East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-30


was said the wheat market was quiet because OF lack OF
Many of the ships taking wheat from the
Northwest this japanese owned and operated as news
reports show.
Yet appears the United government has ships ga
lore both steel and wooden Tie has 205 wooden
vessels that cost from 100000 SSO0O0 each and re-
Gently published that the shipping board under Chairman
Lasker carefully crunzng bids under which the ships
might be sold for s2100 each for in the caribbean Sea- In
other words when people worry because what foreign
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Shipping board thinking Of selling for less than its kndng
wood value fleet that cost S20o00O00O There something
wrong about that
explained behalf the shipping boards attitude
that there market for wooden ships Neither there any
market for steel ships, as far as that goes.
There are two reasons One is that the action Of the United
States senate regarding the peace treaty and the League of Ma
tons left Europe in state OF economic collapse We in
position to do much toward restoring stability and setting
order We failed to do it and hardly section Of the
world feels The world impoverished and leader
less at critical time. Naturally trade suffers.
On top Of this the country has enacted tariff law that
suutes wall around the country It was designed to stop i'm
ports and has 9ne But has also destroyed export
trade There scarcely economist fnancer or exporting
anu npoIhg VINO Goes not say a gh tarl1I pocy at
this time blunder The Forney tariff very seriously
questioned by many influential republican newspapers and by
repuDncans IN congress Parcular objections were made D.
the middle west But the emergency tariff stands and be
followed by tariff law that said be the most
obnoxious thing Of the kind ever enacted in this country
In the face of this situation which of governments
making the authorities at Washington resorng
steps along the line OF temporary relief The so-caed
McNary bill for the relief Of agriculture is billion dollar
events been allowed to take their natural An admin
aon that boasted few months about taking government
deeds to go into business in unusual manner.
The government is also going into business deeply
the railroad subject charged with considerable show of
justification that the sosed railroad funding bill effort
to hire the railroads to start buying movement-wh public
order stimulate industry. 1t will $500
600 more for medicine the country should not need.
These unusual expedents may be well worth while, of
Everybody wants business restored ndfew will ques
ton the procedure results obtained But results
secured through treating the symptoms and the
the trouble The trouble with the world is much war; too
much danger Of and TOO much armament expense The
has nearly paied the world and the world per-
form its normal functions
The brightest thing in sight present is the disarmament
conference ii IS President Harding opportunity and all have
been wishing him But he did hopeful
when he placed the American end of the affair largely in the
hands Of Henry Cabot Lodge Lodge is wrecker not build
almost every nation earth He is said to have been
by Charles W. Elliot who has known him all his fe as never
having had generous emotion. Lodge the bitter foe
the peace treaty and the league covenant which nearly
civilized nations subscribed Can such narrowness
and vndicveness make good conference that will call
farsightedness and generosity?
However, have peculiar things in recent
months and may The disarmament conference
should not be condemned advance Secretary Hughes will
also be there and he signed paper last fall saying the
way get this country League Nations was to elect
lovely and will whether the league is called league
known by ether What the world wants is in
sured peace and chance TO reduce armament expenses Give
us that and TINS cousy can stop taking medicine that does
reach the spot and will be unnecessary sell $500
shps SzI00 each.
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little girl in Kansas City who lost arm is happy tina
her dolly did not share in the accident likewise there
who would rather lose than have such mishap
cur to one of their little
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Remember that the Roundup and Happy Canyon are com
munity shows a.ad that we all have part to play.
The railroads might Try reducing their rates in order to off
SCI the motor truck competition.