Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1918)
fc. : Editorial Page of The Capital Journa CHAKLE3 H. I1BHIB llitor d PablUfcer MOXDAV EVENING September 2, 1918 135 PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. U a BillNES. President. CUA8. II. riSHER. Vice-President. DOHA C. ANDRESKX Sec. ami Treas. . Bl'USCItllTlOS KATKH tH'.lj by Mrrler. per year $"' Per Month 45c Imlljr by mail, per year 3.IW l'er Month H5c FULL LEAKED W1HK TKLEOHAI'H KK1D11T E AST K I! N 11 El'K E S E M A T t V E8 W. D. Ward, New Tork. Tribune Building. up until the allied drive began which has forced the Huns to head toward the Rhine. Spain sees her last opportun ity of getting some remuneration for her lost ships by taking drastic action now and this action indicates she has no hopes of getting anything should the kaiser get the whaling now awaiting him. Spain believes in getting in on the winning side, which is wise of her if not entirely creditable to her motiyes. It is encouraging, however. to learn that even a neutral with strong pro-German ten- SOLDIEB'S TRIBUTE TO OlEGON. Tn. c.p.,a. Joni., crrier boy, MVd'Vo ITAX last get enough of Pi nssian arrogance and the carrier doe. not do this, mlnset you, or neglect. Renin tin. paper to you on t milltarV nithleSSIieSS. SWPflPTI STIfi NfirWPV fnillH hnth irannser. aa thia 18 tne only way we can aeiermme wnemer : -- -- " j v. kindly phone the circulation irann or Dot the carriers are following I paper will be sent you by special messenger or Dot the carriers are following instructions l'lione Main HI before 7 :30 o'clock and a l)rOflt UV bDaill S eXamnlP. Hoth il.lVP flllnwprl trip Hof. It the carrier Has missed you. i ... r V THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL li the only newspaper In Salem whose circulation la guaranteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations SOME INEXCUSABLE PRICES. The federal department of agriculture recently is sued a statement showing the comparative cost of living, or rather of prices in various cities. The statement is in teresting but can hardly be taken as correct as to the actual cost of living for to get at this would require be sides the cost of the various article? of food, the propor tional amount of each consumed in these cities. It shows some things though that while there may be a reason for their existence there can be found no reasonable excuse. In the table as prepared, the showing was made as to the amount of money that would have to be spent in each city to purchase the same foodstuffs that could be bought in Washington City for one dollar. T.te first item on the list is bread, and this shows that in Portland it requires one dollar and ten cents to purchase as much bread as could be bought in Washington for one r'ollar. Wheat is not prawn near Washington and it is grown near Portland. In fact the bread sold in Washington for a dollar and in Portland for $1.10 may both be made, from the wheat grown in Oregon. Yet Washington gets the cheaper bread even after the freight across the continent is paid. Barley flour requires fifteen cents additional to the Wash ington price in Portland. At the p;'me time white corn meal requires $1.33 where Washington pays only Kme dollar, and the vellow meal takes $1.14. This is accounted for by the "freight from the east," but it is noticed that the freight on flour from tne west to wasmngxon ny is not added to the price. Oregon is a great dairy and poul try state, yet canned milk costs a dollar and eight cents for what costs a dollar in Washington. Cheese made here cells at the same price in Portland and the nation's cap ital and it takes $1.09 to buy the same quantity of eggs the congressman can get for a dollar. Ihe most unac rmmtahle thine- is the" statement as to canned salmon With salmon canned in Portland's dooryard it makes the person wanting a feed of it put up $1.15 for what Wash ington pays only a dollar. It is suggested that the Oregon folks demand the best quality of salmon while the people of the east buy "chums". This does not explain the high cost at home, for it is not true. It would require that the eastern market be supplied entirely with "chums" which is absurd, for most of the salmon pack is sold there. A dollar's worth of rice at the capital equals in amount what $1.27 will buy in Portland. A brief examination of the list shows that all substitutes for wheat products are much higher in Portland than in tho east and causes sus picion that there is profiteering in Oregon on these sub stitutes. These, and the inexcusable difference against Oregon in salmon should make Food Administrator Ayer "wake up and try to discover just where the colored gen tleman in the Oregon woodpile is located; It is possible there is no such person, and we are not asserting there is, but there is a rather widely voiced suspicion that there Las been profiteering in the northwest especially on flour substitutes. There is at least grounds for making a thorough investigation of the matter contained in the Ag ricultural Department's statement as to the purchasing powers of the dollar in various sections of the country. SPAIN QUITS THE KAISER. The wires this morning say the Dons have at last de termined to resist German arrogance and the wanton de struction of Spanish ships carrying supplies to Spain. It is high time this action was taken. Germany has placed Spain, that has been her friend, in the same position so far as her treatment of her is concerned, as her enemies, which means the balance of the world. The Spanish Min ister announced this morning that the government would take over all German ships interned in Spain. This the kaiser has stated will mean a "severance of the friendly relations" now existing between the two countries. This being the case it may be considered that the "friendly re lations" are pretty widely severed. The action of Spain is a strong showing as to her belief as to how the war will ond, for she has played strongly in favor of the Germans mans to treat them like slaves, to violate all laws regain ing tne ireeaom oi tne seas which Germany so grandilo .jquently announced she was fighting for, and to destrjv their merchant marine regardless of all rights. Time was when Sweden and Norway both knew how to resent an insult and avenge a wrong, but they seem to have forgot ten all they knew in that line. This may not b.e a perfectly compos ed poem, but it expresses perfectly the feeling's of the Oregon bov '-over there." Oh! this lend is fair and beautiful No matter where you go; But give uie back old Oregon With its mountains capped with snow. The old Willamette, softly gliding im its journey to the sea, Where it passes dear old ralem, That's the place for me. There where the rivers whirl and splash here th? speckled beauties grow, Where there is no din of city life, There's where I want to go. The mountains there arc hard to climb, But the air gives vou life and zest: So you struggled on just to catch a glimpso Of the -.mi sinking low in the west. There's a land I sav, far Than, France or Italv that is fairer by or Spain. And whu this bloody war is o'er, I'm going back again. The allied drive on the west front presses steadily ahead. It will be but a short time if the present progress can Le maintained until the Germans are back where thev Kt.flr'tpri Iflst-MnrpVl Vinvinrr arrrmTKcVin,l r, -.r,f I TV, J a V i V ,i & , CALcpt old Oregon. I've a feeling for you uvou m.uun ui iiitii. a, uiuiiun ux iier soldiers, ine British have already broken through the line near Ar ras, ana are in a tair way of reaching a position that will make the Hindenburg line untenable, at least for much oi its northern part. ' Railroad Director McAdoo intends to keen the rail roads entirely out of politics if he can and to this end has issued rules for the guidance of all railroad men especially the higher ups. None of these may be a member oi any political committee or organization that solicits funds for political purposes, .or be a delegate, chairman re: a. t i . . vi any umcer int any ponicai convention. They cannot solicit or receive funds for political purposes or contrib ute to any official or employe of the United States or any state. They cannot assume the conducting of any political campaign. On top of this if any official or employe de sires to run for office he must at once resign his position as an employe of the government. The attempt is made to prevent any influence of any kind being used over any quasi-government employe. Lenine is reported dead of his wounds in a disnatch from Copenhagen but the report is not confirmed. On the contrary a dispatch from London says Petrograd re ports him as in a very grave condition from wounds re ceived at the hands of a would-be assassin. That is deep and loval and true. Vou havo backed me with Liberty bonds galore, With Bed Cross funds and more- So when I charge o'er "No Man's (iround," , I'll think of you the while, Upon my face there may be a frown But in my heart there'll be a smile. Old Oregon. I'm for you. (Composed by Private Hny Loter, com pany m, wiaie on guard ilfity.) f ! vli- J IT At : - , I v her voice was very Labor has been having a large number of days dur ing the past two years, but this is the boss of all of them. Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason AFFLICTED FRANCE. The war has knocked things out of Dlumb: our com forts go, privations come, 'out let us on our w es be dumb, and think of France. It costs a lot to buy Dur rice, our succotash and prunes and ice, but let us promptly pay the price, and think of France. Our towns are standing on their sites; no bombs drop in and spoil our nights; to fuss and fret we have no rights let's think of France. There is no stranger on our shore to paint the landscape red with gore and make some busy Bertha roar, but think of France! When. I'm inclined to droop and mope, and lose my hold on faith and hope, discouraged by some spiel er's dope, I think of France. Some old time luxury I miss some vanished comfort spoils my bliss; and then I hoot myself and hiss, and think of France I hear men growl, with arctic feet; they find it hard to make ends meet and then my message I repeat, "Oh, think of France!" I hear dames grumble here and there because they have no rags to wear, and I remark, "Oh, ladies fair, pray think of France!" Our ills are trifling things and brief, in one short hour they find relief ; if we would know the soul of grief, well think of France. LADD &IBUSH, Bankers ALL THE THIRD LIBERTY BONDS ARE NOW HERE. THOSE, INTERESTED PLEASE CALL AT THE BANK THE WIFE By JANE PHELPS .4t tit4.. BJ ."S I1? You wi low much more comfort- OHAPTKR XXI. Tho next morning lirian made no al lusion to the subjeet which they had discussed the niirht before. Ttot ha was rather quiet, for him, answering m I monosyllables when. Tiutli spoke. "He doesn't think 1 am jtomff- to do it," Ruth said aloud, aa she went into the kitchen for some- more cream for his coffee. "But I am!" she add ed with decision. " Hrinn, I am going to take iny posi tion this morning," she said quietly, as she put tho cream jug besido tiis cup. "You are determined to do ts8. when you know I am opposed to itf" "Not because you are opposed to n. dear, lint because we need tho nionoy. be, after a few weeks, than we are now. It will give us more to go out with, too to tho thea ters, etc.," she knew his passion for tnu theater. I should rather never bo. -than to have yoa disgrace yourself and me by letting others see that I can't sup port you. It is galling even to talk of it," ho finished impatientlv as he rose from the table. "The hours are short, from nine or half past until five," she told Brian. ' ' I shall be homo when you get here. Why, unless I had told you. I niijjht have worked there indefinitely ann you would never have known it!" The thought flashed across her minn that perhaps she would have been wis or had ehe kept quiet until she had proved herselfi "So you are going?" he asked a gain. Vos, Brian, gentle. "I hope you may never regret it." Briau Hackett saw that her nimu was made up; that she would at least try her wings as a wage earner and all because he could' not give her an the lmriiries to which she had been accustomed. He scoffed, in his heart. at a love that could net endure pri vation, when that privation meant otuj the going without the things ho never had had. He took no stock of net bringing up; of the disgust she must feel at doing the wo, she had al ways seen relegated to the many ser vants her aunt employed. He had no thought of how it affected her when she saw her hands reddened and rough ened with menial work; or how she longed for the flesh-pots the comforts she had in the South. She was a mar ried women, his wifo- It was only her part he had asked her to do. To make a home for him. Ho would earn the money. Yet, even as all these things ran thru his head, he flushed as ho re membered how very littlo ho had earn ed. Perhaps, had he not told hur the.v would havo to take a cheaper flat, she would not have done this thing. But what could a man do? He scarce ly ever was able to bring homo more than a hundred dollars a month. Thirty-five was too big a proportion to pay for rent. No wonder he had been obliged to borrow. N That thought recalled the check Mrs. Clayborne had given Ruth, and which he had used- it was a big check; she, of course, had not been quite truthful when she told Ruth that , it was no moro than she would give to a pio fessional; but as long as she had de clared she would not help them, sne had saved her pndo by giving it to her in this way. It was all nonsense for Ruth to think she could earn such checks as tnat; it was preposterous. But twenty dollars a week and the promise or more, lie Knew tne nnn by reputation, had. heard Arthur Man- lel spoken of as a keen Dusiness man. Thev wero not paying people any more than they earned not nowadays. Suddenly another thought came. Thia man Mandol had seen Ruth. Ho had thought her attractive. Perhaps that had something to do with it. Onco more ho asked, this time in a voice tinged with his latest emotion: You have decided? Yes.. Please don't be angry, Brian. Believe me, it is for the best." "What kind of a looking man is this Mundel?" Oh, just an ordinary man as lar as looks go, perhaps better looKing than the majority. W'hyf" Jlavbe he has fallen in love wirn you and that's the reason ho is will ing to pay you raw help twenty dol lar a week." "N'onscnse! As to my being 'raw help,' I am not. I have studied, for years, just the things that, will heip me in that position. I know many things that it takes years to learn about period decorating, etc. You never have been interested in the sub- iect or you would nave reanzeu iu t did." "Well, all I've got to say is that you do it against iny wishes! That I ! am unalterablr opposed to your doing anything outside of our home. If you weren't so impatient, and would give me time, I would soon be able to gtvc you all you wanted. That's what it amounts to! Giving you all the gew gaws you want; and letting yon play lady with servants to wait on you-" When Brian finished his tirade he flung himself out of the house, tor the first time neglecting to give Buth a parting kiss. Tomorrow The clerk at Mandcls in structs Ruth as to her duties. CHARLIE CHAPLIN US FIRST MILLION z: i a rvvo i tec IN r LI I C DOLLAR PICTURE 4 AT THE BL101I THEATRE STARTING TOMORROW DX THE SAME PRO GRAM WITH BILL HART, MABEL NORMANI) AND PATTY ARBUCKLK LETTERS FROM AYER AND OTHER OFFICIALS E Steusloff Brands Rumors As Lies; Officials Never Even Heard Jhem. Vaiioua rumors have been circulated in Suleni and Marion county in an ef fort to cast reflections on my loyalty to the United States government. I havo refrained from denying these rumors as I felt that they wero not worthy of my notice as those vh0 are familiar with my activities in public and patriotic matters know that such are absolute falsehoods and without fact or foundation. But as tliv rumors are so persistent and av0 not died ul theii own accord, and as soma people in Sa lem know me only casually and do not know of my activities above mentioned) and in justice to my family I feel call ed upon to publish the following letters, and tor tho benefit of those who have seen fit to state that I was not even naturalized will soy that 1 was born in tlie 'state of New York, U. S. A., and am 100 per cent American. Yours truly, , P. W. Sfeusloff. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORI A Salem, Or., August 1-1, 1918. Mr.- Bert Haney, Coibett Bldg., Portland, Ore. ..Dear 8ir:As president of the Salem Commercial club, I havo been serving in tho capacity of federal food adminis trator for Marion county, since the or ganization of the food administration within the state. Jury Panel Drawn ror September Term Of Circuit Court The general venire for tiro coming term of the circuit court has been issued to convene Monday, September 16 at 10 o clocK. Judge lvrcy Ji.eney will be on the bench. Ihe venire is as follows: Jas. E. Linn, fanner, Salem, P. A. English, farmer, Salem. A. J Boberts, manufacturer, East Woodburn. I. 11. Small, miller, Turner. W. D. Cornish, retired, Stnyton. C. T. Doty, merchant, Salem. Waltvr G. Pearmine, fanner, Fair grounds. James McUuchrist, merchant, Balcm. C. W. Emmett, stockman, Salem. H. M. LaPoro, retired, Salem. John Christie, Ioggvr, East Wuodburp John V. Sadler, urerchant, Aurora C. O. Eugstrom, contractor, Salem. Chas. B. Worden. farmer, (juinaby. Eniil 0. Loo, farmer, North Silvertou. Emerson Groves, farmer, Hiverview. P. L. Prazicr, gravclman, Salem. Edw. C. May, fariner, Wvst Mt. An gel. N. J. Gehleu, farmer, East Staytoa. C. 8. Hamilton, merchant, Salem, Goorge Beil, merchant, Sublimity. L. S. Drake, tlreatreinan, Salem. James T. Cooper, clerk, Salem, J. B. Craig, farmer, Salem. D. D. Gorselino, farmer, Fairgrounds. . A. B. Sicgmund, farmer, East Ger- vais. George. C. Miller, fanner, Scollard. J. M. Hollingsworth, postmaster, Brei tenbush. t C. 1. Kcuf, florist, Salem, Geo. W. Gibbons, farmer, McKcc. Julius Aim, merchant, Vest 'Wood-,.i:-n. About four Weeks ago a report was started and circulated throughout the city and county that my residence had bevn raided and .16 sacks of sugar an j from five to 16 bnrrels of flour had been found, and that I hjj been arre&t o,i and fined $1000 and had been com pelled to resign my position as county food administrator on account of these rumors, all of which 1 dvny, and whicfc is a falsehood and diabolical outrage, and 1 think it is being don to hinder the advancement of the food administr tion work in his county. You know mo personally and wiiat I want at this time is a lbtter from yon or your office, as federal prosecuting attorney, that this is all without fouud tion and is a falsehood. Very truly yours, Federal Food Administration,, F. W. Steusloff, . . Chairman for Marion County. Salem, Or., Aug. li, 1911. Mr. Bert E. Haney, United States Attorney, Portland, Oregon. Dear Mr. Harrey: I am in receipt of a copy 0f a letter from Mr. Fred Steus loff to you, dated August 14, together with a request of Mr. Steusloff that I advise you in regard to steps takc hero locally involving him.. Personally, I had not even heard of the rumors and the copy of the letter tt you was the first intimation I had that such a rumor existed. In regard to the facts of the matter, I will state that tliia matter ha3 not been called to -tho at tention of this office at any time, and this office has no knowledge of any hoarding of sugar or flour or any other article, and no one haa ever mentioned thw matter, and as far as I know, n arrest and no investigation of any kind have leen made. Unless some such act ion has been taken through your office, I do not believe that any action of any kind has been taken, or any eomnlainta made by anyone. Yours very trulv, MAX GEHLUAH, District Attorney. Portland, Or., Aug. 30, 1918. Mr. F. W. Steusloff, . . Pood Administrator for Marion county Salem, Oregon. Mv dear Mr. Steusloff: Referring t our conversation the other day whem you wvre in the city regarding a changw .of administrator for Marion county, I wish to repeat what I stated to vou that it is with extreme regret that i accent your resignation. Your administration has been so vtrr officient that it i8 a great pity that vou feel obliged to relinquish the work, but if the detail has become burden some and requires more time and atten tion that you are able to devote t it. and in vivw of the fact that vou expect to bo absent from the state this fafl tor some considerable time, there U nothing left, for me to do but reluct lantly accept it. I am appointing Mr. C. If. Loekwooi to the position, in accordance with your recommendations, and trust that 'yoa will be able to give Mr. Lockwood the benefit of your experience until he is well into tho harness. Thanking you for vour corlol operation, I beg to ivmain Most sincerely vonrs, vi., - B- AYEB Fe(lcral Food Administrator for Oregon Tho ambassadorial srntui i T j may be merely turning from one Pog. to another. 6 ASK FOR and GET fHofiiiclf's The Original Malted (VSHk For Infanta and Invalid OTHERS are IMITATIONS
