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THE tiAZFTTE-TIMES, HKPPNER, ORE., TBfRdDAY, AUG. 12, 1920.
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Consolidated February 1&. 111.
Published vrjr ThuriJiy morning by
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and ntrnl a: tha Postoffica at Hpp
nar, Orea-on, aa aacond-clasa matter.
a year increase In lis payroll without
a ivrrepoinl;r.jj increase in revenue.
When public regulation of rates
j holds returns allowed traasportation
ieoirpanies at a low figure it Is im-
j possible to meet such heavy increase
in operating posts eioent by a propor-
't.onate increase in rates. It would
he the same with any other industry
!and under either private or govern
ment operation.
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Slats' Diary
MORROW COVSTY OFFICIAL PAPER
Legion and League
There is abundant reason for the
American Legion to pay attention to
the organizing activities ot the Xon
Partisan League, as per its decision
recently reached in Portland. The.
basis for the Legion's proposed cam
paign against the League in the Pa
cific Northwest is provided by the
a
anti-patriotic activities of many Lea
gue leaders. The Legion is rallying
to the support of our country in time
of peace even as its members fought
for it in time of war.
It is true beyond the possibility of
successful contradiction that many of
the most active leaders of the League
both national and stale leaders
are red revolutionaries of the I. W.
W. stripe. These reds do not adver
tise their colors in seeking League
memberships from farmers, but they
are reds just the same. Their ap
peal to farmers is ot the patent med
icine patter variety, in which they
dwell upon the symptoms, ills and
grievances of the farmers and con
vince them that their nostrom pro
vides the one and only cure. The
farmers would react against the Lea
gue did they know the real character
of'so many League leaders.
The Voter has in its files long lists
of names of League leaders, with ev
idence of tbeir I. W. W. and red rad
ical affiliations. Scores ot its nation
al officers answer to this description.
In the states ot Washington and
Montana many of the state and lo
cal leaders are men who have grown
up in the I. W.W., have become lead
ers of that organization and have
blossomed into League leadership as
far more profitable and as affording
broader scope for lining up sentiment
for the overturn of existing govern
ment as "unfair to all producers."
Some of these - League reas have
been recruited from Oregon, ailiiough
so far we are informed at present,
none of the League leaders now sup
posed to be working in Oregon are
of that stamp. Officers of the Oregon
I. W. W. and Socialist organizations
were employed by the League at
handsome salaries and commissions
to work in Washington, where their
identity was not known. They did
effective work there.
The Voter does not know of its
own knowledge that the League has
started its membership work in Ore
gon. Various reports of organiza
tion activities, none of which we
have been able to confirm to date,
have reached Portland. Yet the Leu
gue officers at St. Paul, the national
headquarters, have advised the Voter
in writing that the League is not
campaigning in Oregon and has no
intent to campaign in our state this
year or even to try to get members
here. While we would not believe
any officer of the Non Partisan Lea
gue under oath, so perverted are
their ideas ot truth, yet it is not
certain that the League actually has
entered this state. When and if it
does come in, and start signing up
members, it would be well if the
American Legion eould ascertain the
names ot the organizers, so as to
check up as to their identity and ex
pose them publicly if their affilia
tions have been of the "red". Tari
ety. All the farmes of Oregon will
need is such an exposure of the
agents who are after their money, for
Oregon farmers are intensely patriot
ic and will revolt against propaganda
that is inspired by radicals whose
main aim is to destroy our govern
ment. Oregon Voter.
Wage Increase Granted , ,
The railroad unions have been
granted a wage increase of $600,
000,000 a year, which is equal to 60
per cent of their demands. The award
was made by the U. S. Latxr,oard
after an exhaustive study of the sit
uation. Continued talk of strike by some
ot the railroad unions is out of or
der and the next thing on the pro
gram Is to raise the $-600,000,000.
It cannot be raised out of thin air
and the railroads in turn will have to
present their arguments for increased
revenue and the public must pay the
bill. .
The roads will ask for a substantial
portion of the added burden to be
borne by passenger fares, multiply
and commutator tickets, Pullman
tickets and milk shipments. Part of
the remaining Increase would be pla
ced on express rates and the balance
on freight rates. t ' '
The portion of the increased ex
pense to be absorbed by passenger
truffle is expected to amount to about
one-half cent a mile in the east and
from three-quarters of a cent to a
cent a mile In the west. The portion
to be applied to freight would am
ount to 8 per cent. .
That an increase in rates will be
itrauted Is a foregone conclusion as
If.
Friday I opened pa's chest of
tules tonite and tuk out his brace
bit was going
out of the house &
pa seen me & he
sed Hay Slats
what you doing
with that brace ft
bit & I replyed I
have organized a
band ot campfire
boys & we hafta
drill tonite. He
sed Mats If yure
branea was grass
you cud sell yure
lawn more.
Saturday I tuk
walk over past
Jane's bouse to
day. Just happen
ed to acksidently
go thataway ft was
studying how cud I make 17 cents
so as to go see Wm. S. Hart ft Jane
sed Wot are you thinking about ft
I answered ft sed Nuthing. & she
sed You always have yure mind on
your own self it seems. Threw with
women. Thats wot I yam.
Sunday 1 got 2 tawking 2 Jake ft
ast him wot he thot about me ft Jane
ft he sed he thot I showed a lots
better taste than she does. So we
are not good friends enny more.
Monday Ma & pa including me
went 2 the Confekshunary ft had ice
I ream & then pa got sum cigareu
& went 2 lite 1. The owner sed Mis
ter no smokeing in here ft pa sed
Thats funny you sell them dont you
not. The man sed Yes ft they sell
union Underware up 2 the dry Goods
store but they dont let you put them
on in the store room.
Tuesday I was telling pa & ma
& sum other ladies about a girl wich
hurt her leg in swimming ft ma sed
You must say lims not legs. So later
in the evening I told them ot a man
arrested for boot limming ft ma
never under Stood me a tall. Shes
not so awful wise. At times.
Wednesday walked down the
street with my skool teecher today ft
wo saw a house wich was being bilt
ft she sed Slats do you know when
& where Shingles was 1st used I sed
I dont know when but I got a good
idea where they was 1st used. But
diddent care to discuss it with her.
Nor nobuddy else.
Thursday In Swimming today,
Lots of people was in. Blisters was
there and he can dive & turn sum
mer Sets ft fiote ded man & all ft the
girls are after him to lern them 2
swim. Even Jane is. She wanted
me 2 jump off ot the bridge like
Blisters but I sed 2 her that they was
lots ot littel boys in hevin wich had
tried that ft I wood rether not try
it. She called me a big trade calf
But I shud worry. I dont care.
The Cannon Fodder of Europe
By Joseph C."Mannlng.
European countries have no more
been without Wars than have our cit
ies and town been without llres.Ev-
erv now and then there breaks out
the seemingly inevitable conflagra-
tion of warfare In Europe. It has
been thus throughout the centuries,
The rearing of boys for service in
the armies of the Old World has
caused the peoples of the foreign
countries to grow weary of the hard
ship and sorrow ot human slaughter
until the tide of immigration to the
United States has been augmented be
cause of the horror t of these wars
more than for any other reason.
Those coming to America have
sought asylum from the repeated
strife and bloodshed resulting from
the quarrels of foreign powers and to
avoid having their sons beeome "can
non fodder" for contending rulers of
warring countries.'It is, therefore, no
wonder that those who have sought
peace Itr the United States should
shrink from the entanglement of this
great -nation In .a scheme of super-
world government such as Is the Wil
son league of nations, which would
mean again subjecting . those who
have come here to escape foreign con
flicti to being drafted to fight in these
same old European slaughters of
mankind.1
Embroiling this nation in the quar
rels of Etirope is unfair to the peace
loving citizens of this country, wheth
er they be native or of foreign ex
traction, while It must look particu
larly Wrd to those who have come
here to avoid the lighting and the
bloodshed of feudist powers. Cer
tainly this great nation, with aspira
tions foe peace and brotherhood with
the countries: of the world, can gain
nothing In Its influence for peace by
becoming a party to the feuds of Eu
ropean countries.
This great Republic must continue
as the exemplar of all the govern
ments of the world, erect and strong
in Its civilization, exerting Its unpre
judiced and unselfish leadership to
the end that must compel the con
sideration of all countries amenable
to the loftiest promptings which ever
cause, this nation of ours to speak
for the peace of the world.
Senator Frelinghuysen Replies
v ; To Charges
Senator Frelinghuysen, of New
Jersey, denied that "a small group
of senators" dictated Senator Hard
ing's nomination at Chicago, as char
ged by Henry Morgenthau, former
ambassador to Turkey, In a recent
statement:
"An delegate to the convention,
supporting General Wood," said Sen
ator Frelinghuysen, "I affirm that
no industry can stand a $600,000,000 ( the statement is untrue. Senator
Harding's nomination was the un-tramnu-led
action of the majority of
the delegates to the convention. I
siould like to know upon what au
thority Mr. Morgenthau states that
by Senator Harding's frank admis
sion a small group of senators, by
whom he will be advised, constituted
a clique which 'plans to control the
government of the Vnited States.'
A reading of what Senator Harding
has publicly said shows how utterly
false is this assertion."
'The New Jersey senator said that
Mr. Morgenthau arraigned the Sen
ate for its refusal to accept the plan
of the league of nations proposed by
President Wilson, and added:
"In refusing to consent to the
reaty and proposed plan of the league
of nations the senators ot the United
States were acting within their con
stitutional powers and duties. After
calm and deliberate consideration in
open session, in which no detail was
held from the American people, they
gave their decision. It was the hard.
panned judgment of the Senate that
the only safe plan for America to Dur-
sue was to ratify the treaty with the
Lodge reservations protecting every
American right.
"In this sensible and sane form the
Senate amended the league of nations
covenant and voted by a majority, for
ratification. Fully half of the Demo
crats of the Senate voted with the
Republican senators for ratification
in the Americanized form. Does Mr.
Morganthau ' include the Democrats
who voted for the treaty with these
reservations in a 'Senate clique?'
Does he characterize this as invlihl
government or 'cloak room rule.'
"The preposterous program of a
league of nations as neeotiated bv ih
President in secret after proclaiming
a policy or 'open covenants ODenlv
arrived at' was invisible government
in my opinion, of the most pronounc
ed sort. .
"President Wilson believes the
treaty should be ratified without any
reservations. If Mr. Cox believes Mr.
rvusons theories, he favors perpet
uating hereditary power. If he be
lieves that the covenant of the leaene
of nations should be ratified with
reservations, he is Indorsing the plan
of that 'small group of senatotrs'
whom Mr. Morgenthau refers to as
the Senate clique for cloak room con
trol."
Campaign Against High Cost
Prices Hitting Consumer
The war department "campaign"
against the high cost of living has
been started but it does not seem to
be waged particularly in favor of the
average consumer but in behalf of the
profiteer. The war department is
carrying large display advertisements
in the Washington papers announcing
the sale of food products comprising
canned roast beef, canned corned
beef, corned beef hash, bacon, canned
vegetables, candy, flour and many
other items.
After announcing the Items and
their prices to the consumer it then
announces that discounts ranging all
the way from 2 per cent to 20 per
cent will be allowed to quantity cus
tomers. In order to come in on this
arrangement one must purchase an
amount over $1,000 to even get. 2 per
cent discount; $2,500 gets 4 per cent
discount; $5,000 gets 7 1-2 per cent;
$10,000 gets 10 per cent; and If a
person can afford to purchase an am
ount over $100,000 he or she can ob
tain a discount of 20 per cent.
Imagine, if you can, an individual
going to market with a basket or a
wiigon or truck and investing over
. lU'H.l'UO in this government food
stun' in order to save 20 per cent dis
count. -
In other words the discounts are all
given to the very persons who should
not get them, the produce dealers,
who in turn become the profiteers of
the country. This government stunt
will not benefit the average consum
er but will tend to make profiteers
out o' v, hoesalers and dealers in pro
duce, for they will take advantage
of the discounts and then up will go
the price to the consumers.
And yet the war department with
circus type, heads its advertisements
with this caption: "Washington and.
vicinity can now profit by the war
department campaign against the
High Cost of Living."
M A-Word
g , About Vfc
ff Willard u
f There are no stacked fljj
1
There are no stacked
cardi around here. It's
a square deal for every-
. body, every time and all
the time. We're hen
to do the thing that will
make you a dyed-in-tht
wool Willard booster.
Willard Batteries with
Threaded Rubber Insula
tion have been selected
- by 136 manufacturers of
cars and trucks.
BATTKHY ELECTRIC SERVICE
STATION
J. W. Fritsch
Phone Main 82 Heppner
Flnt Tuna Will Live.
Probably the majority of choroh
ciiers will agree with the vicar of Well
intfioroush In his refusal to allow the
church bells wf his parish to ring out
Tiiperary" In honor of the great
pesoe. for in then matters one must
of course draw the line somewhere.
Yet. when the vicar asks: "If
Tipperary.' why not Tommy, Make
Room for Uncler " the analogy Is not
very apt. Both songs. It Is true, are
not well, classical music. But the
glorious associations of Tipperary"
have raised It far above such criticism;
anil though the famous tune may never
reach the height of a church belfry.
It Is. nevertheless, likely to go down
to posterity as the Immortal "Mar
seillaise" of the Old Contemptible
London Chronicle.
Happy on His Way.
In one of the Indianapolis schools
recently the teacher announced to her
pupils thnt they would study China
during the afternoon, and told the
children to bring various products of
the country. Very excitedly a little
chap rushed Into the grocery store and
told the grocer to give him a nickel's
worth of sassafras, as he was to study
China at school, and the grocer told
him she must have said Indiana, but
he gave him Gunpowder and Imperial
mixed. Instead of the good old Hoosler
product, and sent him happily on his
way.
A Ona Funnel Cunardtr.
The new Cunarder Scythia, accord
ing to an English newspaper, Is to
have only one funnel, for all her 20,
(XX) tons. Time was when a liner's
standing was In direct ratio with th
number of her funnels. Four funnels
Indicated Al rank. One famous
steamship was. It Is said, equipped
with an unnecessary fourth funnel
simply for appearance's sake. But
now. It seems, the funnels are to go,
for only one Is really necessary.
From the Outlook.
New Idea for Pictures.
It Is not often that an entirely new
method of producing pictures Is dis
covered, and an Oregon artist Is at
tracting considerable attention with
a process as pleasing as It is original.
Instead ot using fluid pigments of any
kind, bits of colored clotH, painstaking
ly cut to particular shape and size
of each detail of the work, are pasted
upon the canvas background, which Is
stretched over thin board. Some of
the almost Infinitesimal particles of
fabric are shredded out to mere threads
to get the desired effect, while the
bulkier objects of the scene are built
np In relief, says Popular Mechanics
Magnzlne. A sharp-pointed stick
serves as a brush for this curious art.
The finished pictures exemplify the
rpmjir'-.iMp rpenlfa nttfilnp'l when pit-
tlence and lite artistic sense are coordinated.
Industrial Fatigu.
An Investigation of the subject of
Industrial fatigue conducted In the
government shops by the English gov
ernment resulted In obtaining a great
deal of valuable Information. It has
been the means In many cases of a
great Increase of the output, and these
Investigations are about to be extend
ed generally to all British Industrial
establishments by a recently estab
lished Industrial fatigue research
board, under the department of scien
tific and In lustrinl research mid the
medical research committee. The du
ties of the board will be U Initiate,
organise and promote, by research
grants, or otherwise, InvesiitMlloiis 1
different Industries with the view
finding the most favorable hours of
labor, spells of work, rest pauses, etc.
Policewomen Now Established.
Polloewomen h:ive become an estab
lished factor of liiunV pal law enforce
ment In recent years. In motorcycle
policewomen still r ;i novelty. Lon
don now has a sqnnl of them, how
ever, ninl they are d"'1 very effective
work, says the I'oimlar Mechanics
Mngnzlue. The wonen have been
members of the police force for some
time, but have only recently acquired
their machines.
His Chol-e.
The ei rh, now tin- father of trip
lets, proudly displayed his offspring
to his bashful budey.
"What l you think nf them?" he
chortled.
"Well." replied his hecMy doubtful
ly, "If I wes you I tlilnl, I'd keep that
one there." The American Legion
Weekly.
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