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PAGE rilX THE DAILY CAPITAL JOt) RNAL, SALEM. OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1919. - M0ND0E DOCTRINE (Continued from page four) LAND LAND I WHY DOES LAND SELL HIGH? FIRST Because it is worth it. Because each year under pro : per tillage it yields a return which makes the investment safe. SECOND Because millions of industrious people in this coun try know the security of land investment and back their judgment ' ' with their money. ' ", - ' ' , THIRD Because the available high-class farming land is already . . under private ownership and operation. ' ;. ; FOURTHBecause the millions who do not occupy land but who rely upon its products for sustenance, for food, for wool, and cotton ...... are rapidly increasing out of all proportion to those who till the land. .- FIFTH Because the prosperous landowner,' or the man who knows the possibilities of land ownership, seeks to acquire the land ,. . that is near him or advantageously located for his children. . There are other reasons many other reasons but no matter . , r where land sells and wherever it has sold, whether for $1.00 an acre or for $650 an acre, the current expression among the folks has been : and will be "It is too high." , . . . . ; ' 'Too high," always "too high" they say.' .Yet the values move upward. And who can recall an acre of good land anywhere that ' ever declined in value unless affected by speculative influences from " city expansion or soma similar causes. 7 A 1914 Dollar $ A 1919 Dollar Your $$$$$$ now purchase less than half what they formerly did. ; This applies to every necessity of life. ' In our middle western states it has already applied to farm lands. Iowa farms of large size have a ready sale at prices of from $400 to $525 an acre. ? . THE UPWARD MOVEMENT OF on Farm Laid Has Just Begun The possibilities of berry and fruit culture in the Willamette 1 Valley are beginning to be recognized. .Salem is already a fruit center of importance. Lands suitable to the culture of berries and fruit will grow in value in proportion to its qual ity and its nearness to Salem, the best fruit market in the . . Northwest. , .i ROBERTS FRUIT FARMS Formerly the S. B. Hill farm and Adjoining Roberts Loganberry farms. 3 miles east-Silverton Road 10 minutes out 200 ACRES OF CHOICE LAND The soil is of rich, black, loamy character, easy to work and highly product ive. For sale in 10, 20 or more acre farms. One tract of 44 acres wjth good improvements. . Price $200 Per Acre TERMS HAWKINS & ROBERTS 205 Oregon Building SALEM, OREGON Phone 1427 the great fighting nations of the world They eould have done anything with this treaty that they chose . to, they had the power to do what they wished, and thev chose to do what had never been chosen before to renounce every right of sovereignty in that settle ment to which the people concerned did not afsent. , That is the great settlement, which is represented in this volume and it contains among other things, a great charter of liberty for the Working men of- the worldr For the first time in the history of tne councils of mankind they are to be drawn together and concerted for the purpose of defending the rights and improving the conditions of the working people and the women and children all over the world. Such a thing as that was never dreamed of before. : And what you are asued to discuss n discussing the leagtio of nations is the method of seeing that this thing is not interfered with. And there is no other way except by universal league of nations, and what is proposed here is an universal league of nations. Only two nations are for ho time beina. left out. One of them is Germany, because we didn't think that Oermany -was ready to tome -n. because we felt that she ought to go through a period of preparation, because .she says that she lias made a mistake and we want her to prove it by not trying it again. She says that she has abolished all the old forms of government by which innt- occiei cumiuus or men sitting no body knew exactly where, could deter mine the various-fortunes of that ereat nation and incidentally try to .deter-J mine the fortunes of mankind, and wel want her to dcovc that her situation is changed and then how can we say no to a great people sixty million strong, if they want to cqnie in on equal terms with the rest of us, and take part in international affairs. ;.- - I want to say that I didn't find any of my colleagues in Paris disinclined to, do justice to Germany. When an in dividual has committed a criminal act, the punishment is hard, but the punish ment is not unjust, and this nation per mitted itself, through the nets of un scrupulous governors, to commit a crim inal act against mankind and it has to undergo the punishment not more than it can endure, but up to the point where it can do., it, for the wrong if has done. ' ' ' , : If you are -a party, then the question is not whether you aro going to war or not, but whether, merely you are go ing to war against the rest of the world, or with the rest of the world. And the object of 'war in that case will bo to defend the central thing that I am now speaking nbout.. That is, the guaranty of the land titles of the world, which have' been established by this treaty. iPoland, Czecho-Slovakia, : Rumania. Jugo-Slavia and all those nations which never before had 8 vision of independ ence or liberty, now have their liberty and independence guaranteed, nnd if we don't guarane them that, we have this next choice. ., But I came here to talk about those things we call reservations. Keserva tion is an assent with a ''but" to it. ''We agree, but!" Now, I want to call your attention to some of these buts .. In tho first article of the covenant it is provided that a nation can with draw from the league, on two years' notice provided that, at the time of this withdrawal that is to say, at the expiration of tho two years it has ful filled all its international obligations and all its obligations under the cove nant. .. .. But some of our friends are uneasy about that. They .want to sit close to the door and with their hands on the knob and they want to say," We are in this thing, but we are in it with in.. finite timidty ajjd we aro n t only because you persuaded us and wanted us to come in, but we are going to sit here and try this door every once in a while and see it isn't locked, and just as soon, as we see anything we don't like we are going to scuttle." Now, what is the trouble. I want you to put this to every man you know who makes this objection. What is he afraid off Is he afraid that when the United Stajes wishes to withJSaw It will not have fulfilled its internation al obligations! Is he willing to bring that indictment . against this beloved country t I, for one, am too proud as an Am erican to say that any doubt will ever hang upon our right to withdraw upon the condition of the fulfillment of our international oblieaiions. But I must not turn away from the provision with regard to Shantung. I frankly said to my Japanese colleagues at the conference that t" was very deeply dissatisfied with that part of the treaty. Japan agreed at that time that she would relinquish every item of suffrage that Germany had enjoyed to China and she would retain with other nations elsewhere in China cer tain economic concessions with re- gard to the railways and mines which she was to operate under a corporation and subject to the laws of China. I wish she could have done more, but suppose that we dissent from that clause of the treatyt.xouan't sign alt of a treaty but one part. We can 't I sigu the treaty with the Shaming pro i vision cut out of it and -u we could, what sort of service would that be do ing China . Let us state the 'acts with brutal frankness, Kufclund and (Trance aro bound by solemn treaty entered into before the conference in Iaris, betore the end of the war, to give Japan what she gets in this treaty in Shan tung. Tho only wav we can get it away from her is v--going to war with japan Oreat Britain and France. Does that looki like a workable proposition t Is that doing China servket .Whereas, it we go into this treaty, w ve members of tho league; China and Japan are numbers of the Ieagu and Japan promise and we guarantee that the territorial integrity and po litical independence of China will be respected and preserved. That is the onljr possible way, un der the circumstances, to serve China. W cannot rewrite this treaty. Train Keeps Sschedula. Omaha, Neb, Sept. 8. Promptly at f'N J, ''ilsaA W, -V 1 I V J dmBSmr'-- '-r- L ' ' ' l' THERE HE STANDS! GRAND old Bull''' Durham.": He belongs in this country's Hall of Fame. Can you think of a more familiar figure? For over half a century Bull has1 been part of the landscape; the tobacco he represents; has made millions and millions of friends? You can Toll fifty-thrifty cigarettes from onejbag) ; The Government tax on 50 "Bull". Durhamdga rettes that you roll yourself is less than 1& cents ; the1 Government tax on 50 machine-made cigarettes is 15, cents. It's real good sense to roll your own. GENUINE 99 AGCOf A Guaranteed bv : m il A-:r::';:r.PB Oi 10c With HUH, paper you' can roll the best '.'Bull" Durham cigarettes.' 9 o'clock President Wilson's special train pulled into the union statiou here. A crowd that completely filled the streets surrounding tjio station and ex tended for blocks greeted him. Soldiers from Fort Omaha were used to open a passage so that the president could pro ceed. President Wilson arrived at the taidi ttrium at 10 a. m. Ho was greeted by a "full house." Fully 8000 people were packed iu the building and as many moro wcro unable to gain admittance. visitors Friday. ' . . The farmers are taking advantage of the rainy weather and are burning their straw stacks. "" Omaha, Neb., Sept. 8 Adhearing strictly to schedule, President Wilson trnin left Omulm at noon for Sloni Falls, S. I)., where Wilson speaks to night. - PRATUM NEWS NOTES. C. V. Johnson, at the head of the real estate department of the insurance commissioner 's office, has secured rooms in the Northwestern National bank in Portland, and will hereafter spend Thursday and Friday of each week in that city, looking after the business originating there. Ho .states that of the 1200 licensed real estate dealers in Ore gon, 500 are located in Portland. There are still a large number of dealers who have not taken out their license under the new law, and ation will be taken against them after due notice has been, given. Mr. Johnson also notes that there are numerous cases whero names of men not in the real estate business have been used as references an of fense for which a fine is provided. (Capital Journal Special Service.) Bov Short purchased a Chevrolet truck recently. Elmer Leisy and Alfred Kleen are picking hops at the Livesly yards north of Salem. Both Bros, finished the threshing sea son Thursday at the farm of A. W. Pow ell. Charles Bice is receiving a large quantity of evergreen blackberries daily. Alfred Kampf made several trips ts I,. H. Me Muhon's farm after peaches re cently. . . George Schaap is digging a new well on his farm east of Pratum. The hop picking in this vicinitv will start next week in the yard belonging to Alfred Meyer. Miss Eleanor Schaap expects to re turn from Salem soon to take up the duty of principalship iu the Pratum school for the coming term. - ' An ice cream social was given last Saturday eyening in Fred de Mies' woods for the benefit of the German M. E. church. John Gerber has been on the siik list lately. - . . Ppter Hof stetter is building a house on his farm west of town. David Bamseyer and wife were Salem 11 WANTED We need more women in our Preparatory Department. This is an excellent opportun ity for elderly women to get steady employ ment. The work is light, no heavy lifting. Good wages. Apply . SALEM KING'S PRODUCTS CO. ; c ; ; Front and Market Streets ' '