The Eugene guard., February 13, 1929, Image 4

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February 13
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
(Published very renlnf except Sunday)
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ...... Alton F. Baker
MANAGING EDITOR ...... William M. Tubman
NBJW8 SERVICES ... Aiioclated Preii and United ' Pren
MEMBER ...... Audit Bureau of Circulations
The Guard' policy le the complete and impartial publication
in Its news paves of ail news and statements on news. On this
the day and matters of Importance
to oe carta ia out rair, ana nejpiui
tive community policy.
j A NEWSPAPER 18 A CITIZEN OF ITS COMMUNITY j
LINDBERGH TO WED.
OTHER considerations aside. It la quite appropriate that
America's "flying ambassador" should wed the daughter ot
one of the most able dlplomatlo ambassadors this country has
ever had. The news of the engagement of Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh to Anne Morrow, daughter of Dwlght Morrow, our am
bassador to Mexico, will be well received as another Indication
of the good Judgment of the young mam who has had the diffi
cult JcJb of living hero thrust upon him.
From the day he landed at Bouget field after his famous
trans-Atlantlo flight, young Lindbergh haa had the adulation of
the women ot many nations. Wherever he haa gone he has been
pursued by giddy females with a crush. A less sensible man
might have made many foolish errors. In his wooing, as In bis
flying, Lindbergh has taken his own time and made his own
choice. He has chosen an American girl, and that she Is "of
good family" Is hardly as Important aa the fact that she la
known as a girl ot attractive personality, good education and
sound sense.
Lindbergh and hla bride-to-be may be sure they have the
good wishes of the American people. "And they lived happily
ever after" should be written at the end of this modern romance.
ARE YOU FIT?
TTOW many business men In Eugene and vicinity are keeping
really fit for the hard grind of making a living? How many
men getting up Into the "dangerous thirties and forties" often
admit to themselves and possibly to their friends that they
aren't quite what they used to be, that they're getting a bit
soft, short of wind, "out of the plnk"T How many tune up In
the summer time when there's plenty ot fishing and golf and
tennis and then discard all the benefits of summer exercise
during the winter months?
We suggest this line of thought because the Btagene T. M,
O. A. Is getting ready for Its annual membership drive, and
while the membership drive alms to Interest ae many young
boys and young men as possible, it Is designed also to attract
the more mature citizens. A good many business men feel that
taking a membership in the Y. M. 0. A. Is Just one way of
making a supplementary donation to an organization already
heavily supported by the Community Chest That's so, If that's
the only way you choose to look at It
But one reason the Y. M. 0. A. la compelled to lean heavily
upon Community Chest support Is because It basn't ever had
anything like the proper number of paying memberships. And
the reason it hasn't evr had anything like the proper number
of paying memberships is because too tew citizens have been
Impressed with the tact that by Joining the Y. M. C. A. they
can, If they will, get back far more than their money's worth.
There la an unwarranted impression that the Y la primarily tor
boys' work. Taking active work at the Y hasn't been "done"
In the recent past
Yet there Is hardly a business man In Eugene who, If he
were living In San Franetsoo or Los Angeles or Detroit would
not feel It worth his while to get bis name down on the list at
the Athletic Cli. He would gladly ante couple ot hundred
dollars for privileges available here for a tenth of the cost
The Y. M. 0. A. can beoome an Important community center for
people of all ages. Those who fear being "goody-goody" should
got over It The Y. M. O. A. does not. seek to exert an in
fluence on those who don't want to be Influenced.
Here's an Institution representing a large community Invest
ment It has a real service to sell to those who will avail them
selves of It It would prefer to be supported In the main by
people who feel they are getting something back. It won't have
to lean so heavily on the Community Cheat If the oommunlty
will make use of It Remember this when you are asked to
take a membership. You can donate or you can participate.
SCHOOLS AND CRIME
rpHB American publlo school system pride of the nation for
many year Is really a recruiting ground for our steadily
Increasing army of criminals, according to an article in the
February North American Review by Justice Samuel D. Levy of
the New York City Children's Court
Justice Levy explains It thus: Fully J,000,000 children In
our publlo schools, a tenth of the total enrollment, are below
normal mentally. Given special attention, nearly all of these
could be developed Into useful oltliens. nut since the ordinary
sohool makes little provision for them, they fall behind In their
olasswork, are dubbed "dummy" by their school follows, and
rapidly develop anU-eodal attitudes that later lead many of
them Into criminal pursuits.
The remedy, as he sees It Is the establishment of ungradod
schools In which such children could be educated without being
made to feel inferior. The oost he admits, would be great, but
he believes the savings In the crime bill would more than
counterbalance It
His suggestion is worth earnest consideration. The National
Educational Association might well give it some study.
AS OTHERS
The Sales Tax Principle
(All'any Democrat-Herald)
Keastor Miller's aalea tai bill,
which appeared In the upper
sous of the legislature late Irl
dny, ia proponed aa a meana of
wiplut out the state's two millloa
ceillnr deficit.
When a state fine's itself In tht
araitlon of being unable to (I
sance Itself adequately from di
rect iotircee of revenue lijr reaaon
of self-Imposed limitations, it
studies how to aunment its In
come by levying indirect tftiee.
The anles tax la an indirect tai.
Hut the aalea tux is wrong in
principle because It dlscriminatea
against poor men and women.
For Instance, let ua take the
Miller bill. Ita author provides
for a one mill tax on wholesalers'
gross anlea and a two mill tax on
retnllera' aalcs On smuseutents
he put a three mill tax and on
toluicco a five tnl tax.
Kverr pound of sugar, coffee,
flour, meat, every article of cloth
ing, everything that elitera the
home will be taxed a total of
three mills, one mill on the whole
salers' turnover and two mills on
the retsllera' turnover. Hut
neither the wholesaler nor the re
tailer will pay the tax. Mr. I'ltl
mate Consumer will pay HO
Noig let us compare the effects
of the sales lax unnn Hill ,l,.n"s,
head of a family and the earner
il a W a week, uicouio, and upon
to the community, endeavoring I
in ine aereiopmeni 01 ooneiruc-
SEE THINGS
a Portland mllll. I..
Hill Jones paya the three mill
tax on everything he burs. Mo
V,'". , ''ortlaud millionaire.
Hut the difference In effect Ilea
In the fact that nearly every
dollar of Hill Jones' income goes
for the purchaao of necessities
sud thus all of hia income ia
enles-laxed. Hut Sir. Millionaire
spends only a small part of hia
Income for living expeusra. lie
haa a large aurplus left over after
Tie paya his living expenses, a
surplus that finds ita war Into
Investments, usually tax-exempt
investments, upon which our an
tiquated and unjust system of
taxation puta a premium.
.Mr. Millionaire eats no more
sugar, flour or bacon than Hill
Jonea. In fact Hill Jones prob
ably eats the more. Hut the
point la that the sales tax reachca
all of Hill Jones' income but
touches only a small fraction of
the millionaire's.
Thus It con about that the
aalea tax hits the hanb'st the per
son who csu least afford to pay
Worse Seaxs
3Ti tiaxette 'n
(Corva?
There are two paragraphs go
ing the rounds of the American
press that should be synchronised
or rather corrected
tine referring to sMleiuenls
ronceruilig Ahiaham l.nuvln in
V. K. Woodwards new gjuoli.
"Meet General Grant" In which
ha aaya the great emancipator
was merely a shrewd politician,
and that ba "cared as little for
the constitution and Its limita
tions as any communist of to
day;" in which "ha fitted in per
fectly with the temper of the
American today4 for hardly any
body haa taken the comtt?tutjon
aerioualy, despite all the learned
hypocrisy and patriotic orations
about its sanctity." 8. Hend
ricks, in Salem Statesman.
Objecting to the classification
riven Mr. Lincoln by W. U.
Woodward, Mr. Hendricks goes
on to enow that even If Lincoln
did Ignore the constitution, ha
uaed horae. sense In doing so. We
think a better answer is that Lin
coln did not ignore the constitu
tion. Albert J. Beveridge says
that no man in the country ever
revered the constitution aa Mr.
Lincoln did. and, so far as wa are
concerned, we prefer to credit tht
investigations of Mr. Beveridge
rather than those of Mr. Wood
ward. Beveridge was trying to
tell the truth. Woodward was try
ing to ba sensational. A still bet
ter authority is Mr. Lincoln hlni
aelf who waa alwaya in his
speeches urging the sanctity of
the constitution. Here ss a sam
ple of his ideaa about the con
stitution. "As a general rule. I think we
would hotter let the constitution
alone. No alight occasion should
tempt ua to touch It Better not
take the flrat atep, which may
lead us to the habit of altering it
Better rather habituate ourselves
to think of it aa unalterable. It
can scarcely be made any better
than it is. New provisions would
Introduce new difficulties and
thua create and increase appetite
for further change. Let it stand
as it is. New hands have never
touched l The men who made it
have done their work and passed
away. Who shall improve on wh X
they did."
And in view ot his so wall
known beliefs about the sanctity
of the conatltutlon, we wonder
what he would think of the many
harmful amendments that hare
been added to it Bine he died.
WASHINGTON
j LETTER
By RODNEY DUTCHER
(NEA Service Writer)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.
old men, William Cabell
Bruce of Maryland and James A.
Keed of Missouri, now leave the
enate. Those two represent the
aole claim of the wets to leader
ship in the upper house of con
gress. Whother they will have worthy
ucceHsorn is a speculative ques
tion. There has been no rivalry
for leadership of the minority
bloc. Br life and Keed appeared to
be the only onea who had their
hearts in it.
Tills writer expects that the
co mine wet leader will be Sen
ator Blaine of Wisconsin. Bruco
doesn't know, but he has hopes
for Hon n tor David L Walsh of
MiwBachuHetts and hla present
colleague, Senator Millard Ty
dings of Maryland.
o
Reed haa been a worthy foe-
man-to any cause he haa opposed.
His handling of the famuus beer
hearings was the most terrific at
tack ou prohibition that the Vol
stead era has produced. And if
ita effect was merely cumulative,
one may observe that certainly
no man and perhaps no combina
tion of men ever will defeat pro
hibition. lint Heed haa many other In
terests and many other fights.
Prohibition ia only one of hia
numerous hates. Then again, from
the viewpoint of the wets, Heed
fell by the wayside last spring
when he hid away their banner
and in offeet asked the drys of
the democratic party to let by
goneti be bygones while they sup
ported him for the presidential
nomination.
It la "old flenntor HrtitV now
6S nnd a year older than Reed,
who has devoted himself unflag
gingly nnd almost exclusively to
the restoration of what he con
siders narsonal liberty. For six
fears Senator Bruce has de
ivered speech after speech on
the floor, designed to expose pro
hibition as a most damnable thing
in nil its effects. Fate, figures
and perHonnl views he has hurled
at empty Brats with sublime dis
regard of the senate's nearly
complete disinterest.
Ho nu tor Bruce has not been
exactly nn inspirational figure. He
In a kindly person, a mim of cul
ture and Mich ethical sensibilities
who hns written worthy btogrnph
let, hut tJiore are those who
regard him as rather a bore. As
an orator he Invariably sounds
as if he were contending against
a mouth full of hot mush and he
has a noteworthy record for driving
HiMintortt to the cloakroom for
the duration of his lengthy antl
proliihition speeches.
Nevertheless, for sincerity and
persistency Senator Bruce hsa
had no superior. He knows the
anti-prohilHtion case by heart and
Is filled with the urge to speak
it out. His social position is high
and his son married Hecretary of
the Treasury Mellnn's daughter,
but he 1ms never heaitatcd to blat
loudly of Washington society'
drinking habits or even to assert,
as he once did. that he could put
all the personally dry senator
into a taxi cab.
Failure of his politically wet
comrades to support him vig
orously hns Iteen a disappointment
to "Htl Senator Bruce' Klected
as wets, they proceed to forget
all nltout the prohibition issue, he
says, ami he regards that
dereliction in duty to their con
stituents. Bitf ho admit that
many of them must think of
re-election and realize that the
only strongly organiied force
against them is the drys. Bruce
feels that this lack of organisa
tion s the treat wet weakness
ami he intends to become ai'tivelv
interented in the Ase'Ciation
Against the Prohibition Amend
ment when he leaves office. He
will also resume law practice and
writing.
THIS DATE
AMKHICAN HISTORY
I.N
February 13
ICS.! Hubert d I Salle and
Tnrtl sailed down the Illin
ois river to the Ohio ami
tlie Mississippi, claiming
territory on botliQ.de of
the latter for Krajjce.
IP3 K.Mirui.t votes counted in
second presidential elec
tion. 1"J for Washington
and 77 for Adams, who
-j. thus ! run- vie. presided
sy- ' (roii first in
trxiti.-cd in New York city
l&H-Sutw ieli ia Xuaipa, Fig.
J
S IDE GLANCES
"You may have worked at the eld Waldorf, but no waiter can tell me
how many onions to put In a stew."
Daily Health Service
Preventive Medicine Frees Man
From Fear of Disease
(Editor's Note: Thia ia the
first of a series of seven articles
on "The Human Body and Its
Care." The series, in pamphlet
form, can be obtained from the
American Library Association, OH
East Randolph street, Chicago,
111)
By DR. MORRIS FI SHE HUN
(Editor Journal of the American
Medical Association and of
liygoia, the Health Mag
azine). (")N'E of the wont striking phe-
nomena of the twentieth cen
tury haa been the rise of interest
in health.
The philosopher! of mankind
have for 20 centuries written epi
grams, aphorisms and proverbs
indicatLiig with absolute unanim
ity their well settled conclusion
that health ia the most import
ant factor for happiness in hu
man exiatence.
Only recently haa man begun to
take the necessary steps U se
cure that highly desirable attri
bute for all mankind, indeed, in
his survey Our Times, Mark
buiiivua considers the work of
preventive medicine the greatest
of all the accomplish incuts of
man. since it has freed human
beings from the fear of disaae.
The Example of Panama
The pest hole that wan Panama
has today a death rate lower
than thut of most of the suites
in our own country.
Hundreds of years ago the per
son without the scars of smallpox
on his face was the exceptional
person in the community. Today
the one who curries such scars is
a monument to the stupidity of
his parent, because vaccination
against smallpox prevent this
disease.
If Chicago had a death rate for
typhoid fever today similar to
the one it had in ib05, there
would have been ti0,0U0 cases of
typhoid lever in Chicugo instead
of less than UUU, which was the
record for the city during 1D2&.
Such diseases have been controll
ed tli rough the application of
community hygiene on a large
scale, through the control of sew
age disposal, water supply, milk
supply, and the sanitation of food.
Such community sanitation prob
lems differ, however, from those
that concern the individual him
self. Know Thy Body
Obviously it is impossible for
anyone to take proper care of his
body without some knowledge of
the manuer of its construction
and the nature of its function.
The human body is a combina
tion of cells bound together in
various systems, such as the mus
cles, the bones, the circulation of
the blood, the nervous system nnd
the digestive tract. These inter
locking cogs of the human ma
chane are controlled by the mind
or braiu to a considerable extent-,
but many of the functions are
automatic.
Within quite recent years scien-
Wmv test remit mm
W 1 DAKRJG
(VPO7DBIt
Same Prtoe
i For Over 3& Years
2 ounces for
MILLIONS OP PCUNDS L'OS D
j MY OUR r. OVS.1NMKN1
T
tific evidence haa been developed
which Indicates that an Interlock
ing chain of glands which pour
their secretions directly into the
blood the glands of internal se
mm
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in iTTVM
F OR HER"' VALENTIN EX
:
A GALLANT lady will hide
her disappointment if
you forget St. Valen
tine's Day . . . But not until the
last minute of that Day will she
believe you really could have
let it pass without a token of
your love ...
"Say It With Flowers"
Chase Gardens
Florists
67 East Broadway Phone 1950
1 B . 'W
cretion set also a. rclatu ef
what might be called the aots
matie system. Including the blooj
pressure, the heart beat, breath
ing, and the dilating and contract
ing of the blood vessels.
Careful consideration reveals
moreover that the entire works
will get along satisfactorily If left
largely alone, particularly since
there ia within the cells the pow
er of repair aa ability that does
not exiat, for inatance. in such
machinery as can be found in au
tomobiles or even In dynamos.
It is perhsps the function of
the brain of man to make It pos
sible for him to realize when
things go wrong, and to take such .
steps aa are within his power to
correct the deviation.
TOMORROW:
Sanitation.
Hygiene and
20 YEARS AGO
Hrom The Gnsrd, Feb. 18, 190)
R. KINCAID is having an
addition to Eugene aurveyed
joining the University campus on
the west and on the sooth. Roy
Kearns and Webster Kincald are
surveying it. It will not be platted
until March or April.
...
The street cleaning department
worked all night last night and
have been at work a greater part
of today on thepavement
J. W. Zimmerman has sold his
interest In the real estate busi
ness of Zimmerman and Rugh
to L. M. Toiler, and the firm
name will now be Rugh and
Tozder. .
...
Sheriff Harry I. Bown arriv
ed home today from Wellington,
Kansas.
...
Hon. J. N. Teal, one of Port
land's most prominent citizens. Is
In the city attending the common
wealth exercises.
...
Company C basketball team de
feated the Cottage Grove team
on the tatter's floor last night by
the score of 17 to 10.
...
The Ingham Vinegar Co, today
shipped a carload of vinegar to
Portland.
Special This Week
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BARBS
A SCIENTIST predicts that we
soon will broadcast odors by
radio in addition to sound and
sight Is that anything new?
...
St John Brvine praises Chi
cago. Maybe he's only trying to
hlghhat the wisecrackera.
...
A man was sentenced to life la
the penitentiary in Michigan for
wrapper off no-
a., i.' ,i
atealing twenty bats ef v.
Bet he won't UttJJi1.
any more beans U "Ml
A headline In the -l
Intrigue, and
Winters. Bays Bumaers." "
.
Profesor Einstein Is utUj
ever public interest I? hH,,
which "probably not mot, &
dosen or so men In th.J
could po,.Iblj under.un4''auS
uTrestlr Whl A
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ened, or any minor adjustment, just step in our conveniently
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It doesn't matter whether you are a patient of ours or not,
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OPTICAL SPECIALIST
Cor. 8th & Willamette Phone 539
Important Announcement
Lee-Duke
Cafe
Will Hold '
Grille-Dance
from 9 to 12 P. M.
Each
Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday
Also, DINNER-DANCE from
6 to 7:30 P. M.
Each Evening: Except Monday
With No Cover Charge
N. B. The morning paper had misprint of ad
this morning the above ia oorreoi
Cover charge $1.00 per couple.
Best of Food . . .
Best of Music . . .
Best of Service . . .
Finest of Surroundings.
Come; have a good time with
a good crowd.