodist minister ol
Coos Bay for several years, will oc
cupy his pulpit here at 11 o'clock
and at Dundee at S p. m. next Sun
day and Rev. P. E. Fisher, pastor
of tne local Evangelical cnurcn win
occupy his pulpit at 11 o'clock at
Lafayette and here at s o clock next
Sunday and continue to do so until
further notice.
EVANGELIST IS Cl'EST
Klngv.'ood Among other guests
entertained recently at the Ste
phen A. La Raut home on the
Olenn Creek road were Rev. and
Mrs. Harry R. R. Neat of Eugene.
Mrs, Neat Is a daughter of the La
Rauts. Rev. Neat Is an evangelist.
American visitors are reported
to have spent f 75.000.000 for enter
tainment and service In tfeglsnd
last year. 1
Starr Family Has
Informal Reunion
Sllverton In spite of inclement
weather, which was reported as not
so bad, the Starr family held an In
formal picnic and reunion In the
Coolidne and McClalne park 8unday,
with dinner at noon. No set program
was followed but the group enjoyed
sports and a soclnl time. The mem
bers have formerly met at Dallas
but voted to meet In their seventh
annual reunion next year In Sllver
ton. There were present from Salem,
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. 6tarr, Mrs. Min
nie Starr, Jessie 8tarr, Mrs. Lester
8tarr and daughter, Donna, Mr. and
Mrs Vrrnle Starr and children, Na
dlne and Wayne, M. L. E-skew. Jessie
and Arlie Straw, Mrs. A Una Smith 1
and Mrs. Frances Long; from 8tay- i
ton, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Moss: from .
Sllverton, Clarence Starr, Mr. and
Mrs. H. I. Solle and Lawrence Solle. i
Jefferson Mtss Prances Looney. j
who is emDloyed at 8alem. la mend- '
lng her vacation with her parents, I
Mr. and Mrs. V. D. Looney.
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beer or food, dxunkeness or happi
ness? Neither one of the party
planks on prohlbltkMi Is sincere.
They are pure campaign fodder to
cover up their other weaknesses.
The democrats came out for re
peal. They have to offer a sloppy
free-for-all drinking contest to
bring back prosperity. They have
failed to provide any plan which
might control the liquor traffic.
This alone shows their lock of sin
cerity. Who Is to provide such a
plan? The republican party has
none, Canada has none. There Is
no successful plan. We need more
work and less blab.
Sincerely yours,
ALBERT BOARDMAN
INSPECT 3 BRIDGES
ON NORTH SANTIAM
Inspection of the three new
bridges Just completed on the North
Santlam highway was made by
County Judge Slegmund and County
Engineer Swart yesterday with a
favorable report made on the con
struction. The bridges were con
structed by Tom Llllebo under a
contract with the govemmentforest
servece which Is constructing the
new nignway.
The county officials on the trip
drove In as far as Pamelis, creek
two or three miles beyond te end of
the 10 miles of grading work fin
ished on the new highway.
They reported that clearing of
the seven mile stretch which Is pro
posed to be under construction tills
year if government funds are forth
coming was Just completed yester
day according to word they re
ceived while up there. The 10-mile
grade already finished Is In fine
condition, they report.
ATTEND GRANGE PICNIC
Liberty Those attending the
state grange picnic at Champoeg
Sunday from Red Hills grange were
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Taylor, P. E.
Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Dallas and children, Robert and
Catherine. They report a large at
tendance and a splendid program.
Sllverton Mrs. J. Lais, who has
been In the Sllverton General hos
pital for several weeks and was
taken to her home near Mt. Angel
a few days ago, Is not gaining sat
isfactorily, and was taken to a
Portland hospital Tuesday forenoon
in the Jack dc Ekman ambulance.
Her condition Is considered criti
cal.
FUNSTERS FROM
FILMLAND FILL
FLICKER FULL
Fortune may lie In a sneeze: fame
may rest upon a pair of crossed eyes,
and steady work may be derived
from clever manipulation of a tooth
pick. Such strange trade-marks were
revealed recently In a survey of the
specialties Indulged In by the screen
comedians who are appearing In
"Million Dollar Leas," Paramount
Olympic games comedy, which comes
to the Warner Bros. Elslore theater,
Friday and Saturday, with a cast
headed by Jack Oakle, W. C. Fields,
Ben Turpln, Lyda Robertl and Andy
Clyde.
Ranging from stars do-vn to the
minor players, the other comedians
and their specialties are: Jack Oakle,
fast wisecrack patter; W. C. Fields,
prominent round nose and corner-mouth-mustached
Scot; Hugh Her
bert, movable eyebrows; Lyda Ro
bertl, dialectician; George Barbler,
expressive cigar; Hank Mann, hair
comb his trade mark; Irving Bacon,
'hick' character; Sid Saylor, pop-
eyes; Dickie Moore, mischievous kid;
Ben Tagsart, cocky blundering; Ver
non Dent, rotund dignity; Teddy
Hart, "short comedy," less thna five
feet tall; Tex Madsen, skinny seven
footer; John Sinclair, "bump" ar
tist; Chick Collins, trick athletics:
Sam Adams, deadpan; Heinle Conk
lin, comedy titter; Lew Kelly, "loco"
comedy: Eddie Dunn, thlck-headed-ness;
Prank Darlen, "homey" com
edy; Al Bridge, "dapper" comedy;
and Constantine Romanoff, dumb
brute type.
Fresh from its record run upon
the Broadway stage, "The Greeks
Had a Word for Them." Samuel
Goldwyn's film version of the Zoe
Aklns play, is at the Elslnore Wed
nesday and Thursday, with Ina
Claire, Joan Blonde!! and Madge
Evans portraying the roles of
"Them."
Thus the screen gets a new Idea
in film entertainment. Smartness
Try lydlt . PtnHlinrs VsoUbto Ctenowid
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i r : t I fUMl
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and sophistication are Its keynote,
a keynote which demonstrates anew
the daring showmanship of Samuel
ooldwyn. For months New York
laughed at the wise-cracking adven
tures of these three dizzy blondes,
this triumvirate which might easily
ban been sisters of "The Three
Muaketeen. And now these same
adventures have been pictured for
the edification of the country at
large.
COUNTY NOT TO
RAISE WAGE SCALE
The M-cents an hour for a six
hour day decided on for emergency
work by the state highway commis
sion will not affect Marlon county's
road work unless It should cause
dissatisfaction among county road
employes, according to county court
members.
Marlon county pays t2 a day for
eight hours of work which as com
pared to $3 a day for six hours of
work as proposed to be paid by the
state makes a material difference.
That road employes were not al
together satisfied with the scale re
duction here was Indicated when
prior to the last budget meeting
and at It some farmers insisted
there should be a general cut In
-ages in all county employee If road
workers' wages were to be reduced.
BENNETS ABE SURPRISED
Sllverton .Three friends of Rev.
J. A. Bennett and Mrs. Bennett
paid them a surprise visit Saturday
and remained for dinner hi the eve
ning. They were members of the
Junction City Christian church sev
eral years ago when Re. Bennett
held the pastorate there and made
the trip for the special pleasure of
Mrs. M. P. Corbln, now living at
Summer, Wash, and was visiting
Junction City friends for the first
time In many years, the other guests
were Mrs. D. Strom and Jake Mil
ler, both of Junction City.
Sllverton Mr. and Mrs. Claire
uaimnka and two children are re
cent arrivals here from Beaverton.
They plan to make Sllverton tneir
home.
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