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10CAL BCSISES3XO WILL PETI
TIOX OREGOX C0XCEESSXE3T.
Defects ef Law and Its Working 1Mb.
cfple Described f DUIL
Within the next few days La Grande
business men are going to join the
ranks of petitioners all orer the
country and will appeal to the Oregon
congressmen to fight against the par
cels post law. The purposes and in
tents and what will revolt to smaO
town businessmen and merchants, is
graphically told In the following cir
cular lettter receded by local busi
nessmen from the prime movers in
the fight against the law.
The advocates of the rural parcels
post claim that this syitem of mer
chandise traEsportatkrtj would enable
the farmer to hare small packages of
merchandise delirered at his mail box
quickly and. cheaply.
No one disputes till bat there are
two more sides to the Question. Here
is one:
Evry rural dellrery carrier is now
authorized to carry merctaciiie par
cel! weighing orer four posads frca
your farm to town or froaa town to
your farm nd yea, or the town maa,
pay the carrier whaterer jm agree
la right The proposed postage
charge nU Trage oi fcigier
than whit yV3 vyzld pay Sifr ti
Present tyvrx V dtllrtrj. J5w
there is no t&.z1&ua weight for
the carrier t aaythhrg far r
that he U fiV 4rry. ba It te pr-
pcsed to J:;; fSt t elwea
pounds TJ.'s wJd grea:!y cur
tail th J::tt7 trir!:gs &7W
to evry frr who dtlres to as
them aa1 &ake I2ry cost fcta
nrrf)r tiaa sar the prtt t&vCttA.
Kri is jiioffc? s!f tJ
tlon th g, t7 ycr csA
frier. s. fh h.Tr. cwrcfcasfs; ' ;
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chances there are outside of Larger Cities to hear
such men as Bancroft. Be sure and attend.
I . I i " 1 i i i i
I Kig-ciyt mercnants or ail kinds
would be quick to sieze the rural par
cels post as a delierery outlet
, through the use of local agents, to
j whom parcels' would be shipped in
large quantities by express or freight
for deposit in the local postoSce and
delivery by rural carriers. There is
absolutely no way in which this couM
be prevented. ,
The opportunity thus afforded these
mail-order houses for the develop
ment of a gigantic trust is a most
serious menace to the farmer's wel
fare. Every necessary of life could
in time b monopolized through the
operation of this government postal
subsidy, taxed against al lthe people
and applied for the sole benefit cf the
Mail-Order Trust. Already Wall
street sees the trend cf events and
"big business" has become interested
in fostering and zlna&cisg the. par
cels post agitation. Its appetite has
been stimulated by the results of the
past, few years, which have enabled
one mail-order house to pay an an
nual dividend of 7 per cent on its
many minions of capital and recently
to declare a special dividend cf 33 1-3
per cent. What farmer caa ever top
to equal that record?
The big-city merchants pay no tax
es of any kind direct or indirect la
yoar community. They do not he!?
it ainfafn your schools, churches. li
braries, hospitals aai other piblie ia-stitatkms.-.
They do net help yoa
brId asd maintain- good rea.ii. They
do not give yea ereilit and they givet
yoi neither sympathy est he'? wiu (
misfortune ' comes. . These fefg-ciry
t
merchant have alsotutely so inter-
est ia yax. except to get held cf
as many cf yea ricliars as t!y caa
asd give as little re&xra tierefsr as"
pcasih!. I
F-artir3.5r. the tig-cizr cerch-;
ants do t hI ia aiy way to main-1
tain and t-iiid e? tie tcsit E-irlsts
fcr yonr jrodacts that ablf yoi to
get swt casl cr its eirniiEi trx
ererything ysi taw to sea. Tour t-1
cation ta.r meJk z towx iacras ti ,
tafs cf yoxr fara aid sai Car
farm easy to sa at fill tali wlttt-'
ever' yea desire.
1m a;r?ciat4 Cut fact thai tisj
OBSERVER,
THE WORLD'S GREATEST
PSYGHIG: RESEARCHER
- fill
KAVOAttO
sift
Tl
ram6ie9 jamiiary
tanner trade Keeps up the country
towns and that any system such as
the parcels . post which will divert
the farmer trade from the country
town to the big city will ruin the
country town.
It ths country town is ruined, the,
farmer's borne market will be de-1
stroyed or at least very seriously fm- f
paired. Property values fn the conn-'
try towns would certainly depreciate
as store after store was forced out
of business and greater burdens of
taxation would be placed upon the
tanners overburdened shoulders.
Lack of funds raised by taxation
would curtail the schools of the coun
try towns. Churches now so largely
supported by the home merchants
could no longer be kt supplied with
ministers, unless the farmer members
heavily increased their contributions.
Public spirit would be destroyed. Trefc
Uc Institutions would safer and pub
lic improvements become a thing cf
the past
The plain fact is that the interests
of the' farmer and the home merch
ant are mitaal. They are partners
la the bwfaesj cf prodactifiB and dis
trfbutioo ia tie . ' upbuilding . and
maiateaaiice cf the best possible Lme
market. And the best horn market
is one that buys everything the farm
er has to s0 at top market prkes
and sells hha everything fce seeds at
fair competitive crkes.
Therefore. Mr. Farmer, stand by
yosr home merchants eyw as , yoj
would expect tlin to stand by yet.
Ia doing this yoa ' ar" erxserring
yonr cwa test feteresrts-
AS 1FFE1L TO WITES.
Care tS Dviaiiaf HsiiUad j Zlrz
Orrfse Cam ke CIv Seemly.
So mere trrfil aidictrcii cas tcme
tff'aaj heme than the craving lex
srrccg dis.k of hisSaad father.
We a;5al to wrres, EGf-hers an.1 s
tsrs to tare the hiataad asd father r
tie ircther wfei Orrixe,' sfeaSS
err tor tie i:.icr hai'it. Cai le glT3
:rtly.-
Orrne k nn-ier an ai".re
ptanatee tla: & 3 eot ' drfut
halit cr coney vCl a rfmdL Sa !
H SasnSnesa and prosjerity cf tS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1910.
l n:-: c
;WARD THEATR
horoe with Orrine. 1 per box. Write
for free booklet "How to Care Drun
kenness.' Orrine Co. 571 Orrine Build
ing. Washington, D. C, Oriine is sold
In this city by SUverthorne's Famllr
j Drug Store. Dec. U. 1 20.
5tlce 1 Property Owaers.
Notice is hereby given that the
Council of the City of La Grande, Ore
gon, did on the 2it day of December,
1319, pass a resolution declaring Its
intention of Improving "X" Avenue
In front of lots 1 and I in Eck 22,
Riverside Addition to tie city of La
Grande by building a board sidewalk
live feet wide thereon; All property
owners are hereby notified that they
may do said work or tara the same
dose, provided the Improvements are
made within i days from the last
publication of this notice, otherwise
the City win ca-use the said toprove
tsents to be made according to the
City Charter.
D. E. COX.
Recorder of the City of Ia Grande.
Jstiee to $Uctkrfrv
Katie is heresy gfvea to tie StocJc
tclders of tie Tnited Sates Xalotsal
Bank cf La Grande, Oreg-s, that the
annual meeting of the stockholden
cf tie said bask, will be held at their
basking hOTse fa La Grande, Ore-
tzn. ' oa Tsetfay Jasisary 15th, fce-
tweea the holers cf If a. as. and 4 p.
at. for the pcrjose cf e!c!iaff a bflrd
cf directors fcr the Sasniag year sad
for the prpcae cf traxiieting asy
other toslaess that cay ecoe. before
tie sseetiag. '
DatM at La Grande, Ory.ta tsis
sixth diy cf December, III.
T. I. SCECWIIX Cashier.
De. f-Xajs. li,
rM irey gliea that the as-
rsal srjiwk-ia'jfers meeting c the
C--re State Bssk wil It he'f at their
Cre !2 Ccv. Origsts, es
Jasiary IKi. IKI ar
tie Sfi-KT f ?
at. Sr tie pqcrj't'ie
cers ror ta? etrt:a-? r
Ktier tois,i rhae t-i.it j--r;r
ensse tefare sajf meet-z.
G. A- ST'OCSu. Cashier,
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