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j ' l ... ' PAI1Y t'AriTAIi JOURXAL. XAtEW. OliEHOX, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1012. ' k PAUE THRF .' " ' tI T 7i ., . A I ... J ' r- : , , , LIC ROAD PROBLEMS ADD ROAD COflSTflUCTIOfi nr a Nature Student.) fclem Journal: I w sh to Tnft present and future &m and roadwork ) 1 11 Ualiflcation or past, a"" j -..ha qua""1-"..,.- inrliirllne v -nod Rupervm". u 4t X of our county courts, K?the work that has been iSfeSf 20 years I . in teaming upon our oads at various times, seasons and places; and over roads from extra good to the very worst nilry mud: . and also as one who has been em ployed at various times, under such road supervisors for the past 15 years or more. I have noticed that the idea has been freely and frequently expressed through the public press and by del egates to the state good roads' con ventions, that the money expended i NEVy CLOTHING SPECIAL BARGAINS ' ''en S VVOOI ranis, wniict weignta, umy Hen's Woolen Suits, new grey patterns, only $8.50 suit 's Woolen Suits, the new browns only ..$9.00 suit Hen's Navy Blue all-wool serge suits, only $8.75 suit He's New Suits at $7,50 to $12,50, ALL SPECIALS Socks, Underwear, Garters, Neckwear, ; Gloves, Suspenders, Shoes, Overshirts, . Hats, Overalls, Jumpers, Blankets. HAMILTON and BROWN Shoes, all leather, the best for wear. IROSTEIN & GREENBAUM 240 and 246 COMMERCIAL STREET SSS 2 " .E FRESH FROM THE OVEX Ml II m ..Mill 73 IW ' Many people declare our bread Is the best thing they ever tasted. It rlnnun't ht.pt tl.ft.r. in ant It nlthnt vsiz There's no dyspepsia In our bread. I 1 Jl 1 1 A li. wholesome as well as delicious. Have us send you a loaf or so every morn ing for a while. You'll like it if you like good bread. CAPITAL BAKERY 439 Court Street Phone 954 THROUGH TICKETS SOLD BY Oregon Electric Railway i - : .? He Mil tickets through to Seattle, Tuconm, Vuncouver, B. C, fpoto, Minneapolis, St. Foul, Chlcnso, Denver, Omaha, Kunias ('ll)i St. Louis anil other poults. LIMITED TRAINS EAST LeitYe Portland 9:55 a. in., and 7iu0 p. m, dully Observation cars, com partment, standard and tourist sleeping cars, Mug curs and modern conches. o cluni(?c of stations 1n Portland the , Oregon Electric Ry. and fee Korth Hunk Itoiid use the Korth Bank Station. Tickets, schedules, sleeping car accomodations, etc, will he ar wnsed on repest. . , ! 4 IomconI j 1 laicim 1 1 ij W. I CO MAN j freight and Pass. Agt. Portland, Ore. C. E. ALBUM General Agent Salem, Ore Mpon our ronila lh i. ... t v wafed- A morp false, mUh not wand H,nJu8t could not well be expressed; and anyone honestly holding such an opinion Is totally ignorant of condi- have labored; and have never been a close personal contact with them In such work. People should learn and .renllzo that farmers have been repeatedly fined for refusing to serve as road supervisors; which is a po litical appointive , position. When and whore did there ever exist a po tlcal appointive position filled by the- city chaps, wherein the duties were made so disagreeable and vex atious,, the pay so meager and the condemnation an hittoi. mat tnov wr fr.rr.,1,1 ..,. .. n.llll... 1 illUDL Ull- willingly , to accept the position through a system of fines? It In only the country people that have open called uinm to fill 8UCh disa greeable positions: Is proposed to put roadwork in the u or paying jobs, the farmer must be kicked out, and the city pol iticians in official capacities must take his placo. No one can build good permanent roads without adequate means for such purpose; so lot us Investigate into the means that has been at the disposal of our road supervisors and county courts, and also the results that have been accomplished. I will write about the rnnrt Afful county, giving the amount of road tax levied, the expenditures for roads and bridges and a part of the results foi the past six years. From the county records I find that the following amounts were levied and ooiwtwi for road purposes during the past six years: Assessment Taxes available during 1906 10,08 1907 ...t 13,10!- 1908 18,9ir, 1909 30,22f. 1910 41,5(i0 1911........ 63,856 For 30 Year. tha Standard I Remedy for Due&ses of Mucous Mcxkrane Euwrimeed p?unnrfrti will fcll 70a Big G ! VH accepted aUodud remedy for diHHc ot no out ineiabnoea-ducbtrKei from the new, throat ua nnnur ormu. Aroid ubsutute. Taeipe rSf,.' w dB;. Big G, ied emrywheratloce Has proved tale end reluible. Non-puisonuui, nlucptie and tonic in ill properties, conlaining no auier nitrate, line eulphate. alcohol, cocaine, or any narcotic, it may be naed full atrength nth out fear. Why not cure jounc If? Sold by drug. f.'"iT.we h,D eipr prepaid, npon receipt of 1. FJill particolara encloaed with each boule ci nailed tcaledmplain envelop on tequeat. Tlx Etus Chtmkal Co, CiKinutl, Oh!., U.S.A 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 Total road tax for 6 yrs. . .$177,842 This does not Include the noil taxes collected during such nerlod. so I will give the actual expendi tures for roads and bridges for the past six years, as taken from the country records and published in the Dnllng Obsoiver- of November 17, 1911. Year. For Roadwork. For Brldees. 1906.......$ 16,137-Gl 1S07 26.998.00 1908 64,624.27 1909 40,033.16 1910 55,626.56 To Nov. 7 1911 55,786.08 $ 5,172.50 ' 9.082.2S 10,019.02 5,172.00 ?,773.50 259.37 Total 6 yrs. $249,205.58 $37,475.67 Annual aver.$41,534.26 v 6,246.45 I have been Informed by County Judge Coad that there are over 1500 miles of roads. In the county; about 325 miles of which are the main traveled roads leading Into the trade centers of Dallas, Independence, Monmouth, Falls City, Perrydale, Mo Coy, Ball a ton and other places. Taking the total road mileage' of the county as a baBls, we find that the road expenditures amount to less than $28; and the bridge expendi tures about $4 per mile, annually, for such period. Previous to ' that time the expenditures were much less, as may readily be seen from the amount expended In 1906, which was less than $11 per mile upon our present road mileage. Question: What would expert high cost road builders accomplish with $11 to $37 per mile, annual expendi tures? (To be continued.) HIGH COST OF LIVING AND ITS REMEDY Writing for the Yearbook of the department of agriculture in 1910, G. Harold Powell, then pomologist and acting chief, bureau of plant indus try, said: 1 "The handling and marketing of crops through co-operative associa tions is more highly devoloped in fruit growing than in any other agri cultural industry in America," The department of agriculture set the seal of its approval on this dic tum by publishing it in Its year book. It also gave official Indorsement to what followed, In the text, namely. "These cooperative organizations are formed to purchase the supplies used In the production and market ing of the crops, to standardize the harvesting, handling, grading, and j m Mero Is Only Otto That Is LoizniiwQ Bposmo- 'duinino VSTO THE WORLD OVER TO CURE A COLO IM OHE DAY. aya remember the full name. Look he tL signature ou every box. 25o. wra nwi Pwm 1 ivtarvei WW if) n 11 n ti t! packing of' the fruit, to 'sell the fruit of the hiembers as a unit under what ever system of- marketing Is adopted, to prevent disastrous competition by bringing about ah equitable distribu tion throughout the country, and to handle the fruit business In other ways collectively rather than Individ ually, whenever It can be done more economically and effectively. There are several hundred of these asso ciations among the fruit growers of tho Western states and a number that. are successful among the fruit growers In the central west , and along the Atlantic Coast" ; This author was well aware of the difficulty of effecting such organiza tions among farmers, but he was em phatic in his declaration of the bene fits accruing from them. "No other agency," said he, "Is so powerful In bringing about better farming , better methods 'of handling the industry, a greater prosperity, and a better com munity than a group of farmers who are successfully organized to protect and develop their agricultural inter ests." ' So valuuble and Interesting are the remarks of this authority on the ef fects and principles of cooperation that nnyone Interested is recom mended to get from the department of agriculture the leaflet republished from the Yearbook for 1910, and des ignated as "Y, 1). Separate 646.' Perhaps it was strange that Mr. Powell should find himself engaged, late in the direction of one branch of work carried on by such cooier ative societies. He was sent to Flor ida, California and other state by the department of agriculture to solve certain problems related to the ship ment and cold storago of fruit Through the work ho Inaugurated and carried on, the fruit growers have been saving, millions of dollars. They Jelt that his talents could woll he .employed permanently In their In teroHts and they Induced htm to ac cept the office of secretary and man-ni-pr of the Citrus Protective League, which is assoclnteH closely with the Fruit Growers' Kxchange, the latter h,.inir . cooperative society of grow ers controlling the larger part of the in the last annual re- rr nf General Manager B. A. Wood r,A 1,0 Khows that the Exchange hnmiimi during the past yoar 10, sa9R.11 boxes, or 28,123 carloads of ornnnes and lemons, a little over 61 " " . . .... rollrr.rali rmn: ner cent 01 me iuum about 40 per cent of all the oranges, and 35 per cent of the lemons con sumed in the United States Thejre- tti; fruit T.'crc 'Z"iw,wt, and" the' average price paid for the fruit "free on board cars," was $1.89 ,er box. During the - seven years ... -vMumire has been In existence, lit has sold for cah about WMOO.WO worth of oranges ,. " ' tainlng these facts, found himself growing enthusiastic. He wrote: "I thank you most heartily for sending me this most remarkable document the report bf the general manager to the stockholders of the California Fruit Growers' Exchange. There ought to be enough Inspira tion In the work of this association, as shown In this document, to lead the producers of agricultural pro ducts throughout the entire country to take up cooperative methods of marketing this products and pur chasing their business supplies. Nothing could more emphatically, state the elllciency of the ; manage ment of tills cooperative concern than that its losses through non-collection of bills have been, only about 1-150 one per cent "One most Impresnlve fact. Is- that for six or seven cents per box, you can pay all the expense of markoting, including your wonderful system. of advertising and of statistical, infor mation which enables you to system atically distribute your car and brok en shipments to the cities and towns in proportion to their immediate needs, thus serving the consumers, at all times, with a splendid product at a moderate price. I wish tho people of the entire country could grasp the significance of the work that Is being done by your two associations, as shown by the result, given In this re port. "The members of your organiza tion have every good reason to feel grateful that they have had a loss of less than $1 in $10,000, thus giv ing them almost perfect assurance for payment of their products, as com pared with the anxious watting for returns, and too often loss through Inelllclency and dishonesty under the ordinary plan of shipping to un known commission mcrchunts at a distance." Tho expense of marketing fruit un der this plan has been about 6 cents a box. It Is said that 150,000 persons depend on this iuduBtry for a living, in whojo or in part and the $34,000,000 returns from the season's sales, divided among tills number, would be about $230 ecb. r It is not Intended that the reader should think that the 150,000 persons In Question have no other sources of income, One of tho" Important functions of the Exchange is the selling of sup plies to momberi. . An orange' wrap per 1b a small bit of tissue paper, and yet it took 150 carloads' of this paper to meet the needs of the Kx change for; wrapping oranges. The supply' department handled 2,500 car loads of snooks, about 250,000 worth fertilizer, a large quantity of nails, labels',.'- and minor supplies and it Bpent with the newspapers of the country for advertising, to promote sales and educate grocerymen to the use of newspaper Bpace, the sura of $100,000, which will be Increased to $150,000 during the coming year. With its splendid organization, the Exchange has been able to do a very considerable brokerage business for other organizations of farmers and fruit growers, who have had all the advantages gained by the Exchange through yeara of experience for a small brokerage foe, the latter, how ever, being about enough to pay for bonuses given to meritorious sales men, a plan which, the manager re ports, "has so far proved remarka bly successful and has been the cause of more efficient sorvlce through a healthy rivalry on the part of all employes to excel each other In doing their very best" Considering what these men have done In the face of great obstacles, is it any wonder that they are proud of their achievements or that they are prepared to make "the fight of their lives" when they bellove that an attack Is aimed at the structure so laboriously built up7 Suppose, for a moment, we look at a statement which has recently been put out re garding them and their business: California shipped 18,000,000 boxes of citrus fruits in 1911. This fruit wa produced by 10,000 farmers. The citrus industry supports 150,- 000 people who are large consumers of the products oT other states. Fine California seedless navels, now eaten by everybody, are selling for $1.00 a box less than the seed lings formerly Imported. I Fine, good-keeping California lem ons are selling for lees than imported lemons of four or five years ago. As the California lemon Industry devel opes and the supply Increases, the prices will be still lower because ci trus fruits are perishable and must be sold. As the cost of production consists largely of labor, the California ci trus Industry could not have devel oiiod without a tariff duty to equal ize the cost of labor In this country and abroad. This Industry Is the best Illustra tion of the benefits of protective tar iff; It supports 150,000 people; It furnlsea an Important article of food for all of tho people; It has greatly improved the quality and has re duced the prices that prevailed when the consumer was furnished with Im ported fruit alone. Without California competition thti orange and lemon business would be In the hands of a small group of New York importers now combined with a small group in Italy to break down the home Industry, and when so broken, to Increase the price of lemons. For tho first time In American his tory, foreign exporters have openly and brazenly organized, raised an Immense slush fund and tried to break down ' the home Industry, which Is supporting an army of American people. For the first time an organized foreign trust has had the audacity to attempt to eorruptly - shape legisla tion in tho United States. What the trust would do if successful is shown by the price of lemons In -Canada whore there Is no duty and whore the retail price Is as high as In this country. Should they succeed In killing the Industry In ' California they would make prices from day to day and the consumer would pay a higher price for a porer quality of fruit During the . heat of last summer, when the Importers In New York were reshlpplng the Italian lemons from New York to Europe to advance home prices, California shipped 1,000.000 boxes to tho East and com pelled a reduction of $3 a box be tween June and August. Without this contribution from California prices would have soared to $10 or $12.50 a box, as did occur each year befoce California had sufficient crop to compete, and the Importers would have wrung millions of dollars from tho suffering public, The average wholesale price of Italian lemons In New York In Au gust, 1911, was $2.60 per box, or less than 10 cents per dozen. The avor- age wholesale price during August, i; The Smart Shop of Salem I ,5 f 1 f . 'A. New Spring Waists and Shirt We have just received from oar Mr. Shipley, who is now in (he New York Market, a ship ment ef new Spring Waists in Linen and Madras. These kids soft collars and cuffs, tailored, embroidered and lingerie styles. Priced from $2.75 to $10 ii HAIR GOODS Mrs. Overstreet of Portland is conducting a sale of hair goods in our store. She has one of the largest stocks on the Pacific coast. Formerly had two stores in Portland, but has closed these up and will dispose of her entire stock on the road. If there is anything in the hair goods line that you need she can suit you as the stock is most complete. i U. G. Shipley Company (1 V A 1 Ask Your Grocer for it H growers, and the los.es through fall Si f,re to collect, or In transmission of H hve been less than $6,000, H " i-r.n f one ner cent. 4 government official in aeknowl SZZSJ C(,glng the receipt of the report con- M -mm a. , - ' - III,! f US ! lajr - v list i ' ' t. . I-...' i.i..ar mjm irtvrrnlarities. for backache, rheumatism, kidney or bladder trou e, a ,ubstitutea. Foley Kidney Pill, are tonic 'la action r9?w"- . . . . , . RED CROSS PHARMACY. - How Abiut i IM Life ofj v ; Your Collar Note the linen finish note the length of time you are able', to wear your shirt And (collar renci iui uiciiiori and they will bo clean longer. i . You will be perfectly com fortable when wearing one of our collars the proof of the pudding Is In the eating of It. Give us a trial. Our wagons call and deliver In all parts of the city, i ' i . Capital Gity Laundry ' i I'HO.NE MM ICS SALEM DANK & TRUSY CO. GENERAL BANKING AND THUST MJSINEH8 With our awufance that we are able and willing to take care of It, we solicit your . Banking Business. Open an account with us, and we will extend you every favor con ststent with good banking prin ciple. WE TAT FOCR PER CENT . ON SAVINGS ,. -. Liberty fitreet. Just off State' J. L. AHLEHH, President,' ; W. O. EAST, Cashier, 8. I. EAST, Vlce-PrM. DR. L. B. BTEEVE3, .u H. ROBERTS, Director. "Made in Oregon" 'S BAKING POWDER lie It Ton will And ooue belter niude anywhere. Quality Popular U 145-147 North Liberty Street, s MEUCHAKDISE Between State and Court, PUICES 1910, when the Importers had more complete control of the eastern mar ket, was $3.67 per box. Monti. Evey story is supposed to convey moral; either expressed or Im plied, The moral hereof should be obvious. The producers must stand together and make the middlemen their agents, rather than their mas ters. The consumers must get clos er to the producers, and by eliminat ing waste in handling, reduce the cost Finally, home products should be preferred to those raised under a foreign flag. IIow Cold Affects the K'dney". , Avoid taking' cold If your kidneys are sensitive. Cold congests the kid neys, throws too much work upon them, and weakens their uctlcn. Se rious kidney trouble and even llrlgrt 3 dlsoase may result. Strengthen your kidneys, get rid of the pnln and sore ness, build thent up by the timely use of Foley Kidney Pills. They will cure any case of kidney or bludder trouble not beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more. Red Cross Pharmacy (II. Jerman). For a sprain you will find Chamber lain's Liniment excellent. It allays the pain, removes the soreness, and soon restores the Parts to a healthy condition. 25 and B0-c,out bottles for sale by all dealers. "W ' at. IM !! ' M FRENCH FEMLE DPILLS. A Sir, CivroM Riun ftor Rmu.n V.mmnUTio., NtVEM IN0WN TO fAlt. 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