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Spirits Of Housewives Decline As Prices Of Meat Continue To Soar By PETER EDSON ' NEA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON. Higher meat prices are getting everybody down again excepting, ot course, the people In the meat business. Meat prices are lust about where they were two years ago and below the peak ol a year ago, but the trend lor the next few months seems to be upward Instead of continuing on down to more reason able levels. Department of Labor's consum- ers' price index for 56 industrial city markets reports a 2 per cent increase from March to April. National averages showed leg of lamb up from 68 to 79 cents a pound, pork chops up from 74 to 76 cents a pound, round steak up 79 to 81 cents a pound. Chuck roast, ham and poultry prices were up lesser amounts. Ham burger, salt pork, bacon and fish were down slightly. But this is certainly no great evidence that the cost of living is leveling off or declining. Every time a Washington news IF you come to buy a of $ox in pair WE - don't expect you to b u y an overcoat. COURTEOUS SALESMANSHIP ROY'S MEN'S STORE dispatch is written about a pros pective surplus of pork, it brings in complaints from customers all over the country. They say there are days at a time when they can't fina any fresh pork in the stores. And as for mutton and lamb, they have now reached the vanishing point in many city markets. The scarcer these meats become, the greater is the demand for beef and the higher go its prices. Meat Consumption Up Nevertheless, department of agriculture is sticking to its story that there is a surplus of pigs in sight. That is why Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan is insisting that his new farm plan should be adopted on hogs, at least. The spring pig crop will begin to come to market in mid October. Supplies should begin to increase in from two to four weeks after that. Prices may be gin to come down then. But there's no relief in sight before. A number of reasons are given by Department of Agriculture ex perts for what's happening. Prin cipal reason is simply that people are eating more meat. Average U. S. per capita consumption was only 126 pounds a year in 1938. During the war it reached 155 pounds. Beef consumption rose from 50 .y v. v a Phone 730-J-5 Announcement ..... I with to announce I have moved to Sutherlin in my new building, I will carry a complete stock of Dreit and Work Clothes, MAX SCHWARTZ Clothier and Tailor Suthtrlln, Or. Sutherlin, Or. CHERRIES WANTED . I- Paulus Bros. Packing Company Will Buy Your Cherries PRICES Royal Annes. . . . per lb. 6 Vie Bings. . ... . . . . .per lb. 5 Vic Lamberts per lb. 514c RECEIVING WILL START MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 20 For Further Information Contact MR. JACKSON Phpne 126-J-4 ' . HOMETOWN NEWS "WHY IS IT THE FARMER HAS TO FEED EVERY THING AND EVERYBODY, BUT NO ONE EVER FEEDS ME?" You don't hove to buy when you visit the ROSEBURG LUMBER CO. Just come in to look over our stock of wood ond sawdust ... the perfect fuel. You'll order some, today. ''''' - ii if-Vl 'left' dV$ v $AWM-W IT I ' ' L, ,1 'V , "UV- ,'v..V. - ; V . "S. i , - Jk& I tVU- .t,iV -9 ' . ; . ' t ; 'H ' V- '- ' v f ROSEBURG JUNIOR LEClON Above is the Umpque Post, American Legion and Lockwood Motors Co.-sponsorod Junior Legion team coached by Barney Koch, Roseburg Umpqua Chiefs second baseman. The are scheduled to play Drain in a return game this weekend. The local J-L group will travel to Drain for the game. In three league starts, Roseburg J-L'i have lost only to Drain. Above left to right are: Front row Jerry Parmeter, Howard Stumbo, Dexter Garey, Louie Ripperger, Lloyd Stumbo, Leo Bowers, Floyd Ohman. Back row Coach Koch, Don Stumbo, Claren Hooper, Norman Smith, Clen Scofield, John Raut. chert, Bob Barrow. Howard Burnett, Mickey Coen, Jimmy Roberts and Bill Morgan. . - - - .. "2 45- mi BROOKINCS STAGES LILY FESTIVAL One of last year's prize winners in the Brookings Annual Lily Parade. This year's dates are July 2, 3 and 4, with the Lily Parade on Monday, July 4. This year's festival promises to excel last year's spectacular event. to a high of nearly 70 pounds per person in 1947. Pork consump tion rose from "48 pounds to a hieh of 80 Dounds in 1944. Lamb and mutton consumption alone have held steady at arouna seven pounds per person per year. , Consumption for 1949 Is ex pected to be somewhat below these highs, but will total about 146 pounds per person, the same as last year. Prosperity and the lack of it are the main reasons for fluctua tions. The more money people have, the more meat, they eat. Recession, unemployment and lowered payrolls reduce meat con sumption figures, and prices drop correspondingly. Livestock Output Dropi A second principal reason M' high prices is lowered supply. Livestock numbers are down. Anticipating lowered demand after the war, stockmen reduced the number of head on their farms and ranches. Gradually the numbers may In crease in the, next few years. But there are several factors holding back the increase of supply. The western range is now said to be stocked as heavily as it should be under sound grazing conservation practices. Grasslands were over stocked in the war years and live stock numbers had to be cut down. In the midwest, which should be a larger source of meat ani mals, the demand for grains has been so great that pasture lands have been plowed up and planted. As grain reserve stocks are again built up, some of this land should be restored to grass. "Meat exports and Imports ac count for so little as to be a negli gible factor in U. S. supply and price situations. What U, S. livestock numbers should be to meet current and future demands for meat at a fair Beached British Boat Again Machine-Gunned HONG KONG, June 22. MP) The beached British steamer An chises was machine-gunned again this morning, a radio message to the ship's agents here reported. The message said there were no casualties. The plane was not Identified. . The Anchlses was bombed and machine-gunned by a Chinese Na tionalist plane on the Whangpoo River at Communist-held Shang hai yesterday, Mrs. M. Barrett, Formerly Of Little River, Dies Mrs. May Barrett, wife of G. Barrett, died in Los Angeles, June 12, according to word re ceived in Roseburg by friends. The Barretts made their home on Little River for a number of years and moved to Woodland Hills, Calif., in the San Fernando Valley, two years ago. Besides the widower, surviving are one son, Detective Ed Barrett of the Los Angeles Police Force, and one grandson, Rodger. Wed., June 22, 1949 The Newi-Revlew, Roseburg, Ore. 7 Truman Blames Russia For Failure Of Big 4 To Make Progress On German Issue WASHINGTON. June 22.-(-P President Truman Tuesday blamed the lack of "real progress" toward solving German problems at Paris on what he called Rus sia's refusal to recognize west ern achievements in restoring "basic freedoms" in Germany. At the same time, however, Mr, Truman declared in a statement reviewing the Big Four foreign ministers meeting that "genuine progress was made toward the conclusion of the treaty with Austria." "The United States government wholeheartedly welcomes the re sults of the conference on Aus tria," Mr. Truman said. But, he continued: "The same cannot be said re garding Germany. It must be frankly admitted that despite the forward lookine Drosram snon. sored by the Western Powers as a basis for unification, little prog ress was mane. The President had received a report on the meeting from Secre tary of State Acheson earlier in (he day. In his statement he said me united States, Britain and France were determined not to "compromise the Democratic orin'. ciples and the conditions' which must be established throughout Germany before an economically sound and workable solution can be found for German unity." 'The Soviet Union, on the other hand," Mr. Truman said, "sought a return to Potsdam and its sys tem, which the Russians had ren dered unworkable by their mis use of the unlimited veto. They refused to recognize the impor tant progress which has been made in Western Germany since 1945. "In these circumstances, real progress for the unification of Germany and its people was im possible. The most that could be achieved was a working arrange, ment designed to mitigate the abnormal situation of a still divid. ed Germany." VFW RALLY OPENS COOS BAY, June 22. ff)The htate veterans of Foreign Wan opened their annual convent Inn here today. It will continue through Saturday. About 900 dele gates are expected before the close. ' .1.1 Animal manures are low In phosphorus. When they' are de pended upon superphosphate should be added at the rate of 100 pounds per ton of stable ma nure, or for each half ton of poultry manure. J. N. Boor Outboard Motors 924 Gdn. Vally. Rd. Ph. 530-J-l KANGAS BOATS and acces sories . . . Boden Wire. ',' Throttles, etc. Service and Sales price, no one Is willing to make estimates. It all depends on what the levels of Industrial production and consumer purchasing power j will be. That is what keeps live-1 stock raisers end meat packers! guessing. ' ' ' WOOL NOTICE Southern Oregon Wool Pool li receiving wool dt Pierce Auto Freight Depot, Roseburg Monday, June 27th, 8 A. M. to 4 P. M. Oakland Tuesday, June 28th, In the Morning. Drain Tuesday, June 28th, in the afternoon. ' You will receive 45c down, balance after it ii graded. : EVERYONE WELCOME Births at Mercy Hospital Building Materials Right Now Without Delay Large stocks enable ut to furnish a compleet line for immediate delivery. COEN SUPPLY COMPANY Everything for the Builder Floed A Mill Sts. Phone 121 o ra o d Distributed in Roseburg by Bates Candy Co. SCHROCK To Mr. and Mrs. Menno J. Schrock, Sutherlir June 19, a daughter, MRrjorie weight eight pounds thirteen ounces. 1 ALLEN To Mr. and Mrs. Wen-' Route, Roseburg, a daughter, Sharon Marie; weight seven pounds five ounces. KOBBEMAN To Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Arthur Kobbeman, Suther lin, June 20, a son, John Lee; weight five pounds six ounces. BROWN To Mr. and Mrs. Francis Harvey Brown, Suther lin, June 20, a daughter, Judith Ann; weight eight pounds six ounces. FLOOR SANDING end FINISHING Estimates Leslie Pfaff 320 Ward St. so Bra s- i ismticin Phone 1349-J SAFE STORAGE is assured when you store your household goods in our fire safe warehouse. 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