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Editorial Page of The Capital Journal SATURDAY EVKX1NO August 18, 1917 CHARLES E. FISHEB Editor and Publisher PUBLISHED EVEBY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. S. BARNES, President, CHA8. H. FISHEB, Vice-President. DOHA C. ANDRESEN, Sec. and Treas. SUBSCRIPTION HATES m Daily by carrier, per year..... ,, ..... 00 Per month . i er munin Daily by mail, per year . 1.00 ..45e ....35e FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES Ward A Lewis, New York, Tribune .Building, Chicago, W. H. Stockwell, People ' Oft Building The Capital Journal carrier boys are instructed to put tho papers on the poreh. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglect getting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this is the only tray we can determine whether or not the carriera are following in Kruetiona. Phone Main 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be tent you by special messenger if the carrier hag missed you. . THE DAILY C APITAL JOURNAL Is the only newspaper in Salem whose circulation is guaranteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulation!, THE CZAR GOES TO SIBERIA The czar has been sent to Siberia. With him have gone wife and children, the whole Romanoff family. It is a thinff none except perhaps Russians who have traveled tne same roaa Deiore mm, win gioai over, iur u is a, piti ful thing to see the fall of the great, no matter how much deserved the come down. It is a terrible change in human affairs from the abso lute power over an hundred and fifty millions of people, to be placed in the power of those instead. The czar had sent, or his officers had, countless thousands over this same road, and they were in far worse condition than that which now surrounds him. They went on foot in earlier days and later in cattle cars, illy provided with food and deprived of all comforts, to a hopeless servitude, cut off from country and friends; for the Russian under official ban entering Siberia was lost forever. It was as though he had passed the portal of Dante's inferno where the motto over the gate was: "Wno enters nere leaves hope behind." The czar at least had some of the com forts of travel, for Kerensky had charge of his deporta tion, and Kerensky is too brave and too big a man to be unnecessarily Cruel to any unfortunate. It would make wonderfully interesting reading if one could have the czar's thoughts as he traveled into the wilds of Siberia, put before one in print. It would make pathetic reading to follow the thoughts of tile czarina and the family, though she richly deserved all th punishment that has befallen her, since she was untrue to the country "of the man she married, and which from that date should have been her country. " It would make still more interesting reading if one had the thoughts that since the depots! of the czar has at times found place in the brain of the kaiser as he con templates the end of a ruler almost as powerful as him self, who as it were, in a day found himself not only shorn of power but an exile. It would make other interesting reading to follow the chain of thought of Hindenburg, and the other leaders of the militarists as they note what has happened to the czar and those who served him rather than the people, and at the same time glimpse what is most likely coming to them. The I. W. W. has served notice on the country that "if all union men now held as class-war prisoners are not re leased before that time a general strike will be called on the 20th, which will paralyze all industries on the coast" The gang headed by Haywood, claims to have 55,000 mem bers on the coast that will obey orders and quit work. It is ho doubt a gross exaggeration as to the number at work, for there are none. They are professional agitators whose entire business is to keep others from working, and they set the example at all times. It is just as well that the strike be called and the sooner the better, for it will make a show down, and inform the country not only just hbw many of these anarchists there are but who and where they are. The government nas concluded to act in putting an end to their activities, and a strike that will point out the men wanted is just what is needed. LABOR, NOT WAR, IS EXCUSE NOW For a long time the war was blamed for the high cost of everything from the water in railroad stocks to thi wind in auto tires. After it was shown that prices in England and France, even for foodstuffs grown in America, were less than in this country, the war w still made to do duty as an excuse though every thinking person know that as to most things it was only the shadow of an excuse. However it was all there was, and therefore had to Work hard and overtime. When it was worn threadbare, the I. W, W's got busy, "a blessing" (in most thorough disguise) to the price manipulators, and furnished a brand new excuse, that is working just as hard and as long hours as did the old "on account of the war" deceiver. Labor in the coal mines advances ten cents a ton, coal goes up two to three dollars. Cutting cord wood costs 50 to 75 cents a cord, and the price of wood douoies. .Potatoes normally worth a cent a pound sell for four cents though the cost of growing and dig ging them has not increased a quarter of a cent. These are but a few samples but they show what is happening in all other lines. Just now labor is blamed for everything else, as well as strikes. OPEN FORUM " A PLEA FOB IGNORANCE Editor Capital Journal Being you have published statements, heretofore, from others relative to our Fruitland school I thought I would write and let yon know how the most of us feel on the subject. Now there are some "out here who believe 'their children should be edu-sated- So they had an election called for July 12th for the tmroose of rais ing money to employ another teacher, I atcention of some one to put banda&es tho ia . .......1. 1 : v. uipyuu in uunc aciu solutions over ills eyes for days at a time is not a fit subject for humor. This, though a real case, may seem an extreme one. But CUT DOWN WEEDS ( Exchange 1 Why wait till the hay fever is In full swing before cutting down the weeds which cause It T Every town in this country has its vacant lots overgrown with the weeds whoso pollen will, in week or two, begin to blow into the noses bf those subject to the affliction jnow is the time to eut down these rank growths. Now hay fever is toot a joke. Tt Is a disease. Ana some or its victims it incapacitates only partly, some whol ly. A competent business man flat On his back, hig temperature above nor mal, requiring the almost continuous It is probably useless to suggest it, as every newspaper since Guttenberg's time has time and time again made the same request without accomplishing anything, but just once more. In sending anything to a newspaper for publication, write only on one side of the paper, 'leave ah inch or more at the top of the first sheet blank for the editor's convenience. Spell all words out in full, and above all do not use the short "&" except where it belongs as in writing the title of a firm or company. By comply ing with these simple rules you will make the editor smile, and perhaps prevent hm using, or at least thinking some real naughty things. Try it. If the troubles threatened in Montana bv Wearv Wont Works materialize the gang will get a taste of military law, as the government has decided to send troops to the disturbed districts if i ecessary to put an end to threatened danger to crops and buildings. Just a taste of real martial law will do more to clear the situ tion than a year of legal hairsplitting and guarding the sacred rights of American citizens to trample on the fights Ot all others and to burn and destroy, as is car ried out in the courts by precedent bound-and-gagged judges. The allies stories as to the importance of their grains must be taken with some allowance. While they are edging steadily ahead they have not yet gained their ob jective, the great coal city of Lens; nor is it all certain they will do so at once. That it will fall into their hands in time is certain, but that it will do so in the immediate future is hot. It would be a hard blow to the kaser and his leaders to lose Lens, and so we u.e and all hope it may fall soon, for what ever displeases the militarists pleases the balance of the world. Now Portland is about to try the one delivery a day system, or says she is. It is not at all probable it will work there, for in order to be a success it must be general, and Portland never will stand together on any proposi tion unless it has something to do with getting the shekels from the outsider. - Manufacture of distilled spirits will cease in the United States at 11 o'clock September 8, and will not be permitted again until after the war. This is the proposi tion now, but after the war what? Will the making of spirituous liquors be again permitted then? If so why? If we can get along without them during war times there is no apparent reason why" we should not do the same thing during peace times. Once "John" gets put out of business it will be difficult for him to hang out his sign over the old drink parlors again. A Kentucky bishop, it is claimed, said: "Worry is as bad as booze." It is quite likely the residence of the bishop was not in Kentucky. If it was he never would have made a comparison between bcoze and anything bad. that iB, employ two teachers instead of one for the coming year. But they reck oned without their host. Now there are a lot of us that don't believe in edu cation. We believe it is tomfoolery, Well all of us that don t believe in ed ucation went to the election. None of us stayed away and wo took them by surprise and defeated them. We voted down their tax proposition for another teacner. we showed tliem. we don' stand for education. That we don't be Hove in such nonsense. Many of ns are bachelors, and those or ns tnat nave children think they ought to be made to work and stop this nonsense or going to scnooi. The American people have gone wild about education, and they should be learning their children how to work in place of fooling away their time eo- ing to school. If there are going to ge any educated people let it be the rich, who can afford it without taxine the rest of, us. But the common people have no business with it- And there ought to b5 a law passed' making it a crime with a heavy penalty for tho common people to send their children to school. Let them learn how to work. I believe it would be proper for each district to select one child from tne common peo- piei anil sena mm oit to Benool until he is able to read the newspapers. Then he could read the news to tho rest of the common people every Sat urday nitrht. In that way they could keen posted on what is happening. And in that way save all the time, trouble and expense of all of them going to scnooi ror several years, and save tne trouble ana expense of having school houses in each district and paying teachers. And 1 thin- the one selected for this purpose should be taller thn'n the rest by several inches so he can see Over the crowd when he reads to them. Then again he should be politic al and district dictator, telling the rest how they should vote on all occasions. Ilia opinions should never be question ed, and followed by all in their min utest details, and his ideas on educa tion should be supreme in the district. The penalty should be severe for any one violating any of the provisions of such a law. By such a law millions of dollars would be saved by the people of this nation that are squandered on education. Then they will be more hap pier. They would not have to worrv about anything, except what they had to eat anil wear. JNo political or relig ions worries, because the district dic tator could and would relieve them of all that. When we reach that stage there will be no necessity for school houses- Onlv the distriet dictator should have a miniature school house, about a quar ter of an inch square, suspended from his watch chain, as a fob, to remind the common people in him is the seat of all essential knowledge and to whom they must look' to for guidance in all things terrestial and celestial. we are proud that such an idea to revolutionize the educational system of this country originated in, our dis trict. We do not intend to leave any thing undone until we have accomplish ed our purpose. The first step in this direction is to employ one teacher Where two are needed. Next is to have the teacher appoint daily a little ig norant child or children to hear reci tations. The teacher to hear just as few as possible. And if the teacher sees that unless something is done he will have to hear a recitation he can go to something similar to this is found In every one s experience. This misery is to a large extent tire- ventable. If all Weedy growths Within reasonable distance of habitations are cut down now, the suffering from hay fever this summer can be minimized if not wholly removed. The weeds are also the kaiser's nllies the pollen which blows over the coun try next month will cause much extra work in next year's garden. To ston work for a day or two now to remove the objectionable plants before their period of reproduction will save much more than the same time next summer. Also, the country needs the normal en ergy of the hay reveritcs this year. VjUI uown tne weeds now. When you nick ud a nrettv rn'rl's handkerchief it is permissable to won der now she came to drop it. that is of no interest to anyone. And if by accident any of the smaller du- pils recite more than one "recitation a lay they should be sent into an ad joining room with another ignorant hild as a tutor, so that thev mav learn all the imperfections, errors and mis conceptions of their ignorant tutor. c And fie Did -i M 0 1 9 VA 1 MiM.m The Dairy Novelette DEAR. SIB. On the first Monday of the first of every week for seven years, Chauncey Dillets, entry clerk in Hammer and Saw's retail telegraph pole works, had taken out his copy of Twizzer's Handy Pocket Ready Letter Writer, ahd labor- DoToTVach wVmT ThwhU ' fiUd " " f Judging by the summer weathur, when Oregon went dry she went the whole distance with no mental reserva-tnlkin before the soho01 on thing tions. means of communication as the pupils mignt exenange ideas ana be a source of acquiring knowledge, which, of courso, would be detrimental to our plan for ignorance. Leave out some of, the branches in the course of study for the public schools of the state. Do not teach them. This is essential to the success of our plan. When you have to teach a subject teach it in such a way that the pupils can not -understand it.1 uive inem one or two recitations a week in this way until just before the close of the school, then give them the whole book at once, and talk "to them for four hours each day, without stoo ping to heat any other recitation or anything else, for three days, then if the minds of the pupils arc not bewild ered, befogged and bewitched then you have failed in your purpose. Now you are readv for the 8th frtade examination. The proper way to pro ceed in such an examination is to let the teacher be present and toll them the answers to write. He does not have to tell them the answers in bo many words, but he can hint around until the most ignorant can comprehend what is wanted. In this way they pass the 8th grade examination, and the world and the parents are kept in the dark, for a time at least, of the glori ous progress our plan for ignorance is making. And to better und the par ents it is essential that the teacher; mark up tho sfanding of each pupil on its report card, even on studies it nev er recites and probablv has never heard of, unless by accident. In this way the hopes of the fond parents are built np and they are proud of the progress they believe their children are making. And it is ver essential that thjo par ents be so deceived in making a suc cess of our plan' for ignorance. - . ' . If anv district will adopt the above system there is no question but pure unadulterated ifrnorauee will be the crowning glory of their efforts. But in doing so do not forget the originators. Give credit where it is duo. In our humble way we are doing what we can to down education, and by the lowing modelt "Dear Sir: I respectfully call to your esteemed attention the fact that where-, as I Have been a devoted faithful, con scientious tireless employe of the - Company for years, I have so far as yet up to date received no ad vance in salary, and, inasmuch as this fact may, in the press of other matters, bave escaped your notice I am taking the liberty tophus point it out. Yours with boundless respect, etc.. As yet no response of any kind had resulted. But oil this particular day Dillets' long sleeping spirit rebelled. Taking his tntry pen in hand, lie dashed off "Dear Sir: The idea strikes me that I am worth more than $4.25 a week to the H. nd S. Retail Telegraph Pole "Works. How does the idea strike youf " The following pay day his envelope contained $5.25. To celebrate, he gave a little peanut party to the other clerks, and told them all about it. The following pay day his envelope contained this" note: "Inasmuch as within the past four days we have re ceived nineteen notes, each beginning 'Dear Sir, the idea strikes me that I am worth more than, etc. etc., ' you may at the expiration of one week, transfer your vocation of entry clerk into that of exit Clerk. " - ghosts and goblins of the dark ages we are going to succeed. If our ideas are patentable later we will apply for a patent, but at present we are will ing to work with any one who is ready to do what he can tor tne common cause Of ignorance. We want the honor of having the first district dictator to lead the ig norant people with the miniature school house dangling from his watch chain. When that happens -all the old maids and bachelors of the district, and a few othors in sympathy with the cause, are going to give a picnic in honor of the epoch making event. Yours for ignorance, JOSH BEANPOLE. Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason MM r LADD & BUSH,' Bankers Established 1863 CAPITAL $500,000.00 TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS SAVINGS DEPARTMENT MYHusbandandl V By Jaime PMps TOM'S POSITION IS ASSURED CHAPTER CXXVI. Tom had saved my Christmas present until I got home. A daintv wrist n-.i.l on a linked bracelet. I had admired one ivian Morton had so he gave me one. I was delighted, and yet I pretended to scold him for being extravagant. He had spent 8 good deal for toys for the HUMBLE TOIL All day I ply the ax and saw, and hew the elm and maple, the hemlock dry and wilto raw, the fancy woods and staple. "It is a tinhorn job," men say, as they go chugging children, and I had also given a great bv me. in autos o-litterin tr and p-av. "a ioh ?n? p?" Bnt he just kissed me o o O" I " tf that s punk and slimy." Perhaps some day I'll run a bank I hope as. much, beshrew me ! and in a gilded cage I'll yank the shining roubles to me. But now I'm busy hewing wood, the toughest wood invented; and any sort of work looks good, and I. am quite contented. The man who likes his present task, and works with vigor, wise is; some day he 11 get whate'er he 11 ask, from Fortune's box of prizes. The man who starts his daily stunt with kick and cuss and grumble, who shows the world a doleful front because his job is humble, will al ways have a humble task, so long as he has any, while cheerful fellows rise and back in blessings rich and many. I hew the hemlock and the birch, and they are hard to sever, but for a grouch you'd have to search my form, In vain, forever. All day I stick to work like wax; "keep busy" is my motto; and some day I will drop my ax, and travel in my auto. CAPITAL JOURNAL WANT ADS BRING YOU RESULTS made cherry by big log fires, and then dance to the music of the negro orches tra until the wee small tours. Or he would give a theatre party, at which we, Vivian, Clara Henderson nd I, took turns at playing hostess at the supper he would give in his bachelor apartment afterward. - . ? . Tom grumbled at so much -i t i 1 1 . . . - .. : i . . . - - ' ..uju j. iM mm ne shouldn't have'.vtl went aiong wnenever 1 did. It bought me such an expensive watch, and I denied to me I had no time for anv- n),ali.fAln J x- x.i. . '. . J . . -. . i mug hic uressmg and doing my part absolutely reiused to tell m wW i, had paid for it. Tom was no longer Worried for fear he would lose his position. Everett Cran dell had written him that he should never attempt to take hold of the d tail work again, and that if Tom did as well as he evidently was doing now uu wouiu soon oe advanced. The direc merly consulted me. Deliberate Borrowing. But that night Tom and I had anoth er quarrel. This time a terrible one. Tom accused me of trying to ruin him;, told me all I cared for was dress and ' show. That he Was tired of this trying -to keep ud with neonle whn wm trnrtl. Tifty times as much as we were: and s it .... . . . . mi vi outer tmngs wmch hurt. I was nearly desperate. I really loved Tom; and hs had hinted that if he found any more bills he would surelv 'advertise that he would not pay them. in entertaining. We had given two orj three dinners, a card Bartv. and One ' theatre party. I was amazed at what j I told him I would not be so insulted: pvnn that i;tl Kl i,j . 7 -""w .....v uu ui cuiciiauiiug cost wc quarreieu over mar. me. And of course going so much I had The next morning I dressed carefully " to have clothes, plenty of them. Kotjand for the first time I sought Carols only dresses, but shoes, gloves and hats Blacklock in his office. I was first swelled my bill at both Callmn' hnt anr) thsn mH with frinU ot T tors all spoke well of him and were ' Heloise out of all nronortinn tr, Tnvn D in rimno- t- i..i pleased with lis w-ork. - salary. . j aone or Tom would do he T,aa As usual, when Tom told me of Ever ett 's letter, I at once commence to discount any advance he might have. I eagerly tilanned What we should be But it was not only at parties where threatened. were with others that I saw Carol I "This Is indeed a Surprise and a Blacklock. I often ran into him when pleasure," Carol said as, after sending shopping and would lunch with him. ; in my card, was ushered into his pri- " i nan long wanted i always r.e uroppea in unexpected- vate office. What can I do fo youf" a car but never had seriously talked U.v three or four times a Week in the! "You said vou -would help me, and to Tom of getting one. Xow I talked i afternoon. One day he found me crying. 1 1 need some tnonev. Will you lend it of it constantly. Tom loved motoring. ! I had quarreled with Tom over n mi-itn met" he always said it rested him, so I knew j paid bill that morning, and was Wor- "Certainlv, mv dear," he replied nd it would not be hard to get him en- J rying over a dozen others which le j he drew big check book toward him. ouujfi-i Hs soon as ne rprr i iiotning aooui. ('"Mow much this time?" mere was a chance that he might be Me to afford it. An Unheeded Signal. After my return I saw more of Carol "If finances are yonr trouble, don't you let me help yon!" he as why "I need six hundred dollars." I said hell) VOllt" he.jiQkf.fi desnerntlv T -te-ill wiv it alr inst but I didn't tell him that he had guess- j as soon as" I can." ed at mv trouble. I felt shamn t TV.t t.t - , . a OQM Blacklock than ever. It seemed that he , speak to him of it again. Then too, his ' pleasantlv, -tben pushed a button and which we could be together. Dances. I imaeiued it. He said tliimxa -n-t,;,.h dinners, motoring parties to some coun- sounded very much as if he were tryiug try inn where we would dine in a big j to make loVo to me, and took many room with softly shaded lights, and I things for granted abont which he for- cash for this.' "I don't know how to thank yon," I commenced, just as the boy came back with six one hundred dollar bills.