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Newspaper Page Texthe Capital Journal 1 itOYICi CHABLES H. FISHES WEDNESDAY EVENING September 19, 1917 Editor and Publisher I Page of 7 I I PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. U B. BARNES, CHAS. President, H. FISHER, Vice-President. DORA a ANDRESEN, . See. and Treaa. SUBSCKIPTION HATES In K-r Mirier, tier rear. ..J6.00 Per month Daily by mail, per year 3.00 Per month ..45c 35e .FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT EASTERN EPKESEITaT1VS Ward Lewis, New York, Tribune Building. Chicano, W. H. Stock well, People's Gas Building porta. The Capital Journal carrier box? ar6 instructed to put tho papers on the ah. If the earrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the oaner to Ton on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this is we only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following in fractions. Phone Main 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent yon by special messenger if the carrier has missed yon. THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL Is the only newspaper in Salem whose circulation is guaranteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. ELIMINATING WAR PROFITS - MEXICAN QUESTION SETTLED The Mexican Review calls attention to Mexico's return ing business prosperity. It asserts that notwithstanding the pessimistic assertions, unfounded in fact, of a portion of the foreign press regarding conditions in Mexico, the statistics of commerce published by the United States furnish ample proof of the rapid restoration of normal conditions and the growth of prosperity in the Republic. Recently issued statements of the foreign trade of the United States for the past four years show the following regarding its commerce with Mexico: Imports from Mexico. Exports to Mexico. 1914 $ 92,691,000 1914 $ 38,749,000 1915 77,613,000 1916 97,677,000 1917 Jll,781,000 1915 34,164,000 1916 43,309,000 1917 77,361,000 Secretary Baker declared in a speech before the United States Chamber of Commerce at Atlantic City, yesterday, that there must be no thought of war profits. Business, big and little, must be content to serve the country in order that democracy may win a victory of world-wide significance. Mr. Baker said: "The waves breaking along this board walk bring messages from afar. I seem to hear in their chords and strains the cries of drowning children and the moans of dvinc: mothers, and detect in their watery voices the tales nf hnmhs dronned on innocent from the air of lives snapped out in the mad battle of a monarch for territorial aggrandizement. "We must answer these cries, and the cries of England, Fr;inrA and Russia that come to us on the waves. The waves must carry back our reply'yes, ye free people of Europe, we are marching millions strong; our soldiers, our business, our industries, all we have, is pledged in this great burden you have been bearing'." We hope Secretary Baker is right and that the country will be united in a patriotic desire to give loyal service without profit. We doubt it because it seems to be a human attribute for men to seek to profit from the necessities of those about them. War fortunes have Itsen built up in this countiy very quickly in the past and in the hard-pressed nations of Europe many millionaires are being made while the people about them are suffering many privations and hardships. It must be admitted, however, that the government in this country moved quickly as quickly at least as the inertia of congress would permitand a food dictator, together with much power vested in the president, may, do much toward restricting the activities of the specu lator and gambler. That drastic measures were necessary is shown by a compilation of war profits made by a few large American concerns before America's entrance into the war of course, as long as foreign nations paid the bills nobody here had a right to protest, but now another ox is being gored. The American Can company earned $2,916,339 in 1914, and in 1916, $7,962,982. The increase, due to the war, was $5,046,643. The war profits of the American Smelting & Kefining company were $13,980,483. A few other war profits were : Armour & Co., $12,590,000; Bethlehem Steel, $38,003, 000; Du Pont Powder company, $77,275,900; United States Steel, $248,034,962. It is to be remembered that the figures are not the total ret profits but merely the excess net profits created by the war. Thus, for 1914, the total net profits of the Du Pont Powder company were $4,831,793, and for 1916, $82,107,693, an increase of $77,275,900, due to the war. The Portland Railway, Light & Power company claims it must have a six cent fare to prevent its losing money. Is it possible it costs more to operate cars under modern conditions than when the old horse car systems carried passengers for five cents? If it loses money at five cents a fare, how can the jitneys afford to do it? Are the jit neys able to carry passengers more cheaply than the street cars? If so does it mean the street car must go and the jitney become the practical solution of city trans portation? If the jitney can transport passengers the more cheaply, why? These are just a few of the questions suggested by the street car company's demand for in creased fares. As a matter of fact the Mexican auestion seems rapid ly to be settling itself, which if it works out will vindicate the Dolicv of the administration at Washington. Our entrance into the world war had tended to detract atten tion from Mexico and the big business interests which were furnishing funds for any aspiring revolutionist to operate with, in order to force American intervention, have evidently other more important matters engrossing their attention. Carranza's rule over the republic seems to be peaceful and generally accepted and order is gradually coming out of chaos. Villa, the red-blooded hero of the Hearst news papers, has dropped entirely out of sight. Possibly he lacks the money with which to employ a. competent press agent. It is more than probable there will be an extra session of the legislature called by the governor in the very near future. This action will be taken to provide for depend ents of those called by the selective draft. W. F. Wood ward is the cause of it, he having served as one of the ex emption board shows that many of the exemptions claimed were on account of dependent relatives, and that in order to secure Oregon's quota fairly, some arrange ment should be made for taking care of these dependents. He called the attention of the members of the council of the Portland Chamber of commerce to this, which in turn suggested unanimously to Governor Withycombe that an extra session was a necessity. With this kind of urging the governor will most likely convene the solons for the purposes above mentioned, that is to provide for the dependents of those who go to the tront. It looks very much as though Sweden has but two it ii j i i r.j.i J " i 1 courses open, une oi xnese is to piay ausoiuuuy iair, wie other join her secret ally openly in the war. bo iar as this countrv and the allies are concerned they would be better off with Sweden an open enemy than as a pretend ed friend. As an enemy we could deal with her, but as it is we are even sharing our scant wheat supply with her while she in turn is selling it to Germany. It is apparent, too that the allies as well as this government realizes she is preferable as an enemy than as a neutral of the kind she is. Someone writing the Oregonian questions the truth of the story concerning the finding of treasure in Arizona, because he did not believe a shovel handle would last 75 years exposed to the elements. The doubter judges Ari zona elements by those he is familiar with. Down in Arizona there is a vast difference in weather conditions from those in Oregon. Here almost any wood or any thing else would either rot or become moss covered in that time; but in Arizona it would simply stay dry and would last as long as though kept in the house here in Oregon. Things do not rot or decay in the Arizona deserts, they simply dry up, or in the case of animals mummify. Compared to the evergreen blackberry the barbed wire entanglements in front of the European war trenches are gossamer webs. One healthy and average sized ever green blackberry bush "once it got its grip on anyone try ing to pass through it would hang on until the ambulance corps arrived and cut it loose, provided anything in the shape of a cutting instrument could be devised that would permit this being done without also capturing the rescuers. And He Did "It's a damn uninteresting piece of news to me," was the answer the German minister to Mexico gave to a United Press correspondent recently, when he was told of the discovery of the treachery of the Swedish representative in sending messages for him to Berlin. No doubt the German minister told, for once at least, the exact truth. It should be so uninteresting he would never want to her oi it again; but he will. OPEN FORUM -EMPHASIZING ioYALTY W. W. Ward, a dairyman of Eureka, California, is con vinced cows are soothed and pleased by music and the yield of milk is increased thereby ten per cent. As a daily wind up of the bovine patriotic- kind the old song might be paraphrased for the herd: "You never miss the buttter till the cow goes dry." Colonel Roosevelt took a flier recently making an nir triii nn one of the new shins driven by the new engines. It is said the colonel went up about a mile. He is right in making an ascent of this kind just to get used to it, for now that he has gone into the editorial business he will sometimes find himself up in the air much higher than his flight took him. The Washington state fair is in full blast this week at North Yakima and those who know Frank Meredith, and everybody in this section does, can imagine the depth, width and rotundity of his smile. He is the secretary you know, and it is, so to speak, his fair. t - 3 Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason THE MIRACLE The prairie states, where corn is grown, were uarched and wilted by the heat; across the fields hot winds had blown, week after week, and then repeat The sky was like a shield of brass, the sun was sizzling night and day; I heard the farmers cry, "Alas! This .year we'll have no corn or hay." The crop was given up for keeps, there was no ! hope for any yield; the farmer shed his bit ter weeps, wnue gazing on nis suriveieu field. And then, when things were at their worst, some dark blue clouds lined up on LADD & BUSH,' Bankers Established 1868 CAPITAL - - $500,000.00 TRANSACT A GENERAL-BANKING BUSINESS SAVINGS DEPARTMENT hi i ' noma i hi hi iiiiiiiiiiiiiiwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiwiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiMiii to 1 CM3 MDW I idry To the Editor: In the Sunday Ore gonian of July 15th, on page 8 and un der caption of "Our state educational institutions will meet needs of war," I find this paragraph: "The college un der the leadership of Pres. W. J. Kerr organized and has conducted the food preparedness campaign by means of which it is estimated (?) that the pro duction in Oregon this year will be 60 per cent greater than usuel. " The fact is that today the crops through out the state are much nearer 60 per cent short of our usual crop and reports from all sections of Oregon fully es tablish such condition. The loyalty of Mr. iverr may be admitted but this ef fort to magnify and emphasize the im portance and disinterestedness of in fluence -and direct benefits of O. A. C. to the state utterly fails. As a central ization of graft influences admittedly it is a success. Eead further: "Pres. Kerr gave 0. A. V. extension division over etc., etc. ' Now this extension department is a fake a political graft pure and sim ple. Why it puts out upon the state with munificent salaries some 50 ex tension workers. Are they graduates of an agricultural college? Oh, no, not at all; only the tools of corrupt politi cians. Graduates? Why, a sample of these extension educators of my coun ty reared alongside of me to the best of my knowledge never planted or cul tivated a garden. Never attended a col lego agricultural or otherwise, and sig nally failed to pass examinations for an 8th grade certificate; and yet pol iticians put him upon O. A. C. exten sion force at $120 per month and ex penses. Is not tha loyal service and efficiency? And docs this represent quality and calibre of this horde of high salaried extension professors? v ell lot 's see how it 's done. V. Mac keu McCoy, postmaster, was an active republican politician of weight and he, G. L. Kelly and D. L. Keyt, republican warhorses. fought Mr. Hawley s nonu- man state school trust" who put Haw ley up for the office pulled him through and while the Monmouth nor mal had asked an appropriation of 50,000. Mr. Hawley promptly offered a Dill tor q,uuu. Now before the campaign of 1910 was on and through a corrupt ward po litical deal. Macken supported the candidacy of Hawley. Keyt was neutral, Kelly had left the county. Dur ing Mr. Hawley 's connection with the legislature the salaries of state school professors soared and President' Kerr 's salary was raised to $7000 annually. At the last session a bill was introduc ed to Teduee Mr. Kerr's salary and Hawley vigorously oosed it. Again during the session of the legislature, I caused to be published the fact that Mr. Hawley was ineligible to member ship in the legislative assembly and cited Art. 2, Sec. 10 ot the state con stitution. Mr. Hawley was drawing a salary of $300 per year from state funds. Now mark it, just as soon as this exposure was published Mr. Haw ley quietly resigned the office and salary of $300. Well, immediately fol lowing adjournment ot the legislature I read in the Oregon journal that President Kerr ($7000 salary) and either 5 or 6 regents (doubtless select ed by Kerr) met at the Imperial hotel and re-elected Mr. Hawley to this $300 salary and today he fattens on it. And too, the governor is now petitioned to call an extra session of the legislature and in which case I suppose the sen ate would tolerate Hawley 's resigna tion again, and at adjournment Pres iverr would again assemble" -vise 5 or 6 regents. But Hawley was not andjs not now a member of the legislature. The constitution inhibits it. And yet .fres. Kerr is swift to reciprocate fav ors. And such Mr. Editor, are the in fluences that fnjsted Mr. Kawlby upon the public. Why, I mane bold to say thatMr. Hawley has never carried his partv vote iu his home precinct. When the school graft had not drawn off the opposing candidate and in this ward political field and thereb- inerease of his salary President Kerr is a gramy ing success. Aeain this political '-ml. Mr. Haw ley's loyalty to the school trust gave him a place on Polk countv 's nepotic yffl HERE. WILLIE, if qWE ME A ) , jpusaT r C Hi I ("" A!r " The Daily Novelette $ STANLEY. "Oh, Stanley!" cried Marjoram' Bristles, catching at his arm excitedly. Isn't he tho most perf 'ly fascinating thing you simply ever saw?" "Who?" said IStanley Dinstraps. " Why , that sailor boy of course. Isn 't ho just to perf 'ly stunning? Oh, Stanley, do you suppose he has his sea legs on? ' "turrugu," grunted Dinstraps. "Looks as if it might rain if tha weather changes, doesn't it?" "Eeeeeh!" she screamed suddenly. Did you see him, Stanley that perf 'ly adorable little marine? Wouldn't yon just love to kiss him? I mean, would n't I though I 'I had a postal from Adenoid Ad dison from Atlantic City today," ob served Stanley, grinding his teeth. "etaaaaaniy!" she exclaimed. "Oh, what an absolutely, perf 'ly divine offi cer manl Look how straigt, Stanley, look how tall!" Dinstraps stopped suddenly and caught hold of a mailbox so emotionally that his finger nails bit into the iron. "Lookit here, Marjoram," he gulped, "Once and for all, are you out with me or are you out with the Unitel States army?" "Oh, Stanley," she cooed. "Didn't I just get through telling you that your necktie was perf'ly beautiful? Oh, Stanley, look! an artillery man, I can tell by the thing on his hat! Where's his cannons and things, Stanley?" (Query: Was Stanley a uniformed man or a civilian? No awards will be made for correct answers this week. Ed the Morning Glory,) nation and election. Well "the Acker- school board and this now O. A. C. ex tension professor, though never amend ing a college; though failing in 8th grade examination was mado before election in 1914 county school super visor for two years; the crowning out rage upon the schools ot Polk county. But no matter Mr. Hawley could drive a political leal being again a candi date in 1914. In the language of the Polk County Observer ' governor Hawley. ' ' JAMES K. SEAKS, Citizen and tax payer. r x v; Hi)! tltY)iWWil&r''aft Margaret Garrett's c Husband By JANE PHELPS CHAPTEK IX. "Isn't it odd that Elsie thinks she's to know all that sporty stuff to inter est Tom?" I said to Bob after they had driven away in the moonlight. "He used 1o be a creat baseball fan: tnd I suppose he talked it a Int. Ho 'a rather given it up for golf aud tennis lately, yet he still goes to all the big games Elsie too." But it s so silly for a woman to spend her time over such nonsense. Elsie a dear and I love her, but she is a very poor housekeeper. ' ' TRIFLES LIGHT AS AIR "Where are you going?" "I don't know, Margaret. He has some business he wants to talk over with me. He lias a client who wants to invest a lot of money and he thought I might get Lim interested in some real estate." "He didn't ask me." "No why should he? Women aren't usually invited to business conferences unless they are business women."" This time the impatient note was dis tinctly present. Yet I wanted to know more about this engagement; and the only way was to ask. "And you haven't anv idea where 1 shouldn't think she would have'vou are iroini'f It's odd he did n ' tnll much time to keep house with all those j you when he invited you." kids. Three babies take a lot of time. " "There's nothing "odd about it, Mar- Toiu says she is a slave to them." garet." and I said no more for the verv "Nonsense! she is always ready to I food reason that father called Roh tn go anywhere at any time." (come .and play a game of chess with I erhaps that is the reason she is him. not a thoro housekeeper. I am sure she! Should I str.v with mother, or should never neglects the babies." jl go with Bcb? I tried to decide, but Of course she doesn t NEGLECT ; when finally father had beaten Bob, I n ' T iTJptt ti;,iirit. i,- -..'., - j ul. fractious tie. Delia was r. good sen-ant, and I knew would do all that was necessary for hi comfort. Vet I should not want him to " a servant. I argued to myself; unconsciously hurt by his care less tone. At breakfast he asked me again what I was going to do; and when mother found out that he had an engagement for the evening she so insisted on my remaining with her for the dav that at last I wmsented, and watched Bob drive way alone. For the first time we were houre "Prated whole twenty-four After he had gone mother and I took our sewing out under the trees. Mother was so happy to have me with her that I was glad I had remained. But as the oay wore away a feeling of restlessnesa came over me. I should have gone with Bob. I wouldn't like it if he left me; and he probably felt the same, and wa .w -usciiim io say no. xes, 1 decided. considered, he wanted me, but as I them." I retmei1 thllikmtr hnix- Htnrnl wao lt. - i ' . . V '. t,:u. fij ,i ,vi,;ia tVmr. v).r. i .!:..;",.v.:r.-r".,,?r a w tn illgii, tucj luuicu xi uuim a v 11.111-, wivn t,i, 0 (ct-itw mcive auu we nau 10 get up very Kcf o,l rUJ V. nr.fllr, V.oVn,l onrl iu oa temperament. "Don't you know: early to have breakfast before starting. uu Jl ouaotvi wwurauo Bob tnat Eisie has wonderful maids for Mother had insisted that Bob must al- "It is tOO late," the farmers Said, While rain was !the. children? A graduate babies' nurse pelting at the door; "though water falls till we are dead, ..The 1 r,LZ i : b the the corn is gone, for evermore." Rain followed rain, day i y. Margaret, why don 't you remain titer day, it seemed that it would never stop; and now wliJg&Z hear the farmers say, We 11 have at least a half a crop. It is a miracle as great as nature's laws have e'er allowed; it is as though some planted skate got up and gamboled in his shroud. We needed all that we could grow to keep the struggling world supplied; and so the marvel seems to show the God of battle's on our sida. row night, and you could come up on the train Tuesday if you didn't desire to stay longer." "An engagement?" , "With whtni?" ways have his breakfast at the cottage. ir ne oma t ne d probably get a cup of coffee at some hot restaurant," she declared. Bob never stopped at the house. He simply took me home then hurried to the office. "Well, dear, have vou decided what you want to do?" he asked me as w.; dressed. "I don't krow what to do!" woman like, I answered. "I hate to stay alone "Henry Creedmore," Bob answered jail the evening, and I hate not to be willingly enough, yet there was an im-itnere with vou. " patient note in his voice which annoy-j "Delia win look out for me," he me- 1 carelessly returned as he tugged at a evening. About half past five I told mother I was going back home. She was too as tonished to question me, but there waa no need. I told her: "Vou know Bob and I never have been separated. He will eome in about ten o'clock to a deserted apartment, and he '11 be as blue as can be. I know just how he will feel; because I know how I would under the same circum stances." "He may te later than you think"," mother argued. "Oh, no he won't! It's just a little business engagement with a lawyer friend of his who is trying to throw some business Bob's way."