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THE ONTARIO ARO US. ONTARIO, OliEOON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1921 (&? (Dntartn Arrjufl Ciiint Officlnl Pnprr An Independent Ncwspmxjr Published Thursdays nt Ontario, Oregon, and ontord at the Ontario pom office tor distribution as 2nd class matter. 0. K. Alkos, Managing Editor 8UI1SCIIIPTION Ont Tar, 92.00 HIIOItT-CIHCUITI.VU Airi)l)l.i;.Mi:.V Political thinking, like woman liati follow styles. There lg very lit tlu originality In either. Mot of tlio products of the polltlcans, like those of the milliners are coplon; nnd many of thorn poor Imitations at that. Not long ago, as history reckons time, the panaceas for the Ills of mankind were deemed to He nnd were thought to be found In political sys tems, the establishment of republi can forms of government wer deemed the last word In the adjust in on t of men's relations with each othor In organized society. In spite of the success of tho Uni ted Htatos, tho greatest example the world has over seen of republican government, and Its Imitation by othor nations In the western world, as well as Its establishment In Franco, Switzerland, and now many smaller states of tho old world; the now system has not.ontlroly replaced the governmental systems men thought would disappear with the advent of popular government. Thu haiiio Is trim of reforms In business; distinguished successes In various fields do not primage their general adoption In other linos. The present Mystom In vogue In tho Unit ed Slate nnd In uso throughout tho entire world Is onu of gradual growth and has Its roots deep In the economic life of nil tho peoples of tho world. It Is truo that as never before tho people aro thinking of tho eco nomic system. As tho result of tho high prieuH of war times and tho coining of tho word, profltcor, tlioro In tt growing belief that tlioro Is, "too grout n spread between tho pro ducer and tho consumer." Tho poo plo gonernlly bollovo this to ho truo, oven though thoy nro not often In n poiltlo'n to provo tholr statement How to rodtico that spread Is tho task to which economists bavo long directed tholr attention, and since It has become u popular pastlmo tho polltlnins aro following tho stylos and thomsolvefl nro oudoavortng to solve tho problom nnd glvo volco to many well worn panaceas. N'utlonnl magazines, newspapers of nil descrip tions, trade organizations, as well of course as tho organizations ot pro ducers are all thinking along tho same line following tho prevailing styles. Tho most popular stylo right now U that of co-operation. Its doctrines aro being preached on every hand. It scoks to shorten the spread, nnd many of Its extreme dovoteos see in It the means of eliminating tho mid dlemen and thus Increasing tho pros perity of the producer while reduc ing the cost of living to the consum er. Then is no doubt that some of tho larger bulky products can ho So ex changed. We believe the hay of this valloy could bo so marketed. Wo know that the milk, cream and chceso ot the Willamette valley and ot Tillamook Is thus handled; that tho Hood Itlvor applo growers; tho ranchers of Summer and I'uynllup profit through tholr co-operntlvo marketing methods; while overyono knows tho success achieved by tho California raisin and prtino growers, lint co-operntlvo mnrketlng nnd co-oporatlvo buying nro two vostly different things. Tho present sys tem ot distribution Is tho result of centurlos of effort nnd in service I appreciated tho work that Is pro- changing CONDITIONS Illght now Mainour county is un dergoing what In tlmo "will bo re cognized, perhaps, ns a revolution In its economic condition. Wo aro changing from a stock nnd hay raising county to that of an In tensified agricultural region Tho beginning of this chango Is on now, and It Is gaining momentum It is too had that cvon greater progress cannot bo mndo this year, but it Is well that so grcnt progress has been mndo already. In this work tho Malheur County Farm Hurcnu has been tho most po tential factor; that Is In getting tho work underwny. The thoughtful rancher nnd business man has seen tho chnngo coming but It remained for tho Farm Hurcnu to set tho wheels In motion to solvo the prob lem. In another column tho Argus pre sents n reprint from tho Malheur Farm Hureau News ot this month ii nummary of tho work done by tho Ilurenii during the past year. From month to month Tho Argus has pre-, Rented tho report of tho County Agent nnd In Its news columns has told of tho work In various lines, hut we bollovo that many hnvo not ALEXANDER Leads the market and makes the whole sale prices of next season the retail prices of today. V Two of tho isost homellko ho tels In Cortland, located in the heart of tho shopping and than tor district All Oregon Kltctric trains slop at tho Howiuil Hotel, Urn House of Clioor. Kxcellont dining room In couneotlou. Tho Hotel Cornelius, tho Iloiixo or WuUoiuv I a two short blocks from the Hewnrd Our brown busses meet ull trains. Itato $1 50 and up W. C. Culbert boii, 1'ruprldtor given tho middle men; retailers, wholesalers, commission men hnvo materially aided In assembling tho product of distant regions for the consumption ot tho people of tho CltlOM. In tho Saturday Evening Post of Inst week IJerhcrt Atwood had an oxhnustlvo study of markotlng meth ods that Is well worth tho study of every student ot tho mnrketlng pro blom. Tho writer does not bcllevo that tho panacea for economic Ills has yet been found. Ho bollovcs that the co-operation of tho farmers will result in material savings in somo tines; but points out forcibly tho functions which tho retailer and the wholesaler performs In the mar kotlng ot America's products. Tho bonoflt of such studies ns Mr. Atwood and others will bo found In tho greater appreciation which the public will gain thru tho study of various functions of ovory clemont from tho producer to tho consumer It will tend to sober tho radical nnd to bring tho consorvntlvo to appro clnto tho fact that many changes may bo mndo In tho present system. Hut best of nil. It will mnko many think who hnvo never considered tho problems of distribution nt all. If tho American pcoplo really start thinking about this subject there is no doubt thoy will find tho Just sol ution. That Is what wo all want. gresslng In tho county, nnd therefore wo nro printing this condensed re port. Wo bollovo It Is worth the nt tentlou ot those who nro Interested In what Is going on hero now Professional Cards DRS. WEESE & FORTNER OFFICE HOUIIS: 9 to 12 and 2 to C. Office over First Nutlonnl Hank feleptionn No 33 J Ontario, Ore $50 Suits - - - T10 Oregon City y'O Mackinaws - - (Tfi Oregon City 40 Shirts - - - DR. A. R. ROBERTS Dontist Itettvecu Ontario I'lmriiu, l)CMlt, Phono 52 Hours, 10-12: 1:30-0 Houso calls Evonlngs by appolntmont Mado Phono 168 Electric Wiring All wiring done strictly to state laws. We build up to a standard, not down to a price. Griffith Electric Shop Telephone 228 J Signs The Things You Go By We Make Them Turner Bros. Barney pcte Ontario worn; with vouit nkighuoh Thero Is n groat moasuro ot truth In tho old statomont; "dUtnnco Iqnds enchantment to tho view." Hut that enchantment often Is not tho real thing, It lacks substnnco. In landscape It may be tho propor thing to ndmlro the disbud scene; hut In tho solution ot business and com munity affairs Is It not hotter to nd mlro tho qualities of those noar nt hand; to make nllowunco for defic iencies that wo may see in thorn which often wo magnify bocnuso wo know tho persons so woll nnd see them so ofton at clone raugo and while admitting that wo too bavo our faults togother work out our mutual huslnmw and community sal vation? For Ontario Ihoro is no mnglc wand that can wave uwny our trou bleu. Nor do wo have hero any dif ficulty that does not oxlst every where We nro Just ns well, If not better off than most communities in this land of ours; and so much bet ter off than tho communities of other lands, that wo should ho on- tlmlstlo indeed rather than posslmls- tic. Yet wo must not forgot that con ditions might ho better nnd that It Is i our duty to endeavor to mnko thorn bettor. How to do that Is tho pro blem. It means work, and who enn wo oxpect to work ror that hotter ment moro than thoso who havo oloctod to mako this community their homo? Can wo oxpect n strangor to como hero nnd work oa thoso who havo ovorythlng thoy own in this world InvMted horo? Can wo oxpoct a strangor to work hardor than thoso who havo long boon associated with tho growth of tho community, whoso children havo boon born horo nnd call this homo? No Indeed, wo bo llovo that whoro n man's heart Is, thoro his troasuro llos and thero hla best work will bo done. Tho problom of making Ontario a bettor plnco In which to llvo nnd tho country round about It moro pros perous Is our mutual problom, and It will bo solved by tho buslnoss mon ot Ontario nnd tho ranohors about tho city. Thore Is ns much ability, ns much energy right horo at homo as will ue found in any community of this slie. anywhere, wo veritably nollovo. Lot us connect this ability and thU loyalty to our community together nnd work out our own sal- vatton. DR. 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