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Editorial Page of "The Capital Journal" CHARLES H FISHES, Editor and Manager. Tl'ESDAY KVKXIXO XvomliiT 21. ll'HI. PUBLISHED EVEBY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY. SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. 8. BARNES, CHAS. H. FISHER, President.' Vice-President. DORA C. ANDKESEN, Sec. and Treas. SUBSCRIPTION HATES Daily by carrier, per year Daily by niuil, per year . . .$5.00 . 3.00 l'or month . . 45c Per month 35c FULL LEASED W IRE TELEGRAPH REPORT EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES Now York, Ward Lewis-Williams Special Agency, Tribune Building Chicago, W. II. Stockwell, People's Gas Building The Capital Journal carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on the porch. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindlv phone the circulation manager, as this is the ouly way we can determine whether or not the carriers a following instructions. Fhone Main 81 beforo 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the carrior lias missed you. WOULD SHIFT THE BURDEN A movement has been started in San Francisco to per fect and forward to congress mammoth petitions . de manding that an embargo be laid on wheat and foodstuffs. In other words to compel the wheat growers to take a less price for their product than conditions and demand cause them to receive. There are two sides to every question, and in this case it is" simply the conflicting desires of the seller and the consumer. It is a dangerous thing to attempt to set aside the natural law of supply and demand, for when this is done, the precedent gener ally comes back in such a shape that those responsible are sorry. " If it is right to prevent the wheat grower getting a high price for his product following short crops, or con ditions causing extra demand, then it is also right to do something toward fixing a minimum price for the same products when conditions and demand cause prices to fall to, or below, the cost of production. If it is right to limit the price of the farmers' products, then it is right to limit them against low prices as well as high ones. Looked at in another light, the crop of wheat this year was about 640,000,000 bushels as against 1,050,000,000 bushels last year. In other words the crop Was less than two-thirds a.s large. That two-thirds of a crop is" worth not a great deal more than the crop last year. It cost just as much to grow and harvest it as it did the full crop, so the farmer is getting but little increase over his re ceipts of last year. The conditions work a hardship on the consumer, but the remedy proposed would simply remove the hardship from him and place it on the farmer. When prices are low and conditions cause the markets to be glutted the hardship is on the fanner. Would it be light under such conditions for the government by some law. to remove this hardship from the farmer and place it on the con sumers? Its a poor rule if it will not work both ways. Then again if this principle is once adopted where will it end? From the fortunes being made by auto makers it is evident there is a great profit in the business: would these same advocates of an embargo insist the auto makers be forced to accept a smaller price for then wares? Should old John D. be compelled to take less for t,; rrocniinp? Shniild the wood dealers here in Salem be forced to charge no more for wood this year than they did last? , Tha fnnf ia tlmt. urifps can never be made to suit every one. Naturally the grower wants high prices and just as naturally the consumer warns low--- ones, n is sen evident that both cannot be satisfied. It is a safe plan to let all products be governed by the laws of supply and demand. In doing so, however, the artificial interference with this law by cold storage trusts and other systems should be regulated so that what should be a blessing and a boon to mankind, the art of storing products when they are cheap and abundant and keeping them until periods of scarcity, would not be turned into an injury. A law compelling cold storage plants to make a state ment every month as to what their plants contained would help the situation some, and the time will come when the government will perhaps be forced to take over all such plants and operate them in the interest, of. the people. Then a law forbidding the sale of anything which the seller could not deliver would stop gambling in food stuffs, and with these two things assured the matter of prices for all foodstuffs could safely be left to the old laws of supply and demand and none would need to worry. Canada will import 10,000 war widows after the war ends. In New York there is an abundance of war babies now, especially on Wall street. If the widows should prove as profitable as the babies Canada should import a half million of them and get in the Rockefeller class. City Commissioner Daly, of Portland, has set aside the action of the city council in stopping the jitneys run ning, and with his aid they are operating as wide open as ever. Perhaps the reason-for this is that while he is a daily the balance of the council are only weaklies. NOT AN ACCEPTABLE REASON The Oregonian takes certain persons in Portland to task for saying at a meeting of the civic league that the vote on negro suffrage was due to principle rather than ignorance, and asserts that ignorance alone was the cause, and that the voters were not intelligent enough to understand the proposition. It may be right but we can not admit it, for to do so would be to acknowledge the voters of Multnomah county were more intelligent than those here in Marion county. Multnomah voted to re move the objectionable clause by a majority of 12,771, the vote being ,i,vlb yes and 26,144 no. According to this Multnomah had a handsome majority in favor of intelli gence. Here in Marion county the vote was yes, 5,500, no 5,907 or a majority in favor of ignorance of 407. The comparison is bad for Marion county and the capital of trie state where intelligence is supposed to have its head quarters. It makes a bad showing in other ways for the proposition lost in the state by the close margin of 143 votes. This shows that so far as ignorance and intelli gence go, the good old state of Oregon splits 50, 50. This places Marion county and Salem considerably below the average in intelligence, a thing the Capital Journal will never admit. It has abundance of evidence to the con trary in the fact that the voters take the Capital Journal in preference to any other paper, and do it in ever in creasing numbers which is evidence of intelligence of a high order and also of appreciation of the Journal's re liability in all lines. No, some other explanation than ignorance will have to be found to explain the reason for the proposition being turned down in the state and especially in Marion county. Col. C. E. S. Wood is a . versatile gentleman and the range of his accomplishments runs from lawyer to an archist, or what some folks call that, poet, painter, poli tician, author, public speaker, and so many other things that they cannot all be recalled. Here is a new one given him by a Salem young lady oh reading that the prisoners wanted him as warden at the penitentiary. Who is this "Col. Wood?" asked one of Salem's bright girls of an other still brighter. "Oh, he is the painter whose pictures you saw at the state fair last year. He is a fine looking man with curly hair and you saw his picture at the art gallery, don't you remember?" "Oh, yes, is that the man? Why I thought he was a colonel in the salvation army." Such is Fame. LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 18G3 CAPITAL $500,000.00 Transact a General Banking Business Safety Deposit Boxes SAVINGS DEPARTMENT The appointment of Captain Murphy, to the position of warden of the prison, it is hoped will prove satisfactory to the prisoners. It is also hoped it will put', an -end to the conditions existing there so long. The new Warden comes to a hard task, for insubordination and ill feeling have reached a stage where it will take tact, patience and firm ness to get things running smothly again. The Capital Journal believes that Tom Word would be an ideal man for the place, but politics which really have no business entering into the matter, forbid small minded officials appointing outside the party. It is hoped though that Captain Murphy will make good, for after all that is all that is needed, no matter who has the job. The county courts of Marion and Polk counties should lose no time in getting together and completing the de tails for the new bridge at Salem. It will necessarily re quire considerable time to reach a full agreement as to the site, type of bridge and plans for the structure, and if these are all arranged in time to build the structure next year no time should be lost nowT If the bridge is not built within the next year the present one will no doubt have to be abandoned and a ferry substituted for it. 1 1 i ' - t Portland market advices are to the effect that New Zealand is bidding for butter in the Pacific coast market, owing to a shortage in output there. The next thing we know the Chinese will be wanting to buy eggs over here. In a Russian town in the salt fields many houses are said to be built of salt. If a fellow got tired of his old house would it be possible for him to get a fresh one? IfngRhuiRG A 1 .f. II a J " X -M THE 'BEGGAR The snow will soon be flying, the snow we love so well; in drifts it will be lying along the hazel dell. The brawling winds will grip us, and give our ears a biff, the morn ing frost will nip us, and make our whiskers stiff. But we who toiled and panted pre paring for this time, are cheerful and en chanted to see the snow and rime. And now there is a comer to every worker's door St-t the man who loaf ed a11 summer, and dodged XjCJ& the use chore. The man who lounged and idled, hard by the village kirk, and who in anger bridled, when he was asked to work. In ancient, chestnut phrasin's, he asks for things to chaw, for liver wurst and raisins, for pumpkin pies and slaw. His kids, in countless numbers, are suffering for bread; his aunts are robbed of slumbers because they have no bed. The same old whiskered story, you've heard for years and years, told by a sinner hoary, with alligator tears! He profits by your bounty, you give him tripe and tea, and wonder why the county won't feed such skates as he. 1 0 Stayton News (Cnpital Journal Special .Service.) Stayton, Ore., Nov. 21. The city elec tion is now getting some place in the thoughts of the people. It will be held early next month. Mrs. J. F. Wilbur ajid Charles" D. Stuytou are the council members whose terms expire, while there will be the position of city mar shal! and recorder to be filled. These positions are now filled by J. B. Orier j anil John Downing, respectively. i -Mrs. Horace Lilly wont to Portland ! last Thursday for a visit to extend over! Sunday. . j .Miss Bnssett, who a few weeks ago j became one of the teachers in the I schools here, received the sad news Thursday night of the accidental death of her father at Nowlicrg. He wnsj malinger of the Spaulding company's j work there, was standing nearby and was struck and killed by some logs while they were being unloaded from a car. Miss Basset t is expected to re-1 turn to her school today. Tuesday. .Mrs. Carl Fryer, of Shaw, has been visiting her parents, .Mr. and .Mrs. J. H. Gardner preparatory to moving this i week to Harri-sburg, where her husband , has purchased a drug store- Tlmy left ! Monday for their .new home. Mrs. K. V. Ferguson, of .South Salem, was a recent visitor here. Mr. Feiguson I will soon make a trip to California when M rs. Ferguson w ill visit her son, , Hay, who goes to California, until the : return of her husband. j Juke Spaniel spent last Wednesday at Auinsville. . L. I'arker, of Kugene, was a Slay ton visitor last week for -several days. Mrs. C'nruth, of University 1'ark, Port land, was a recent visitor in the interest of a lyceum course. J. It. Lake was in Stuytou from Fox Valley on election day. The W. J. Hewitt family visited at the home of Mrs. S. Lake on the Me- hamn road, Sunday before last. Kev. Mr. Horn, of Kugene, preached i in the Christian church Sunday, this be ing the first preaching service in this church for some months. ) On Tuesday night the 1'rogrwsive j party will meet in the M. E. church to ' make nominations for the city offices ' to be filled at the forthcoming election.' The citizens party will meet, the fol lowing night at the city hall for the snme purpose. Mrs. Mnbel Mack went to Salem to Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Balch have re- spend Sunday with her husband, who is turned from n short visit iu Po(tmIul. employed tnere. i . , . ,,. K. P. Hutton. the anti-saloon mnn of ' E. Thompson, of Corvallis, was a T,.tionJ u v. j.. Arn.nj;t uoima ousiness visitor r naay nner- church Sunday Ainht. said that if the noon. - Mr- Thompson was formerly Children Cry for Fletcher's m The Kind You Have Always Bought, and vhich lias been iu use for over SO years, bits borne the signature o uu iias uceii .initio wiucr ins per sonal supervision since its inlnnoy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and '.Tust-as-trood " arc but Experiments that trh'lo with and rntlunprcr the health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine, nor other Narcotie substance. Its ftgc is its guarantee. It destroys AYornm and allays Fcvcri.sliiie.s8. . I'or more than thirty years it lias been iu constant use for the relief of Constipation, '' " Flatulency, Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and " Diarrha-a. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels, assimilates the Food, riving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS I Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind, You Have Always Bought TM( crNTmin CON UNV. NEW YORK CITV. Dallas Local News nation was not dry in four years leader- ; citizen of Dallas. Charles Bilycu was called to Portland llness ol ship of the world would pass to the yel-1 .v mlrlt'8 ""CB w8 "T" -V low race. Ho said that the drys of j " ei neln? on account ot the illi Oregon would urge the legislature at the son- 1 v . coming session to memoralize congress , J- c- V?; ? or r,t.v presi- to nut the matter of a drv nation nil ' "enF 01 De -01a0D- "" st(mvi "as ' to the states and would-aiso urge the j a as thls W"' 8 visit to th tfiislatuV to mcmoralizB Congress to " accompanied ry n,.s a law Wrintr rhn use of the mails A- tr0!,t! f Portland. ro iiew-spnprrs unu magazines carryjng Honor advertisements. JC H. Titus is in Portland. A little niece of Miss Ida Williams is visiting here from Portland. . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... , ,, A JL ,, ., A ,, i. 4. HFAn STHPFFn CPHM I CATARRH OR A COLD T Says Cream Applied In Nostrils I Opens Air Passages Right Up. TnMlAlAi ....... A A A ... ... ... ... ... .... .. Instant relief no waiting. Tour clog ged nostrils open right up; the air pas sages of your head clear and ypu 'can breathe freely. No more hawking, snuf fing, blowing, headache, dryness. No struggling for breath at night; your cold or catarrh disappears. ' (let a small bottle of Ely's Cream Halm from your druggist now. Apply a little of this fragrant, antiseptic, healing cream in your nostrils. It pen etrates through every nir pasMge of the head, soothes the inflamed or swol len mucous membrane and relief comes instantly. It's jusj fine. Diin't star stuf fed-up with a cold or nasty catarrh. Mrs. ti Talbott, of Hoskins, was in Dallas this week a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hoy James. W. V. Wellmau, of Portland, was a Dallas business visitor Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed White, of Fall's City, were trading in Dallas Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Pugh, of Falls City, were Dallas visitors this week. Mr. Pugh is proprietor of a loganberry juice plant in the city by the falls. Mrs. F. A. Koser, of Riekreall, was a Dallas shopper Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Low, of Portland, have been in Dallas for several days. Mr. Low is interested in some real estate deals in this vicinity. Mrs. Frank Coad is in Monmouth this week a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Stump. J. K. teurs, a prominent McCoy resi dent, was a -county seat visitor this week. Mises Irma and Edna Townsend, of Salem, were ia Dallas this week guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Dalton. Captain Conrad Stafrin returned Fri day morning from Portland where he attended a meeting of the officers, of the third Dregon. W. V. Fuller, representative-elect from Polk and Lincoln counties, was a visitor ia tbo the Capital City this week. Boy Bremmer, of .Salem, was a gueso this week at the home of Mr. and Mri, Phil Begin. Cloverdale Items . (Capital Journal Special Service) Cloverdale Nov. 21. Herman T'eet and his daughters, Helen and Sybil -Peetz, and Walter Woods accompanied. Carl Woods on a motor trip to Portland, leaving here Saturday and returning Sunday. ..lit Hartley ' niece and family from Aumsville motored over. Sunday and, spent the day with Mrs. Hurley. Dr. Staples and family were in S lem Saturday visiting their Bon, W'ayiut who is still in the hospital there. W. J. Hndley is busy hauling cider apples these days. Carl Woods motored to Turner Sat urday eruning tnking the high school students down to the sehool party. John Farris of Salem has moved ouo on the Booth faTtn. U. W, Ferris and wife and Mrs. J. Farris were in Salem Wednesday. Cuce in a while a lazy man looks for work out of idle curiosity. TRET tttii KM'ffil How often we hear it said of a man r wdman that "they were rundown in health" which accountsfortheirpresent sickness. . For that reason it is impor tant that when you find you tire easily, when your nerves are troublesome or your work is irksome, you should Strengthen your system immediately wkh the blood-ennching, tissue-build- ' ing food in Scott's Emulsion which Contains pure Norwegian cod live! OH and is free from alcohol. 5)M HUSBAND CHAPTER LXXXI. ' I waited a moment, then asked:! "Aren't you going down with me while 1 have Dome dinner t" I "No, I am not ging down with yon while you have some dinner," he re peated with a sneer- "If you want any dinner yon 11 either go down alone or have it up here. I am going to bed," and without another word he went into the bed-room and slammed the door. Was it ever going to be possible for me to please himt I wondered, waa there another man who would be to un just t Then, too, I was a bit puzzled at his attitude toward Burns Mayson, in apite of what he had told me of his reas ons for cultivating him. Mr. Hayson was a very entertaining, attractive man, and instead of showing any jealousy at his very evident admiration for me, Clifford wanted me to encourage it. Father would not like it, I knew. But he waa old-fashioned, and of couse Clifford knew he could trust me. At first I though I wouldn't eat any thing, but I was young and healthy, and soon felt hungry. So about 11 o'clock I called the waiter and ordered a broiled lobster and some other thing, and in spite of my loneliness, and my disap pointment over Clifford's not remaining up with me, I enjoyed it. Why should I punish myself by going to bed hungry t Clifford never did inch foolish things. A LONELY SUPPER Thoughts. . Clifford waa snoring in the next room, and I couldn't help feeling that he had been right when he called me a ' fool.' ' I had dressed for him, and had anticipated our evening together Bnt so long as he did not care to be with me, and hadn 't even telephoned, I might have passed a pleasant evening with Burns Mayson, instead ot sitting all alone until Clifford came in, and then been scolded because I had failed to do so. Yes, I decided, I HAD been a fool. Strangely I had almost gotten over iny feeling Wf embarrassment with Mr. Mayson. I had seen so much of him, Clifford was so anxious should please him. that I had all but forgotten the episode of hi-t attempt to become ac quainted with me bo unconventionally. And I found myself thinking longing ly of him; and regretting I hod not ac cepted his invitation. Then I thought of home, oY Edith, and late as it was I wrote her a tiny letter all for herself, and -another to Muriel. As I finished her letter I imunnlunui I what she had said abont Leonard Bmoke, and added a postscript: "Remember me to Mr. Brooke, and tell him I shall be as anxious to resume our musical evenings as he en possibly be," Then thought, "He ie interested in me, too, hy is it I cannot please or interest my husband!" . . .-. . Shopping With Mrt. Curtis. It was a lovely afternoon when Mrs. Curtis called for me to lunch and shop with her. Clifford was most generous as regarded money, and after a delight ful luncheon we browsed among th shops until almost dinner time. I bought a lovely new hat, somai gloves and slippers for myself, few things to send Edith, and a remem brance for Muriel. Then as we passed, a counter in Field's where men's neck wear wa displayed, I bought Clifford two ties. It wns the f;r. tn t ever ventured to purchase anvthine for l.;m l T -J . n r . ." . n. - uuuoi ii i snouirt nave a a the courage but for Mrs. Curtis. "Stop a minute, please," she said as we were passing the neckwear dis play. "I always buy Mr. Curtia'a ties. He gets outrageous ones if I allow him to run short," and she laughed gaily. I had no such reason for buring Clif ford anything, but I felt I w'ould love to buy him something, so selected twa. rather quiet, rich-looking ties, and took them with me. Mrs. Curtis left me about 5 o'clock. We had had a verr enjoyable af ternooa together, and I had promised to-dine with them the following night if Clif ford had no engagement- "Mr. Mayson will be with ua," eha told me. (Tomorrow Clifford Prefers to Do Hi . - own Shopping.) . .. .