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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1918)
"5" tMIMiln"MP'--'' Capita CHAKLE3 H. ITSHEB Iditor ud PsblUket izoYia onma Tl'ESUAY EVKMX9 $q tmibcr 3, l:18 CVOii.iiHf! t '; i i 1 1 1 I i!;aiiit:i!iisa:!; m f I Page of The jLaCl PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SCXDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. 8. BAIiNES, I'rnlilfnt. CHAS H. FISHER. Vice-President DORA C. ANDRESEN. Sec. and Treas. Dally by carrier. per -ear Imil- by Rin II. pir yrar .. SUBSt'ftllTlON RATES sr.oo Per Month 4!c 3.'K) Per Month Sc FULL LKASKD WIKK TKI.KUIIAl'H KKl'OKT W. D. Ward, New Turk, EASTIOKN UKl'ltKSK.YlATlViiS Tribune Building. Chicago, W. H. Stockwell, People The Canltal Journal carrier nova are Instructed to put the papers on the. carrier dues not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to you How little the Prussians and military leaders of Ger-, Elmer Wignert I many understand the American pc ople is shown by the m . flf C 1 attempt being made to show them by dropping made-in-j "Hl?S lit Experience : Germany arguments showing why Germany was right in : OnTiie UCSan WaTe starting the war, has been sorely persecuted and earnest-! ' i ly desires peace sudh as the allies can accept." These pam-! ... . ' , , t ... . ! L1 , j j i n . "-r" - v r Elmer V einert, son of August W emert pnlets dropped by German airmen m the American camps j route a, is now in the navy and has do LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT I By S. W. STRAUS PmiJent lit American Stclitf fi Thrift aiso prove sausiactoriiy to the German mind that the i t0"s"K'raWe ,ravel" n? tt;ij oii i i . , . I home. After leaving SSalvm his tour of United btates was entirely wrong in entering the war; the world-, something like this: Boat. against ner Dest ana oldest mend, Germany. This sort;11 t0 '"""; nnm to charKston; ilme. lnf KnlrWdscri oonrrht fVio Aronf Knee', :Lo4- : rj,r,es,on to Xew York; Ncw Volk t0 kindly phone the circulation i--ner, as this Is the only way we can determine whelher " " fc- "uwiaii Fcaoaui, UiU , Halifax; Halifax to Brest, France; or not the carriers are following lustruvti.m- Phone Main 81 before 7 :30 oclock and , ICr 3 ShOlT time deceived SOniP Of t.hp Italian cfllrliprs. If ; Brest to St. Nazaire. where the Anieri- IMper will be sent you by gnet'liu messenger if the carrier haa MIHRcd yoa. , TT . . ,. . .. , Mn nl,lir fi, I,,U1. s. mi me nun leaaers naa ine least reai understanding ot the ; Na;ltc American character, he would know he is wasting time! Bay mi from there to New York citv ; and paper in trying to deceive them. In the first place! f.hi? !ravf'8 ?e writos in art: .tmii.i. 1(i A mim, Hi I'noi, u ail THE DAILY CAPITAL JOI HNAL Is the only newspaoer In Salem whose circulation la guaranteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations FARM LABOR IS "SKILLED LABOR". Another thing the war is teaching Americans, who are not farmers is that farm labor is skilled labor. It used to be considered that anyone who did not know enough to do anything else could work on a farm. This Thev have found out. especially the few who have tried They have foud out, especially the few who have tried working on a farm since the war stated to help out, that the work required considerable besides main strength. It looks simple enough to hold a plow, but the fellow who never tried it will soon tmd there is a knack about it which lacking, will wear the greenhorn to a f raz iie in a few hours. The beginner will imagine' the first few hours he holds a plow that he is doing more and hard er work than the team and he is. He will find that pitch ing hay and forking wheat bundles is not only hard work but requires plenty of skill to do it easily and satisfactor ily. The tyro who, tackles the gentle bossy will soon dis cover that she knows the difference between the skilled work of the farmer and himself and resents being tackled by one who does not understand the work, by kicking. The swinging of a scythe, binding of grain, stacking of wheat or hay, building fences and all the varied and multi tudinous work there is on every iarm, it win De iouna uy one who has never tried it, requires brains and skill. A ctory in the Capital Journal yesterday from some of the big farmers of the country shows they realize what they are up against in the way of labor shortage, and the poor opinion they have of the make-shift labor from the cities, no matter how much that same labor and the patriotism behind it was appreciated. This farmer says many of the large farms that are devoted to growing wheat will not Itp RPPflpd thp enminp1 vear unless the labor outlook brightens. This would be a calamity, especially if the war is not ended next year, for it would leave the allies as well as our own boys on short rations provided the failure to seed was at all general. . It emphasizes the neces s ;y of exempting a sfar as possible, farm labor from the coming draft, for the men on the farms are needed there as badly as are the boys in the trenches. President Wilson yesterday fixed the price of No. 1 Northern Spring wheat at the same prices as have been maintained during the year. The government guarantees this price to the grower, and at the same time it is prom ised that any changes necessary will be made next spring. As the government guarantees the price, if the war should end suddenly it might stand to lose half a billion dollars, for in that case our allies would buy in the markets where wheat is cheapest and most abundant, This would com pel the government to either lose as has been stated or to keep the price of wheat products uj) until the crop was; used up, which would be the same thing as everybody who uses bread would help pay the bill. At the same time the necessity of guaranteeing n minimum price com pels this action 'as without it the production might be greatly reduced, and if the war is not ended next year this would be calamitous. It' seeriis about the only solu tion, and makes the farmer safe in growing wheat next year. Renorts from neutral countries are to the effect that the Germans are feverishly increasing the fortifications along the Rhine. This is the strongest evidence that Hin denburg and Ludendorf f have but little faith in their abil ity to stop the allied advance at the Hindenburg line, or at any point short of the German border. There is a fair chance of the soil of France being cleared of the pollution of the kaiser's soldiers before the year is out. This in itself would be a wonderful achievement, and on top of this much of the territory of Belgium may likewise be freed from the pivsence of the German invaders. War Correspondent Lowell Mellett puts the matter cpigramatically when he says "the latest battle of the Somme is definitely won. There is no question of the di rection the Germans are now going but only of the speed at which they will travel." "iv "iiwu owuici CF1 WUMUUgUiy UllUeiStanus ehored over night, proceeding southward that the word or promise of a Prussian or a member of the next day. That is the way tuvy sail the military party is not "to be taken at anything on the dollar." It is only a minus quantity, and when the Amer ican soldier reads statement made by any of this gang, he knows at once that it is not so. There were three reports concerning Lenine yester day. One stated he had died of the wounds received when he was attacked by an assassin; another that he was not dead but in grave danger from these same wounds, while the third dispatch said he had almost entirely recovered. The dispatches are all "reliable" and you can take your choice. Most people prefer first choice and in this case that would be the one we would nick for the truth as well as lor being the most satisfying. It is a moral certainty that Hindenbure's army will not occupy the trenches of the old Hindenburs: line, or at laest not all of. them for the British are in possession of rnem at several points and the French and Americans are pressing them hard at several other places. Apparently by the time the Germans reach the line at all points at least nan oi it win pe in possession oi the allies. len thousand prisoners taken yesterday besides lieavy casualties, coupled with arrival of ten thousand more Americans on the shores of France shows how the German force is weakening as compared to that of the allies. The change in favor of the allies for the day is at least zo,wu men. Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason i USEFUL LABOR. I often hear a fellow say, when pointing to a neigh bor, "I really think that idle jay should do some useful labor. He tramps the village selling books, and boring thus his betters; and in these times of war. eadzooks. we have small use for letters. He ought to beg or steal a hoe ana work out his salvation, and make a hill of somach grow, to help to feed the nation." Perhaps the neighbor's wearing bells, as on his path he's drifting;' perhaps the clothbound books he sells are loyal and uplifting. It well may chance his helpful tomes inspire some husky critt a to go and cleave some Teuton domes, and make the kaiser bitter. I've never found it safe or sane to iudsre the other fellow, to say his motives all are vain, or that his course is yellow. We all can't labor with our hands, with energy untiring; we can't hew wood or till the lands, or keep the forge fires burning. For some must clerk and some mdst preach, or run the railway station, and some must take their clubs and teach the rising generation. The deter cannot leave his sick who look to him for healing, because some loud offensive hick of slackers still is spieling. Be fore I'd throw out darksome hints, or whisper "things abusive, I'd have to have the charts and prints and dia grams conclusive. i""S i no coast ot r ranee ns it is rami j dangerous to g0 out at night. j ft. -azaire ts one oi those Amcricar tovn9 in France where the charges arc top jiriev for everything, if you arc alile to talk French ,the prices drop a little. At St. Xazaire they must have a regiment of negro stevedores. Talk al)out work! When about a thousand of those black boys get going, something is going to move. ''Nantes is one of the best towns in ranee for a" American, not that we di not have to nay for being an Amerisan though. Coming back up the coast of r ranee, we waned a wvek for a convov at Verdun Bay. A few clavs out the convoy ran away from tJii8 old boat of ours ait,l although it worried the skinne a good deal, we managed to have a rath er pleasant trip. Jt did blow for a few days and wv lost quite a little china ware. "This boat may be a little old but it takes to a wave like a duck. Coming across empty and running into a big blow. cheese Our present campaign for saving sugar brings o. t In graphic man ner the value of saving on little things. Glad stone once said, "A chancellor of the exchequer is not worth his salt if he is not ready to save candle- parings for his ends and In drinking, tea or coffee, a ereit many people are in the habit of leav ing a small amount of undissolved sugar at the bottom of the cup. It seems a very trivial amount, yet the aggregate waste of sugar in this re spect alone is estimated at 1,T00,000 lbs. daily, or 620,000,000 lbs. a year. These figures seem incredible, but we must remember that America drinks 100,000,000 cups of coffee and 70,000, 000 cups of tea a day. The practice of thrift means a con stant and systematic elimination of waste, no matter how small, and a steady saving of resources, no matter how inconsequential the amounts may be. A great French banker was once asked the secret of French thrift and he replied, "Compound Interest." Just as constant waste,. even in little things, may change one's life from success to failure, so the steady sav ing of money will eventually "bring Independence. If not actual wealth. Let us analyse the statement made by the Frenchman. Most people can without any Inconvenience whatever lay aside 10c a day. Vithin ten years "one's daily saving of this insignificant amount will amount to $!IM, in addi tion to $80.36 interest, making a total of $43.36. By saving 15c a day for ten years, with interest compounded at one will have the comfortable sum of $ti6S.18; QOe a day will net $HU0.99. Save 50c a day for ten years and you will have $J,iT.73j saving a dollar a day, with compound Interest, will give a" total of $4,455.74 for the ten-year period. Look back over the(last ten vears of your life. Be honest with your self! Look facts squarely in the face I Could you not have saved 5c a day, or a quarter a day, or possibly a dollar a day? It might have pinched you now and then a little to do so; it might have meant the surrender of a a few good times, a few luxuries or extravagances; But it would have meant a substantial sum behind you to-day something th.it would add im measurably to your poise, peace of mind, and self-confidence. The most common mistake made ordinarily Is scorn of little things. At Wichita, Kansas,3 drove of 1,500 hogs is fed from city garbage, which hith erto had been thrown away. With'the use of a small amount of corn these hogs are increasing in weiirht 1,200 lbs. a day. In each ton of garbage there is enough food to produce 100 lbs. of good pork. One of the greatest lessons Ameri cans can learn, both to Individual and national advantage, is that we must despise not tlie little things. ' We managed to have enough rolling and pitching ana .tossing to have a real ing them back so that La Monte would U1 l" .not gee her weakness. That he HAD seen, and seeing had said to atmself: She'll soon have Miss Candce's Ruth knew of business or its ethics, 1 Shall D0 Olllv a few mmnmitu rlnno " TJU i l. i;i 1 TT 1 4. 11 vr T i iiuiu uiu nut. Aiiuw lllllll lo"K iiaekctt, Mr. La Monte said as afterward. An artist himself, he rec ognized the temporament in her. Mrs. tie turned from her- Suppose vou look around until I return." Thank you, I will" rising Ruth sauntered thru the shop rather, the street floor. Thev occnnie.l two atnr. ies, but she did not feel free to go up stairs oa her own initiative. As she passed from one wonderful art object to another; as she allowed her fingers to touch caressingly the soft Oriental fabrics she breathed a sigh of pure happiness and satisfac tion. Sho had forgotten Brian's dis pleasure she had even forgotten Brian nmiseir, in ner acliiilit at her Sur roundings. She hail walked toward the front of the shop. Passing, was a man who reminded her of Brian. His walk, the set of his shoulders, his way of carry ing his chin. Slip immediately fe!t guilty. She really loved her haiidsomo husband, and that the beauty around her could cause her to forget him made her. unhappy for n moment. Then came the thought of the four little rooms the kitchen with the soiled dishes in a pan, covered by a towel. All the sor- didnss of her life as she lived it dur ing the din', when Brian was at the office, came to her, causing her to again regain her placid manner be fore 1,-a Monte returned to her. This way, Mrs. Ilnckett!" he led her to the elevator- "Most of voiir work will be on the next floor." he explained. An exclamation of delight broke from Ruth as she .stepped from the lift. Tiled in what seemed confusion, were silks ami brocades, glorious col orings, wonderful weaves. The Orient liiui beon robbed, it seemed to her, to supply these beautiful stuffs. And he was to spend her days here, in his place, instead of in her dingy little kitchen. Her ovos filled. "How lovely:" she murmured, blink- Ruth listened carefully while he ex plained what would be expected of her. Often he led her on to express herself, and was surprised at her breadth of knowledge, He said noth ing of this to her, however- Yet when, more than once, she had, in speaking of some article, placed the period at once, he had been surprised. Before he left her he showed her a desk which was to he her very own- Then he left her, laying down theaplan-of a room to be decorated (an order received that morning) and a note giving her a general idea of the house. Could Ruth have heard what he said when he reached Mr. Handel's office, she would have been more than de lighted: she would havo felt a groat pride. "That Mrs. Hackett is a find, Mr, j Mandel. She knows fully as much of I the teenique of the business as Miss j Candee dirt.". j "That is saying a good deal, La1 Monte, but you only eonfirm my opin ion." To-morrow Brian Accents the Fact That Ruth is Working, But is Angry. CHILL IS OFTTIMES FATAL TO A SQUASH Om-o-o- i t, die of, CHIU. THIb CAR. 'El tS,N'T HALB I.AR6E ENOUGH TO COVES. WEl EJSSL St,E SUSCEPTIBLE TOCCM.0 NO rwsium.nnu run ihhi riEnson should 50TO 60 DECREES f. SQOflSHES, mom ac KEPT 8V PtfttlNG THEM IN 5N&LE IfliA Care In storage is best explained in the free book that will be sent any reader of this paper who sends a two-cent stamp to the National War Garden Commission at Wash-ington. In the Back "4 4 :: ihe WIFE By JANE PHELPS THE HEAb CLERK AT MANDEL'S INSTRUCTS RUTH AS TO HE 11 DUTIES. LADD &IBUSH, Bankers ALL THE THIRD LIBERTY BONDS ARE NOW HERE. THOSE INTERESTED TLEASE CALL AT THE BANK CHAl'TMH XXII. Ruth's lip quivered when she real ized that Brian had gone without the HRiial earess, but she ehoked baek the tears and went about her work. Now that she had planned to havo someone to do the distasteful tasks, they seem ed more hateful than ever. Someway, too she enuUl not hurrv, but kept think ing ot iiruin, his displeasure. Finally ; attend to her terward that, in spite of his loks, Jules 1j Monte was an expert in hi line, she asked where she should put her hat, and then sat down to wait- Just as tho vlnek strnek nine, Mr Mandel walked briskly in. "Ah good morning, Mrs. llaekett," ho said, then at once began to give I Monte some instruction in short, terse sentences. "He doesn't, waste, words" Ruth thought as she waited, quietly listen ing until he should be at .libertv to But when he finished she decided not to wash the dishes, with Ijl Muntn ho ,1.1.., I but to elear the table, make the bed, i "After you attend to what is neees aim no the ilisnes when Blio prepared : nary, I want you to tell Mrs. Haekett dinner. something of' her duties. She will "I know I shnll just hate to see i in a far as she is able take Miss them when I onto home but I have-1 Candee 's place," then he walked into n't time to do them now," she said j the room with "private" on the door, aloud as she looked at tUe clock. There ! closing it after him t STANT P03TUH !' I H.-vs-l, jwas but an hour in which to dresaTand i reach the shop. I Promptly at quarter to nine she walked into the door of the decora tor's. Sir. Mandel had not yet ar rived, so the elerk, an innocuous look ing youth, told her she found out af- Kuth felt a little dissf pointed. She had supposed he, himself, would ex plain her duties: That ho had rele gated them to the clerk, made he feel that he did not think her worth while spending his time with. This feeling showed, of course, how little is a real factor in the present public service prodram. There's No Waste, it Saves Fuel and Sugar, and it is Amer-ican. Not least, it is Delicious, Heoltrvfud, and it Sa-tisfies. Try 34 ' . v 'i..rt -ir- -vc;rii t i Air . I ' A 1 - 6 rj ' 1 v 4 , . $1 " u ft "4" German Efficiency has never reached a higher plane than in the foul desecration of the Red Cross emblem in the bombing of plainly marked hospitals in the. allied lines. "Here are many allied officers nd men," says the Kaiser. "If they were not wounded, they might dodge our glorious air planes as bombs are dropped. Being wounded, they cannot move, and so they are killed in their beds or in the air as their beds are blown out from under them. "Gott being with us, let us blow up all the Red Cross hospital we can. ,S, th,e "9reat(!sl Mother in the World" remains a shining mark for the buperbeast s efficient elimination of his enemies. Since Allied airplanes have become regular visitors to Germaa cities, the Kaiser has discovered such bombing to be a violation of international law. Your subscription to the Fourth Liberty Loan will mark the earnestness of your approval of the building of great fleet of American airplanes to bring their frightfulness home to the Hun.