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THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER OREGON
Tuesday, April 8, 1924
THE HEPPNER HERALD
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
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S. A. PATTISON, Editor and Publisher
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THE SCHOOL LAW DECISION
The federal court decision returned last week annuling
the compulsory school law on the ground that it was un
constitutional was in line with the opinions expressed by
many of the ablest lawyers in the state during the cam
paign when the! question was brought) to a vote of the peo
ple. While the decision of the federal judges rested large
ly on the question of property rights it was generally un
derstood during the campaign that the element of religious
intolerance was an important factor in putting the bill
over at the 1922 election.
All good Americans are believers in the public school
system and are jealous of any infringements on its pre
rogatives but the matter of education of the young is so
closely knitted to the question of religions rights that it
is not easy to draw a line.
Under a Republican form of government such as ours
parents are supposed to have some rights regarding the
training and education of their children and the three fed
eral judges whose unanimous decision set aside this law,
show that they do not propose that such parental rights
shall be taken away.
' Making good Americans out of the rising generation is
of paramount importance but the taking away of the right
of parents to dace their children in schools where they can
receive religious instruction in line with the parent's be
lief does not seem to be a step in the right direction. .
Religion and morality are, after all, the very basis of
good citizenship and while we call ourselves a Christian
nation, we have so many sects and creeds, all with the
same end in view, that it is most probable that no one of
1hem is entirely right nor can any one of them be entire
ly wrong. i
In matters of religion and education it is well to remem
ber the old statement that "There is so mulch of bad in' the
best of us and so much of good in the worst of us that it
does not sound well for any of us to say much about the
rest of us." Tolerance is one of the brightest jewels in
the crown of Christian civilization. Let us all try to cul
tivate that virtue.
LAFOLLETTE A THORN
Robert M. LaFollctte, senator from Wisconsin, who is
said to have admitted that he may head a third party in
the coming presidential campaign, may never be president
but he is liable to be a very disturbing thorn in the fle.-sh
of some of the old line conservatives in both the major
parties within the next few months. "Little Bob," as his
iriends call him, has always been a liberal sometimes
radical progressive and has been the foe to special priv
ilcdge lo these many years. His worst enemies credit him
with being honest and square and the present condition of
the public mind regarding grafters and grafting in high
governmental circles, as being brought out in the oil and
other investigations is calculated to make LaFollctte sev
eral votes should he become a candidate.
The testimony of a witness before the senate committee
the other day to the effect that the wfjtness who is a priv
ate detective had been employed to go through LaFol
lettc's office and papers last summer in an effort to "get
something" on the Wisconsin man that could be used to
silence him when he commenced raising .1 fuss about oil
grafters, w(ill not add to the peace of mind of campaign
managers in cither of the old party camps.
A thorn in the flesh that cannot be extracted can deal
out a lot of misery and all efforts to 'extract" little Bob
ttither from public life or from being a receptive candi
managers in either of the old party camps. The witness
testified' that after going through LaKollctte's desk and
n.trs he foui.d absolutely nothing that could 'be used
against him.' .
, THE BASIC FACTS OF AN ECONOMIC ISSUE
In his radio talk that was broadcasted from Pendleton
Sunday evening, Mr. Miller, field secretary for the state
hankers' association, pictured the McNary-Haugen bill as
desirable as a temporary measure to provide relief for
fanners; lie said, however, that there are many economic
and political reasons why it would be bad policy to con
sider it. as a permanent affair.
The measure is being advocated as a relief measure, not
as a permanent policy. But the farmers would have just
as much right to demand that the export commission plan
be made a permanent policy as manufacturers have to ask
for a high tariff policy that would peiinianently allow them
to keep their own prices above the world level.
There is io difference in principle between the export
commission plan and the high tariff policy. The intent
and the only intent of the high tariff law is to place the
protected industries of this country upon a basis where
they may charge prices that are above the world level.. The
Fordnev-McCumber law affords such protection to vir
tually every manufacturer in the country able to meet
competition audi defend themselves without the aid of the
high tariff rates that prevail. It is contended even by pro
tectionists that the rates are1 now too high and that they
could be lowered and should be lowered.
While that situation exists the wheatman is abundantly
justified in asking for passage of the McNary-Haugen bill
In fact lie has a vastly stronger case than has the manu
facturer because it is well known that the wheatman is
not making money at present and must either have lower
prices for the th'iigs he mrys or higher prices lor the
,,,..!, .,1.:,.. ; . tt,,. f'.rn-,..- tcl curtail produc
tion and to diversify! He is also told to economize in his
expenditures. It would be more to the point to tell the
manufacturer to deflate and thus bring about lower prices
so as to restore the value of the farmer's dollar. The pres
ent plight of agriculture is not due to shortcomings on the
part of the farmer. There is nothing really the matter
with agriculture. The trouble is caused by the other fel
low, the manufacturer, who inflates his prices and has
been encouraged to do so by the tariff system. The. indus
trial inflatibn is at the very bottom of farm distress, for
it is entirely responsible for the shrunken value of the
farmer's dollar.
These facts are basic and basic facts must be squarely
recognized if we are to have an adjustment. The East
Oregonian believes in diversification, where possible, and
all that. But we grow tired of hearing people berate the
farmer and of hearing the offer the farmer advice that of
ten is unwise when all the time the farmer is plainly the
victim of a policy of special priviledge adopted to serve
the eastern industrialist.
The thing is not a political issue so much as it is an eco
nomic question. A republican has just as much right to
demand tariff adjustment as has a democrat. He can do
so and still protect a real producer like the woolman.
Washington , D., C, is full of men and the department of
agriculture is full of men who know very well what is the
trouble. For months past high officials in a republican
administration have been telling us that the trouble arises
from the fact that the farmer sells on a free trade basis
but has to buy in a protected market.
President Coolidge must know the situation. To con
tend otherwise is to say that he does not have average in
telligence. It is to contend that the president does not
know as much as do the bureau chiefs in the department
of agriculture, f
The farmer and! all business menn aligned with agricul
ture have a right to demand that effective steps be taken
to restore the balance between industry and agriculture.
The McNary-Haugen bill is a move in this direction. It
should be adopted and allowed to operate until a perma
nent cure is provided through removal of tanif pnviledges.
If the present administration cannot do even this much in
the direction of restoring economic justice, how can it have
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any claim upon agricultural votes this lanr r.ast uie-
gonian.
Tn n rprenr dinlnmatie.e note to the president of France.
Ramsay McDonald, discussing the question of national se
curity, says:
"Thp Tu-ench npnnlp desire security: the British people
cherish an identical idea, but whereas France conceived
security as security against Germany alone, the British
Fmnire attributes to the word a far wider significance.
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What we desire is security against war.
Sigsbee Studio
Is now open and prepared to take
first-class Photographs
B. G. SIGSBEE
PHOTOGRAPHER
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