THE ST. HELENS MIST. FRIDAY, MARCH S.
1920.
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THE ST. HELENS MIST
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THE MIST rtUUSIllNd.CoSlPANT
Have you registered?
delay?
It not, why
O. D. HEILBORN....V1C President
ind Manager.
8. C. MORTON Editor
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SUBSCRIPTION' KATKS I
One Year $2.00 j
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Remember March 15th. It U the
last day on which you can file your
income tax report.
Membership In a cabinet managed
on tho Wllsoni.-.n plan seems to be a
sort of slavery. Ex.
Entered aa second-class matter,
January 10th, 1911, at the rostofdce
at St. Heleis. Oregon, under the act
ot March Srd, 1879.
Cr.blnet mombers come and cabinet
members go, but Baker and Burleson
run on forever.
COCNTT OFFICIAL PAPER
Member . National Editorial Asso
ciation and Oregon Stato Editorial
Association.
E. I. liallagh of Columbia county
will be a candidate tor re-election as
state representative. He made a
good record. Oregon Voter.
"WHIPSAWIXU" THE rUBMC
Vice President Mr.rsb.all says he
would rather follow a principle
than a plug hat. It he doesn't
the plug hat will ask him to resign,
too.
A raisin crop of $38,000,000
I worm biiouiu go iwiig j """
Producers have reasons to know i HuonlvinE the domestic demand; par
that live stock prices are sliding I tleultirly as only two or three raisins
downward, and Attorney General I pre needed to a bottle of fruit Juice
Palmer tells the public that whilis
the wholesale price ot meat has been
tailing tor three months, "retail deal
ers have claimed that their supplies
were old stock purchased at the
higher prices." The attorney gen
era! seems to have winked at the
retailers' practice of holding up
prices, for he adds that 'the old
stocks should be exhausted by this
time and unless the price to the con
sumer comes down immediately wu
will look Into the question of the
dealers' profits."
But when wholesale prices wero
rising dealers generally marked up
their retail prices promptly, assert
ing then, with some reason, thai
they Bhould be permitted to dispose
of their stolk at replacement values.
They should be held to one plan or
the other. They should not be per
mitted to "whipsaw" the public
putting up prices on a rising mar
ket and holding up prices on a fall
ing market.
This practice goes to the heart of
the whole profiteering evil, for It
one line ot trade is allowed to "play
both ends against the ulddle," other
lines will do It. The question came
up last week at the convention ot the
National Association of Clothiers,
when a former president ot the as
sociation proposed, with apparent
general approval, that the organiza
tion go on record for the "stabilir.a
tlon" of prices, with a guarantee
from manufacturers to retailers that
prices will hold regardless t f a re
duction in the prices of cloths in the
intervening period and that tlild re
duction should not he passed on to
the retailer unless the manufacturer
receives a rebate from tlio woolen
mills.
j no department oi jusucj suuui'i
hold dealers to one practice or the
other. They should not be permitted :
to stand one day on tin docilne of
selling merclituidise on tho basli of
replacement values and another day
on the doctrine of selling off pres
ent stocks not on replacement vat
ues. but on the basts of what they
paid for the goods when prkes were
higher.
Yes, the league ot nations, rati
fied or unratified, will be an Issue
In the campaign ot 1920. Men who
have tried to betray the rights, lo
tnrests and ideals of this country
will never be trusted with an oppor
tunity to make the effort again.
Our country? It is the flag and
what it stands for, its glorious his
tory the fireside and the home;
it is the high thoughts that are In
which comes of the story or the la
thers. the martyrs to liberty. In
these things is that thing we love
called our country. benjamin Har
rison.
The Mist concratulates thOBO cit
izens ot ScappooBe who voted for In
corporation and who successfully car
ried the oloction. It believes the op
ponents of incorporation were honest
and sincere In thoir Idea of the meas
ure r.nd hopes that they will heve
just cc.uso to be thankful that Incur
poration carried.
The Mist is glad to note the senti
ment In favor of a County t hambei
of Commerce. Sometime ago It ad
vocated such an arrangement. A
County Chamber of Commerce will
accomplish much good tor the entirt
county and the interest of the entire
county will be better served.
There is plenty of room in Colum
bia county for development and t
body of men from the different sec
tions of the county all working to
gether for such development will ac
complish much. Here's to a Colum
bia County Chamber of Commerce.
PUBLIC FORUM
HAVE VOL EATEN?
We are told by travellers In the
Orient that the Chinese have a mod-,
of salutation entirely disparate from
aia It is mil OllUtnill WllPtl
KILIi IT meet a Irieiid. or acquaintance, te
The nronosed measure to chance make a series of luminous remarks
th Oroffnn Mnntltutinn and limit the 1 about thO obvious Btatfe Of the wea-
legal rate of interest to 4 and 6 per ther. But when Ah Sing meets On
cent Is already having its effect In Lung, the first word with wnicli tt
advising anybody with money to loan greets him Is. "Have you eaten?"
that Oregon will be off the map for Upon which, if On Lung answers yei,
making loans if the measure shoulo. Ah Sing, with wide-eyed concern,
uas)4 'persists: "But have you ealen full
The small merchant, business man,
farmer and home builder would be
the hardest hit as local banks would
be put out ot business and no mone
would be loaned within the state al
such rates.
This is no overdrawn, "throw the
scare Into them" picture. If you had
$600 would you loan It at 5 per cent
In Oregon when ycu could get much
more by loaning it outside the state?
We cannot afford to let such a
measure as this get by in this state.
SAVINGS OK WISE MEN
Felicity eats up circumspection.
A good fellow lightB his candle at
both ends.
Full vessels give the least sound.
German proverb.
Whatever is fortified will be at
tacked, and whatever is attacked will
be destroyed. Gibbon.
When a man finds 20 good reasons
for staying away from home you
may be sure he has at least one bad
one.
TIIEKE ARE MANY OTHERS
"While we were In Paris I felt,
and have increasingly felt ever
since, that you accepted my guid
ance and direction on questions
with regr.rd to which I had to in
struct you only with Increasing re
luctance." President Wilson to
Secretary of State Lansing.
Wherein Secretary Lansing lias, of hot emotions; it Ignites flreB or
up? in t.:nina, wnore chop-buck
era more plentiful than food it l-i
only rarely that poor On Lurig cat.
truthfully say yes to the second In
quiry
In our own country, the high cost
ot foodstuffs has become a painful
by-word. I wonder If I take too
pessimistic a view of things If I fore
see the day unless prices decrease
when, with slow and feeble foot
steps we shall approach one another
on the street and, gazing out or. Hol
low, mournful eyes each upon an
other's laded bloom, shall lisp
through drawn lips the dreaded
Celestial greeting, "Have you eaten
brother? Have you eaten full up?'
Many remedies, plausible and
otherwise, have been offered to pal
liate the high cost of living, and be
cause It Is konwn that most ot us ex
pect a remedy to strike at the roots
of an evil, the agents ot various rem
edies have been under the necessity
of designating this or that as the
basic cause of all the trouble. As a
consequence it is only natural, so di
versely are the minds of men made
up, that the voice of special pleading
may here be heard. But special
pleading is not constructive or disln
terested; on the contrary, by appeal
Ing with half-truths and semblances
of truth to the undisciplined emo
lions. It contorts men Into unreason
ing attitudes; it clouds the funda
mentals of an Issue with the vapors
been increasingly like a very large
and Increasing number of other
Americans, it may be added. Ex.
susDlclon from which men carry
abroad the firebrands of anarchy.
As an example of the foregoing
one may cite the somewhat wide
spread assertion that Prohibition
shifting the heavy liquor taxes to the
shoulders ot other commodities, is.
In the malu, the cause of higher
prices and of social unrest. While
In no sense a Prohibitionist, I do not
hesitate to stigmatize a statement
such as this as propaganda of the
wets; It is quite apparent mat m:
are trying to use the popular desire
for economic readjustment as a ful
crum uptn which they may elevat
the principles of personal liberty.
It niav be true. Indeed, tnai rroni-
bltion has served the euds of plulo-
crats and profiteers that It has aug-1
mented the general unrest; but It hits I
only been a contributing caute -a J
cause. If I may express a personal
view, not to be rated highly perilous.
Other and more radical revsons, bo
numerous that it is impossible even
to advert to them In this brief specu
lation, must be studied singly ami
collectively in order to gain a true
perspective of inflated prices and the
world's Industrial unrest. In order
to conclude this article with some
thing more concrete than Idle theor
izing, it might be well to indicate
one notorious cause oi minium
grievances.
Great trust many or mum mis
begotten monsters of a world at war
have conspired to keep the price
cf the necessities of life beyond the
poor man's reach. They employ la
bor. It Is true, and they supply con
sumers with their products. But to
their way of thinking labor Is only
a fuctor In production, often worthy
of less consideration and worry than
raw material and machinery be
cause It Is easier to get. I livse
"custodians" of the nation's weulth
do not for a moment think that the
are in anyway obliged to emplo)
labor nor do they sense any respon
sibility to supply the consumer with
the necessities ot life. Not at all.
Their one great object is to amass 1
gold. When a time of over prod uc- I
tion comes they have no need for
the services of labor and coldly dis
miss it. At once labor Is devoid of
means to purchase products; other
consumers are at the mercy of those
who hold the overproduction and the
machinery for producing more.
Again and again the cry has gone up
to Washington to pass und enforce
laws to prevent this heartless ex
ploitation to provide for and carry
out a more equitable distribution ot
wealth created by labor. The work
er refuses to be any longer consider 1
cd as a mere commodity; if, as time'
passes on, the government neglects
to act and seems thereby to demean
Mm in his dignity as a man in many j
cases also, to forget that he Is a sol-1
dier who fought aud bled is it '
strange that he will turn u despairing
ear to the violent creed of Bolshe
vism, even In the face ot what lie
knows about Russia?
Whether It come about iy fearless
application of laws that cannot be
bought, or whether it be arranged by
mutual understanding aud consent
between Capital and Labor, we must
have a democratization of industry
It is all very well to glory In our
political prerogatives our right ct
the ballot-box to determine who shall
govern us; we have this, and it is
necessary; without It economic lib
erty is impossible. But what we
have not got and what we want an
must have is u recognized right to
the chance to earn our dally bread.
The less governmental activity in the
rearrangement, the better; If capital,
honest thinkers, und the reliable
leaders of labor work together con
scientiously, Industry can he stabil
ized rest restored to wearied nations,
and ' the destructive designs ot the
radicals frustrated.
JEREMY KRAM.
nil.- IMKIUiENtV KHtWIll
Kverv household should have mi
emergency drawer of linen '
derwear to be used In the event sum.,,
member of the family Is hurl ..r hu.I
.lenlv taken III. Miss Miriam M l
Havnes tf tho Colorado AKihultmal
college, gives tho following sugges
tions for storking such a drawer:
Two pairs plain substantial ,',',K
Two pairs mil rimmed I'Ulow n-es
One pair clean blankets.
While spread. , .
Two nous night shirts or
pajaiiuui.
Two women's ninht dresses.
Two children's night dresses.
One-half dozen towels.
One-half dozen w ash clot hi.
Bathrobe.
KIlllOlKl.
Above to b clean and on hand lo
be used in rase oi emergency.
When You Buy a Watch
Vcu should get ona that you ran rely on. v ,.. .L
ELGIN and WALTIIAM watches In silver and g..id
Wstihes will be higher In prlr anil hard iu ., .
we advise you lo buy now If you couleinplm,, ,"
watch. 1
VON A. GRAY
ReliabU Watchmaker and Jewel
er
WIIT HE GOT
At tho conclusion of the
lumi nries were distributed.
one of the pupils returned homo his
mother chanced to he entertaining
callers.
"Well. Charlie." asked one
these, "did you get a prize?"
"Not exactly " said rnaruo.
I
school I
When
of
but i
I got a horrible mention
Francisco Argonaut.
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FATTEN THE CALVES
By iiHiug
KEtT'KlTY V.U.V ItKHI
for calves und little pigs.
A 25 lb. pall for $l.fMI.
Other Stork Foods und Feed
FRANK WILKINS
Sheldon Iiock
St. Helens Oregon.
Keeping the Community's
Resources Liquid
THAT means keeping them in a 'i eady-to-tiK'
form Now how better can that be done than by
having them bulked in a bank where they can bt
safely plated just where they will do the greatnt
good for the greatest number?
The capacity of the Columbia County Bank for han
dling the business of this community is in keeping
with the necessary need for maximum upbuiMing
and development
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IN coUft-ibU
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
When bastini velvet, usn hduMiu
silk. When the stitches ure removeil
there will be no traces.
When it Is desired lo carry a can
die Into a drafty cellar or attic where
there la a possibility of its blowing
out, a short candle may be placed
In a tumbler, fastened by its own
wax. It will burn steadily and safely
When the meat irrlnriiir uu, h.,,. .....
or other cooking utensils noed oiling
use glycerine nround the bearings or
crevices. It is the most harmless
lubricant that can be used and does
not later affect tho food by odor or
laste.
To straighten I ha kinks out or
wool that has been used and ravelled
out, wind the wool In a skein and tie
the skoln in four plnces. Dip It lu
lukewarm water, squeeze the water
out gently and hang up to dry. Tim
wool will look like new.
To remove sunburn on white
straws use lemon juice mixed with a
little sulphur. Use a teaapoonful to
Just enough lemon Juice to make a
paste. Spread all over the hat, rinse
it off several times with cold water
Dry In the shade after rubbing as dry
rs possible with a el'jan white cloth
EAT
"Hazelwood" Ice Cream
EVERY DAY
IT'S GOOD FOR YOU.
Al "MASON'S" Only
ROLLS
ffllEl!ll!il!',7ft
Fresh Every
Day
Easy lo SELL easy lo HUE
into! Honestly (iO()I).
t'LEAX WHOLESOME!
At once creates n T1NTI-'
I OH MOItE!
Nourishes better than
MEAT and FA It
CIIEAI'KH!
Send for oiiih TODAY!
Oh, yes! You'll want
'em again and
AGAINI
St. Helens BakerY
J. E. IU MH EY, l-rop.
Special Prices on Meats
Every Saturday we make special bargain prices
mean. Good beef, veal, mutton, pork, ham. Ucon
etc. Take advantage of thcae specials and save money
on your meat bill.
Special Lard Prices
5 lbs. Home Made Leaf Lard $1.65
2', lbs Home Made Leaf Lard 85
3 lbs. Home Made Compound 70
Better net a supply at these special prices.
The People's Market
THE ORIGINAL CASH AND CARRY STORE
Phone 40 St. Helens, Orego
When the Chilly
Winds Blow
the fr.ee and hands become
chapped and cracked. But do
not suffer use our lotions and
cure yourself quickly. We have
many different kinds, all de
peudable. Come In to-day aud
we'll tell yeu all about them.
Remember us as the reliable
druggists.
A. J. Demirig, druggist
ST. HELENS, OREGON
JUST ARRIVED
New lot of Congolium Rugs
The Best Floor Covering for Dining Rooms.
- 9 $8.75
9 10.75
9xiQIA ....15.75
9 x 12 18.25
Also have good assortment of Linoleums in
prints and felt base goods, 85c to $1.50 per yard
E. A. ROSS
THE HOUSEFURNISIIER
Masonic Bldg. St
DORT
Quality Goes Clear Through
The Dort is known' as a car that performs
efficiently and eceonomically. It has a repu
tation for being a long-lived car. It has earned
a fine name for giving good service. The pro
nounced ability of this car to fully satisfy owners
is responsible for the fine friendly esteem in
which it is held throughout the nation. :: ::
IMce is $1205 at St. Helens
COPELAND AUTO CO.
Columbia Street, hone 87 ' St Helens, Orcg