Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, December 04, 1915, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextEditorial Page of "The Capital Journal" SATURDAY EVENING, December 4, 1913. CHARLES H. FISHER, Editor and Manager PUBLISHED EVERT EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. S. BARNES, President CHAS. H. FISHEB, Vice-President SUBSCRIPTION BATES Kilv bv carrier, tier vear '....45.00 Per month. :..45c Daily by nail, per year FULL LEASED WIRE EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES New York Chicago Ward-Lewis-Williams Special Agency Harry K. Fisher Co. Tribune Building 30 N. Dearborn St. The Capital Journal carrier boys are inatructod to put the papers on the porch. If the carrier docs not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this is the only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phone Main 81. THE LIGHTS ARE OUT, At midnight tonight the lights go out on the great white way; and the fairy dream that energetic and un afraid San Francisco made come true, will vanish into that realm where all dreams go to. The buildings will be for a short time silent and dead; for. the light and music and changing vibrant life will have departed. . ' The turnstiles will cease to click and the busy avenues will be deserted, for the end has come to the great living entity, just as it must come to all things. It is too soon yet to make any estimate of the results the great exposition will have on the future of the coast, but that they will be far reaching and of tremendous im portance is assured. Through its gates nearly nineteen million people have passed; and among these countless thousands from the east, who came, saw an admired, and who will riot only come again, but will awaken the desire in" thousands of others to see the coast and get at least slightly acquainted with their own country. The big exposition made possible by San Francisco's grit and faith has done more to enlighten the east as to the scenic beauties of the United States, and of its vast ness, than any other one thing ever attempted in the coun try. ' That it has come to an end will be regretted by thousands whom circumstances prevented seeing it, and who now will be unaftle to do so. Oregon has received advertising through it the effects of which will be felt for years, to come, and which will assist in her growth and development as no any other one thing could do. We owe a debt of gratitude to California; and we rejoice with the big hearted men of that state who backed their judgment with their coin, that the first proved correct and that the coin came back to them un diminished in quantity. As one reviews the event the thing that impresses most is that the old spirit of the gold digging days is still extant. The spirit that dared all, risked all, feared nothing and won all. The spirit that defied earthquake, fire and disaster, such as' would have appalled most, but which only stirred San Francisco to' .greater efforts and rebuilt the great city, and on top of it created a dream city which has astonished and delighted the world. The lights are out in the great exposition and its buildings are dark but its glory will illumine the pages of our country's history, and the recollection of it be a pleasant memory so long as life lasts, for all who visited it. Henry Ford manufactures and sells moving picture films, as well as autos. That probably explains his so called peace ship journey taking a band of people over to The Hague to pose for his moving picture camera oper ators, four of whom are taken along. Pretty soon we will see it all pictured out if we have ten cents to pay admis sion to the theatre that feature the Ford pictures. It is not a peace commission that is sailing abroad but a com pany of movie actors, and W. J. Bryan will probably be starred in the leading role. Bryan ought to make good he looks like Chas. D. Handford, who used to be popular in Shakespearian plays, and he has other points that ought to contribute towards histrionic success. If England would develop her ejiemies.as she does in trying to make more, and to . place the United States among them, the war might be ended much sooner. She has undertaken to do as she pleases with American shipping, and so far has got away with it. The end of the country's patience has about been reached and she is liable to hear something drop if she does not mend her ways. Uncle Sam has the means at hand to bring her up to the trough standing, and to leave her with nothing for her ships to carry. It is not neces sary to go to war with her; all that is required is to hit her in the stomach, a sort of solar plexus blow that will leave her down and out. The Germans are still collecting $8,000,000 a month from Belgium as a war tax. Considering what Germany did to Belgium it looks like a pretty heavy price to pay for the job. , AfttfiiWKKa I LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 1SGS CAPITAL Transact a General Banking Business Safety Dcpesit Boxes SAVINGS DEPARTMENT DORA C. ANDRESEN, fcieo. and Trcas. 3.00 Per month 35c TELEGRAPH REPORT THE CURTAIN DOWN as much energy in fighting $500,600.00 OLD MAIDS ALMOST EXTINCT One of the most notable women in business is the swift passing of the class once known as old maids. In some of the country about, seeking whom they and larger towns they are When we now of middle did not catch a husband before 30 was called an old maid; and all the women who were married to drunkards and loafers that they had to take in boarders or washing to support, looked down on her and spoke of her as "poor Mary." Nowadays a lady who does not marry is called a bachelor girl and she has a good job, her own check book, her face massaged, her nails manicured, her hair waved, lots of good clothes-r-and all the married women envy her and say: O, you clever creature! Old maids had no homes of their own but lived with other people who did not want them, but kindly gave them board and clothes. for doing the work of two or three servants. The bachelor girl of today lives in her own pretty flat or apartments, attends to her own business, and her relatives are very polite to her because she buys shoes for their children and pays for little Susie's music lessons. . - The old maid used to weep a great deal and she had a yellow letter and a faded rose. The busy bachelor girl keens no vellow letter or faded rose. She has roses in her cheeks and she lives not the days to come. Perhaps the most marked line of distinction between the old maid and the bachelor girl is this: The old maid wanted to marry and couldn't, and the bachelor girl can marry but won't.. Rev. Charles F. Aked, pastor for the great John D. Oilvfeller, was very much chagrined Friday when a com mon doorkeeper had the temerity to tell him he could not! see that other great man, Henry Ford. I am Kev. Charles F. Aked," said he,' with the accent on the Aked; but he was still refused admission to "the presence." Then he got mad and almost broke up the peace expedi tion. Only profuse apologies made by the private secre tary of the auto-crat served to mollify him and get him to consent not to give up the ship, or trip. The dispatches recently stated that New York spent $10,000,000 a year for poodles and $60,000,000 in taking care of them. No details are given so it is not known if this covers the expense of cigarettes, theatersmonocles, canes and kid gloves, or is just for board. The success of the Salem corn show in this city indi cates that the growing of corn is no longer an experiment in the Willamette valley. The exhibit would do credit to some of the so-called "corn" states of the middle west. Salem's growing postal receipts indicate that this city is making substantial and solid progress. The increase in stamp sales last month was more than $600, compared with November 1914. From the trouble he has in getting the Oscar II started it is' evident Ford forgot to equip her with an electric starter, and the old crank shaft is back firing on him. . The question as to who is State Highway engineer has gotten in such shape that the public has about concluded "there ain't no such animal." PROGRESSIVE I took some dope, to make my head quit aching; it did the trick, but set my stomach wrong; and that old organ, all the bylaws breaking Just raised high jinks, and bucked the whole day long. I took some dope to get my stomach working as in the days when it had fair renown; the dope did that, but set my muscles jerking, until it took three men to hold me down. I took some dope to make calmed down, men my nver acted up, already, and threw a fit, and spoiled my happy day. I took some dope to quell my liver's not some bitter stuff, disguised with cherry jam; no sooner was that liver lulled to ouiet. thai! shooting pains whizzed through my diaphragm. I took some dope but why prolong the anguish? I'm taking dope, for this disease and that; there's something new each day to make me languish, one day a boil, th'e next an aching slat Pursuing health, all kinds of pills I swallow, the more I take, the more I have to buy; each pill demands another pill to follow hand me the bitters, for I'm get ting dry. i PIONEER CITIZEN IS VERY ILL) Nil j.0Bnl of age B11(i )ing Uve(1 ln 8iI. 11 verton since coming to Oregon. Four I t'ncle John Moser is yet very ill, 'years ago they were all living, but I according to late reports, and it isM,,ol,o who survive today ure Alonzo, Lvi.inn thnf o.a ,i t,i. ;.!84i Mr- B- Whitlock, 82: Mrs. John ......... ...... .... ..... ... .... i close at hand. Mr. Moser is one of six children who came across the plains in 1802. Ho is results of the advent of districts old maids still roam may devour, but in the cities becoming an extinct species, age were young, a lady who in the past but for today and! DOCTORING my muscles steadv: thev soon and started cutting hay; but u, ....... On. -...J limit . . if i .-i.i.iituii, ov, urn. wuiiuiu aioser, 11, There is probably no other family in Oregon that can show such a record. Hilverton Tribune. ft OPEN FORUM - Commissioner Abrams Replies. Salem, Ore.,"Nov. 30, 1915. Editor Capital Journal: In Saturday's issuo you printed a communication signed "Farmer," in which the Oregon workmen 's compensa tion act was severely condemned, aud the charge made that it was largely re sponsible for mluch of the unemploy ment of labor.' A careful examination of that article will convince anyone that its author was not familiar with workmen's com pensation in Oregon, but was discussing the employe' liability act. The em ployers' liability act is rather drastic. It was submitted by organized labor to the people of Oregon, and passed by popular vote. It provides, as "Fami er" states, for liability agninst the em ployer, including farmers iu case of in jury to workmen, and it was largely the drastic nature of this act and its lunger to small employers that brought t.bout the Oregon workmen's compensa tion law. The Oregon workmen's compensation law is an absolute protection to the imployer agninst dumages for injured workmen, it is simply the state under taking, for a small fee, to compensate workmen for injuries received in the courso of their employment, and deny ing to such injured workmen the right to sue their employers for dummies. The state makes an appropriation suf ficient to pay the expense of opera tion and administration of this law, hence every dollar that is collected from employers is paid buck to injured workmen. C.nder the amended act, the commis sion has been given power to permit fanners to take advantage of its pro visions by muking application to the Stnto Industrial Accident commission, and thereby entering into coutract with Hi o slate in the snmo way that they would in taking out a policy with an insurance company. This law is not made to cover any workmen or any em ployer who does not desire td take ad vantage of its provisions, as each is given the privilege of rejecting. How over, a very large percentage of .the firms and employers doing business in tins state have seen itt to take advant age of the aot There arc at the pres ent time over ,.wu turns and employ ers working under the act, and this in cludes several hundred farmers; in fact, I might say that the application from farmers in Oregon average, at the present time, several a day, and that they are coming under the not volun tarily more rapidly thuu any other cIbrs, inasmuch as they realize that in the majority of cases they are un able to stund the loss that would be occasioned by an injured workman re ceiving large damages against them through the courts under the employ ers' liability act. Instead of being a hindrance to in dustry, workmen's compensation is in creusiug it; firms which therefore fear ed to employ labor, are now doing so fearlessly, knowing that by the pay ment of a small percentage of their pay roll to the state, they ure absolute ly secure against injury. Furthermore, the families of injured workmen ure being cared for by the state under this act, and widows nod families of deceased workmen, killed in the course of their employment, are being pensioned by the state, all at the expense of the fund collected from em ployers, and in this way a great denl of the poverty and suffering heretofore existing, is now being prevented. Tho Oregon act is very similar to the Kiinsus act, and does not include in its automatic operations any employer, which Kansas does not but on the oth er huud does permit farmers and other non-hazardous operations to take ad vantage of the protection of this act, by muking written application to this commission, and giving his workmen 20 days' notice. Any employer who does not desire to contribute, or to take advantage of the act, may reject, by notifying his employer in writing dur ing the 30 day period. Thereafter, cither employer or workmen muy, at any time before Mny Jst of uny year, file a rejection, which will become ef fective on July 1st following, and there after relieve both from tho necessity cf contributing. Thus you will see that no farmers will be burdened with the workmen's compensation law who does not desiro its protection. Those who accept its provisions contribute month ly to tho commission two per cent of their pny roll, and collect and remit in nddition one cent a day from each workman. The law has already proved of vast economic benefit to Oregon, more than enough to offset the cost of the lnw to the public. In the matter of court costs of law suits alone, Circuit Judge Can tenbein of Multnomah county, wrote the commission recently that since the Ore gon workmen's compensation act be came effective, personal injury litiga tion has decreased more than 30 per cent iu tho courts of that county. CARLE A MUMS, Stnto Industrial Accident Commis sioner. The Cheese Factory. Editor Capital Journal: . The organ ization of a co-operative cheese factory among farmers northeast of Salem is a step in the right direction. That it will be profitable to its pa trons if righsly managed is certain. There is no line of farm operation more suro to return satisfactory profits to farmers than dairying if tho labor and amount invested is taken into account. This is particularly true if the business is managed cooperatively. We need more dairies, creameries and cheese factories in Marion county Uko the one to be started on the Garden road. Theso will be established as rapidly as farmers, can be convinced of the benefits which come to them through cooperative efforts. Wisconsin encourages cooperation among her farmers. As a result farm ers in that Btnte, as a rule, are pros perous. Take the dairy Industry In Oreen county, Wisconsin, as an illustration. Figures, just made public, show that I know what the business conditions are and I wish to do my part te lighten the load on the over-taxed man and at the same time give my tailors something to do. Profits are all forgotten as I wish to reduce my stock and keep my men busy during the holidays. Order that suit now for Xmas at a great saving to yourself. Over 500 suitings to select from, all of which are the newest and most ap proved Fall and Winter styles purchased from the best New York Woolen Merchants. 4444444444 ' I last year the people in .that county: hard times. Tho result will bo that manufactured 1 J ,rt-'S,9il5 pounds of ninny persons-will be sold ont of housi cheese valued at $.'l,78."i,OW. There are! and home. And who will this benefit t l:t cheese factories, three big milk. Not the people that are desirable citi cnnilensers, three creameries and 38,- zons, but the pawnbrokers, a class of M2 cows in the county. There ure only j men that horde their money and will about 22,001) residents in the county. not spend a dollar to advance our city These marvelous results enn bo work-! but sit waiting for a victim in distress ed out right here in Marion county if! so that they may suck his life blood, the same suystem of cooperative lmsi- j und, in this ense, take tho homes of ness methods are applied. In some . 0llr, citizens for the street assessment respects we have a dairy country su- against them. Why has the city coun perior to Wisconsin. f j1 al1 t om-e woke up to the brilliant Our winters are more mild, forage' 1('on of preparing an amendment to tho plants can be grown in greater abund-l cllartcr sacrifice tho homes of our auce for green soiling and for filling' People at a time when it-is not pos silos I siblo to raise monoyf Did this brilliant With proper management on good soil one to three acres will support a cow. The returns from an average milker should be not less than $75 for a year. Adding to this such by-products of tuo dairy, as veal and skim milk fed to pigs and chickens, one cow should re turn a profit of about $100 for her sup port for each milking period. Would it not bo u good plan to DO' - i. l.. .k. I...! . Z I ZLVJZ M.,fnV ZTJ ... ............. v by encouraging farmers to organize cooperative creameries and cheese fac tories throughout tho rural districts) Farmers would bo tho first to benefit from such a movement. Indirectly every avenue of trade in Salem would soon bo enlivened by tho inflow of new capital attracted hero from distant points. Dairying, instead of hindering our fruit industry, would be decidedly bene ficial in supplying much needed fertili ty for onr orchards and berry fields. There is land enough in .Marion county to carry forward all lines of! agricultural enterprises siuted to thisl locality. Among these, dairying, if managed along the lines now practiced in Tillamook county and in Wisconsin, will bring steady aud satistactory rc turus to thoso who engage in it. Dairy products are much concen truted and, because of thoir high value, will bear transportation charges to dis tant nun-kefs without materially lessen ing net profits to producers. Several Airloads of butter were shipped to New York City last year from tho Wil lamette valley. The matter of freight must alwavj bo taken into consider ation. ' AN OHKOONIAN. The Public Market. Editor Capital Journal: In response to your article, concerning 4 the scale question at the public market, I think was pretty well understood by tho market men. I don't think that any one has been scared out, over the scale question near as much as over tho question why the market is not moved and put in a condition so that a white man can exist in it) As the city council has complied with the wish of the people, to let the mark et be located on tho street, on tho north side of Humes' Cash Store, thero has been amplo t(imo to have had tho change made, -why not) Where or what is the trouble) Surely the present location nnd condi tion is a deplorable 0110 it is worse than the little sod shanty on the claim. At the first Btart out, it was hot enough to have melted a brass monkey, and now it is cold enough to make a brass monkey chatter until his teeth fly out, and then drown lilm iu tho bargain, And now, Mr. Editor, it will dawn, upon you why tho booths were not tak en up Inst Saturday, when, the week before they were all occupied. Tho day was a very stormy one, and it was anything but pleasant to do business with water anklo deep, the rain and wind blowing in one sido and out of the other side. One lary was so cold aud wet thnt shn had to pull out. It Was her first trip and will the ever come back) The people want the innrkot.) Who li It that don't want tho market: CHAS. A. MUTIIS. Smite That City Charter Amendment. To the Editor: The proposed amendment to the city charter of this city to be voted upon next Monday, December 0, II' 15, is in my opinion ill timed as well as detri mental to the best Interests of this city. The bunks will not loan money to pay street assessments and it is impossible for many of our good citizens to raise the money to pay their street assess ments when there is nothing that they cau do to raise money from these a CHRISTMAS SPECIAL $5.00 to $15.00 Reduction on ail Suits and. Overcoats for the Next Week Only -444 ' ' V . tne 01 V council, or did it onginnto in the back-office of some nonornulo (?) money-shark) This is not tho only vice that this proposed amendment to the city vhnrter has in it. Every lawyer Knows thnt when a sale is mndo under execution that the solo frees the property from the whole judgment. If the property should ho unlil for in ii,,ll,.,t .1,... .v uue j.i-u ma would it not free the proporty front B.U 11,0 '""Binder of the claim that tin. .',cirv nf Sll cm lino nrrnlnut tUMn..l.,l Mr. TJnruh, who' is an attorney at luw- and a member of tho city council. fnM the city council that this would be the. effect of such a sale. Would this not be a grand thing for Hon. ()) Fawn broker after ho has bought tho property in for one or two installments that are. due to turn around and sue tho citv to remove nil tho other nssewmontu that tho city has against tho prowrtv) Mr. Pawnbroker does not do thing by halves but will always insiHt on. you giving him the whole eartfc and niso require you to put a fence around it. In conclusion, it has seemed to mv mind that all public improvement's! snouiu oe ny general taxation in which all would share according to the nrnn. erty that they own. There aro vory few of tho people that own their home's and in front of which the streets aro paved get any benefit from farther than to avoid tho mud in winter nnd the dust in the summer. The public get mors benefit from tho pavement, than tint particular lot owner thnt has to pny the whole assossment for its cost n' well as for five por cent more for be ing assessed by the city therefor. The people of this city have wisely voted to make tho city build all its' sowers by public taxation. Tho property own er gets more of a direct benefit from the advantage of sewers than he does from1 the street that is paved in front, of his property. It is not possible for a great many" of our best citizens to own automobiles, and even if they were ablo to own ono, there aro many that could not take tho timo from their hon est endeavor to support their family ti rido in them. There are a great many of the people of our city that arc not nhlo to pick up money without any ef fort, but hnvo to labor incessantly to pay their bills. It, may bo said thnt the oity cannot afford to have this ex pense thrown upon it us it would make tho taxes very high, In answer tho overburdened citizens enn most truly say we can not stand it either. What uuviiMiago are wo getting out of tho mnny foolish expenditures that the city is incurring every day) Let us get back to first principles and if the city cannot afford to ninko an improvement let us fix our city council so that thev cannot reach down in tho pockets of privato citizens and make them ninko tho improvement. H. T. RICHARDSON. SUICIDE AT MONITOR Last Saturday noon tho peeple of Monitor woro shocked to hear that r-onrl Potorson, tho 10-year-old daught er of Mr. nnd Mrs. Edward Peterson had committed suicide. The daughter had gone up stairs after singing uml playing at the nrgnn and when slm did not respond when called Mrs. Peter son went up stairs and going to Pearl's room found her lying on the bed with, a 22 calibro rifle at her side. In her frantic efforts to do something to save) her daughter's lifo a hurry-up call waa gotten to Dr. Weaver, of Hubbard. On arriving tho doctor found that death, had been instantaneous, the bullet hav ing pierced tho henrt. Coroner Hump stead, of Oregon City, assisted by Jus tice of the Fenco bievors, made an in vestigation and could find no reason for the act. She was in good health and the evening before hsd attended school entertainment and took part in the progrnm, Hubbard Enterprise.