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r f . FISHER Editor and Tubliihor Editorial Page of The CapitalJourna JT FRIDAY EVKN1XO 1 X if November 1, 1918 WW iingigM cijju.iAXAAAji'XrAVAvA Published Every Evening: Except Sunday, Salem, Oregon. Address All Communication To 8ALEM 136 S. Comiuereisl 8t. OREGON BUBSeiUl'TlON HATKU nilv. t Carrie?, nor vear .00 Per Month Daily by Mail, per year. X00 Tor Month.. .......45e 35e i'ULLi LKAiSKO W1RK TElitXi KAl'K RKi'OKT DENMARK SPEAKS UP. FOR EIGX REPRESENTATIVES W. I. Ward. New York, Tribune Building. W. H. Stockwell, Chicngo, People's Oas Building The Dailt' Capital Journal carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on the porch. If' the carrier doei not do this, misses you, or neglects Retting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this is the only way we can determine whether or not the carriers arc following instructions. Phone ' 1 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the carrier has missed you. THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL Is the only newspaper in Salem whose circulation i guaranteed by the Audit Bureau Of Circulations A TRIBUTE TO AMERICA. Why do our enemies direct their peace proposals to the United States particularly, when we are only one of their foes, and so far have borne a smaller part in the war than Great Britain, France or Italy? . . "Because Germany and Austria think the United States is 'easy,' ' answer a few cynics. "They imagine they can put anything -over on us, because we have the reputation of a generous, impulsive and easy-going dis position." . There may be something in that. There is,very like ly something, too, in the idea that our enemies feel safe in approaching us precisely because we have been in the war only a short time, and have therefore not acquired the bitterness that comes from a long, hard struggle. We would certainly be generous to Germany and Austria if anybody would. : . . , The principal reason, however, is bigger and broader thru these. It is found in the proved disinterestedness of the. United States. The whole world, including Germany itnd Austria, knows that we entered this war without any expectation of gettin gany thing out of it for ourselves. "" We seek no territory, no profit, not even compensatory indemnities. We seek only the success of political and moral principles in which we believe, and we are willing to pay the expense of sharing them with the rest of human- ity. ' Our enemies cannot appreciate these principles at the value we place on them, but they cannot help recog nizing our idealistic position. They feel free, therefore, to address us, even while we are fighting, almost as if we were still neutral. It is a rare tribute from a foe. Theodore Roosevelt and Wra. H. Taft have issued a joint statement asking the voters of the country to repu diate the government of the United States and drive it from power. Of course, we might have expected this from Roosevelt and if Eugene Debs had joined with him r-e should not have been surprised because the socialists are not pleased with the president' or any other sane administration, but we cannot understand how Mr. Taft, whom we have generally admired for his good common sense and patriotism, could work in double harness with the man who so grievously villified and abused him only six years ago. But politics always did make strange bed fellows. With Germany nearing political bankruptcy, mod est little Denmark plucks up courage to present a claim which all the world had forgotten. It is an instructive tale. When modern Prussia start ed out in 'her ambitious project of world-dominion, the first thing she did was to make war on her neighbor, Denmark. Denmark resisted bravely, but lost, and Prus sia promptly helped herself to what she wanted, which was the rich province of Schleswig-Holstein. That shrunk Denmark to about half her size, bottled her up in the Danish peninsula, and gave Prussia the route she de sired for the Kiel canal, to connect the Baltic and North seas. It was the first of three steps by which the German empire was built, the second being the war against Aus" tria and the third the war against France. .. In the peace treaty, Germany agreed to submit the questions of permanent possession to a referendum of the Schleswig-Holstein population. Needless to say, the agreement was only a "scrap of paper." Germany has never been able to find time or occasion to take care of that little, detail. Now Denmark insists that the pledge be kept, and the plebiscite be taken without further hedg ing or delay. If carried out honestly, it would result in giving Denmark the northern half of the province, at least, Thus another Prussian chicken comes home to roost. Expert opinion on the war changes with each new de velopmentwhich makes the articles of- the military critics interesting, if not instructive. For instance, the men who were telling the public how strong the Central Empires were onlv three months aeo. and how protracted the war would be are now explaining why Germany and her allies must surrender unconditionally at once. The American flag has replaced the banner of the T 1" 1 - . i. i A..n.u!n TTilM --! mr A H y3 i v ffll JiapsDurgs in many pans 01 vusLrm-nungai, aim m cu mnot ovprv pmintrv in flip wnrlri men bare their heads tllUkIM V J w VV J , - ii - - - - when "Old Glory" passes by. It is for the honor of this flag that our boys are lighting in toeign lanas toaay. November 20 is the vcrv last dav for sending Christ mas parcels overseas. Do your shopping and your pack ing and your sending early, or your boy will be among those who fail to get their Uhnstmas presents. " Militarism is not popular in this country. That is why the voters will probably veto Withycombe's $250,000 state military police. The Commercial club membership campaign should not fail. We must have the organization for the center of our war activities and in all our civic movements. That fact seems to be generally recognized but some of our people do not seem to realize that the club must be sup ported by membership dues in order to live. It is not the regulation season for house-cleaning but the people of the Central Empires realize that it has got to come and that they might as well have it over with as soon as possible. w.: M:: Seems like old Droeressive Dartv days aeain to hear Teddy Roosevelt, Hiram Johnson, Miles Poindexter and Gi-fford Finchot all joining their stentorian voices in a single doleful howl. - . ..' v,-wr Chancellor Max says that Germany will never sub mit to "a peace of violence." Has Max never read: "They that live by the, sword shall perish by the sword"? About 21,000,000 of us invested in the Fourth Liberty loan. That is more than one to a family. The .prodigal nation has become a nation of bondholders. Is there anybody in Germany who knows enough about democracy to form.a government based upon it? The allies might give Germany the same brand of a "just peace" she bestowed upon Russia and Rumania. The kaiser might find out from Joe Keller the secret of hanging to a job in spite of public sentiment. 38 RIPPLING RYMES By Walt Mason A NEW WORLD. DON'T LET A COLD KEEPYOJAT.HOME Dr. King's New Discovery almost never fails to bring quick relief Small doses once in awhile and that throat-tearing, lung-splitting cough soon quiets down. Another dose and hot bath before jumping into bed, a good tlecp, and back, to normal in the Dr. King' New Discovery is well known. For fifty year it' been relieving coughs, colds and bronchial attacks. For fty years it has been sold by druggists everywhere. , A reliable remedy that you yourself or any member of your family can tiki safely, 60c and $1.20. Train Those Stubborn Bowels Help nature take its course, not with a violent, habit-forming purga tive, but with gentle but certain and natural-laxative. Dr. King's New Life Pills. Tonic in action, it stimulates the lax bowels. Sold by druggists. 2Sc Open Forum Bickreall, Or., Oct. 28, 1918. Editor Journal: In Saturday's Jour nal "Weaker and Wiser" used about six sticks of tvpe, the reading C '' MM THE WIFE By JANE PHELPS MMMMMMMt BRIAN SUGGESTS THAT MOLfJE BE HIS TEACHES. to Bl Jane Phelps. CHAPTER LXXIII. When Mollie had asked Biian pome and see her often, she was, ttttt thinking so much of the pleasure his visits would give her, as of the happi ness she might perhaps give him. He was lonely, unhappily married. She liked him, why shouldn't she make up to him for all "ho missed by marrying a women wh0 was, to Bay the least, not congenial t It meant giving him a lit tle of her time, in return for which she spent a pleasant evening, and had a good dinner. Mollie 's income was seh that the prospect of a good dinnor which cost her nothing, wag welcome oven when it did not also mean the so ciety of the best looking fellow she knew. It seemed to- Mollie that the fault must be all Kuth's. Who couldn't got along with such a boy as Brian! All he asked for was sympathy and under standing.. 80 sho figured. He was so generous, too. Why, if she would let him, he would take her to tho most ex pensive places in town. But to be truthful, Jiollie enjoyod tho village en vironment far mure than that to be found north of Washington square. In which sounds like the so-called JecturoSi tho villago they knew everyone. It of a Seventh Day Advent recently giv-waa rathcr jolly to show them that en in Portland nd published in thoBriau had not forgotten her entirely, Orpgou Journal a a paid ad. Why doa't you also collect space rates for thiB class of adf It surely is a close set as the delinquent tax list. As a Bible student "Weaker and Wiser" is to be admired, if the .number of ref etoncoa to that book so classify him. Shall we not endeavor to keep up our "weak spirits" while growing a little stronger mentally, and forget tho gi ants of old? A. C, TUBjNEAUKE. THE PRICE OF HOGS. LADD & BUSH, Bankers arc receiving subscriptions now for the 1 ,fUU LIBERTY rllM BONDS When Wilhelm's hosts embattled have ceased their course of crime, no sabres shall be rattled, I hope, till end of time; no helmets will be gleaming, no tyrants will be scheming, no futile princes dreaming of victories sublime. For all the world is weary of war and all its works; of Prussians red and beery, of Austrians and Turks; of war lords grim and haughty, of faithless men and naughty, of princelings punk and dotty their presence, pains and irks. And all the world is yearning to get to work once more; to do the weekly churning, and every useful chore; to paint the northwest gable, repair the kitchen table, to renovate the stable, and fix the cellar door. And if, when we are toiling at useful tasks like these we find some princeling spoiling for swords and snickersnees, be fore he's one hour older we'll seize hira by the shoulder and soak him with a boulder, until, some stars he sees. This loner war must be ended by rules laid down by Hoyle; a triumph great and splendid must finish the turmoil; and then we'll bust the beezer of any sceptered geezer, of any tin horn Caesar who'd interrupt our toil. We all are sick with sorrow, with mourning for our dead; yet there is a tomorrow when this sad day is fled, when war lords won't be kinging, and workers will be singing, while doves of peace are winging in gladness overhead. ' To the Editor: In a recent issue you gave as a reason for the decline in the price of hogs the failure of the people to do the usual amount of "shipping" during the epidemic. , ' TM price, of hogs has dropped for the simple reason, thai at. this time each year farmers arc compelled to sell The stubblo is exhausted, the hogs are at their best, both as to age and condi tion, and can be fattened at for less expense than later when the weather is cold. '' Swift & Co.. nliag Union Stock yards, of Portland, make the price for hogs, not only at Portland, but also at all purchasing points contiguous to Port land. Each Sunday they mail to all stock buyers tho price guaranteed for ths week and upon that basis the buyer must oporato, not only to make profit for himself, but also to pay such stock yard charges as $100 a ton for rolled barley. Heretofore, sows have been docked ono cent a pound. This year they urc arbitrarily docked two cents a pound. Stags aro docked 80 pounds each, re gardless of sizo, plug two cents a pound, yet the lnrd and bacon of sow9 and stags sell for as much as the lard and bacon of top hogs. Hogs have fallen on an average $7 a head, but the priee of lard, bacon, b&.is and green meat has not been reduced to consumers. And the decrease in price means a net loss to the f aimers of fully $300,000 a month, and a corre sponding loss to the merchants with whom the fanners trade. - The average man thinks farmers are ail getting rich und poins- -0 the pres ent high price of hogs and grain as in dubitable proof of the allegation. The fact is, it takes five pounds of grain and some work to miiko one pound of pork, woivfk to the farmers from four teen to fifteen cents only. The grain is worth over sixteen cents in all mar kets. ' I knew several men who have tried earnestly and intelligently to make money in the hog business during thfe 'nst two Or three years and all hay failed and most of them have quit In disgust. In my immediate neighbor hood 300 brood sows have been butch ered within the last thirty days. These sows would have produced fully 400,000 '. pounds of meat next year, and while the world is clamoring for meat, the! hog business is being killed by the rapneitv of tho packers. All the Huns with whom the Americans have to con tend are not enlisted in the armies of the kaiser. Why farmers are not getting rich with the present high prices of gram may be explained in a future article. In the meantime I will discuss Swift & Co., with this statement: it contribut ed $30,000 to the campaign expenses of a certain man who sought -the republi can nomination for V. S, senator. L. K. M'MAHOX. f , 1 . simpiy because he bad married, up town she scarcely ever saw anyone whom she knew, and Brian had not ex plained to her that that was the reason ue so often proposed leaving the vil lage purlieus. Mollie had gradually urged Brian to tell her of his business. Sho was ambi tious. She TOLD him she was ambi tious for HIM, She made him promise to work hard, to study whencvei he eould. Sho even went so far, in her at tempt to encourage him to greater ef fort, as to offer to read dry law books out loud with him when ho eOmpluincd he couldn't fix his mind upon what ho read after five o'clock, " Temperament, Brian. That is what your wifo doesn't understand in you, and I. do. It is ono reason you like to come down horc." Brian laughed. The thought of tem perament in connection With : Kuth 's conventionality, wag amusing. "Then too," Mollie went on, "she's had so much, that poverty is a sort of! nightmare to hor. That's the yasn she went to' work, I imagine. While you and I have seen nothing but povcr- learned to type them yourself, yo laaiy boyt" "It would be awfully jolly having you in the office, Mollie, but I am afraid I shouldn't get any work done, I'd be thinking of you all tho time. That isn't a bsd idea of yeurs about learning to use a typewriter myself. It would save, and make me independ ent also. I tell you what I'll do. To teach me to use the machine. I'll coin here." He had a feeling that Ruth, might object to Mollie in his office. ' ' You 'd be a long time learning, that way, Brian. Yqu could only come whea. you were a grass widower. "I'd like to know why I could not go to an evening school if I wished to. Kuth will be pleased that I am anx ious to do something to push, my work no matter what it is." Mollie smiled a little, inscrutably smile. She had sensed at once that Bri an had n0 idea of telling Euth that her apartment was to be the schoolhouse in which he was to learn to use a typewriter. "Women are -naturally very ambi tious for those they love; But " "Don't you begin to talk that way, toot Business success isnt everything. A good, comfortable home means as much to ,a man ag a successful busi ness. At least it does to some men." "Poor Brian," and Mollie 's lips juafc brushed his cheek as he bent ant kissed her eood nicht. Tomorrow Ruth Returns. Brian Meets Her at the Station. SYRUP OF FIGS n SICK FEVERISH Hit ' 1 If Little Stomach Is Sour, Liver Torpid Or Bowels Clogged : . .ii r.u Mothers can rest easy after giving "California Syrup of Fies. " because ty, so have become accustomed to it. in a fw hour a11 tho dogged up waste We have learned not to hanke, after s0,,r 'blle and fermenting food gently moves out or tne ooweis, and yom have a well, playful child again. Chil dren simply will not take the time front play to empty their bowels, and thejr become tightly packed, liver gets slug gish and stomach diorderedr When cross, fevorish, restless, see it torted. neither of them anrl.iiitir oeir , - - -rr o irtn tint av.tiv. the flesh pots, as expressed in expen sive furniture' and fashionable clothes ia exotic flowois for the tablo, and expert cooks in th kitchen. The two worlds are as far apart as the poles, Brian." "I like the .old world best." he re- they were talking incidioug propagan da. Propaganda tending to break up a home. ' 'Trankly, so do I. It stems to me wo get more out of life when we are not wrapt up in convention. It doesn't take, much to make ud haDDv. and ' "A loaf of bread and thou," MrianK quoted dreamily. "Half a loaf sometimes," Mollie rc turntd. "Say, Mollie, I need a stenographer. I use Clark 's, now, but it looks better to have one of my own. You don't know of someone I could net to come to me for part of the day, do you! Someone who wouldn't want a big sal ary?" "How would I do, Brian! I am a good typist, and can type very fast. My stenography is bum. But if your letters were well written, I should think that might do for now. If you don't talk too fast, I can take them on the machine nearly as fast as you can dictate." Then, "Why haven't you Children love it. and it can not cause injury. No differ ence what ails your little one if fuB. of cold, or a sore throat, diarrhoea, stomachache, bad breath, remember, a gentle, "inside Cleansing" should al ways bo the first treatment given. Putt directions for babies, children of aH ages and grown ups are printed o each bottle. ' Bewaro of counterfeit fit? svTiins. Ask your druggist for a bottle of "California .Syrup of Figs," then look carefully and see that it is made by the "California Fig Syrup Company." Wo make no smaller size. Hand baek with contempt any other fig syrup. BUY FROZEN BEEF Washington, Nov, 1. The war de partment hag authorized the expendi ture of $34,400,831 for the purchase ct frozen beef and smoked and tinne" meats, it wag announced. These pur chases are divided among the packer of this country. . . ANOTHER PRISON SCANDAL (Modford Mail Tribune) Another of the many, scandals oc curring during the Withycombe admin istration, is before a grand jury the prison parole scandal. It appears that there has been a reg ular traffic. Kn paroks freedom of felons being bought and sold by the officers in charge. Notorious eonviets soittoueed to loug tewi have been I mysteriously released after a, few ! ytwn.tlt H ' (lf'tiMm.int tA ilifUtrtnMir 1&V ing a trail of frh erim'c ia their wake The latest case is that of Wax, tho erook who posed as Oliver H. Osborn in the Kae Tamer ease ia N. Y. In some mysterious way, he was paroled for shipyard work after being brought back to finish his five year sentence and is now among the missing. The case is typieal, one of many. The history of the prison under Withyeoaube has beca one scandal af ter another mingled with mutinies, arson and murder. And the rogims is an expensive one, the new budget ask ing $313,040, nearly double what it cost under the last two years of West's administration to be exact, US,T90 more. THAT ANNOYING, PERSISTENT COUGH my lend to throats lunsr trouble or mean that th chronic stage already U reached. In eittter try ECKMAN'S ALTERATIVE Tbls tonio and tisane-repairer aup Vlltfs ftcktKwledge4 bcnetUn of Cxi clum treatment without ALsturtttur th stomach. Contains b AtcohdU 2fol eetio or Habit-Fur alio Drug, $2 X W $1.50. $1 MX ftOW Sfc. Price Includes war tak All drufflta F"fcman I.sborntory. PMiadelpht JOURNAL WANT ADS PAYi A TRIAL BEGETS A HABIT. When one once starts to deposit his money in a bankand becomes familiar with the ad vantages gained nothing could make him go 1 back to the old way of handling income and outgo. t . ' . You canjstart with any amount for a Savings Account or a reasonable one for Checking here at the United States National Bank. il-MedStates lit i; i j r ! Salem Bank Oregon,