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ANEW PARTY.
' The railroad brotherhoods frankly admit they have
regarding their plan for federalizing the railroads. They
not expected favorable action from the present congress
have put the plan forward at this time mainly for propa
ganda purposes. They intend to carry the fight into the
national conventions of the two big political parties next
year, meanwhile making all the converts they can from all
ranks and classes. And it is broadly intimated that if
they fail in getting their plan endorsed by either the re
publican or democratic party in tha next national cam
paign, they may. form a party of their own.' ., , ;
This opens" up an interesting prospect. 1 here is no
indication at present that either the Republican or Demo
cratic party will stand for the Plumb plan. Public own
ership of any kind is under a cloud. Congress is frank
ly hostile to it, regardless of political alignment. , if the
railroad unions, then, are determined to press the issue,
it is very likely that they will be compelled to create a
new party in order to obtain a verdict at the polls.
Any party with' public ownership of railroads, and
possibly other industries, as its chief plank will naturally
be a radical party. A considerable nucleus for such a par
ty will be found in the brotherhoods, themselves, rem
fbrcad perhaps by a majority of the Federation of Labor,
The latter organization has heretofore avoided "political
. action," preferring to work through existing parties; but
if a new party of this sort were organized, it is conceiv
able, that the federation would join it, officially or un
officially. ,To such" a party, too, would naturally gravitate many
members of the old Socialist party and other. radical mi
nority groups, and also the more radical members of both
the big parties. .
It is conceivable, indeed, that.it would precipitate a
general break up and re-formation of national party or
ganizations. In the beginning, the new party might have
much resemblance to the recent Progressive party, now
virtually extinct. : Tf it made headway,- it mighfafter a
time, absorb all the radicals, leaving the conservatives to
constitute, another party, : Old names might ' disappear
or lose their original significance, as has happened more
than once in American political history.;,
The situation is full of interesting possibilities, and
well worth studying. . ' V
"A USEFUL ARMY. '
Discussing the new army program with the senate
committee on military affairs,' Secretary of War, Baker
remarked: a . , ...... . , . '
"I believe that the people are going to insist on hav
ing an army more useful than heretofore. , A good deal
of the time of the army in the past was spent in unproduc
tive idleness. The country will not stand for that sort of
thing, and the soldiers will not stand for it." ' '
Precisely so ! Particularly if the United States is to
have a standing army of half a million or more. No con
siderable body of Americans ever wanted to spend their!
time unproauctively, and there is less inclination in that
direction now than there has been for manyjears.
An army is meant primarily to fieht. But when
there happens to be no fighting to do, why merely march a? the lsg wore concerned, our
them up and down or loaf in barracks? Soldiers,. as ST SmSS
Secretary Baker suggests, soon weary of that, and the ' timber annually. This' we offered to
public does not like to pay for it. jtho guv,em'"ent s well as our entire
.; Much hasbeen accomplished of latein the way of "SSS
USing the SOldiers' Spare time for educational purposes. , contract was announced, every logger m
A very respectable amount ot usetul civil, instruction mw lltZLZ
iiuw ue uuLtimeu m uie cuuise ui army service. jx re
mains to develop some system of utilizing the troops in
public works of various kinds when it can be done without
interfering with the military duties. . '
favored corporation or go out of busi
ness. ' ' '. ,. ',;""'
"In plain the spruco production di
vision was determined to carry out the
terms of the Sicnis-Carey-Kerbaugh
contract regardless of our attitude. 1'fte
vcilod threat to put the logging industry
of AS'ashington out of business unless it
accepted sub-contracts from the Siems-Carey-Kerbaugh
corporation was not an
idle" boast. The Siems- Carey-Jierbaugh
people had priority on all essential ma
chinery, and,. Major Hitchcock even
went so far us to come riyht out in the
open with the assertion that if neces
sary tho government proposed to grant
the Biems-Carey-Kerbaugh corporation
4 labor differential with wages wtiicn
we could not hope to. meet.
"Under the plan of Major Hiiehcock
it was proposed that we sign a sub
contract with the 8iems-0arey-Ker-baugh'
corporation which would give
that company the arbitrary right to can
eel its agreement with us if it found us
to be 'extravagant.'
"The use of the word 'extravagant'
by the Siems-Carey-Kerbaugh. corpora
tion caused mingled laughter and indig
nation among all lumber men in this
state.
' ' After that meeting the loggers of
Washington spurned such a sub-contract
with tho Siems-Carey-Kerbaugh coipora-
tion and tho incident was closed insofar
tho contents of, that contract. I wrote
to Senator Poiudexter but be was in
formed by the war department that ho
might look at tho contract but it was
not the policy of the department to is
sue, copies of it. '.
"Although tho United States "entered
the war in April, 1917, it was not until
September, 1918, that tho humiliating
contract was entered into by the gov
ernment, humiliating to the logging in T
n ar.v nr tha Dtntn n nr. .11 n ... 41. '
......v.. ... mo Diutv no Wl.il MS IU Ult? Jia-
tioir. - .....
"In spite of handicaps, tho interests
I represent, went ahead and produced
4,000,000 feet of spruce; Our expenses,
some $90,000 hnve been refunded bv tho
Lieutenant Lamar Tooze will speak tonight at the ar
mory in this, city for a good cause, a small admission fee
being charged for the benefit of the building fund of the
woman's, building at the University of Oregon. Lieuten
ant Tooze is a good speaker and he will tell of war ex
periences at the front, and give his impressions of Europe
and its people. This should be an entertainment which
will draw a crowd that will tax the capacity of the armory. . government,
V 1 - "There is some difference between
"When a nation has just sent two and a half millions 'o'oTXd"''" thms "7 '
of its sons to fight on European battlefields, warning it ; KcrbaughrpoTatbfn and vouroooo'
to escnew tne.aiiairs oi Europe is' aoout as usetul a3.iw ,lior gnrman Frfar inqtUrea.
wflrnintr n tnnti wKn finds himsplf in miH-nnonn in n lonVv K-ltll-?r replied Butler grimly.
boat to stay oh dryland," says the Saturday Evening Post.
"If I could only see myself in the future," sighs an as
piring young man. No optimist wants to do that. It
would be too discouraging.
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Mr. Citizen: .
Your city is not made a bigger, bet
ter place by accident.
, It grows because other people than
you have faith in its future.
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These men should all be interested
in seeing its further development.
United effort wins where individ- - -.
', ual effort fails. ,' 'J .
Your Commercial Club is the only
democratic organization for this pur
pose. . . :
If you are not a member then your
effort is not counting for as much as it :
could if thrown in with the mass. ;
If you are a member, ' you ' have
. neighbors who are not, tell us who they
-are. ,1,;... ' .:.-.;''. '.'- "'.
Sincerely, ' ,
SALEM COMMERCIAL CLUB.
Publicity Department.
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RIPPLING RHYMES
By Wait Mascn
A SMALL WORLD.
I'm resting in the mountains, where countless people
come, to sit beside the fountains and swallow Adam's
rum. From regions superheated they come, to see the
snow; and every day I'm greeted by friends of long ago.
All day, like Southey's Kaspar, I'm sitting in the sun; and
every hour some jasper comes to me on the run. "I'll bet
you cannot name me!" exclaims the cheery wight; and
odsfish, who can blame me, if he is guessing right? For
I have known a legion whose names I can't recall ; and in
this mountain region I seem to meet them all. "Your face
is quite familiar." I murmur, through my hat; "your name
is Hicks or Hillier, or some blamed thing like that." All
day I'm guessing, guessing, who this or that one is, and
find it most distressing, and often sigh, "Gee whiz." It
fills me with dejection that friends come from afar, and
I've no recollection of who the deuce they are. But I have
known a million, and they're all coming here; and now it's
Jane or Lillian, and now it's Vere de Vere. They all seem
fond of larkine-. and they have but one game; thev all
tome up remarking, ".You cannot guess my name !" And
that is why I'm sadder than any mourner, far; it stingeth
like an adder, this guessing who you are.
In the West Indies there is a kind of tree known as
the Divi-Divi, tree. If the Bolshevists ever hear of that
they will make it their national emblem.
Hunting A Husband
BY MARY DOUGLAS
THE THRESHOLD OF BOHEMIA
"Thank you, I should like to." Some
thing tickled him. Ite lauglited aloud,
hanging on to the door linto!.
Then he left nie. i He did not say
wlieu or where or how. But it scorns to
! bp the mnnner take for-grauted.
Shall 1 wear a smock t Twist my hair
: iup in a queer way and go!
.My slmlio U .finished. : No longer do( xn J shall go just as myself. Sara
1 cull it my room. 1 en not help stand- jLane, in a dress, not a smock. Perhaps
ing in the door way nud looking at it. there I shall meet . Who knows?
with startled eyes. (Tomorrow The New Atmosphere.)
Murmu fare wo helped me. She guvt. ' ' " 1
. suggestions gladly. And I did the I PRAI)Iir.TI0M OF SPRIIPE
(Continued from page one)
T
IT TO SELL
ALL SUMS GOODS
Clothing. Tobacco, Soaps And
Other Articles To Be
Disposed Of.
HUttlHHHMIHItOIM-HltHHIHiMttltlMM
work.
The walls wero a soft yellow.
"Good tone," Norma said.
My floor is painted black, dull black.
Black .silk curtains hang at my long
windows. A narrow oouch projects into
the room. Yellow, canary yellow, cov
ers it and its pillows. My straight ehairs
aro the same yellow. I painted them
with long, straight strokes,
j war with Germany beforo the first con
tract for the production of spruce for
.airplane purposes was let. And then -it
j came out of a clear sly in tho shape of
1 the Siems Cnrey-Kerbicugh contract. The
I lKUi"K industry f Washington became
disturbed at tlte extravagance of opora-
Norma put on their bucks queer quaint I " . ? "
figure of men and things in oila, I do ' 1. 7 V , ' ". " "
" , , . ., , . , , bv the draft, left us with a shortage of
not know what the things are. But they , . , .. ' . , .... h t
... f labor ami the tales of high wages and
noimons profits to bo tnJte'ii undo sub
tiro doeorntive.
Ijow, black book shelves are on two
sides. These hold sober colored books,
.scattered across them. No orniuiicuts in
this room. My book shelves hold a pot
tery bowl.
"Keep fresh "flowers in this,'- said
Norma ('ni'ott'o. I am afraid often my
bowl will stand emuty.
j contracts let by the Pioms-Oarey-Rer-jbaugh
people, caused a serious disturb
ance in the outlook of the logging busi
i ness.
' "It was while the loggers faced such
la crisis that a meeting of loggeu and
j representatives of the spru.ee production
i L ADD & BUSH
BANKERS
Established 1868 ,
General Banking Business
Commencing: June 16th Banking Hours will be
from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m. ;
1 have kept account of mv expenses. : 181 '" "!,s n",a 0,'n,Iln " P"?m
I'aint, Si.M. Furniture ((all old things '" f ' 'fUS' R ,"PC,,". ,,,,!h, MJOT
.vpaiutedi, hangings and coverings ' 'l,,,'1'l""'k "aa the V"1 lokcsmaa
about ;for the spruce corporation.
When I bent over with aching bc "e were told by Major Hitchcock,
and paint-smeared fingers doing .; P'k'"tf fur Colonel Disqua, that tho
floor, mv neighbor peered in. lie lean-! P"vernmout proposed to stand back of
od against tho door lintel. Ho did not!,,,,, Kmins-Carey-KerbanRh contract with
offer to help me. Instead, ho recited. ' une n ,ts Vaw'r- At 'h mcc-
I sat back on mv heels.to listen. In!!".S ' was P'led that the loggers ot
a souorcms voice he intoned: ' , Washington aecept a sub-coulract from
"When I was one and twenty the S.eriis-C arey-Kerbaugh outfit. This
I heard a wise man sav j J1"" fo furd that I have not
Give crowns and pounds and rubies ,W 1 ah,e fl,,aU-v dotermmo just what
But not vour herrt uwav. ' ' nu'aila- x w,r' Blwu to understand
mat iiiiiesu we aeceptett tne suD-con-tr;;cts
from the Siems-Carey-Kerbaugh
corporation we might as well go out of
business. Aa a matter of fact, it was
mthor nccont snb-eontrnet from "the
After the last, he stood looking at
me,
"Will you go to hear Morelli speak to
night J" he asked.
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PHONE 199
The Quickener Press
193 N Com'l -o var Gal A Co.
0. E. Brookins, Prstriatoi
Washington, Aug. 26. Retail and
mail order stores will be opened Septem-1
ber 2o by the war department to sell I
direct to the consumer both over the
counter and by mail, comindities held ns
army surplus, it was announced today.
Hugh quantities of socks, underwear,
shorts, raincoats, blankets, gloves, to
bacco, soap and other articles will be
sold at the stores.
Stores will be opened at zone supply
cities including San Francisco and also
in other huge cities throughout tho
country.
: War department experts are now pre
paring catalogues of goods to be put
on sale. These will be made available
at every postoffice and postal sub-sta-tioli
in the country. The postoffice de
partment has been requested to estab
lish parcel post sub stations in each of
tho stores so that mail orders may bo
handled promptly.
Goods will be distributed ivenly
throughout the country. All goods will
be sold at fixed prices. Mail order goods
will be sold at regular prices, plus cost
of delivery.
The new plan for disposition sf army
surplus is even broader than the plan
by which surplus food was sold tliroiign
tho parcel post. Under this plan orders
were handed to postmasters who sent
them to consumers. Under the newr plan
the postmasters will be eliminated and'
consumers will order by mail or buy
from tho armv direct.
PHEZ FARMS COMPANY
INCOPRORATED TODAY
Settlement And Operation Ot
Farm Lands Object Of
New Concern.
Articles of incorporation were filed
with tho seeretarv of state and the
county elerk today by the Phez Farms
companr with a capital stock of oU,
000. The stockholders of the company are
John It. MiOv'ary, Louis . Lachmund,
Homer H. Smith", .William McGilehrist
Jr.. Fred W. Schmidt, W. H. Ragsdale
and the Pheii company. The officers of
th company are Fiei V Schmidt
president, Louis Lachmund vice. presi
dent, William 'MiiCrikhrist jjr.j secret
tary and treasurer;- ' ' i.
The company is organized to buy,
operate and sell tracts of land with the
object of bringing settlers into this
part of tho valley. Sales of land, after
partially developed will be mado to
outside parties, with the object of
bringing more laborers to the valb.
It is understood the I'hez Farms
company is in touch with several col
onisation companies in the eas.t who
will Jbring tha people here as soon as
their advance agents are satisfiedtcon
ditions are favorable for the small
tract farmer. It is also possible that
even colonization companies interested
in bringing-Italians to the coast may
settle Italians on the company's lands.
As a starter in the. land business tho
company has already purchased 374
acres in Mission bottoms. William Mc-
Gilehriat Jr., will be in charge f th .
land settlement feature' , aad ... JjOiuis.,.,i
Jjachmuad manager of planting and ;
cultivation.
News Writers ynion Wins
Labor Council Approval
San Francisco, Aug. 26. The execu
tive board of the San Francisco labor
council last night endorsed tho forma
tion of a news writers union here. It
adopted a resolution . condemning cer
tain San Francisco newspapers, alleged
to have discharged employes because
they joined the union.
These newspapers today nedied the
statements of former employes that
they had been discharged for joining
the union. ' -
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; The Rainier Products Company relieves retailers and
consumers of the necessity of paying Revenue Taxes on
Rainier Beverages by paying all taxes thereon direct to
the government. ; V
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