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Editorial Comment
From Tha Oregon Press
HOW THE AUTOMOBILE
CHANGED THE NATION
(Grants Pass Courier)
No one needs to have access
to a bunch of statistics to know
that the automotive Industry has
become one of America's giants
since the turn of the century.
Even as late as 1910, the owner
of an automobile In any commu
nity was the exception rather
than the rule. The average auto
mobile of that day was more or
less mechanically undependable
and Its life was comparatively
short.
What a change In the picture
today:
Engineering accomplishments
and extensive road-building has
lengthened the life of the aver
age automobile live ioia. Ana,
todav, few families are without
at least one automobile. The
trucking Industry, too, has kept
race.
Statistics complied by the Au
tomobile Manufacturers associa
tion reveal the magnitude of the
industry. In 1948 there were man
ufactured slightly under four mil
lion automobiles and more than
one and one-third million trucks,
Car production exceeued the 1941
figure for the first time since the
itart of world War II.
For the first half of 1919, pro-
auction is up 2(1 percent over the
same period in 1948.
In 1948, the Industry provided
more than nine million Jobs. In
Oregon there were 3,214 automo
tive business concerns employing
23,774 persons.
The association estimates that
more than one-fourth of the pur
chase price of a new automobile
goes lor taxes. Special taxes
alone exceed three billions an
nually. Fifty-six percent of all automo
biles are used for business, in
cluding transportation to and
from place of employment.
Trucks alone traveled 75 1-2
billion miles. The trucking Indus
try employed 5.6 millions and
paid more than a billion dollars
in taxes in 1948.
Discussing the Industry, the
AMA says: "Currently, produc
, tion Is proceeding at a record
pace. How long it will continue
at high levels depends, as always,
on customer demand. . .The in
dustry's planning is based on
faith in the future of America."
So much for the physical and
business aspects of the compar
atively new motor industry. With
Its phenomenal growth greater
In the United States than else
where throughout the entire
world has come both benefits
and problems.
The automobile, probably more
than any other agency, has made
the "Hey, rube" appellation a
thing of the past. The rural pop
ulation participates more In ur
ban activities. It is equally tourist
minded with its city neighbors.
Touring Is an education in itself.
The automobile has- brought
city and country cousins closer
together and has brought com
munities nearer to each other.
This mixing has eliminated much
provincialism.
Invention of the "horseless car
riage" has brought it own prob
lems. A major one, no doubt, is
an Increase in Juvenile delinquen
cy. The teen age urge to drive a
car has made automobile thieves
out of thousands who might not
have been tempted to engage in
other types of crime. With the
automobile has come a wide
spread speed urge and its ac
companying appalling loss of life
and personal injury.
Urban centers have been hard
pressed to provide parking facil
ities for car users. A whole new
code of laws has been found nec
essary to maintain orderly traf
fic and to control pedestrian hab
its. On the economic side, there Is
still another important considera
tion. It concerns the family bud
get. Rarely Is an automobile sale
a cash deal. The universal urge
to own "a car," and, progressive
ly, always a better car, tends to
make many a citizen undertake
large periodical payments Ire
quently not Justified by his earn
ing capacity.
The automobile, too, has been
pne of the major causes of popu
lation shifts within the nation.
In the old days, only the most
rugged and venturesome individ
uals were willing to undertake
the hazards of travel to far plac
es Today, the average man
thinks nothing of spinning across
the land from coast to coast
What is undertaken merely as a
tourist trip frequentiv becomes
a permanent change of residence.
The automobile has plaved a
part in complicating- the mere art
of living. However, a Gallup poll
would no doubt find that most
Americans accept that complica
tion and appreciate the benefits
the Industry has brought with it.
rimental Items commercial fish
inghas been discontinued, most
of the others remain. They re
main, and In the very nature of
things must not only continue to
remain but to Increase.
As one long time Rogue sport
fisherman summed It up.
"When man moves In, wildlife
moves out and this Includes
fish."
Irrigation ditches, dams, sew
age, more and more anglers, all
are taking a growing toll of fish
life. The nets were banned but
not soon enough to permit natuie
to rebuild the salmon runs under
the increasing handicaps impose-!
by man.
The Gold Beach people have
been somewhat disappointed by
the commission's decision to
abandon plans for expansion of
the Brush creek hatchery in the
lower Rogue region. The commis
sion has explained that logging
operations are destroying the
creek's watershed and making
the water supply Insufficient to
permit further development of
the operation.
Hatching and planting of sal
mon in the lower reaches of the
river would have little effect on
the number of fish In the upper
waters, one expert here points
out.
It Is also asserted that there
are only a limited number and a
limited expanse of spawning bens
in much of the river and that
the waves of running salmon,
rooting and fanning among the
rocks and pebbles In making their
nests, destroy the nests of those
who have Just preceded them.
It has been urged recently that
If general restocking is to be un
dertaken, the commission should
consider a fish that will remain
in local waters, unlike the sal
mon and steelhead, which spend
most of their time in the sea.
In recent years the banks of the
upper river have been liberally
dotted with anglers during the
trout season. Many of tnese
are vacationists from afar, at
tracted by the Rogues reputa
tion as a fishing stream. What
the angler's are catching If any
thingare little six-inch baby
steelhead and salmon.
All in all, the salmon and steel
head are fighting a losing battle
for existence In the Rogue, and
anything the lower river people
can do to help them will be all
to the good. The Gold Beach
sportsmen and businessmen
hould have the hearty DacKing
of the upper river sportsmen and
all interests which cater to the
sportsmen.
In the Day's News
(Continued from Page One)
RESTOCKING THE ROGUE
(Medford Mail-Tribune l
Efforts of sportsmen and busi
nessmen of the lower Rogue river
to secure came commission ac
tion toward restocking the stream I
with salmon are highly commend
eble, but according to experts on
matters piscatorial, the prospects
for any considerable success are
not bright.
A number of things have con
tributed to disappearance of the
silvery Chinook from the Rogue
and though one of tha most del-
that even GOVERNMENT socks
aren't bottomless.
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IN Britain, Sir Stafford Crlpps
(who In Britain Is what we
would call the secretary of the
treasury) raises Britain's profits
tax 20 per cent to offset the In
flationary effect of cheapening
pound.
At the same time, he repeats his
stand that personal Incomes, IN
CLUDING WAGES, must stay at
present levels.
He says to business: "If you try
to make any more than you are
making now, we will lake It away
from you." To wage earners, he
says: "We won't pay you any
rr ore wages than you are getting
now."
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(UNDERSTAND Britain's situa
tion, of course. She is in a Jam,
and has to get out of it. But it
seems to me that If Britain is to
pull out of her troubles and get
back her old place In the world
she must somehow provide an
INCENTIVE for business men to
make more profit and for working
men to earn more wages.
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THAT'S the trouble with social
Ism. It is more concerned with
dividing up than with producing.
So its tendency is to STAND
STILL Instead of going ahead.
That may be al right for
Britain. But we Americans want
to GET AHEAD. Did you ever see
a town that was satisfied when It
was standing still? I never did.
We want our towns to GROW.
We're unhappy when they don't
grow.
That's one reason why I think
WE wouldn't be happy with
socialism.
e
OIR Stafford warns British bus-
J Iness men that:
"If there Is any further break
ing away from the VOLUNTARY
limitation of dividends I shall con
sider myself at liberty to Intro
duce LEGISLATION to restrict
dividends."
That takes a bit of explaining.
Last year Britain's Labor gov-
Running Into A Slowdown Fast
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What would you do if you were
preparing dinner, and you un
thinkingly picked up a skillet with
your bare hand, said skillet hav
ing come out of the oven a Jiffy
before? And there was no one
at hand to help out? How would
you finish rolling out the pie
crust? and how do the usual
washing-up? And at the same
time keep the badly burned hand
out of the flour, and out of the
dishwasher? Simple after the
Idea came to me.
No, I didn't want to put rub
ber gloves on: mine are too
tight and I have used them for
cleaning, etc. Well, I caught sight
of one of the transparent bags
used for wrapping food for the
locker (or deep freeze, if you
are fortunate in having one).
It had been well washed, and
was dry. You guessed: I slipped
that on and gathered it in at
the wrist loosely. Finished the
dinner work with no Inconveni
ence, and the burned hand was
kept clean.
Since the bag, after use sev
eral times, sometimes leak, when
tested with water, I lay the ones
with pinprick leaks aside and
use -for oh, so many things! I
leave some in the suitcases so
when I hear "let's put a few
things in the suitcases" I don't
have to bother with cloth plastic
covers for this and that. A middle-sized
one takes EJ's slippers;
others take my extra shoes; one
brings home a wet washcloth
probably; well, with a number
of them right at hand when you
open the cases, you find many
uses for them. The largest size
is a laundry bag!
Then when we intend to "cook
the fish1 (supposing we catch
any and find a cabin equipped
for that) we save a lot of space
and bother by having bags handy
for such things as cornmeal to
dip fish In; bread, cookies, veg
etables, if any, and so on.
If It's raining, and you are
returning a book to the library,
one of the bags saves wrapping
and bother. One is good for "toe
rubbers" If you want to take off
and slip in your handbag.
I wish I had had these handy
bags when I was ''packing
lunches!
ernment asked business to hold
dividends at the 1947 level. Most
companies complied, but a few
BALKED and passed out more
money to their stockholders as
postwar profits rose.
Now Crlpps has to say to bus
iness: "If you won't hold down
profits voluntarily, WE'LL MAKE
YOU DO IT."
T
HIS is the point:
The totalitarian state doesn't
come on us all at once. IT
CREEPS UP on us. When Its plan
ning doesn't work out on a volun
tary basis (which Is the founda
tion of the free enterprise sys
tem) it has to USE FORCE.
T
HAT Is one reason why this
CVA (Columbia Valley Ad
ministration) business bothers
me. It will be all sweet and love
ly to begin with. Everybody will
help everybody else and we'll aU
be better off in the rosy future.
But as the plans fall to v. oik
out AS FLANNED this all-powerful
board of three men will feel
that they ate compelled to put
the twitch on us to MAKE the
plans work out. (Just as Sir Staf
ford is now compelled to tell the
British people that If they don't
work together voluntarily to make
his plans work he'll have to
MAKE THEM WORK TO
GETHER.) That's w hy I feel that we'll be
better off here In the Pacific
Northwest If we hoe our own row
than if we turn our future over to
three planners in far-away Washington.
Mrs. J. Swindler,
Sutherlin, Dies
Mrs. Julia Elizabeth Swindler,
71, died at her home near Suther
lin after a short illness Tuesday.
She was born at Jericho, Wis.,
May 23, 1878, and was a resident
of Sutherlin the last 15 years.
Her husband died a numher of
years ago. She was a member of
the Catholic church.
Surviving are five sons and
four daughters: Henry B. Swind
ler. San Francisco; Charles R.
Swindler, Sutherlin; jnseph
Swindler, lamath Falls; llenrv
J. Swindler, Sutherlin; Jacob
Swindler, Sams Valley, Ore.;
Mrs. Florence Zlabok, Tule Lake,
Calif.; Mrs. Louis S. Prevost,
Oakland. Ore.; Mrs. Wayne Co
der. Camas Valley; Mrs. Claire
Wesley, Sprague River, Ore.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later. Interment will
take place In the I.O.O.F. cem
etery. Arrangements are by the
Stearns mortuary, Oakland.
For Sale or Trade
Wl acres of filberts,
pears, and prunes. 6 room
house under construction.
Will trade for house in
Roseburg or close in. Last
house south on first road
in Suksdorf Addition.
Coos Junction
Otto Johnson
Titxas Polio Cases Upped
By 90 During Week
AUSTIN. Tex., Sept. 29 (.r
Nlnety new cases of polio wete
added to the state's total last
week.
This week's report brings total
cases reported this year to 1.891
compared to 1.456 cases during
1948's comparable period and com
pared to l,7t5 cases for the en
tire year of 1948, the worst pre
vious year In history.
Senior High Radio Class
Will Start Broadcasts
The first of a series of weekly
broadcasts over Radio Statijn
KRNR will be presented by Rose
burg senior high school's radio
class Friday at 3:15 p.m., under
Mrs. Alice Broaddus' supervi
sion.
Larry Hennlnger will be In
charge of the program, which
will include the following selec
tions: Piano solo, "Deep Purple,"
Betty Hedge; outstanding person
alities of the week, Owen Price
and George Erickson, by Betty
Hurd: sports news, Bill Summer;
school news. Margaret Tucker;
solo, "Desert Song," Dick Hos
kins, accompanied by Sandia
Melba; "Thought for the Day,"
Carol Morely; duet, "Cool Wa
ter." Valerie and Nadine Sparks.
This year the radio class hai
Russia Self-Contradictory
In Proposing International
Control Of Atomic Energy
By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, Sept. 29. LP)
Informed diplomatic circles here
believe that Russia, despite her
renewed appeal for international
control of atomic energy, is still
flatly opposed to the U. S.-backed
plan for world regulation.
Certain foreign diplomats here
agree that the Soviets still regard
the U. S. plan for international
atomic control as an invasion oi
national sovereignty.
(The U. S. Dlan. endorsed by
the majority of the United Na
tions, would set up an all-powerful
regulation commission with
power to send Inspectors into any
country in search of possible vio
lations. The Soviet plan has
never been fully outlined but Rus
sia thus far has insisted that the
U. N. security council where she
has a veto should supervise all
atomic regulation.)
Foreign Minister Vishinsky's
appeal for International control
in the United Nations at New
York last week Indicates that Rus
sia is still sticking to her original
plans, diplomats here declared.
Foreign diplomats said, how
ever, there might be some possi
bility of reaching an agreement.
They said they held some slight
optimism that it might be worth
while to try again for a compro
mise now that it has been dis
closed that Russia also has an
atomic weapon.
Several diplomats have In
formed their home governments
that prospects for agreement are
better and not worse since Presi
dent Truman's statement of an
atomic explosion on Russia and
the Russian news agency's con
firmation that the Soviets have
atomic weapons.
Foreign reaction to Russia's an
nouncement that she has an
atomic weapon filled the front
pages of every morning paper In
Moscow yesterday.
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