ditorial Page of "The Capital Journal" Ih'lIlAV KVKMNi. January Js. 1 1 1 " I. CHARLES H. F1SHEB, Editor sad Manager. pdblihi:d kvi:i;y kvkmxo i:.ci:rT scxdav, sai.km, ormcox, by Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. fa. 8. BARNES, President CHAS. H. FIPTIER, Vice-President DURA C. AXDRESEN, fcec. unJ Tress. BCBSCBIPTION RATES Diily by currier, per year Daily by mail, per year ... .$3.00 Per month.. . 3.U0 lVr month. . 45c 35c FLI.L LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH HKl'ORT EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES New York Chicago Wsrd-Lewii-Williams Hpecinl Agency Harry H. pishcr Co. Tribune Building 30 N. Dearborn St. The Capital Journal carrier boys nro instructed to put tlip papers on tho porch. If the carrier dues not do this, misses yon, or iicjjlccts yetting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, us (Lin is the only ray we can determine whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phone Main 81. A WORD ABOUT THE "OPEN FORUM." INCOME TAX A NECESSITY Time was when the income tax was looked upon as a make shift, arising from necessity. It was generally known as a war tax. This has changed with the changing conditions of the world and it is now looked upon as aj necessity. The United States supreme court has pro-! nounced the law constitutional, and hereafter a much larger share of the expense of running the government will come from this source. Fifty years ago a man with a million dollars was fabulously rich, and there were few such in the United States. In these days a million dollar stake is a trifling one to the real capitalists, who count their wealth by the hundreds of millions; It is these changing conditions that make the income and inheritance tax necessary. No one, not even John D. himself, probably knows how much that gentleman is worth. His fortune is variously estimated at from five hundred to eight hundred millions of dollars. With the smaller sum in the hands of one man, who would leave it i nsuch shape that it would be allowed to accumulate for a hundred years, that one fortune would absorb the whole country. Loaned at five per cent interest a year it would double at compound interest in 14 years, when it would be one billion dollars. In 28 years it would be two billion; in 42 years four billion; in 5P years eight billion; in 70 years 10 billion; in 81 years :!2 billion1 in 98 years G4 billion, and in 100 years a round 70 billion of dollars. This would be the result from one American fortune alone were it left to accumulate for a century. The Mor gan fortune is supposed to be nearly as large and there are half a dozen fortunes or more well above the hundred million dollar mark. Contemplating the possibilities from these vast aggre gations of wealth it will be seen that a graduated income tax that after a certain limit is practically confiscatory, is a necessity. Colonel Roosevelt is always picturesque in his language and manages to make the reader of his articles dig up their onomasticons or Bibles. His latest is in the January Metropolitan where he speaks of the present ad ministration's "inveterate fondness for Ephri'am's diet." Most of us of course are not posted as to what especial food Ephriam absorbed, and hence the Colonel forces us to examine the Bible. The full verse to which the spec tacular one refers is in Hosea XII, and reads: "Ephriam feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind; he continually multiplieth lies and desolation." It will be noted however that the Colonel stops in the middle of the sentence and is satisfied with the statement about wind. Recently Rev. Mr. Tischer had a communication in this paper concerning making the churches social centers. In a few days a reply was printed from Mr. Stone criticising Mr. Tischer's ideas. That was all right, but the trouble had only started then. Since then other communications galore have poured in; some criticising Mr. Tischer, others taking issue with Mr. Stone, and of the number received none agree with either or with each other. Owing to this the Capital Journal feels compelled to re fuse to print all of them simply as a matter of self de fense. There are on hand now enough of these disputa tions to fill one page at least of the Journal and with the printing of these the crop would double and treble. The I open forum is for the public discussion of local matters I more than anything else, and certainly the discussion of religious beliets is out of place in that department. Be sides, each naturally and properly feels that his creed is right and hence none are open to conviction no matter what arguments might be advanced. For this reason no communications of the kind will be printed as they only j create bitterness and stnte. OPEN FORUM CRITICISES AN EDITOR SOME AUTO STATISTICS Statistics taken December 2, 1915, gave New York 2:51,484 automobiles. Ohio came second with 181,250, and Illinois third with 180,447. Oregon had at that time 2:!,582. New York had one auto for each ;!9 inhabitants according to the census of 1910, while Ohio had one for each 26, Illinois one for each 01 and Oregon one for each 29 of her people. All the states have larger populations now than in 1910, and the ratio would be a little larger. It is probable that with Oregon's actual population at the date the auto statistics were taken, December 2, 1915, the state had about one machine to each 37 persons. This would make her rank above New York as an auto owner. Averaging the machines at $1,000 Oregon has $2:5,582,000 invested in the alluring bubble wagons. This is not a bad showing considering that this state has not been in reach of the wave of prosperity that has swept over the east. When the lumber mills get busy watch old man Oregon get in his new wagon and burn up the public highways and John D.'s gasoline. Fresno, California, reports a rain fall of a quarter of an inch in fifteen minutes. This is at the rate of an inch an hour, two feet a day, or Oregon's average yearly rain fall in forty hours. That sure is "going some." Picking up an Omaha paper recently it was noticed that some folks back there are still great admirers of Bryan. This speaks well for Nebraskan loyalty. H E?-1 I'll W tannl m vrv-i m$khii -,,n3v Klloui, Or., Jan. iiii, !!li'. Editor Capital Journal: If my un derstanding is conert, a boxer, horse man or a ball player who "hollers'' when he is defeated is generally speak ing, a quitter r.ud a bum loser. .Vow if this be true, why would not the same rule apply to " sipi iwliint; " pol iticians ? It seems that one of your brother editors, a Mr. liabcock, of "The Mes senger,'' can'! either take n joke or spring one in his paper with any (;ood grace, liecau-e he tried to "hum'' ill on several different slate jobs and got shunted off on sidetracks by more clever tnd able men in our political realm, friend liabcock considers he has been rubbed the wrong way most shamefully and blames Ben ' Ohott, Governor Withycoinhe, anil in fact, all republican office holders, at the pres ent time for putting his fur in such a snarl. The editor of the Messenger was a red hot supporter of Governor Withy coinbe when the latter first isMimed office he even boasted through his paper of what "a great friend the chief executive was of his" (I!ub cock's) and now that worthy news paper man publishes a statement in one of his late issues asking no one in laiticul.rr whether or not our govern or is a liar, or words to that effect. To quote him exact, Habcock asks: "Does the governor lie?" liabcock accuses lien Olentt of being so crooked that our (Republican) sec retary of statu would double cross his grandmother. liabcock thinks Tom Kay, our (Re publican) stite treasurer, is not so many pumpkins i.s some people think. liabcock practically announces through his paper that the (Republi can) members of the Industrial Acci dent commission are far from being efficient. -Now liabcock is and has been a re public in and staunch supporter of the party. e took a whirl along with his party in hopes of landing n fat piece of work. He got left at tiie post after he had kow towed to this and that fac tion, and now this worthy office seek er (Kopuhlicun) is sore as a wet hen it the whole precious outfit who used him as a go-between so long. To be blunt about it, liabcock is showing ;jjm. self ui as a "punk loser.'' He got the gaff and instead of laying- down like a good little fellow, he persists in crying aloud and making himself seem childish. Brother liabcock is neither n second rate republic in nor a legitimate demo crat nn awl ul fix for a man in his po sition to be in when the political pot is again starting to boil. With his dinkey little weekly sheet, liabcock evidentlv believes he will disrupt the whole H. (). P. of Oregon, but if he should but realize it, this editor is be ing looked upon with pity bv his old friends in the party ami with toler ance by the conservative democrats. If editors stick together, it is up to you to give your friend Bibcock a tin. Ion 't buy a newsiuu'or man nnv- Grand Prize, Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, 1913 Grand Prize, Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, 1915 Baker's Breakfast Cocoa The Food Drink Without a. Fault Mads of high-grade cocoa beans, skilfully blended and manufactured by a perfect mechanical process. without the use or chemicals; it is absolutely pure and wholesome, and its flavor is delicious, the natural flavor cf the cocoa bean. . The genuine bears this ltaie-mar. ani is made only by Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. ItEQ U I. PAT OfW, Eitabliihed 1780 DORCHESTER, MASS. to the hibit of the members in some other legislatures where they are not in sympathy with labor and conse quently condescend to do their own clerical work. In our last legislature there was one wayward and unsympa thetic miscreant who had the gall to say tb.it he would do his own clerical work, and for I he enlightincnt of la bor. .Mr. Lewis might know and in form u as to who it was that so val iantly came to the rescue of labor and rebuked such foolishness by jumping to his feet and pointing his finger at the ungrateful miscreant and shouting in i loud voice, "I am glad to know that Vol will do no business in this legis lature." HKTCS. Stands for Woodrow Wilson and His Policies J. V. Morrow, of Portland announced himself today as a candidate for t.ii) office of delegate to the national dem ocratic convention, state at large. Mr. Morrow evidentlv believes that tho democrats of the st.ite will support Wilson as he gives the following slo gan: "1 stand for Woodrow Wilson ami his policies." Kow to Destroy Catarrh Germs and End Catarrh Forever Catarrh is a germ disease and the only way to cure it so it will stay cured and never come back is to kill and drive out of your svstem the catarrhal germs which have found' lodgement there. When the germs go the catarrh will stop. The trouble with .most treatments, like sprays, salves, creams, greasy balms, lotions, etc., is that they give only temporary relief by openinir nn for a while the clogged head, throat and nostrils. In I Q littln iln thp ivitnrrli unmdg Y.....1? ' bad as ever. People who suffer continually from catarrh should drop such temporary makeshifts and get something that really gets atthe root of the disease and stamps it out. There is nothing better for such cases than breathing into your nose and lungs the pleasant, soothing, healing, germ destroying air of Hyomei (pronounced Iligh-o-ine) made from purest oil of Eucalyptus and combined with other powerful healing, antiseptic and germ destroying ingredients. Hyomei penetrates and heals the inflamed swollen membranes of your nose and throat, stops dis charges, clears the passages and com-.i pletely overcomes the disoase by de-f stroyiug its cause. For catarrh germs cannot live in your body after Hyomei reaches them. Daniel J. Fry and many other good druggists in Salem and vicinity have long sold Hyomei on a positive guarantee of successful results or money back and find this generous policy pays. Most druggists are now giving a pocket inhaler made from hard rubber with every complete treatment sold. This makes a very simple, easy and convenient as well as a thoroughly reliable means of treating by the best known method this dangerous and oftea disgusting disease. HUSBAND SUFFERED it, thing to be held up as a .joke. THUS K I.' X 17.. TRY SALEM FIRST A DIRGE Rockefeller should i'eel bettor now that ho has tho in dorsement of Hilly Sunday, who says of him, "He's a .Great old man. He's not like tho stories you hear about him. He's no grouch." All of which may be true, but t 111 it looks as though even Hilly Sunday might have a tough job working the old man through the eye of a needle. Senators Kenyon, Hitchcock, Clapp ami LaFollette yesterday urged an embargo on munitions of war, and Senator Kenyon submitted a petition advocating this, and containing more than a million names. Tho fellows who circulated that petition should come to Oregon and start in business in the political line, for they are sure success ful name getters. Floods at Venice, California, stalled autos in tho streets and the joy riders had to wade ashore. One party was marooned all night in their machine. This where the sun shines perpetually. Oregon is in a fair way to lose her title of "Webfoot,"' California making her rani record look like a prohibition platform. My friend is dead, while yet so young' Pneumonia in 1 his starboard lung defied the learned physicians' skill,! and laughed to scorn the healing pill. And all his days' he was on guard, against disease; kept' watch and ward, to see that no disgusting j germ should through his mouth or nostrils , squirm. And when convinced that some disease was throwing microbes on the breeze, he breathed through anti-septic gauze took all the care that ever was. While others scratched for fame or wealth, he only thought about his health, and studied up the bughouse rules of all the ' foremost health-fad schools. He used a sanitary bed, and lived on milk and oatmeal bread, and walked nine miles, in rain or blast, each day before he broke his fast. His life has closed before its noon, and I, who care no picayune for rules laid down by( mortal man, but eat and drink what'er I can, am here to! mourn my friend's decease, and wish his spirit joy and peace. ' I r 4 TV J Mr. Kditor: 1 cannot refrain from saying a few words concerning your editorial which appeared in your issue of Monday evening, the 2-l'tli, which reads, "About the only tiling Justice Hughes has ever done' to ipialify for the presidential nice, is to raise a" crop of whiskers, etc." Shades of Socritos. When did it fall to The Capital .lournal to tell Justice Hughes how to wear his whiskers.' Js this administration going to bring us to this Dii it not occur to you that those "infant industries" did not have the price of a shave? Or might not .' lint no one will become excited, as the little editorial that follows it re moves all cause for ilarm. You say. "the Hermans have invented a leather less shoe. The same idea has e identiv been utilized by shoe manufacturers in America tor a good many years past, but they havn't brinded them that nay. ' ' Why don't, you take a dose of your own medicine and "Try Salem First. " We have had a brainless editor in Sa lem for some time, and he is branded I hat mi v. Yours trulv. an n:si:ii i:i;. I 'ear Kditor: , I sent for a box of Dr. Pierce's Annric Tablets for my husband, and! he has been greatly benefited by them, j He suffered from lame back nn'd weak kidneys; kidney excretions being too freipient. After giving 'Annric" a trial we. are convinced that it is the best kidney medicine made. Will be glad to recommend it. I (Signed) Mrs. K. P. Mines. I -Vote: It is now asserted with con fidence that these painful effects due j to uric acid in the system are entirely! eradicated. A new remedy, called "Annric," has been discovered by Dr. I I'ien e, and is the cause of a drainage! outward of the. uric acid with which it comes in contact within the body, t "ill ward off backache, hernial he and the darting pains and aches of articular or muscular rheumatism of those dis eases which are caused bv too much uric acid, such as gout, asthma, sciatica, renal calculus. "Annric '' prolongs life because old people usually suffer from hardening and thickening of the walls of tho arteries, due to the excess of uric, acid in the blood and tissues. Dr. Pierce, who is director and chief physician at the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Huffalo, X. 1'., has been testing this wonderful medicine for the relief of over-worked and weak ened kidneys. The relief obtained by sufferers has been so satisfactory that he determined to place "Aniirie"' with the principal druggists in town where people could ;,-et ''lis medicine for 00c. "Annric'' is not harmful or poisonous, but aids nature ia throwing off those poisons within the body which cause so much suffering, pain and misery. Scientists assert this remedy is M7 times more potent than lithia. HE WANTS TO KNOW LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 1868 CAPITAL $roo,ooo.oo Transact a General Banking Business Safety Deposit Boxes SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Irrigation Meet To Be Held I In Salem, March 9, Date Set! i I'ertlund, Ore., Jan. 2S. March 0 is the date of the Oregon irrigation, drainage and rural credits conference. Salem is the place of the conference, and the legislative hall of the lower' house nt the capitol will probably bo used. : These decisions were reached by the committee on the Oregon Irrigation I congress, appointed to call the eon--fereuce at a meeting yesterday after-j lioeu. I. V. ltrewer, Asa H. Thompson audi K. O. Culvert attended ns committee 1 members and O. C. I.eiter mid O. C. S Chapman as guests. j It was believed that the state rnpt tol building will be a better. place of; meeting than Portland because of the access furnished to the stale lan ! library which will be used in reference! as bills providing state backing of i irrigation mid drainage securities arc drafted. j March 0 was chosen ns the confer ence date in order to reach all orguni-j nations that should be represented. Tho governor and secretary of state1 formally will be asked to giant use of, the lower house legislative hull as the conference room. French Dead In War Saidto Be 800,000 Hiistol, Knglund. Jan. 2. Light hundred thousand Frenchmen have giv en their lives to France in tho world war. This was the declaration here today of K. M. Long.iet, a Trench socialist, to tho British lnlior conference when ques tioned regarding French lossesw. I.ongiiet gave the French losses as follows: Killed. SoO.OoO; wounded. 1.4W.00O; captured. 300,000. Total, 2.500.000. At the end of the first year of the war the total French war loss was esti mated at 1.700.000. Salem, Or., Jan. 27. I Mr. Kditor: Having read the n j iiounccme'.it of Keprr'sciitative Lewis. ; ol' Multiiouia',1 county, for re-iiomina-j lion to succeed himself in the com ing assembly 1 was highly pleased with iiis sentiments for furnishing employ incut to labor through internal im j provcinents. etc., which was certainly I good and not as a voter of Multnomah ; but as .1 taxpayer of the state who is in sympathy with labor, I hope he will tell the laboring people of his countv whether to help their cause he would ibe willing, if elected, to furnish all t'.ie positions possible in order that the members, wives, .laughters, sons, sweet hearts and others to at least the num ber of lot) might be placed on the pay roll of the House, or whether he will get careless and shiftless and drift in- EMPEROR IS TAJ LINO l London, Jan. 2. 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