Albany daily democrat., October 21, 1919, Page 2, Image 2

ALBANY DEMOCRAT
Entered at the postoffice at Albany, Oregon, as second
class matter.
W. L. JACKSON
and
RALPH R. CRONISE
Editors
and
Managers
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ly published Tuesdays and Fridays.
ESTABLISHED IN 18(55
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ALBANY. OREGON. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 21
THE LOUVAIN LIBRARY
Contributions to the fund for the restoration of the libr
ary of Louvain in Belgium is one of the bits of unselfish
generosity which will appeal with renewed interest to Ameri
cans as the result of the Cardinal Mercier's visit to this
country.
The restoration of this library is one of the projects dear
to the heart of the brave Belgian priest, and it offers to his
friends and admirers in America an opportunity for a con
crete expression of their feelings toward him and the heroic
country which he represents.
It would be impossible to give in any brief space a list
of any appreciable part of the treasures which fell under
the German torch. It is estimated that at the time the libr
ary was burned in 1914 it contained some 200,000 volumes,
the result of five centuries of painstaking collection, includ
ing rare documents and ancient records many of which can
never be replaced.
The destruction of this precious collection, among the
most valuable in the world, was one of the most outrageous
acts of the German hordes, and aroused in every decent
breast an indignation which will never subside. It is the
determination of the civilized world that so far as possible
the library shall be restored. The appeal of the American
committee having the matter in charge is for $500,000. It
gojs without saying that the response will be proYnpt and
generous, and the amount oversubscribed,
The official repository for the fund is J. P. Morgan and
Co., New York.
PERSONAL SPENDING AND HIGH PRICES
v A few more words from the wise about high prices have
come to the public from the director of savings of the Treas
ury department, William Mather Lewis. Mr. Lewis agrees
that federal action of some sort is necssary to control the
soaring prices which are making life difficult for the people
in general, but he also thinks that direct personal effort is
necessary in the case of every individual if any lasting check
is to be put upon profiteering. Until men learn to budget
their own incomes and control their personal spendings no
amount of law-making will do very much good.
"The average American citizen has got to get into the
habit of taking a personal inventory," says Mr. Lewis, "of
studying thejeaks in his own financial system, of policing
his own pocket book before the high cost situation will be
materially bettered."
"The profitter's slogan is 'easy money.' The profiteer
fattens today because easy money is universal in America,
because extravagance is habitual, because men are willing
lo deal in glittering generalities and stubbornly unwilliny
to face the matter personally."
Without doubt, Mr. Lewis is correct in his ideas. No
amount of legislating will help the waster. No amount of
figuring will help the man who habitually spends without
figuring. This being so,-the hints given by the director of
savings are worth the individual attention and practice of
every citizen who reads them.
. "Stake out the uses of your salary, and stick by it for
a few weeks. Then make up your mind to buy carefully,
and insist upon a dollar's worth for every dollar you give a
merchant. Get up the nerve to refuse to buy when the price
is exhorbitant or the article inferior. If you do these things
you will immediately reduce the high cost of living in your
own individual case, and contribute materially to a general
reduction in prices."
o
A miners' strike would certainly add fuel to the public
" discontent.
365 DAYS A YEAR ROADS
"Out of 2 1-2 millions of miles of roads in the United
States, we have less than 200,000 miles of such highways
which we can really call roads by that I mean roads which
one can travel on 365 days out of the year without getting
stuck in the mud." This statement is credited to H. G.
Shirley, secretary-treasurer of the Federal Highway Coun
cil, addressing a highway association convention in Minne
sota.
The national council is planning a backbone of national
highways to which state and local highway systems may be
joined. Such a system should open to the farmer hree or
four markets for his produce instead of a single city market.
As Mr. Shirley points out, a system of all-the-year-round
roads which can be travelled over with speed and safety in
any season looms up as more and more necessary. It would
be a great boon in case of a serious freight tie-up.
As to the particular kind of construction to be employed,
the federal council is in favor of anything that is good. Dif
ferent sorts of road construction are suited to different parts
of the country. But in every section roads should be built
with an eye to future needs as well as present. Koads con
structed only a few years ago in the east were made four and
six inches thick. That was believed strone enouch for any
possible strain. It is already an old story how those roads
have gone to pieces under the strain of motor truck traffic,
Roads mean so many things in national life. They are
important factors in education, communication, distribu
tion, recreation. It Is every citizen's duty to take an active
and positive interest in good roads In his community, and
to be foresighted and broad minded enough to extend his
interest from the road which goes past his door to the roads
which pass the doors of the rest of the nation.
o
An additional toll is to be charged for ships passing
through the Panama canal. The ultimate consumer has not
yet heard what commodity this will raise the price of, but he
is already recasting the budget to meet the raise.
o
The little striped chipmunk is the last of the furry tribe
to yield up his pelt to satisfy the demand of vain woman for
furs. If this keeps on, not even a bald-headed man will be
safe.
v
All these prohibition referendums and protests are little
better than postmortems over John Barleycorn. They ac
complish nothing worth while. Why not let dead booze
tlone?
Well, the war is over in France, anyway. When are we
going to have peace in America?
A TRIBUTE TO TUB AMERICAN I LAG.
It's the Unit of a resolute nation
It's the fluff of the bravo and the free
You are cherished by truo-hi-artrd milium
We hallow thy color three.
Three proud floating emblems of (lory.
Our guide in the coming of time:
The red, white, and blue in their beauty,
Love give them meaning aublime.
The red ia the deep crimson lifeatrvam
Which flowed on the battle'i plain
Redeeming our land of oppreaaion,
And leaving no servile at in.
The white ia the proud people! honor.
Kept spotleaa and clear as light;
A pledge of unfaltering Justice,
A symbol of truth and right.
The blue is our nation's endurance,
And points to the blue above;
The limiUeas, nieaaureleaa azure,
A type of our father's love.
The stars are God's witneaaes of blessings,
And smile at the oppreaaor'a frown.
They speak and gleam in their splendor;
Bright gems in the world's great crown.
Mrs. Ella A. Hart, Albany, Ore.
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ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL
.FUND
'To the Roosevelt Memorial AawUHon,
Percy R. Kelly, County Chairman,
Albany, Oregon.
I herewith subscribe the sum of
to the Koossru. MsMnariu. Foao.-
Name .
A (Id re u
The above amount U inclosed herewith. .
Acenrdlnir to the plana of the Rooaeeelt Memorial AenrUtlon, the) Rooeeeelt
Memorial rand of ,eee,oo.e li to be utilised to erect a National Monument la
WaaMneton. D. C.s to acquire and maintain a public park at Orter Bur. N. I
and ultlmatelir to Include garamore Hill, the Rooaerelt home, "therein, to be
sreeened like Moant Vernon and Lincoln's boma at Sprlnefleld: and to endow
a NaUonal Sodetr to perpetuate the prladplaa and Ideala of Theodore nooaerelt. '
Each contrlbntor to the fnnd will recetee a eerllVnU of membership In the
tooemelt Memorial Aaeodatlon. A cerll Scats will alas be presented U every
school contrtbuUof to the fund. ,
The name of ewy contributor will ha placed on the llt of naaea depoaltad
la the NaUonal Monument to be erected at WaalilnaUie, D. C
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