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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1938. FIVE 'Farmers and City Workers Are Partners'-President Roosevelt In his Labor Day address President Roosevelt told the people of the Nation somo pertinent facts about the necessity of farmers aud In dustrial workers pulling together to guard their common interests. He cautioned against the small minority in America which is endeavoring to drive a wedge between rural uud urban workers for their own selfish economic welfare. Taking as a text "Wo are all members, one of another," the Presi dent said: '"There is no distinction between those who run furms, or work on farms, and those who work in in dustry. Most of tbe people in cities have come there compara tively recently from farms all over tho country aud from farms of the Old World from which, originally, we ail came. "America has always had and Amorfca, still has a small minor ity who assume that there are not enough good things to go around to give that minority all it wants aud at the same time to give the rest of America the overwhelm ing majority of America a . hu mane and modern Btaudurd of liv ing. "Even today that minority Js short-sightedly sure that its in terests must lie in exploiting all who labor on the farm as well as In the mill and the mines. "llut at the same lime, all over this country the unity or interest of all common men and womcu .warm-hcartedd, simple men and women, willing to live and let Hvo, whether in factory or on farm grows steadily more evident, "Clearer every day is tho one groat lesson of history the les son taught by tho Master of Gali lee that tho only road to peace, tho only road to civilization, is the road to unity the road called tho 'Highway of Fellowship.' "Hut as this community of in terest becomes apparent to those who live on farms and in cities, U1.0 stratogy of the cold-blooded fr.vi- ( .lliriiln o iwl rr..w.i in- I,. 'make common men blind to their common Interests, becomes more active. "Class conscious Itself, just be cause it does conceive Us interest to be opposed to the interest of all other people, that small minority is dollbcrately trying to create prejudico between this and that group of tho common people of America to creato a new class feeling among people who instinc tively nro not class conscious. "Today, abovo all else, that mi nority Is trying to drive a wedge between tho farmers on one "hand and their relatives and their logi cal partners in tho cities on the oilier. "It is trying to narrow the broad definition of 'labor' in the mind of the fanner, who, above all peo ple, has always known what it meant to have to labor from sun up to sun-down. "It is trying to make the fann er forget that tho people in the cities who, llko him, labor for muii uiiny uil'ehi, are ins own peo ple, flesh ot his flesh and blood of his blood, Americans -just like him. "You who Hvo on the farm know well how farmers were exploited by thoso who controlled govern ment from tho end of the World War lo 1033 and by tho monop olies they fostered which still give us trouble. "Hut 1 think you realize also Unit for many long years indus trial labor was exploited, too. "Fanners have come to realize that unlnKfl induHtrhi! I'ibor i prosperous it cannot buy tho food GREETINGS GRANGERS! L R. CHAMBERS Used Car Store Old Liberty Theatre BIdg. Roseburg, Oregon and the materials for clothing which aie produced from the nf. "Industrial labor Has come to understand that unless the farm ers of the country are prosperous they cannot buy tbe product of tho factories. "Economic lesson No. 1 of the past 20 years is that men and wo men on farms aud men and wo men In cities, are partners. Amer ica cannot prosper unless both groups prosper. That is the key stone in the arch of the economic and social policy of your admini stration in Washington." 60 Years in Grange WMtiT"-l--iwi i arr' An Enojyable Picnic The Lane County Pomona Grange picnic hold in Western bane county at Sutton Lake For est Camp, September 5, was pro nounced a grand success, with about 250 people present and W. L. Baker, Master of Maple Creek Grange uud member of the State Grange Agricultural committee, acting as toastmaster. - Henry Gustafsou, Coos county deputy; tho Gran go Wholesalo lo cal manager, Uro. Fcuton; State Master Itay W. Gill, State Over seer Morton Tompkins, State Ag ricultural Committeeman Vern F. Livesay, Lane County Agricultur al Agent O. S. Fletcher, and Lane County Deputy Frank Harlow were tho speakers of the day. With a bountiful dinner furnish ed by tho Western Lano Grang ers and melons furnished from the Willaiuctto valley, everyone had a fine time. This is an annual event and overyono is invited. Come again next year. o Child Labor Ban Takes Effect September 24th Generally obscured by tho wago and hour provisions is the fact that tho Fair Labor Standards Act will effect a complete ban of child labor after September 21. This date Is one month before, tho act as a whole- becomes offec tive. Teeth provided In the child labor section of tho. act bring this ubout. The act prohibits shipment In interstate commerce of goods pro duced in establishments in, or about, which oppressive child la bor has boon ompioyed within 30 days. Thereforo, an employer may not abandon child labor on October 23 then ship goods produced by such labor on October 21. He must wait HO days after abandoning child la bor. Oppressive child labor is de fined as: Employment of anyone under lti In manufacture or min ing; employment of anyone under 16, except by a parent, in any oc cupation; employment of anyone between 1G and 18 in occupations declared by tho Children's Bureau to be hazardous or detrimental to health. In occupations, other than manufacturing of mining, children between H and l(i may bo grant ed permits for work if the Chil dren's Bureau finds such employ ment will not interfere with schooling or health. Nehalem Valley Grange Thanks Many for Help Mrs. Tynne Twombly, Secretary. Editor Bulletin: The Nehalem Valley Grango in Clatsop county would like to thank the. following Granges for their help recently given us: Sparta, Stewart, Dixie, Keating, Summit, South Benton, Tualatin, Warner, Damascus, Eagle Creek, Colton, Foothills, Columbia, Natal, Wincma, Canaan. Arch Kock Cen tral Point, Altmont, Four Oaks, Crow, Dorcna, Lower Urnpqua. Gravclford, McKlnley and Kock ford. We also wish to thank tbe Granges that so kindly wroto us I but were unable to help. Right of Way There seems to be a great var iance of opinion among motorists as to tho Interpretation of "right of way." Arguments are usually settled in this fashion. Tho fel low who gets out ot the hospital first has "the ridtt of way." CARR'S H 100 25 Variety Store A Department Store of Small Items Quality at Popular Prices We are the nly Variety Store giving Grange Sales Slips ROSEBURG REEDSPORT J. T, Chitwood, above, Is a former chaplain of the State grange, whose home is Boring. Clackamas county. Has bnen a member of the organization for more than 60 years. Has attend ed sessions of the Oregon State grange when less than 30 Oele gates were present. At the Klam. ath Falls meeting last June there were over 600 accredited dele gates. 1 Guerrillas Will Beat Nippon, Americans Say The guerrilla tactics of tho Chi nese have been so enormously suc cessful that the Japaese army in China is "slowly bleeding to death," according to two medical missionaries now making their first visit to tho United States siuco tbe outbreak of the war aft er having spent many years in hospitals and lied Cross work in China. The two men are Dr. Walter II. Judd, an American, who lias been in charge of the Fenchow hospital of the American Hoard of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, and Dr. Hobert McClurc. a Canadian, who has been field director for the International Hed Cross in Central China. Dr. McClure was cxtromely opti mistic about China's chances for victory, lie said his own observa tions had convinced him that Ja pan "hasn't tho ghost of a chance" to win the war aud explained that tiiis opinion was shared by all for eign military attaches in China. Uoth medical missionaries bas ed their faith in Chinese victory upon the activities of tho Chinese guorrillas. In support of their conclusion, they offered the cases of two Japanese divisions that have been slowly annihilated by guerrillas. They said that one division of 20,000 men had been reduced to 5,000 within two months although it had not fought a slnglo battle. A second, division, which arriv ed In China In January, was cut from 20,000 to 12,500 men by l-Jiistcr by guerrillas who ambush ed or otherwise attacked small groups of the division at various times. When tho Chinese cut the dikes of the Yellow River, the re sulting flood killed off 12,000 more men, the missionaries said. "Of the original division of 20, 000 men, only 500 are left now and the commander has gone back to Japan to organi.c an entire new division,", they emphasized. "That is what has been happening to Japan all along the line. "Tho Japanese Army today con trols a sni'Ul ribbon, about ten miles wide, along tho main rail roads, and that .is all, aud at night even this so-called occupa tion is reduced. "The word 'occupy' when it re fers lo the .lapaneso advance in China should always be used with quotation marks. The Japanese control in reality is extremely lim ited. Behind the ribbon of Japa nese control, the Chinese go on as usual, their anti-Japanese spirit grqwing stronger and stronger. "lhe Chinese do not expect to win any big battles. They yield to the advancing Japanese Army as a river yields to a rock in the way by going around It. Hut in time, just as a river conquers all in its path, so will China engulf ad destroy the Japanese." Conference Program 1938 12 noon. Cooperative dinner. 1:45 P.M. Open with singing. 2:00 P.M. "Orange Opportunities." Ray W. Gill. 2:15 P.M. "Agriculture and Its Future." Morton Tompkins. 2:30 P.M. "Hitch You Wagon to a Star." Mrs. G. W. Thicsscn. 2:45 P. M. ."What Next?" Bertha J. Beck. 3:00 P.M. Floor Demonstrations In charge of state deputy. 3:20 P. M. "What Clubs Are Doing For Us." Mrs. W. J. Wilcox. 3:35 P.M. "Problems of the Juvenile Grange." Mrs. L'Rena Slack. 3:40 P.M. "The Grange Bulletin." Article to bo read. 3:50 P.M. Talk by county agent. :05P. M. Question Box by state deputy. :25 P. M. Recess. 5:00 P. M. Dinner. 7:00 P. M. Group meetings Masters, Lecturers, Secretaries, H. E. C. and Agricultural committees. 7:50P.M. Talk on National Grange. Ray W. Gill. 8:00 P. M. Fifth degree. 9:00 P.M. Grange Fire Insurance. C. W. Pattison. 9:15 P.M. Sixth degree. CAST FOR SIXTH DEGREE Master Ray W. Gill. Overseer Morton Tompkins. Lecturer Mrs. G. W. Thiessen. Steward the state deputy. Chaplain Bertha Beck. Pomona Mrs. W. J. Wilcox. Flora Mrs. L'Rena Slack. Lady Assistant Mrs. Nan Gill. The other offices will be filled locally In each district. 1 The do not have speaking parts in the degree. European Quarrels Are . No Business of America Thoro linn been much agitation ill this country on tlio part Of var ious groups and from time to time on the part of liiKh government officials to lure tho Anioicun people away from a policy of neu trality Into ii willingness to take an active part in the settlement of huroiiean quarrels. If time is on tho side of peace in Europe, it is certainly on tho Ride ot Deacc in this country, whatever happens in Europe, for the more time Ameri cans have to observe and think about what is going on over I hero the more they must be convinced that a thorouKh-goini; readitisr ment which only Kurope itseir can make is the ono thing that will serve any useful purpose. Although the administration has made it clear that it will at tempt' to do away with the neu trality law at tho next session of Congress, it Is an Interesting in dication of tho way the voters . feel about it that Senator Nye, I sponsor of the neutrality law, : was renominated, anil Senator I'ope, learling opponent of the I law, was defeated for renomina jtlon. A determined effort on the part of the administration in the !next Congress, to repeal the neu trality law In order that the presi dent may be entirely unhampered Douglas county grange membtirs will have an opportunity Saturday, Octuber 1, to uujoy the annual grango conforonco program, brought to this city by the officers of tho state grange. Tho confer ence will lo hehl at Kivorsdule grango hall. Designed particularly ns a school for officers and committee chair men, theso conferences, which uro held In principal centers through out the state, uro open to all grunge members, and h!,v". in tho oust, been attended by huge numbers ot the Douglas county grangerr,, who have found tho sessions to be of great interest aud very helpful. Various officers anil chairmen of stale grango departments will give short talks concerning grange work and activities, after which there v. Ill bo opportunity for round table discussions by the members. Of particular iiuportauco in con nection with the fiirlhcomlng con ference will bo tho fifth and sixth degree ceremonials, at which time u largo class, made up of members from tho various cuhordinutc granges of tho county, will nssumu the obligations. Thuso two ilogrues uro preparatory to tho Bovonth, or national, degreo, which will bo conferred at thu natluual conven tion in 1'orlland. Visit Ing stale officers will oc cupy tho various chairs for tho do gree work, while tho treasurer, secretary, galekeeper, Ceros and executive conunilleo will bo se lected from among qualified Doug l.ui county grangers In attendance. A picked group of 1(1 ladies from several granges will bo presented in coslumu to conduct tho beautiful lioso drill con. ecteil with tho de gree work. and unrestricted in deciding whether the people of this coun try are to faku sides In foreign conflicts, will bo difficult to meet artor. Congress gets back to Washington where political pres sure can bo really effectively ap plied. If Congress is lo be able lo resist tho drive for repeal of neulrality it will only be because during this coming campaign and while they are at home they have been left in no doubt of the will of the people wlio elect them. Nova Scotians Starve In Midst of Plenty Harold Dlugmau, staff corres pondent ot the Toronto (ilobo and Mail, writes that at one time Nova Scotia was tho richest area, per capita, lu Canada, but now "I hey throw fish in the sea, and the coal minors go hungry; they shovel the apples inlo the ocean, and the miners ami fishermen buy California fruit to balance their meager diet; I lie mine machinery rusts in the sun, aii(l foreign coal piles up on tho Halifax docks; thoro are vast areas of abandon ed farms, ami Nova Scotia Im ports $20,0UU,0UD worth of food all nualy." ' Saluting llie Flag Iteccntly tho California Su preme Court decided (Jmt children who refused to salulo the United Stale flag could be denied the privilege of attending public schools -in that stale of ".'!0 every Thursday" and other freak propo sitions. No ono suffers but tho children who uro denied an education, for in such cases tho boys and girls are dominated by their parents who probably are foreigners or never had an opportunity for an education. It seems lo tills writer that il would he much better to keep llie children of such parents in sr-hnid and teach them patriotism than to let them go uneducated with n chip on tliulr shoulders- ugainsl the flag. Fifty years ago wo had no flags in school or knew what a Hag su lulu was, but many a boy from (he liltlo red school house has since died following that oanio flag. 1'ulriolisin cannot ho developed by compelling children to saluto tho flag. Idealism for ono's coun try can only onsuo from educa tion and by giving every man and woman In America an opportunity of earning an honest living and owning a piece or God's green earlh. No mail will risk Ills life for a boarding house, but he will fight for his' country and home provided li'o iias a home. Grange Mutual Lowers Rates on Many Risks At the meeting of the lloard ot Iirootors ol tho flrango Muluul early this month Insurance rules ou many types of property owned by I'atrons wero lowered. Tho new rates will lower costs on the, hotter typo of risks In protected towns rroni (il) cents lo fill cents per hundred for llireo years. At th" n iitimil meeting of Ihn association in Klamath Kails, Howard Mayfiold of Deschutes county, was elected director. Tho board now consists of Jerry Sav ior, Itay W. dill. Win. Maxwell, It. K. Nealon and Howard May field. Our insurance co-op is in good financial condition. July 31, which was tho end of tho first quarter of tho present year, ?!lll, 1)0(1 of new Ir.suranco had been added, making a total of more than threo and throe-quarters mil llnim of Insurance in force. Losses paid during the quarter were $2,H10.7D Iroin the burning of two barns, one garage and ono woodshed LOWELL'S KNOWN FOR Beautiful Styles Extends Best Wishes to the GRANGERS! Workers and Employers Cooperate in England Report of tbo commission ap pointed by President Roosevelt to study labor cpndltlons in tbo Bri tish Isles haa been made public aud contains very little to console our economic royalists. Person nel of tbo commission included Charles It. Hook, former Presi dent of tbe Nutionnl Association of Manufacturers, and Henry 1. llarriiuan, former President of tbe United States Chamber of Com merce, organizations that have in tbe past uud still aro, notorious for their hatred of collective bar gaining through labor unions con trolled by the workers, Thero Is nothing, in the report that could not have been ascertained in any modern library. Collective bargaining between employers and employes is ac cepted without question in Eng land, says tho report, and "is a definite part of British life, with nogliglblo exceptions, employers of Ilrltuln would consider tho dis ruption of thu labor movement almost a calamity," K Inborn to machinery for concil iation and arbitration are in ex istence, but there is nothing that suggests compulsion nnd "wo could find no desire on the part of cither employers' associations or unions to seek legislation which would make tho voluntary agreement legally enforceable," bard pressed for funds. So tbe Jews ure to be despoiled, no mat tor how proven may be their loy alty to Italy, bow admirable their conduct in public and private lifo, or how much they have contribut ed to tbe country's progress and welfare. This is stark and Infamous ban ditry; and no government deeree, however phrased, can alter its es sentially atrocious character. Tho grange favored federal ap-. proprlations for the eradication of tho gypsy moth, boll weevil, corn borer, San Jose scale, Japanese beetle, cattle ticks and various other destructive insects and plant and animal diseases. In tho United States, for every square mile of land fit Tor cultiva tion there are about 100 persons; in Japan, 2100 persons. Women Put One Over When Ford, -Kan., olected an all woman town council this spring, tbo men began to speculate as to whether they would permit tho sale of boor in town. , Word wont our from tho city hall that tho women would grant boor licenses "under certain restrictions" fur the benefit of those male citizens who thought thoy bad lo havo their beer. Tho beer ordinance was duly paused but thero Is a "joker" iu it. An insignificant clause suyB ttiat no bcor can bo sold within 300 yards of any church or home on tho towns! to. Thero Is no spot within tho city limits that can qualify. He Is No Politician , Last winter, tbo stale legisla ture of Mississippi raised salaries of several state officials, among them that of Dr. V. 1 Hand, state chemist, granted an Increaso of $1,200 a year. Doctor Hand ro fused it, protesting, "I am receiv ing adequate compensation for my work now." The Roseburg Piggly Wiggly is locally owned, independent, with no far away interests or stockholders to cater to. We feature Douglas County Fruits, Vegetables, Eggs and other local products. BRING YOUR TO GOMES UPHOLSTERY SHOP SENDS Greetings to the Grangers For the Finest of Upholstery Workmanship--See Us Let Us Make Your Old Davenports and Chairs Like New Free Estimates Gladly Given. 504 NO, JACKSON STREET PHONE 161 Mussolini Needs Funds, So He Despoils the Jews Mussolini's rccunt decreo cub ing fur tho expulsion of all Jews who bavu .becoino residents of Italy siuco 1!)1D is as cruel as it is abominable. It Inilk'ts so much needless suf fering and misery ou penplo un able to raise a hand lu thoir own defense as lo reveal ouco more tbe essentially sadistic nature of the present European ' dictator ships. Aud It also strongly suggests tho lengths to which Mussolini has mirrcudered bis own judgment to the example of the psychopa thic bully who controls the des tinies of (lonnany. . Mussolini iiopiIh money. Ho is BEST WISHES GRANGERS! MORDLING PARTS CO. 131 SO. STEPHENS ST. YOUTH and the Future of Douglas County If Douglas county were lifted iih a geographical whole from Oregon mid placed as an island among those of Japan, it soon would have about 2,000,000 population living from the land and water. I he pressure of great population has not been felt in this favored spot, so outstandingly inhabited by U. S. citizens a comparative wilderness of uncounted resources. In the never-ending world strife for better life, this Hank support:! the 4-H Boys' and Girls' club with the aim of helping to bring in the latest ideas in agriculture, marketing and home making. This Bank joins with the 20 county Granges of about 1000 members in promoting 4-H work, highlights of which are contests, county and state fair exhibitions, and scholarships for summer school at Oregon St..le College. A free trip sponsored by the Bank to the Pacific International Livestock expo sition al Portland offers a fitting climax for the year. The teaching for better American rural life by the Grunge is entitled to praise. The Douglas National Bank ROSEBURC, OREGON Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation , OLDEST BANK IN SOUTHERN OREGON
