"age of The Capital Journ it CHAKLE3 EL FISHLB Editor and FabliihM TUESDAY KVEMXG July 22, 1919 WWW w " j Published Erery Evening Except Sunday, Salem, Oregon.; the Treaty of Versailles and the covenant of the League . ,of Nations, as the reader might infer, according to the Addrew All Communications To xr Vft. uTn-lrl U ,.. f ,li: 130 8. Commercial 8t uew iorK nona. tie was not deaiinrr in mrt.icn .-ir with the T Cr croc iha Ii'nnvoo 1iq Prnnrlnnnn L n U L H li Jlrtiltl fnUn Jimtrnnl " - iJoh,nsotns. the Shermans, the Hardings, the Poindexters VLUC AiUUMy mhUU Will UUl and other opponents of President Wilson and the treaty J i Viat Vino hoon f fl mn,1 irt Pnm'c. k1Ua,..L V - 1 J !1 J . oheuoj,' Aiumtu in x ana, oiiiiuugii ne lias uescnueu jtnem and analyzed their motives with startling accuracy. 451 The quotations in question are from an article pub- swished by Alexander Hamilton, July 22, 1795. The treaty was the Jay Treaty, the first foreign convention negotiat ed oy me united states government. The president who inent m-in nf th rnuntrv tn Rinrtrput lncrnnriprrv hnca as! j -w oo O J i the national drink by expressing his preference for it j over grape juice. .Now on his present trip through thei w : :n.. i i: i : j ,i Oregon has reason to treat Bryan kindly and extend its warmest hospitality whenever he honors us with a visit. STATE HOUSE 3 4c SUBSCRIPTION BATES run- ti rrrir. ner rear $3.00 Per MontB- DUy by Mail, per year .43.00 Per Month- FUJuL LEAKED W1BK TELEUKAl'U BElOKT FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES W- D. Ward, New York, Tribune Building. W. H. Btockwell, Chicago, People' Ou Building iwas made the victim of the partisan assaults to which ITT Mi r l n . Tie fore a. iiuauiwu iticiicu uo vjcuie vasningion. in oraer Uilr C.pit.1 Journal earrier boy.,ar. inrtmeted to put the paper. o th. " UC l Uie Correctness OI tnese j a- .1 nnlo. oottinff thu imDer I Pilot fit nnsS thpv n 1'B tnlfPn fpftm tVlo Oflifir. f Unm Unn. 1, II toe earner ooe not u mm, uur is-v.. - r-r- . -4 --j cuhiuii vi iiuiiuiLun la jo on time, kindly phone the circulation manngrr, can actprmme wnutner or noi me ro II before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be ent yon carrier hai mimed yoo. THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL U the only newepapcr in Salem whoee circulation is guaranteed by tke Audit Bureau Of Circulation! (in the Jay Treaty were not momentous; but in view of the (state of the new Republic and its necessities, it was of the ggd$mmmmtf& utmost importance tnat tne treaty should be ratified. Yet ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AGO. tutln'ir own 'rt is only to i-oimult tin' liNlnry oT nation to j r .-i vo tlmt p pry country, I ull i.i.,,'. i'k i-nrni'il hv tlif puMciicr of men lio, net niitcd ly nil irrcfc-iilar nn.l.ifi.,11 M-ruoli' imtliihu which tlu'V iiinmino will contribute daui'CinPiit unit importance. It in to have Ucii cxm - tcil tli it t sncli men. count iK more on the pii. ion tluiu on the reuM.n of tloir fellow ciliens, nml iintieipatinj Hint the i.ip uihiM hnro o Mt rtii'irlw with nreiiiclieen. would be lisoi.eil to Illlike an niliance with popular dinconlent, to nourish it oii'l to press it into the crvi.e of their pniticulnr views. It ns nlso known licforehand tlmt H'rrtnnl and pnrty rivulsliij.f of the ,iriost in'tive kind would assail whatever treaty niiyht lie made to difi(race. if posnilile its oi(jnn. t'pcui (ui.h mi occasion ux tlio treaty, how could it happen otliprwim' than taat lierwnul cntnitv would he unnxunliv biiHj', enterprisin( and inali;;nantf 1 ' ' From the combined operation of thee different rimae it would have Ueen a h i it exiei liiiiou that the treaty would be Reiiprully cuiitemplnted with enndor and moderation, or that rcamin would reuulate the first iiiiprmtaionn eonrornlng It. It wan certain on the contrary, that however eiceeptiuuuble !tn true character nitwit be, it would have to filit it wny through B mas of nrefonnble opposition, It wan certuiu that it would become the instrument of a lystemulic effort HUtiist the National (iovornment and it Bdiuinialr.itiouj a decided eniiie of oartv tu advance its own views at the hanard of the public peace and prosperity. r Before the treaty w known attempt were made to prepossess the pub lie mind BL'iiinst it. Before It was published at large sketch, calculated tu produce false Impressions, was bunded out to the public through a dlum noted for ho tilily to the administration of the Government. 1'missnrte flew throngh the country epreuding alorm and dincontcnt; the leailem of club were everywhere active tu eine the pussiuus of the people, ud preoccupy their judiiieiits against the trnaly, It cannot be doubted that the real motive to the opposition wn.s the fear of a discussiim; the desire of excluding liht the adherence to a plan of sur irii-fl and deception, .Nor need we desire n.v fuller proof of the spirit of pirtv which has Htiouibiled the opposition to the treaty than is to be found in the irciinistances of that opposition. The author of these comments was not dealing with we see that the same kind of influences that were at work then are at work now and are at work in the same wav. Issues change, but politicians remain politicians and pontics remains pontics regardless of the fate of peoples whose future is hanging in the balance, THE AMERICAN WAR DEBT. RIPPLING RHYMES By Walt Mason MY ICELAND. THE WHEAT FIELD. I had a little field of wheat, five acres and a third; through winter storms and springtime heat my vigils were absurd. I thought the climate should be run with my small field in view, with just enough of wind and sun, and timely rain and dew. In other fields of great extent the wheat of neighbors waved; I didn't worry worth a cent if they were lest or saved. The only wheat in all the land for which I cared a whoop was that, by idle zephyrs fan red, before my humble coop. I trembled when the sky v.'ius blight, for fear a drouth would come; and clouds would fill me with affright, lest wild tornadoes hum. I kicked if there was too much rain, and jawed the brood ing sky; and I would grumble and complain if days were hot and dry. I ragged the wind in heated terms when it came from the west; I dreamed of bup.s and army woims, and ewrv oilier pest. My There are so many conflicting versions of the nation's war debt that it is just as well to get the matter straight. This debt is not $1)0,000,000,000, which is according to common impression. It is not anywhere that much. The government actually expended, for war purposes from April G, 1917, until June 30, 1919 the close of the last fiscal year, a little more than $: 10,000,000,000. It must be remembered, however, that $9,000,000,000 or more con sists of loans to the Allies, nearly all of which is perfectly good. The $9,000,000,000. therefore, is not a liability but an asset. That reduces our actual war expenditures to twenty-one billion dollars. Of the latter sum, about $9,000,000,000 is taken care of by current taxation. As a result, the actual war debt, estimated at the beginning of the present month, is only about $12,000,000. The war is not over yet, at least from the standpoint of expenditures. It will still cost many hundreds of mil lions to bring the troops home and cleanup all the odds and ends of expense. But against this continuing cost may be set the large sums derived from the sale of ships and military supplies. The government may get enough, or nearly enough, from these sources, to pay all the bills coming due from now until the war and navy departments are re-established on a peace basis. Making due allowance for the possibility of keeping troops in Germany for a longer time than anyone antici pated, thus postponing demobilization, and also makinc liberal allowance for other unforseen demands, it hardlv seems likely that the war debt at the close of the present year will be more than $15,000,000,000. That is one of the smallest debts borne today by any of the big powers. It is absurdly small when measured bv the resources of the United States, especially when we consider the proportion of the other powers' debts to their resources. It is prob ably ( per .cent of our national wealth. We could nav it off in three years, if we chose, without breaking our necks financially. . . Frank Davcy, who for several years has held a position an bookkeeper1 at ithe atate penitentiary, has accoptd a Bela Kun has been deposed again, indicating that his p,"sitio'1 in. V d,aims ,1,''r,0"mt ot , , . T , . TT. p . , the industrial accident comuiiBsiOB, pre- career is about as variegated as that of Villa, the pictur-; fming thia work to that at the prison, esque Mexican bandit The fact that his name would v' v im prison office iii b i f, e , , . , , .. i taken bv J. 8. Murray, the assistant seem to fit one of our new temperance drinks better than bookkeeper. anything else shouldn't necessarily be held against him. j "' A Hungarian bolshevik isn't hardly worth a name anyway, j 1!. oruor Olcott that the board has teea in adjusting the dif- a and pend- the decision of the arbiter the la- rs have resumed their occupatioa. is the first instance in which tho fln.aid has been called upon to act. Italy's new premieres named Nitti, and the Italian & '.S? Tin V inrnpnf 1C coin hn in toirn fVin Tiffi nnlii-vir Wa Jl..-.. : i,.lQ,wl li.,1 1 k rnitf wif I 1 1 1 v v w . x. w u k'uiu KiK, iit AUVVri Ul 11 it LI 1UlH.y, MCK'n'" uwiiiinis " jintiwuu, y f"iiowT.riteua'p.oo;worKS s edited by Henry Cabot Lodge, now a ; don't know what that is, but it can't be as bad as the nutty j1"' a by ipaeiai messenger if the! senator in the Congress of the United States from Massa-'policy which proceeded it. n;L i eiiuseus. Compared with the present treaty the issues involed Hunting a Husbana By MARY DONGLAS THE FOREBODING he Attorney General Brown has receiv ed information from Washington with regard to certain tracts of kind fraud ulently acquired by the Hyde licnsoa operators years no, stating that th secretary of tho interior Tia sustained an or.br of the general land office ro- dii' not V"''''K approval of exchange of one null 10 . l.tl . iwiniua iui.ni. aim biiuui .1 11 III.'.- Wlun 1. I can ! Oougliis count v. The Western Lumber company, to whom these lands) something something that quite dare to say. Jlerle has just left me. Now I r.m alone in mv roon I I. : .. ,i . ..t! .... . . . . . . coimuic hi uc uaiu .still leei tne strong pressure of Ins i, , i i. ... -,.,,1 t.l f.. my doubts cud foreboding dropped hands. I ran still see his f.ue looking! '1C or of revocation, but this appoat away. Our hands met. I lorgot my down into mi'ie. I can almost hear the I hu -bocu overruled. This would oeoux to nurpose to question him. To weight his unqioken words. jopen the wav for the state to eventmil wonU.to see if they rang true. Uis per- e how ri.liciilous! 1 have know this ly recover title to large ureas of laud sonality, quietly powerful, piiVd.Ud nie. inaa barely three weeks. lie can not involved in tile HydedVnson opcra 1 only kuew that he was here agin;.. I cure. Ami If Yes, I like inm. tions. cared not for what he hud uone. Thei Then mv thoughts took a new turn. present is mine. My meeti g with Tom, good old Tom. 1 liked the way he talked, blowly, this morning, almost hesitatingly. Vet ud he saidj "I ay, Sara, he begun, "I'm lu. a was worth listening to. l!ut of L( n Ijrutten hole. Jeunne thinks I've beeu missed what he said. It was the sound j flirting with you, the house party you of his voice; the resonant timbre tliBtJknow. and she's nut out. Huvs I uu i't held me. I had to make myself li.-ieu to the words, the moil nin;:a. One thing 1 noticed. A little thing. As he sat on a step of the porch lie lighted a cigarette. Mis fM(, illumi nated !.y the ini',1 tiiefs of the nii.icli, was laik and at.ou Hut the linnd that held t'.J mutch ;ru."b:d. It feint. kd so icUntly that tli rulch flickered ami went ou. lie muttered something. hulf indistinct. lie struck another match. That little incident was so un important. Yet whv out of our whole evening does it stand out so clearly, so significantly I i s he left nie he took both mv hnnds '.ii his. lie looked down at me a mo ment in the starlight. He hesitated. Then he dropped my hands nnd said a hurried good-night. I felt after he left me t.iat there was really care and all that. You help mo out. Won 't youf '' " What do you expect me to do any way," I asked, "go and tell Jeanne that you never did flirt with mo in your life? That I'm not worth flirting with! That you treat mo liko youi maiden Aunt Rebecca " "Now Sara, don't get huffed," said Tern. "Von 're clever, you can do it. I'd do as much for you!" Tom has a nice way of looking at you out of his eyes. Like a. collie when he likes you. He's rather hard to rufse things to. "Very well, Tom, I'll do my bestt" I said with a shrug. Tom's ipile was really worth the sac rifice. Still another problem to settle. (Tomorrow Tho Champion.) State Kngineer Cupper has roccivod application from the Talent irrigation district in Jackson comity for tho cer tification of I'ljiMM worth of bonds for further construction work. The district has already issued bonds to tho extent of $175,000. The Squaw creek irrigation district has nlso applied for the certifi cation of bonds to the extent of $15, 000 in addition to t8,000 already ia-sued. M'NARY FAVORS (Continued from page one) The late Governor Withycombe prohibited the show ing of the "IHrth of a Nation" during the war ostensibly because it would offend the patriotic blacks of the coun try. Actually, the action was taken in response to a par tisan desire up here in the north to oppose anything that gives the' southern people deserved consideration in any respect, a slowly dying legacy of the civil war and the political strife from which it resulted. As a matter of fact the colored man of the south couldn't have his pat riotism offended because he has no patriotism. He is just plain "nigger" and probably wouldn't know whether patriotism was something good to eat or drink if you hap pened to speak to him about it. Now there is a series of race riots because the negro has bt'en getting too much wheat is harvested at last, it attention as a soldier in various ways and is "swelled 't Vj 11 . It lived through rust and blight, survived the torrent and the blast, and filled my bin all right. And I'd have had ?s big a crop if I had let things slide, if I had raised no yelping yawp, and had not wept or sighed. I worried o'er that field so much I aged a hundred years, and now I hobble on a crutch, and see how vain we're fears. UAlH.mM.tgfl.llM ) up , a condition tnat spells trouble, lhe race riots f o - low and the "nigger" is whipped into submission. The southern people know how to handle the negroes, and the "Birth of the Nation" gave an excellent insight into negro character and southern life after the war, and was the most stirring and popular drama ever enacted on the pic ture stage. The fact that it was not historically correct in all details was no excuse for its suppression any more than the fact that it was not complimentary to the south ern negroes. Narrow political prejudice inspired it$y suppression. . LADD & BUSH BANKERS Established 1868 General Ranking Business Commencing Jane lGth 'Banking Hours will be from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m. Senator George Chamberlain is especially concerned about the rights of the soldiers and is going to see that all courtmartial sentences are revoked, etc. By the way the isenator runs for re-election next year and the returned soldier boys and their fathers and mothers, standing to gether could elect or defeat almost anybody. George is certainly strong for the soldier, and naturally has a right I to hope that the soldier will reciprocate. Wm. J. Bryan will lie remembered as the first prom- worse for tho I'nited States than Is the league of nations." Tlmt the treuty provides so nia;n commissions to curry out specific parts I l "f trims the ba;;in. is noi necpssr.rv to make the peace settlement effective. Inst as these pence couiims:. 111113 are not appointed by the league but by the principal powers, there is no rens'in whf the treaty and the league should not be signed. lie listed these commissions, showing the part each will plr.y. That," said .Moses, "should he suf ficient not only to refute the claim that the league of nations is an indispensable, instrumentality in currying out the pro visions of this ilenty; but it aif.i jeives as iui effective denial (,f 1'resideut Wil sun's defiant claim, 'made in iw York on Mulch 1 that the treuty and eo. e uiilit Would be bound together lliat the senate con!. I lint dissect the en count from the tienty without tic-droving both. "If there mo those who would con tinue to think Washington V faiewell address a nobler ilucuuient than any produced at Versailles, I couiimI them to turn to tho body of the treaty itself and learn the full extent of the duties it seeks to Iny on lis, the difficulties it will hy to niiike us solve nnd the inex tricable thickness of difficulties into which it w'll thrust us." Taking exception to Vresid. tit Wil son's statement that the teims, ,siunre, as a whole with the H points, Moses said: "We look in vain for tho eiosixe 14 points. Open covenants long .,i'icc took' t hiding: freedom of the aea was trea I ted with scant courtesy; rsta'oiislument of e.piality of trade conditions nuiongj nations is now here found; the earlier! doctrine of annexations and uo imlemni- tii-s has l... come a tragi? joke ami taere remains alone the league of .alums. "This treaty is infinitely worse for us than the league, for whatever baleful c.msciiiionces will flow to the I'nited states frimi the Icngue are in the future, whcrer.s the treaty provisions, iinme- liste h ill without recourse, t.irust us autouinticaiiv into the endless snarl f attcmpti j to get Ef7 boundaries; im pnse on us part cf the task of keeping (ermany in leah and of striding her commercial and industrial develop-' 1111 nt," er from ITammitt Bros, of Mohawk. Hops in the upper valley are all in gooil condition, says Air, 11 eye r, the late rains in the spring having ad vanced the growth. ROLL OF HONOR Died of Disease Wounded severely Wounded (degree undetermined.) Wounded Slightly - Missing in Action Total 1 27 10 4T S 104 Died of Wounds. -Charles T McBreen, Omaha Neb. Died from Accident and Other Causes. Robert Martin, Liletown Ky. Frank B Sullivan, Hartford Conn. Reinhold Breitling, Wishek N D. John S Dcnn, Xewburgh N V. Stnntnn K Dopts, Camden l'oint Mo. Orin S Seeley, WoodhuU 111. Andre V Shr.frnnke, Wilkes Barre Pa. .lolin H T'sry, Anniston Ala. Stanley F Wer.ncr, Upper Lehigh Pa. CURRENT CASUALTIES , Died of Disease. Edward O Braden, Derby Ran. Died from Accident and Other Causes. Lieut Roger John Clayton, l'hiladel- ,, i phi a Ta. t'le. -n.. r: ....l.nlt TV-..!- i.v. nil ciis v ..i m il i'ii 1, n i3i .lai.o I The following casualties are reported by the commanding general of American t.xpoilitiouary rones: IvilleNC. Hied from Wounds II James Goodwi'ie, Georgetown SC. Died of Accident and Other Causes 13; Felice Pob tti, Nelcong N J. PHCHE 199 njf Tha Quickensr Press sa 193 N Com'l-over Galo&Co. ss? 0. E. Brookins. Proorielor HOP CROPS CONTRACTed K igcne. Or., July 22. Eight? thou sand .oun.l of ear'y Eugjie hops grown in the vicinity of lliirr sbur have born contracted for tr Prank H.yer of th.s city, agent for T. A. Liveslcy k Co. of &i!eN, in each tae the contract price fccm? So eents a; po.ind. 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