REDDIE S READINGS
DRAW LARGE CROWDS
Themes Taken From “Idylls of the
King." Are Among Present
Series.
If attendance is a gauge of popul
arity, Professor Reddie’s reading in
English literature is among the very
attractive mid-season campus en
tertainments, for nearly a hundred
students and townspeople filled his
room in Deady Hall Wednesday even
ing to hear his readings from Tenny
son.
Professor Reddie's basic theme was
the passing of Guinevere and Arthur,
from "The Idylls of the King.” He
introduced the spirit of the great epic
with the famous poem "The Lady of
Shalott.” The selections from the
•"Idylls” included the parting of
Lancelot and Guinevere, Arthur’s fare
well to the Queen at the nunnery,
and the last great battle in Lyonesse,
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CAN TELL A STORY
Cost of Production Is Small When
Compared to the Cost of
Distribution.
I By Professor F. G. Young.)
As result of research of a Senior
of the department of Economics and
Sociology we have starting revela
tions of actual measures of gain
awaiting Oregon producer and con
sumer, if they will but substitute co
operation with its simplicity and
economy for present wasteful and
cumbrous system of individual com
petition. We pity poor China that
gets but little driblets of revenue
from extortionate taxes paid. But
what about machinery for getting
agricultural produce to the consumer.
* The pitiful minimum that actual pro
, ducers, out of high costs paid by
consumers of products of Oregon
9 farm and orchard is reviewed in fol
lowing actual cases:
* Take case of the Oregon prune.
Without co-operation drier and co
operative buying of dried prunes, the
. producer receives $1.50 for prunes
that produce 100 pounds. The con
‘ sumer pays $11.00. The actual cost
of drying is $1.50. So total cost of
production is $3.00. As consumer
, pays $11.00, cost of distributing was
$8.00, or the middlemen’s share, with
* but a slight reduction for cost of
transportation.
* On the other hand, if producers co
operate in drying and selling product,
they get $6.65. Consumers through
f co-operation in buying, can reduce
cost of distributing so that cost of
* living on prunes is reduced from
$11.00 to $8.64. Producers net gain
* on each 100 pounds is $3.65; con
t sumers save on each 100 pounds
$2.36.
. Take case of Oregon pumpkins.
Without co-operation in canning and
* selling, farmer gets 22 cents for
pumpkins filling a can. Cost of can
* ning is 72 cents, making cost of pro
, duction of can of pumpkins 94
cents. Consumer pays $1.80. With
* union in canning and selling, and
union on part of consumers in buy
* ing, the share of producers rises to
4 $1.27. As cost of distributing, trans
portation, etc., is 32 cents per can,
< the consumer gets it for $1.59. Gain
through co-operation by producer is
*33 cents on each can and savine of
consumer is 21 cents.
In want of Oregon statistics on
.watermelons, those of Oklahoma wa
termelons are substituted:
» Without co-operation, Oklahoma
farmers get $52.50 for each carload
*of watermelons produced. St. Paul
,consumers, without co-operative buy
ing, pay $630.00 for each carload of
.these watermelons. With co-opera
tive selling on part of farmers and
‘co-operative buying on part of con
sumers, the share of producers per
car load would be $249.90. And as
, actual cost of distributing, allowing
for wide margin of loss, is $158.00,
•the co-operating consumer would pay
only $408.00 per carload.
The producer’s gain in this case
. would be the difference between
$249.90 and $52.50, or $197.40 per
* carload. The consumers would lower
cost of each car load by difference
* between $630.00 and $408.00, or
$222.00.
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ANNUAL SALE!
Begins Monday Morning
February 14th
On the University Campus
The few remaining copies of the 1913 Ore
gana will be disposed of at a sacrifice price,
“While They Last.”
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pass an examination over the entire
four years covering his “Field of
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