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r MEDFORD -MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORP, ORECiOX, SUNDAY. MARCH 26, 1911. PAGE TWO lr.: ' '1 '!" ! !. i,i r. n f 7 ?1 IP I '' i I f hn J its I -'" 'I m PRICE OF BEEF MjS SLUMP Ye Thirsty Sons of the City Can Now Orticr Yc Amber Buy Juice at Five Cents Per Slingcr to the Rescue Great Rejoicing. The price of beer 1ms been dropped liy T. W. Slingcr oE Slingcr'a bur i'rpin 10c a jjIuhh to oc u kIiihh. Lust full the Hiiloointieii ,'ot to L'elbor mid niiHed Hie mice to 10c Slingcr lias long been debuting whether to cut or not and Innt even ing he decided to cut loose from the combine. A merry war is expected to fol low, this (ii)uouucenien(. ELKS TO ENTERTAIN LADIES NEXT THURSDAY , ( The local lodge of T. I 0. K. No J 1 (18 will give a ludies t-oeiul next Tliiirsduy evening. The evening will bo given over to plcumirc and after a miiHicuJ pro gram and "hIiiiiIh," the guests will be invited to u spread. Kvery Klk is urged to come an a penalty is pro vided for the -unlucky member who attempts to sag it. The social is given in honor of (he Indies who so generously helped to make i'Vn Diavolo a success. Also all of those members of tho cast and dlioriiK who are not members of the lodge are sent a special invitation to JP.H,S' WOMAN RIDES MILES TO GET GET AID FOR HUSBAND lUKlCKKPlHU), Oil., March 25.--To get aid for her husband, who had ben killed by tho accidental discharge ' of hiK own revolver, Airs. Frank AI Jiennott, rode 18 miles across tho des ert to lJvovvn. Ik'iniett was search ing for cnltlo on the desert wIilii his pistol foil from its hosier and was discharged. . JACKSONVILLE ITEMS School Superintendent J. 1 Wells was nu Ashland visitor one day this week. 'Ilonior HcoiuIh arrived from Seattle- recently and lias accepted a po sition with tho Iloguo Ulvor Valley Abstract Title company. Mrs. l 3. Steoastrup was Hliopplng In Medformd one day recently. Kraest lilstor, rormerly deputy sliorlff of .losophlno county, Is look ing up recormils In tho recorder's officii this week. Judge W W. CrmvB was over from AJedford Thursday on legal lmslness. i Mrs. 1, Hreoden wub a Medford ( visitor one day this week. noputy Sheriff U. 11. Dow went north ono night this week on official IiuhIukrs. . Will llauua of San Francisco was In town several days (his week pa a visit to Ills mother, Mrs. Helena Man ila. II. II. Durriold of Hold IIUl was among thovu attending court this woolt. lion. Heujamln L. Kddy of Uoho burg was at tho county seat this week, bolng ou hlu way to Klamath Falls. Mr. and Mrs. (5ns Newbury of Mod ford spent Thurmlay afturnoou la Jaekftoiivlllo. Chief of Police J. It. Cm-lino was down from Aahlniul this wool, ou lm Iuib before (ho uranil Jury. W. I Ihihiw and Dr. Hundy vvoro In town this week, being among (bono who HrcoiupHiiled tho guvoru or. J. I. Until tmniloy, (ho Cold Mill attorney, wan a builueB culler at tho oourllioitao thlti wwli, ns vvaa nlao ' Attorney Trofron of Auhluuil. J. T. SummorvlUo of Mud foul was a caller at the couut mat IhU week. Hurt Antiunion whn over from Mert furd on hutluew ono day tlurliiji tho wook. Charlos II. flay, deputy gtxino vvgr dou, u'H at the county Boat on offi cial liuviuo-aa Thura-lay. Mis. Dick, a recent arrival, li hwv Jug a cottHgo built ou the Iota bought from George l.ewla lu Lewis' nub dlvUlon. Tho 600 club met at the home of tho MUmhm CMlktiM last Wmluoaday and upuiit a very pleasant eveulug. After ourdH, refreauwi-mtM, conaltt tug of Ice cream and cake aud punch, wore Kitrvod, followetl by mualc. The iuambor of tin club preut wttre Mr. and Mrs. 11. Luy. Mr. aud Mm l.awli ITlrlch, Mr. and Mra. II. V. Collins. Mr. aud Mra. M. M. Taylor. Mlae lttalwlle Colltua. Jdiaa Kellla CoU Utiii, H. Wtlaou aud Clyda Shaw. TU elub will meet with Mra. M. M. Taylor nxt. Kveu at your' favorite al6r ytu will fiml miiihual bii'ing inurtuoi tie at luirtictilnr tijuaa -''aalaM, "barifitin." etc And your Itvoriia slovc'x adxcriMmttn-iiK dl heap yon fully ihIkuumI ttbt'iM i In -r .Mil Ilauklns for JlealtU. Combining Public utility corporations are, from the very nature of the service they render in a position to benefit a community far more than any other business of which a town or city may boast. The good they do readies far beyond the donations to charity and other worthy movements which eon Mituto the outward aud visible signs of public beneficence. They accom plish a far greater good than this, aud the effect of this good is not di minished by the fact that it is as a usual thing unrecognized. J n this dny of attnex on corpora tions of all kinds, we are not in the habit of considering (he fact that some of those corporations may, in the simple performance of their busi ness routine, be the greatest philan thropists of the day. Their benefne lions are not heralded, Carnegie-like through the public press; aud yet every public service corporation, even though it may have only an eye sin gle to increasing jts income, performs a duty to society which though over shadowed by the vilification of dis gruntled agitators, is deserving of far more recognition than it gels. The public service corporation has solved the problem of combining business aud philanthropy. This is particularly true of those dispensing electrical energy. What oilier single influence bus had as great an effect on general industrial and social con ditions in (ho Inst decade as electric ity? What influence has gone so far towards abolishing child labor, towards driving out sweat shops, to wards tho improvement of health con" ditions and towards the prevention of crime? Workers for progress in any ono of these linos have received unlimited praise, and justly, too. Why, then, should not the corpora tion receive its share of praise for (he benefits conferred upon society !y it? Is it because of a difference in motive? Docs no good result from efforts for (he improvement of so ciety unles (hose efforts are wholly unselfish' Why should (he desire to niako money out of philanthropy make that philanthropy any lcs praiseworthy? In my opinion, theindividual or the corporation who can bring reform to the most sutisfaclory commercial ba sis has donu more for society than all of the contributors to charity in the world. Wo may grant that the public service corporation is not a philanthropist from any high moral purpose. Wo must recognize that its efforts are due primarily to a desire to increase its profits, hut whntovoi the incentive for social reform may be, it has little effect on the tangible results produced. Klt'fdlelty and Labor. Take I he single instance of (lie ef fect electricity bus hud ou the la borer for shorter working hours .Many manufacturers could not prof itably give shorter hours at tho same pay. Along comes the oloolrie power man and induces the installation of electric equipment. It lessons the la bor of the working man and in al most every industrial application (he speed of production is increased The workiligmau has generally rueeived the benefit of (his increased production. It is ob vious (hat if a man's hourly output i iuerimsi'd J5 per cent the employer can cut down (he number of hour which (he laborer must work. Tho same thing is true in Hie case of child labor. A child is ubthiug but a human machine. It intelligence is not high. ( place in thciudulrinl world is just above that of tho pn chhh which can be entirely complet ed bv machinery. The application of electricity to mechanical equip ment lias in many case luado pokm lile (he creation of machinery1 which could do (he work for which chil dren were foruicriy employed and do it cheaper, because more accu rately and uioro rapidly than over done by any child. You cannot get at (ho employed of child labor through appealing to hi ttioral sense. Tin very 'fact that he in mii employer of children is prac tical proof that ho has no moral annuo. The only way to gel at him is through hi. hicetbook. and thi is vvlit the electric imvvpr man lin done. When you convince au eui jiloyer of child labor that child labor in uioi epiuive' (bun mechanical labor, MOcietuM for lh extinction of this form of inhumanity will become uimecvMHcy. lu the muuo way th public Nervier coiHiration haft taken greater Nttqts toward driving out s-wwaUhop than uny other influence. T1m weathop evil cannot thriv in ttiuitUiou wiili rwing machine which oiwrale any way from five to ten timet, the speed of a foot iower machine; and yet pmelii -allv the -nine grade of labor (he Mime intelligence- i required to operate a taiwer driven machine tint I in required to opera I a foot power HMH'hiue. Think of the (khyaical uV potnfort that eoiur about from cam Uliuuualv rocking baekand forth for ten lo fifteen hour a day operating the treadle of a heavy aewiug ma chine. Compare that with the eot at tunikut a awttoh wfctok will enter al that luucluue five limes a fa-t Business and with no physical exertion on your part whatever. You have there in a nutshell one of the greatest social reforms of the day. Tho Contribution to Hygiene. At the Natural History Aluscuin, New York City, they have a tuber culosis exhibit. I have not yet had an opportunity to visit it, but if the electric light and power companies are not large ly represented as lead ing factors in the fight against tu berculosis, they should be. They have driven the child from the factory lo tho open air,; they have driven the alien laborer from the swentshop to the loft. Where the air in a crowd ed room has .formerly been exhausted by exposed illiiininants, every parti cle of oxygen today is free for the use of the occupants of that room, because electric light consumes no oxygen, l'uro nil- is the greatest foe to tuberculosis, and tho'-e who pro vide electricity for industrial pur poses must be given their place among the philanthropists who have contributed to this great cause. I do not say that they are gener ous philanthropists, for generosity suggests self sacrifice. It is not self sacrifice of the public service cor porations to effect all this good. They arc doing it because it is profitable to them; (hey have made a business of philanthropy. In making monev lor themselves (hey arc improving (hcindiistrinl conditions of others they make it possible for others to make more money and usually when a man increases his income he ad vances his social position. He is enabled to live better, and in living belter his moral standard must be raised. This is all being accomplished on a strictly business basis, the basis on which all permanent advancement, commercial, social aud moral must be made. But it is not alone within the fac tory or within the sweatshop that the electric companies have done good. For years and years boards of health all over the country have energeti cally and ineffectually tried to abol ish the smoke nuisance. I know of no city in the country, except New York itself, where the smoke nuisance has been successfully combatted. Hides and rules have been promul gated; factory owners have been fined; every possible action has been taken and the chimney smokes on Then along comes the electric com pany and shows the manufacturer that electricity is cheaper, cleanei, more economical and more conven ient tliiin sleani power. The fires gi out nud another step has been taken towards abolishing the smoke nui sance, a step more advantageous than al lot' the ordinances and board of health rulings in the country. The offender's pooketbook has been touched, and the community is bene fited directly by the aggressiveness and business ability of the managers of the electric company. The Prevention of Crime. . But pei Imps tho greatest iiiflueucn for good which an electric company exerts in a community is in the pre vention of crime. This is aecoin liished through securing adequate street lighting. The electric company does not stop, howeyor, when it has induced (he city to place an electric light at every sheet intersection. Then it goes to the merchant and once more appealh to his pocket. The electric man says in effect.. Here is an elect tie sign which will cost von so much a mouth to run il. Hy hav ing (his sign in front of your store People who want to buy like to sec what you have, aud if they see what they want they will get it. If ,vou do not have the sign many will pass your aloro hy ami not give it a sec ond thought. Au electric sign will pav you from a business standpoint." Hut (hose arguments leave out ot consideration, tho benefits that such a sign confers upon the public ai large. It is only necessary to go dowu town any night to find that the popular streets are the well lighted streets, ajnl this is due to two rea sous. One is that light is quite as attrac live to a human being as it is to an insect; people always flock, to tin (enter of light. The uiipt brilliant !v lighted window ou the street U the imiki otlraotive one; the theater with the brightest front is Cie one bent pa tronised, (hi the ii'.h.r baud, (ho Ho ple flock to a veil lighted troi bc caiue it i a safe street. You do not hear of hold -no under the glare ot the electric light. The highwayman seeks the dark corner.. Kvery uiei- chant who puts up an electric aig.i throw light iu a corner which wight have harbored a robber. Kvery mer chant huo light bio window brilliant ly makes it impossible for a burglar lo iin thosr windows tu make au en trance to hi property. 1 have had statements from min or of aoiue of the large! citiea in thu country testifying to the ad van? tagae of adequate aireel ligbtin-: One went o far a to say thai if all of the electric signs- not to men tion the rily street light lug cn lkM away it would b wwmamy i pruclicully double the Klicc fore Philanthropy tho taxpayer, for street lighting alone due to the lighting company's aggressiveness in securing thonstal lation of electric signs. The churches have just begun lo reulize the tremendous influence whicli can be exerted by au electric sign. Some of them have iillumi lintcd crosses above their lowers Others have "Welcome" sign-- ovei the doors an insistent demand on Consider, then, the yearly saving to the passer-by that he enter. The church can use the electric sign jul as effectively n the brewer hut the church has got to find that out. Indirect Competition for Franchises. Jt is universally recognized Hint light attracts attention. Kvery ex position strive to outdo, it, prede cessor in the matter of decorative lighting. Why? Simply because it attracts attention. Kxnotly the same principle applies to a street. The well-lighted street attracts atten tion, the crowd flocks there; every merchant on the street benefits; h" does business that he would not b if the street were not well lighted The principle that applies to the street applies to the city; the well lighted city is the one to whicli peo ple flock, It is the one of which its icsideuts are justly most proud, so that every merchant who contributes to the lighting of the streets of his city is a civic benefactor. lie is do ing his share to make his city worthy of tho affection and pride of its in habitants; he is helping to make the city attractive to new capital, to new residents, and iu that way to increas ing the business of the community. It would be a difficult mutter to estimate the iucrense in taxable valtu: that has been caused by the introduc tion of electricity. The house which is wired for electric light demands a higher rent than one not so equip ped. It is more easily rented. Ps whole value therefore is increased The same thing is true of factory and loft buildings equipped with electric motive power. Such equipment must bo recognized us a distinct financial advantage. I might go on and show you a doz on more ways or perhops a hundred more ways lii which the application of electricity has contributed to wurds the advancement of a city. Jt has been said many times that pub lic service companies give no ade quate return for the franchises given t hum by the public. It bus been said many times that cash payment should be made for (licso franchises, and vet I venture to' say, (hut the actual benefits to a community derived from the introduction of electricity alone are, so great that the greatest profit from the mosj exhorbitaut corpora tion in the country would sink into insignificance beside them. I do not believe in huge profits for (heso corporations, but 1 do be lieve that they should be uiven credit tor the' good they do. .Many of them iu the past have taken unfuir advantage of the public. This bus resulted in the creation of pub lic service commi-ious in several stales, and moro will undoubtedly be created iu the very near future. It is tlm business of these commission! lo create a balance between the prof its which rightly tuny be the due of the corporation and the benefits which these corporation confer upon the public. It is a delicate job, but in (he long run it must be sutisfuc lory because unless (his balance i-. preserved the results will be fli-tim t - ly harmful to lith. Notice Fruit Growers Wo have leased tho Page PackliiK house and will operate In tho Mod ford district this coming soasou. Wc aro tho second oldest company In California and aro members of the California Fruit Distributors who handled TU iur cent ot the deciduous fruit out of California this past sea son. Call on our northwestern agent K. M. McKeany, room 1 Stewart building and talk matters over with rim before making your seasons ar rangements. Advances mado If de sired. l'ltODUCKUS I-'ltriT CO. llasklua tor Iloaltr It's .i lumilnK Elian.1 lut tho owner of two of tl r swolloet, btrii-tlv up-to--lHte liungalovvB In Mini foul 1ms given us TWO HAYS OM.Y In with h to roalUi' ai-tual COST. The lot have ilouhloil in value. CuimMtt stUevvalks all atl for--jour gain. CI.OSi: IN COME TODAY Utt iu tihovv ou Phone 1092. Oregon Realty & Mining Co. nit) (iiiiiH-tt-roivy linimiHK, I Here Is a Platting Proposition for You The most desirable tract of land in the city of Medford for a platting proposition is now on the market. Eight Acres on Jac Between Summit and This is to be the first block paved in iMedford this year. The tract 'is near the new Jackson school and lots are in ' demand in that vicinity. This tract has been platted into , ' forty lots, but .never put on the market before. "WATER and SWWlDl? are in and paid iui'ull on every lot on Jackson Boulevard. Jackson is to be the longest paved boulevard in the city. Jt will be the most popular automobile drive and will un doubtedlv become one of Iledl'ord's BEST RESIDENT STREETS. The Price 201 Earl YFS Vines, Plants, Rose guaranteed to please EDEN VALL pitee Sn N CentraI Ave" N. S. i THE Cumberland Furnished Rooms Suites with private bath Kooms include large oloeets ami sleeping poivbe. Also hot rnd ookt vvator iu oouueotlon. Breakfast s.enMsl, If dlrtJ. lloooption rooms for guMts. GtnUetnttti only. 70G S. Oaktlale Ave. MEDFORD, ORE. vjCHliCHldL Is Tli is figures just $27.") per lol, and surrounding lots are selling today from $450.00 up. They will bring over $000' each when the paving is completed. By conservative fig ures this proposition will net the buyer a PROFIT OF $5700.00 IN ONE YEAR. THIS IS HANDLED EXCLUSIVELY BY T Garnet-Corey Buildiu I still have a Fruit Trees, Bushes. ' EY NURSERY M liiinery Correct A HAT OP MERIT NO MATTER WHAT PRICE IP BOUGHT AT THE H ome iviiiimerv OPEN EVENINGS. ksoe Boulevard Columbus Ave's. 01 nice stock of Shade Trees, J All ;tocl Bennett i in Style 1021 W. NINTH ST. y it