Editorial Page of The Capital Journal r TIM'BSDAT KVKXIXd, May tn, 11M7. CHARLES H. FISHES Editor iri Manager 1 1 '"i I PITRT.TSITET EVERT EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY. SALEM. OEEQON. BY 1 TO STOP SIDE-DOOR TRAFFIC Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. 8. BABNE8 President. CHA8. H. FISHEB, Vice-President. DORA C. ANDBE8EN, Uc. and Treat. BUflBCEIPTION BATES Daily by earner, per year Daily by mail, per year . $5.00 ..... 3.00 Per month Per month . ..45o 35o FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES Ward Lewil, New York, Tribune Building. Chicago, W. H. Stockwell, People's Oaa 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 tba paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this is the only way we can determine whether or cot the carriers are following in tractions. Phone Main 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the carrier has missed you. WOULD PUT NEWSPAPERS OUT OF BUSINESS The framers of the revenue bill are making a mistake in raising the postage rates on second class matter, un der which head newspapers come. Every newspaper is no doubt willing to pay its share in full of the tax neces sary to carry on the war. It is not unwillingness to pay this that causes objection to the proposed raise of rates, but inability. The larger papers can afford to pay it, perhaps, but the country press cannot. The city papers have far the larger part of their circulation in the cities where published, but this is not the case with the papers in the class of the Capital Journal which have a large part of their circulation in the country adjacent to their place, of publication, and on which they must pay postage. The tax on net incomes would not be objected to, for it is only right that newspapers should bear their portion of the burden imposed by war conditions. This would place the newspapers on a level with other business and would be right. The raising of postage rates however will not add much to the revenue received by the gov ernment, for many of the papers will be put out of busi ness. One newspaper man after studying the situation in all its phases suggests the government take all the net incomes of the papers, but still allow them to continue in business and take care of the going value of their prop erties. It 13 not the presses and macmnery, tne material and outfit, that give a newspaper its value, but its estao lished field, the business and following it has built up In other words, its "going value." With this taken away, as it would be if the naner was forced to suspend pubh cation, the principal value of the paper is destroyed. The government is making a mistake if it forces this condi tion on the press, for it needs the papers in its own busi ness. There is hardly a day the Capital Journal does not receive matter from some of the departments with the request that it be given as full publicity as possible. The Capital Journal yesterday published such an article, it being the information as to registration. This is but one of many such. If it was not for the newspapers which publish such things free for the government, it would cost it a sum many times larger than all the revenue it will receive by raising the rates on newspapers passing trimnD-h the innils. Tnrloed without the news papers the government could not eive notice of any kind to the citizens. For instance about this registration; how would it go about notifying those required under the law to appear on the dav set without the aid of the news papers? It would have to send circulars out, post innum erable notices, and then not $ret half the publicity the papers give it freely. The press is the government's best friend, the go-between of the administration and the peo ple. Through it the masses are informed as to what the administration wants and the administration learns how the people view public matters. The application of the increased rates to the magazines would not work such a hardship, for their business and incomes would stand it without causing bankruptcy. Outside of these there are few small papers but that will have to quit, or run at a loss, if the increase is made. The United States has served notice on those neutral countries that have been surreptitiously sending food stuffs to Germany that if this is continued no more will be sold them by this country. Uncle Sam is willing to help feed the world except those with whom he is at war, but he draw's the line on sendine food to one countrv which in turn sends it along to another with which just 1 a. f 11. j mi M -t , uuw ne is not on inenaiy terms, ine onencung nation will find the store door closed and it will be allowed to go hungry so far as America is concerned. This is a power ful club over the heads of Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Holland as well as Switzerland, all of which have fattened their purses by a little back door, trading with the kaiser and his folks. This will now have to stop, for what these countries sell will not be replaced by this country. - . ' Herbert Hoover proposes to' stabilize prices of food stuffs by taking a census as to what the country has, and then cutting the expense now incurred while they are on the way from producer to consumer. Undoubtedly there is a vast field here for regulation and improvement. lhere is too much cost in getting the produce of the country into the possession of the people who consume it. Taken as a whole it is probablv not far out of the wav to say that the consumer pays at least double for his foodstuffs whalt the ifaremr receives for them at his farm. It is to regulate and reduce this that Hoover will apply himself. It is a big job, and if Hoover makes a suc cess of it he will have performed the apparently impossible. HOUSE AND SEITE DISAGREE OVER BILL j Disagreement Is About Many ! Items Mav Delav Passage Some Time WEEK END 4 SUALffgB Louis Chevrolet yesterday in his racing auto, made the 250 miles in the International Sweepstakes, at Cincin nati, in 2 hours, 26 minutes and 27 seconds, covering the distance at the rate of 102 and nearly a half miles an hour. This reduced to tangible shape, means he would at that rate have traveled from Salem to Portland, and back in one hour. The same rate of speed maintained for I!2 hours would carry him from Astoria to New York City. In other words the round trip from Astoria to New York could be made in two days and a half. The other places in the United States wearing the name of Salem are asked to equal the record of Salem, Oregon, the one and really only live city of the name in the universe. The Salem commercial club .subscribed for $.'3,000 worth of liberty bonds, and it was the first com mercial body in the United States to do so. Will Salem, Massachusetts, kindly wake up and do something to maintain the good name of Salem. Oreeoii. which is the only one of the bunch looking after the title? If not will it not kindly and patriotically efface itself? The need of a new and sanitary prison is urged by some, but why a new prison when the parole board and pardoning power make a prison almost a mere orna ment? A year ago there were about 400 prisoners, today less than 300. The available labor for handling the flax crop is getting scarce, and either the judges and district: attorneys will have to get busy, the pardoning powers take a rest or the flax industry will have to pass out of the hands of the prison authorities. Congress is not making as much headway as it should with the revenue bill. So far as it has gone the bill is defective and not based on proper foundations. What is needed is a measure so framed that it will bear as nearly equally on all as possible, for all of us should pay accord ing to our ability to pay. There was a dearth of European war news yesterday, so Villa got busy and captured a small town near the border. It is a dead certainty there is little doing any where when the bandit breaks into the front pages. Flowers were rather shy yesterday in Salem, but pa triotism was abundant and of the finest quality. Washington, May 31. The govern ment will have to wait for the $3,000,- uun.uuo appropriated in the annv and I navy deficiency bill until house and j senate conferees ean agree on big pro visions in the bill. Liiairman ritzgeraid of flic appro priations committee todnv 8nhmitti.fi q conference report on the bill disagree-'I in;? lo tne following big items: ! An appropriation for an emergency! uli I iioi .... 4,.l AT-r nrin nw A 10.000,000 fund for the secretarv i war lor emergency uses. A i,4(Hi,"00 appropriation for the purchase ot the Jamestown exposition . gniiuiiiB ui iiampton Koails, Va. A $1,(100,000 item for eotiiument of a naval operating base at the James-! town grounds. Conferees disagreed regarding power! to be conferred on the president under j rue nuge inercnant shipping appropria tion. ... The ninoiint nrn'-idml ilia u.iia ;n ! 1 House and senate sections. j Among the amendments agreed to were: i A $.100,000 appropriation for the Council of National Defense. A $2,0.18,413 appropriation for regis-: tering and selecting cligibles under the army draft law. An amendment trivinir an armv pn-1 listed man the $100 a month provided j ior men in oincers reserve corps. .An increase from $100,000,000 N to $JJl,lWil,74i tor army transportation I ami u,muu.uuo. instead of $3ii,o 10,700. lur automatic- machine guns. State House News Whether or not general farm hands automatically come under the provis ions of the workmen 's compensation act is the problem that is now up tothe Oregon supreme court, as the result of an appeal from a decision of Judge George Magley of Tillamook county in the case of Wesley Reney against the State industrial Accident commission. Jmige Bagley, in a writ of general re view, decided that farm hands do au tomatically come under the provisions of the act and that the plaintiff was entitled to compensation. The case was brought by . Wesley Reney as the result of having his hand cut off while operating an ensilage cut ter bv i). R. Tinnorstet. The accident commission denied the application for compensation on account of the fact that Tiiinerstet had not made applica tion to ' come under the provisions of the act. The case presents two problems that may face the accident commission. The supreme court recently held that farm Hands engaged in hazard employment come under the employers liability act Should the supreme court decide that the farm hands come under the com pensation act onlv in an optional sense, it is expected the commission will re ceive a flood of applications. Bicycles 10 Per Cent Discount. . Base Ball Goods 20 Per Cent Discount. Discount. Fishinp Tackle. 20 Per Cent Pocket Knives 20 Per Cent Discount. Safety Razors 10 Per Cent Discount. Nye Oil, 10c size, 3 for 25c. Nye Oil, 25c size, 20c. Mark Cross Razors, 10c Each. Durham Razors, 10c Each. Assortment Outing Clothing at Cost; Bicycle Tires at Cost X Prisoners at the Maryland penitentiary : have pur chased $2,150 worth of war bonds. That is where they are way ahead of some outside the prison walls so far as patriotism is concerned. One prisoner invested $250 of the $278 he had saved from his scant wages during a long term. LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 1868 CAPITAL $500,000.00 Transact a General Banking: Business Safety Deposit Boxes .SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason tt4ttt CHEER UP Though days of strife be drawing near, though war may last for many a year, it is not well to yield to fear; cheer up! Don't let your optimism fade; you give the foe unlimited aid when of your fears you make parade ; cneer up ! l have three uncles bear ing arms; 9 cousins went to war's alarms, and yet my smile retains its charms; cheer up ! They say we'll soon be short of meat, we'll be deprived of corn and wheat, but, while we have enough to eat, cheer up ! They say we'll bear upon our backs the burden of a frightful tax; just now no man tnat Durcien packs; cheer up ! They re say r u si The Cranmoor Manufacturing com pany of Portland filed articles of in corporation with the corporation com missioner this morning with a capi tal of $15,000. The object of the com pany is to deal in Teal and personal property. The incorporators are H. M. Williams, Charles V. Fulton and F. M. DcJieffe. BAR GAIN HAUSER BROS. State tStreet Went Through Motions But Got No Money San Francisco, May 31. Twenty five hundred men at the Presidio training camp lined up this morning for payday muster. The company rolls were culled and the men answered "present." Then when the time for passing out the pay envelopes , came, the embry onic officers were extended best wishes and dismissed. ( It was payday without pav. Congress has provided no funds to pay the of fi- j eers' reserve corps but the formalities were carried out and the pay roll made up in the expectation that" eventually the money will be forthcoming. LEAVE FOE FRONT SOON Paris, May 31. The American en gineering commission conferred at length with officials at the war office today and announced it would shortly leave for the front. NEW TODAY ADS WILL BE read in the Journal in all lire Marion eounty homes Try 'em. CHAPTEE LVIII. I left mother with Norah and the baby while I went to the hairdresser's. Mother had had one shocx after another as regarded our expenses, and I though I'd say nothing about having my hair done. It was the day of Vivian Mor tou's dinner party; and I was deter mined to look my best. Helen went to the hairdresser's with me, aud laugh ed gaily when I told her that mother thought us terribly extravagant. "You extravagant!" she replied "that's funny. She should ee my bills. But your mother's dear, Sue. Walter has quite fallen in love with her;" they had called on mother the evening before, and she and Walter had at once taken to each other. "Isn't she?" I returned, pleased "Mother has always lived in a small flat unA "rViov" ovo foil-? W,vU U .V , town, Helen, and -New York seems per- ".'-j - Hiuuiie luwutu a nut- cneer up : .leetlv wondertul to ner. Awfullv wick- ISO. had felt badly about leaving moth- but she said she'd have a good time reading, ana writing to lather. When I commenced to dresg she came into the bed room with me. I bathed, rearranged my hair which looked a bit stiff, then laid my dress, shoes and stockings on the bed. Moth er's eyes nearly popped out of her head wheu she saw it; but just that moment Tom came rushing in to change, and she left hurriedly without saying any" thing. I had seen her expression, however, and felt a little worried as to what she would say. I dressed, then put on my: new evening cloak which Helen, true to, her promise, had helped me make; then iisbandan-d By Jaiae .Phelps DRESSING FOR THE DINNER PARTY dily dressed. ing this, and saying that, designed to knock our spirits Rot- a-nA "4-V.t ., 4-1l,: i-1 1. 1 I u4 mcv tue liuiunn uiruuen a nat cneer uu Don't cross a bridge until you're there; don't look ahead !e,,j.aj: to borrow care; don't starve until your cunboard's bare: U: hi cneer up. uon t try to cniii the hopeful chap ; you'll never neip urn w m a scrap Dy naving tears upon your map; cheer up. Just now we need no talk of gloom, no prophe cies of dole and doom; be cheerful as the flowers in bloom cheer up! . CAPITAL JOURNAL WANT ADS BRING YOU RESULTS. CAPITAL JOURNAL WANT ADS BRING YOU RESULTS. Tom and I went into the living room to suv goou-uye to mot tier. uoesn't Sua look gteat?" Toin asKeji. "It seems rather gav to me, but I guess I'm old-fashioue'd," mother re plied, "slip off your coat Sue, I'll be in bed when you come in." Tom lifted my cloak from mv should ers and mother fairly gasped. But Tom looked so pleased, at my appearance, she ouly said: "When I was a girl that dress would have been indecent." Overdressed. We were the last arrivals. Dress ed as I was a taxi had been neces sary, aud we had been caught in a mocKaae; and were 10 minutes late. Vivian greeted us warmly; going up stairs with me whil I l.-.il f . cloak and powdered my nose. She was simpiy crossed in a soft white crepe with long sleeves, but open at the HCCK. "How lovely you look!" she ex claimed, "but you should have kept that dream of a dress for some more formal affair. I told yon this was a sim ple dinner." i am not know what to say made no reply: simply remarked on the beauty of the room. When we went down stairs I was more embarrassed than I should have beea even had I worn mv old white dress. Mrs. Henderson was gowned handsomely of course: but in ft.. same dress I had seen her wear several times. The other women, to mv pri&, was Larette Thompson: the writer. She was pluinly, almost dow- , so up- wished I cnnll .... tZ ebanFe- 1 k"e'r t0 that Tom had noticed it, and it would make my running , debt seem so unneces- An Attractive Man. T i. j T-6 ?t0rod th0 drawing room I had noticed a tall handsome man I had never seen before; but in my fofloZn06 80 Ver d'eSSed IhaS "Mrs. Eandall, allow me to present Mr Blacklock," then, "you-wiS ta Mrs. Randall m please Carol " n mi mre ,han ottered at the honor," he returned o. i. .m...i his arm. uilta me Vivian had pa11 him n 1 . . Blacklock What an unusual' nameX a nian: I know n rriri n i. . o , - " "i uuiuc uamea tn.Y,1 8SK!f what -rou arp tank ing?" I heard him sav. "Oh, I beg your pardon! " I exclaim ed embarrassed that I should have been so lacking in politeness, then blushing I said: "I was thinking of your name; how unusual it was." "Well so long as it was of me you were thinking I will forgive you for not answering my question; and repeat ed; . "Ar .vou "siting Vivian f" Why no! we live in New Tork up town." I replied, surprised "Wef who's we J" he laughed. 'Why, my husband and I! " I return ed still amused. thought Vivian introduced von as 'Hiss.' Don't blame me for feeling disappointed." (Tomorrow The Dinner.)