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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1915)
Editorial Page of "The Capital Journal" FRIDAY KVKXINC, De-ember 10, 101.'. CHARLES H. FISH EE, Editor and Manager PUBLISHED EVEBY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. S. BARNES, President CHAS. H. FISHER, Vice-President DORA C. ANDRESEN, Sec. and treat. Daily by carrier, per year Daily by mail, per year . . SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 3.00 Per month 45c Per month 33c FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT the war closes just like we had before the war started and during it. ' If John D. Rockefeller should suddenly turn sDend. thrift business would boom while his money lasted, and the same thing will happen in England if the big land holders keep spending their money and -giving labor a cnance at it. it tney do this, business will boom and the interest on the war debt be that much more easily raised. trn ii i ii . vvnen tne ncn ail practice economy. God helD the Door. Let New York spend $10,000,000 a year for poodles if sue wants to, lor it will not only boom the poodle dog in dustry but incidentally others, for that much money can not ue spent witnout helping the wheels of industry to turn. If everyone was thrifty and economical it would be a hard old world for there would be nothing spent except for the absolute necessaries of life. God bless the spend thrift, give him more money in his purse and multiply his iamny. ne is tne on on the bearings, the steam in the cylinder, the thread on the screw, the gas in the balloon, Thrift and economy are preached at all times and on SSSSr,! lilllll ' EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES New York Chicago Ward-Lewis-Willinms Hpecial Agoncy Hurry R. Fisher Co. Tribune Building 30 N. Dearborn St. The Capital Journal carrior boys are instructed to put tho papers on the porch. If the carrior does not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation munogcr, us this is the only way we cun determine whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phone Main 81. THE PHILANTHROPIC SPENDTHRIFT The Teutons and Bulgars are driving the allies back to the Greek frontier, and when the latter once cross into its territory Greece will either be forced to intern them or have trouble with the central allies. It is not conceivable that Germany will put up with allowing the allies to use Greek territory to hide in and to make forays from. It appears that Constantine will have to soon take sides and it seems probable, judging from his recent actions, that he will side with his wife's relations. According to the dispatches yesterday Germany is planning to send an army of half a million Germans and Turks in a campaign against India. That the army will be composed mostly of Turks goes without saying, and so does it that England will have to wake up and get some of that army of two or more millions she has at home out in the front. With this campaign started it would be up to England to meet it alone and it would keep her busy. all occasions. Just now England is telling her people to altogether lovely and above price economize; mat tne great struggle tne country is en gaged in demands this, and they must, if true patriots, respond. Is this wisdom or otherwise? Thrift is all right and so is economy, but it depends entirely on the circumstances and conditions of individu als. To the small wage earners those who at the best have to watch expenditures closely in order to make ends meet, economy and careful spending are necessary; but this class generally needs no advice on the subject, having it impressed on them ' by their condition, and by the merchants with whom they deal. It becomes an entirely different matter when it comes to the wealthy. When they economize and grow "tight" hard times are at hand. The praises of the economical and saving have, been sung so long and so loudly that it is high time the spend thrift received proper recognition. It is "money that makes the world go round," and it is the spendthiift that puts and keeps the money in cir culation, so here's three cheers and a tiger to the fellow that has money and spends it. Money is "the circulating medium," and the spendthrift is the medium for circulating it. Nature recognizes this fact and every family that has grown rich by saving and industry in the course of a generation or two develops a spendthrift who scatters the carefully garnered hoard and sends it back, into the pockets of the wage earner where it will do the most good. WJien a man indulges in a luxuriant wardrobe just because he can afford it he is doing something for the great mass of mankind for he is providing work for those who need it. It is the spend thrift who pays for flowers, music and dancers at his meals, all of which he could get along without well enough, but he has the money, and instead of sitting tight on it he sends it back into the channels of trade where it belongs and so gives employment to those who other wise might be in need. The more money Mere is spent the better times are, and yet instead of encouraging the spendthrift in his laudable efforts to keep the gudgeons of industry well greased and the machinery of business running smoothly, we hold him up as a fearful example. He is the enemy of no man unless it is himself, and yet he is pointed out as a thing to be shunned and his example is held up as a warning to others. Suppose he goes broke in his efforts, has he injured anyone but himself? And if he does, has he traveled along an unmarked or lonesome road? Of course he might spend his money for evil purposes or for those which would injure himself or others, but that nart of it is not defended. A man can be a fool and a miser around himself and so escapes at tne same time just as he can be a fool and a spendthrift. We are speaking of innocent, even though foolish ex penditures, not criminal or quasi cnmnial ones. Lucullus, German Consul Bopp plaintively asserts that he does not like this country any more and says he will be glad to get out of it. This is really regretable for the country will miss him sadly. It will seem most awfully lonesome wnen ne no longer paddles m our rain water barrel and refuses to swing on our gate. Still if he feels that way about it we will have to let him take his dishes and dol baby and go home. Sad, isn't it? One of Villa's generals is said to have had fourteen women shot, but whether as spies or for no reason at all the dispatches do not say. No one paid any attention tne statement tor the reason that no on believes any hing in the way of news coming from Mexico, and especi- it it i i. tt:ii tt. i i i -ii i any il h is a&iunsi vnia. ne nas DeenKiuea so many times tnat ne ought to be harmless by this time. Uncle Samuel refused to accept the Cuban exposition building as a present at the close of the fair, and also declined twice to accept the Oregon building which was offered the old gentleman for his soldier boys to use as a ciud nouse. now that the building has been bid for by private parties our uncle changes his mind and would like to have the "hnest structure on the grounds." Mr. Crowley's lawyer tries to show that his client can not be guilty of conspiring against the United States be cause the British had violated the laws of this country 111 ll til- m . - - . . . ana naa not been punished tor so doing. This is the kind ot a detense a devil hsh puts up; discolors the water A Galley o Fun ! RUBAIYAT OF THE EX-FAN. Myself, when young, did eagerly fre quent The baseball park, where pleasant hours I spent In hurling bottles, rocks, and other junk, Utemptjng to destroy the umpire gent. One day the Umpire person threw a fit; They called a cab and threw him into it. Then unto me the Manager did yell: "Say, Kiddo, wilt thou Umpire?" And I bitl Whereat, some one of the loquacious lot At my first rank decision waxed hot. And to his Fellow Criminals did shout: 'Let's kill the crooked Geezer on the spot!" With them the Seeds of Wisdom did I sow; I tried to bluff hut couldn't make it go; And when the smoke and dust had cleared away found myself and shoulder-blade de trop. A book of verses, underneath . the bough, ts all the sport my doctors will allow, , And when wild fans approach nte I declare I never cared for baseball anyhow. Ilarve Parsons AFTER THE HOBBLE. And now Salem is to have three postoffices. 1 licit IS going some, but sad to relate, it is stated there will he no who gave a least to his friends and served canary birds'! civil service" in connection with them. Every fellow will tongues as one of the dishes, outside of the cruelty to the' have to lick his own stamps or the postmaster; and par birds did better than he would to have pulled his purse! eels will have to be taken to the old office just as of yore. wrings tignt anu served corned beet and cabbage instead He did not need the canaries tonmies nor did his .friends; but he had the money. and he put it back into circulation. We have just had a period of enforced sav ing and economy and surely it was not and is not (for it is not yet entirely vanished from the coast) anything mat we xiesire any more ot tnan we can help. As the starter for this period of depression, the rail roads and big companies began to practice economy, they 1 . 1.1. - 1. 1 i i i ,i -i . . . nutria no nes Lor meir roaas, out let tnem deteriorate to save expenses and the Oregon mills shut down. With this industry closed, lots of others beside the mill em ployes began to practice economy, because they had to. Every business soon felt the effect of it. If England insists on her people getting economical she will have a period of stagnation on her hands when LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 18G8 CAPITAL ... . . $300,000.00 Transact a General Banking: Business Safety Dcpesit Boxes SAVINGS DEPARTMENT if u.RippI I HI .ValtMctfon Gasoline. I used to pay the grocer's bill whenever it was due, and m tne butcher's yawning till, the coin I promptly threw. But now in vain they plead and moan, to get my gooa ion? green tor everv dn af that r own, I need for gasoline. My children used to wear good clothes, they held their heads up nign; no leaky shoes exposed their toes, no rents could you descry. But now they're images of woe, they're blots upon the scene; for every coin I get must go to buy some gasoline. I used to often blow a plunk, at charity's behest, to give some wanderer a bunk, wherein his bones might rest. lo furnish breakfast for some bo, road-weary, starved and lean. hut nnw mv dollars all must go to purchase gasoline. I used to talk of books and art, and topics safe and sane; but since I bought that choo-choo cart, I've "motors" on the brain. I cannont even spare a dime to buy a magazine; it keeps me hustling all the time, to buy my gasoline. rei to walk Learning again. v, k MODERN DEFINITIONS. The Baby. A baby is a small person about which there is great diversity ot opinion. This is because every baby is con sidered perfect by the parents and ;i perfect- nuisance by everyone else. There is really nothing new aliou: the baby. Its institution dates bad lo the beginning of the world, ant at that time it was a garden produc tion. The garden idea, however, i low obsolete, and for many years the baby has been grown in the house, with early transplantings to the sun light. Every baby has a good voice, a dis tinct resemblance to some rich rcla live and an afternoon nap. The voice is heard by everyone, but the re semblance is heard chiefly by the ricl relative. The afternoon nap is heart; ni everywhere as being necessary t the baby, but sometimes the nap it more honored in the breach than it ihe observance. After the nap the baby is unable to understand why i! should be expected to sleep again a; light, and evcryone.else is unable u understand why it should, want to stay awake. The baby's decision lowevcr, always carries the day o: ather the night. There nre millions of babies, bin inly two kinds boys and girls. Tl oy baby is always the maternal tr.J atcrnal selection for the 1 residenlia. :hair, and the girl baby is expeete; :o some day become the wife of ! cntle and loving millionaire who wi! lo his best to appreciate her. Later on the ('residential nominee levclops a strong desire to become ; notorman, and the future million lire's wife is seen to blush at tin Mentioning of the plumber's son. Tbt iond parents sigh gently. In poini 3f looks, likewise, babies generally )car a strong tesemblauce to thcii well-financed and unencumbered rel itives. Fashions may come and fashion: nay go but babies will always be it Itylc. William Sanford. LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM. She. I can't cook, but we couh lire somebody to do that. He. And I can't make money, hu ive could hire somebody to do that OUT OF TOUCH. V-- The Professor. Did you evaj notice how EcclUtes corresponds with Omr Khayyam? Aunt Hepaibah. No. I hain't kepi much track of icandali tinea I topped workjn' at the postoflicel . urea ' JMM WI ibsoluTsiyPora Insures the mosJ delicious and healthful food m ALO'iHJG PHOSPHATE Capital Journal Want Ads Will Get You What You Want CAPITAL JOURNAL WANT ADS BRING YOU RESULTS. Capital Journal Want Ads Will Get You What You Want Fresh Air and Exercise Are Says Margaret Illington It , f . " . . ? rf- '3 I-- " . i : c 1 :" :l - i i if i f i ; If , ' . 1 . : . ; f 'V. V -.V ; 1 .1' i I" fi Mi 4 ,i I v-f . f ;i If 1 , 1 51 ' v 1 1 - '4,. :! '-iit ,' i.'.. . ' U.J1' ' CH ' i; vt It 'v , "1', ' ttff.i MISS MARGARET ILLINGTON. Miss jrnrgmvt Illlngton, who Is Htnr rlng ths season In Iltmry Arthur Junes' big play "Tim Lie," biievcg that one rensou why phiyora Ueoi their health nnd youth longer than most people Is ; that they get Just about the right pro ; portion of physical nnd mental wcr ; else, much of It being taken oa the ', stages of thentei-s, where, oh a rule, ! ventilation i.s particularly good. She herself Is a great believer In frush air. Miss Illinntcin Is still a young wom an u nd vlbiniit with life. Ilcr reeoin niondatlou to her sex Is exercise long ; walks every day beeiuise they freshen 'and Htlinulnle, simple food and proper rest nnd relaxation. "All this tulli about beauty doctors," says Miss Illlngton, "dieting and the different cures are not necessary at all If women would only nut out In the open nlr more and not lounge about the house the way they do. I really believe the tUephono has a lot to do with tho way women are complaining nowadays about their nerves nnd not 'feeling goo.l.' Herore the advent of the telephone, when our grandmothers and the young girl who wn nt the head of the family would dress and go mt to market nnd do their errands, there were never so many eomplulnts "bout physical condition. Nowndnys, the women of the hou.se pick up the telephone nnd order from the butcher, the bilker nnd the candlestick maker! everything that la neremm-v . i,l household, nnd they never think of go- Ind out of door. ..r , . ' r ?. " " ' "..nin ami or aonni i,imi...r r Vri "" " " I ",c 8e uemnuus at least nlno ,hW,ta' illu nvernge after-ilium. noon is spent In the automobile, either' . mnklng calls or taking a short ride, j True, they are out In the nlr while l they are In the muchine, but It Is the I ? exercise leg exercise we women need I to keep us well. The old 'at home' I duys when n woman would go out, j make as many cnlls ns she could of an i afternoon nnd come home dead tired, 1 nil the better for It, ure no more. Now, It'a a chat over the telephone with, your dcarpHt friend nnd you gee her: nt the next bridgo party." j Miss Illlngton Is herself a very dent-! ocratlc young woman perhaps umra' so than her sister players. There are no frills or furlielows nboiit her. Kluv never wears a Blay and goes In for all kinds of nthletles. At her beniitlful country home, "Dream Luke," In Ihe y Westchester hills, New York, which embraces 178 acres, there nro wooded; hills for Iter to climb, n hike upon which she enn canoe, tennis courts' and! n hand ball court. Miss Illlngton rules' her favorite horse. A humlxoin Ken-i tuck bred sorrel, every morning be; inre nrenurast. Althongh shs has four! automobiles tit her command, none of! them Is seldom lined, anil she onlvi takes a taxlcab when ti'STellng. Nor' docs eke give np her exercising whenj on the road. The medk-lno ball Is nl-- wnys packed In her trunk, and n fn.t vorlte occupation Is to take a trolley! enr to the end of the line nnd then n long "hike" thrnuirli tho mimirv She Is seldom to he found at hop hnlt' xoept when eating or sleeping nnd of;