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10 Th Newi-Revlew, Roseburg, Of Tuet., Sept. 13, 1949 Britain's Economic Crisis Was Seen As Inevitable By DEWITT MacKENZlE AP Foreign Alfalri Analyst The cure lor England'! econom ic illness li matter ol guess work, but there need be no doubt as to the basic cause of the ma lady, for It Is deep-seated and had Its Inception long ago. The fact If that Britain Is suf fering from an Inherent weakness which was bound to result in an economic upheaval In due course. What happened is that two world wars nave so speeded up events that this crisis has devel oped before Its time. This knowl edge won't be of much assistance to the docton who now are hold ing the economic clinic in Wash ington, but it will have to be tak en into consideration. Dates Far Back Suffice It to hark back to the beginning of this century. Britain was at the peak of. her Imperial greatness, boasting an empire up on which the sun never set. Her economic status was as sol id as the Rock of Gibraltar. The smoke from her factory chimneys wrote across the skies the proud . claim that her manufactures en circled the world. Her banks ex tended their operations Into far lands. Lloyd's Insurance covered the globe like a blanket. British capital invested heavily abroad, creating more "invisible reve nues" lor England. However, there was a weakness In this mighty structure. England In herself wasn't self-sufficient. Apart from coal she had little mineral wealth. She couldn't be gin to feed herself, because she didn't have the acres, and so had to import a major portion of her foodstuffs. She lacked most of the raw materials for her manufac tures. Great Importer How then did Britain achieve her Industrial greatness? The an- (swer: By the very simple exped ient of importing raw materials from undeveloped countries, fabri cating the materials, and then selling the manufactured prod ucts back to those countries. She sold steel to America and many other nations. British wool en goods were world famous. In dia's millions clothed themselves In cotton goods woven in Man chester from raw cotton bought in the United States and other cot ton producing countries. The length of time this phen omenon could last depended, of course, on how long It took for. elgn countries to develop their own resources. There was no end in sight when World War I broke and changed the picture. Overnight Britain found herself so occupied with making war that she no longer could act as merchant to foreign countries. Later along came the Hltlerlan catastrophe which reduced much of the world to a state of eco nomic chaos. Britain was again hard hit. This columnist Isn't one of those who think England's greatness has its course. With help from her ffia i i tiuu Truck and Auto Repairing Welding Radiator Servica Truck Parts Bought and Sold All Work Guaranteed Ray's Truck Shop 2055 N. Stephens Phono 499-J-4 Vs. CUL-. 4P COIUMIIA tlWIIIII, N. TACOMA, WASHINGTON Distributed in Roteburg by Bates Candy Co. Marginal Land In Jefferson County Best If In Grass Continued us as grazing land under federal supervision is the best agricultural utilization of 118,000 acres of federally owned land located on three sides of the North Unit Irrigation project in Jefferson county, In the opinion of C. V. Plath, O.S.C. experiment station agricultural economist, who has recently completed a land use study In the area. Land in question Is not Irrigat ed and was purchased by the led- eral government from private owners In the mid-lSJOs by tne old Rural Resettlement adminis tration. Since 1938 the land has been supervised by the Soil Con- servation service, and has been used as a livestock grazing area. Plath undertook the study at the request of the Jefferson coun ty court and county land use com mittee. His problem was to de cide If the county would profit by having the lands returned to pri vate ownership and if grazing was the best land use. Prior to purchase by the fed eral government, from 25,000 to 40.000 acres in the area had been devoted to raising dryland wheat under a wheat-fallow system. Based on 1948 conditions, Plath estimates the Jefferson countv government would have profited by having the lands in private ownership, assuming the bent lands were tilled. Gains In the tax levy, he points out, would be partially offset by extra costs for schools and roads, and by a small loss of revenue from grazing fees and leasehold taxes. Summing up his belief that the area would be best devoted to livestock grazing under federal supervision, Plain says the coun ty has traditionally had the Mate's lowest yield of wheat on an acreage basis. Prolonged droughts and crop failures have occurred In the past and can be expected In the future. Under the 19.)0 wheat acreage allotment Jefferson county could have less than 900 acres of new wheat land. Therefore It is desirable to leave this land In grass and to raise wheat on other land which pro duces higher yields, he concludes. Dayton Flax Plant Sold To Mortgage Holder DAYTON, Ore. (.'PI One of Oregon's last flax plants went out of existence Friday at a mar shall's sale. The Dayton Flax Growers' co operative, which had hoped to cash In on military orders, was sold to the mortgage holder, the Spokane Bank for Co-Operatlves, on the lone bid of $24.24fi.2H. The plant was built in 1941 for about $135,000. but expected or ders never materialized. friends she will weather tht pres ent economic hurricane. Britain still has great colonial possessions, many of which are potentially rich. She still has an empire on which the sun never sets and, with development, It will represent a mignty force. ' Yoncalla By MRS. GEORGE EDES Miss Pauline Ry chard of Plush, Ore., is spending the winter with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Daugherty, and attending high school. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Garner of Klamath Falls spent several days here last week as guests of Mrs. Garner's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Daugherty, with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Curl. Guy Lanan of Kingston, III., arrived here Saturday night for a few days visit with his daugh ter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Al Hoffman. Miss Hoffman, sister of Mr. Hoffman, drove from Port land with Mr. Lanan. Mrs. Olive McKee spent several days last week in Eugene with her daughter, and also visited her new great granddaughter, who was born last week. She also attended the state fair at Salem. Miss Eva Applegate of Port land Is visiting at the Vine Ap plegate home for a week and at tending the Applegate reunion, held in Drain Sunday, Sept. 11. Mr. and Mrs. Truitt of Suther lin spent the week e,nd at the parental Dave Rogers home. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Reay and daughter, Marjorie, of Los An geles, visited at the Nimocks home, returned to his home In San Gabriel Saturday. Mr. and Mis. Fred Reeves spent several days last week vis iting relatives in Riddle. Mrs. Ernest D u H a r m e and daughters, Lorraine and Muriel, and son, Ernie, Jr., of Oakland, Calif., are visiting at the A. M. Dcs Lauriers home In Shoestring valley. Mrs. Dps Lauriers will drive them home Tuesday. William Des Lauriers is visit ing his parents in Portland for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Ames Welsh have sold their ranch, known as the Merlin Allen home on Mill Town hill, to Mr. and Mrs. Thompson of Roseburg. Mr. and Mrs. Welsh will travel for a couple of months looking for a new location. Mr. and Mrs. Dee Kinneman, Mrs. A. Wooiman of Centralia, Wash., visited at the Fred Reeves home in Elkhead Sunday. Mrs. Kinneman and Mrs. Wooiman are sisters of Mr. Reeves. Mr. and Mrs. William Van Horn from Sweet Home visited at the Fred Reeves home Sat urday. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Sessions and children of Lorraine, Ore., visited Mr. and Mrs. Paul Reeves in Elkhead, Labor day, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Currier are being congratulated on the arrival of a daughter, Shirley Ann, born Friday, Sept. 9. Mrs. Dorothy Holton of Eu gene spent Sunday at the paren tal Geo. Edes home. Mrs. Ramey of Portland and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hart of Washougal, Wash., spent the weekend visiting at the Charlie Meier home south of town. The American Red Cross oper ates under a charter granted by Congress In 1905, A. F. Walter Kreise, M. D. Physician and Surgeon V. a National Bank Annex Room 217 Office Phone: 1500 R ! Pitrhavea Apia. Phone last ffice hours: Mon. Thru Sat PING -FiEE POWER... I AT Jm W AT BT l SUPREME GASOLINE J Sure levels hills! Fill up with Chevron Supreme Gasoline, pick a good steep hill unci ...step on it! Then you'll know what Ping-Free Tower means! Try it for fast getaways, on long highway trips, for faster starting. 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Jackson earlier had challenged PoIks testimony on interior de railment lunds before a home appropriat.ons subcommittee of which he is a member. After Polk's testimony Jackson asked a detailed report on the sources of the association's funds. Polk submitted a statement showing that private utilities contribute seven percent of the money received by the state associations. Jackson said his own investigation showed that private utilities contributed 15 per cent of the income of the state units. Plentiful Fir Cones To Help In Reseeding Land For the first time in several years there is a bumper crop of Douglas fir cones in Oregon for ests and woodlands, reminds an O.S.C. extension forestry special ist, Charles R. Ross, who adds that seed bearing cones arc in demand by lurest nurseries. Seed dealers are currently ad vertising for cones, Ross states. In addition to Douglas fir, they particularly want white fir, hem lock and Port Orford cedar cones. Farmers are also taking id vantage of the bumper Douglas fir seed crop this year. One Co lumbia county farmer, J. C. Skeanes, Fern Hill, was recently visited by Paul Goodmonson, O. S. C. Extension forest products marketing specialist. Skeanes was busy cutting hazel, scrub elder and other brush where he desires Douglas fir reseeding. Skeanes expects nearby Doug las fir to reseed the area. Ross explains. In the past natural re seeding had been unsuccessful due to the brush cover. 1 Another method of preparing brushy ground for forest reseed ing, Ross continues, is to knock down the brush with a crawler North Portland FoUi Complaining About Fly 15 complaints daily. He said the North Portland are complaining aDoui a ziy lmesiauoru The city Insect abatement su pervisor, Arthur Wcodv, said re cently he had been getting some type tractor. Stirring the soil will provide a seed bed. files were building up an Immu nity to DDT. Other poisons are being tried. 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