La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 06, 1917, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextFRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1917. SIX LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. -i BRIGHTEN YOUR HOME FOR EASTER '. Be fair to your eyes by providing plenty of light with National M AZDA lamps. We sell them. Stop at our store or 'phone No. MAIN 87. Levy-Vogel Drug Co. Prescription Specialists Shortage of Farm Labor. Monmouth, Ore., April 5. (United .Press) So many farm hands in the .OTcmtry districts have enlisted, a farm labor shortago threatens. Women may bo forced to work on the farms jn this part of the valley next sum .mer during the harvest season. Bad Couch? Feverish? Grippy? Youiced Dr. King's New Discovery 4 stop that cold, tho soothing balsam ingredients heul the irritated mem branes, soothe tho sore throat, the an tiseptic qualities kill tho germ and your cold is quickly relieved. Dr. King's New Discovery has for 48 years been tho standard remedy for coughs and colds in thousands of homes. Get a bottle today and have it handy in your medicine chest for coughs, colds, croup, grippe and oil bronchial affections. At your drug gist, COc. Adv. FARM SALE BILLS Get 'price on farm sale bills at The Observer office. Call HOW GERMAN BUSINESS PROGRESSING. (Continued from Pago Three.) IS vised by such men as Alfred Ballin, who built up the Hamburg-American Line; by Prince Furstenberg, who heads the "Princes' Trust," a half billion dollar organization controlling expensive hotels, restaurants, thea tres, department stores, omnibus lines, a real estate building- syndicate. mines, health resorts, farms and for ests, railroad and commercial conces sions in the Hoiy Land and the Ger man Palestine Bank; when we remem ber that the Kaiser is advised by Ar thur von Gwinner, the head of the Deutsche Bank and a great railroad concossionist; by Walter Rathenau, now head of the billion-dollar General Electric Company of Germany; by August Thyssen, the Andrew Carne gie of Germany; and by Krupp von Bohlen, the new master of Essen, we realize that Germany is in the same sort of able hands that America wou.d be were its economic future under tho practical control of the giants of getting them much cheaper; that then distributes theso materials to indus try at only a five per cent raise in price. Thus to the doors of tho war timo factories come the materials at tho lowest conceivable price. Even though this holds true only for war and war times, it nevertheless indi cates a tendency. The next point in the campaign for low-priced manufacturers is to trans form this raw material into the war time finished product. Of course that means labor. "Keep down the cost," is tho imperial order. And it is done in an unusual way, in a way that has never perhaps 'been thought of before. Tn considoriner thi3 Question of low-' priced goods, wo first must consider ' tho war conditions of labor in Ger many. German labor cost3 less than j over before in those industries which tho government wants to turn out cheap goods. In tho prison camps of Germany there are today nearly two million men. Among them there is much skilled labor. This skilled labor is not EA' n 5R Eggs Eggs Egys Special Price on Fresh Eggs for Saturday Only 27 2-3 cents per doz. COLUMBIA HAM The sweetest and most delicious ham you ever ate. Try a ham with our fresh Laster Eggs its economic life. Sq much for tne hall being used to build roads and to: brains to which is entrusted this sr.- dig ditches. It in being used in some. cialistic state, bent on holding it. enemies at bay, and shaping its re sources toward the recovery of that five billion dollars' worth of world trade. To understand the workings of in cases in German factories. The aver age prisoner, bored with the life of i tho prison camp, usually welcomes a change. Naturr.lly there are many exceptions. Tho proposition of work ing, or doing sometning to relieve tne Fresh Tomatoes Fresh Asparagus G reen Onions Head Lettuce Hot House Lettuce Spinach Beets Turnips Carrots Grapefruit Oranges Lemons Bananas Rhubarb Radishes Apples Male 75 For Your Easter Sunday Dinner dustrial Germany at war, we must ; monotony of prison life, and at the consider an organization formed in i same time to obtain better food and j Germany ut the break of war. It it j some money, appeals to him in many, the KriegsrohstofTgosellsehaft liter- j instances. Of course there are pris- ally, 'War Raw Material Company " i oners who Tefuse to work, but it is. This is presided over by Walter Rath- reported that they are often made to j enau, son of tho founder of the Gen work. I ho German government otters eral Electric Company of Germany. ; a certificate saying that they work un This "War Raw Material Company ', der compulsion, however, is practically a government monopiy. ' A factory in Solingen needed 50 1 Excluding food, it controls every bit 'men skilled in handling machines for of raw material in Germany today. It turning out hardware (one of the buys from the producers and sells to favored lines for German export the consumers. There is only a fivt trade.) It wrote to the imperial war per cent increase between the price at ministry in Berlin. Tho letter was which it buys the raw materials and turned over to the bureau for prison the price at which it turns them over ,camps. ' to German industry. This per cent ; Tho matter was arranged, and. the covers all the overhead charges of the : men secured. The result is that the Rathenau organisation. And this low favored hardware manufacturer of So figure is possible because men unfit i lingen receives from a paternal gov for military service in the trenches ernment skilled labor at $1.10 a day give clerical service to the nation, (this including the cost of the pris- X Jiey lulve lO. vniri o luuu, ui ui. a fii.c iuulu iioo Grape Juice, Pineapple Juice, Loganberry J uice, and Apple Cider for Your Punch CALL MAIN 35 Gto CUT Others registered at the Foley are: Mrs. Helen Cecil, Enterprise; Mrs. F. H. Wilkins, Joseph; Wm. Gorton, In distributing this raw material to than the same manufacturer was used i Salt Lake; W. T. Buttereth, Chicago; AT THE HOTELS Fresh Asparagus Cauliflower 'Rhubarb : Spinach Beets Turnips Cabbage Radishes Green Onions Head Lettuce Hot House Lettuce Fresh Peas Fresh Tomatoes We have a fresh shipment of Columbia Ham; about 8 lbs. to 10 lbs. each Thev are fine j industry, the needs of the army mi l to paying German skilled labor in navy are first considered. Consum- peace times. Other cheap labor is ; ers producing for the army and navy furnished by dependent women, Ger Imako their applications for material mans from sixteen to sixty years (un to the Rathenau organization. These 'it Jor military service), and Belgian requests are carefully checked, so as ' civilians sent from their country be to make sure that no industry gets cause of lack of work for them there, a bit more than it needs to fill the'A'l of which moans that some of the contract that the government has specially favored goods being manu given it. No graft is known; no re-1 factured by Germany today are being made at cheaper raw material, cheap er transportation, and cheaper labor prices than were possible in that won derfully cheap era before the war. "Keep the costs down" is the im perial command in connection with ! theso lines. PLENTY OP FRESH EGGS AT 30c A DOZEN The City Grocery & Bakery .The Home of Fancy Groceries PHONE MAIN 75 A. Orton, Cove; G. L. Duffy, Cove; J. R. Rhodes, Portland; C. W. Wait, Portland; R. D. Fleek, Chicago; Wm. Finley, Burke, Idaho. quests for more material than a fac tory needs to do its war business, so that the factory can then turn over tho excess material to some other fac tory not manufacturing for the army and navy. All is decided by the Itath enim organization. In such ways does the working of Some of the Reasons for the Methods tho German war staff take into con- German Business Is Using, sideration the peaceful industrial Tn's is absolute necessity for Ger necds of the country. many. Without low-priced goods the Railroads, inland waterways, nnd;emPi''e might find itself ujion the steamship line3 are all harnessed to looming of peace in a dangerous posi- the imperial trade policy. Railroad , tion for world trade. The protective THE NEW WAY TO GARDEN jUse Parkro Seedtape Just Plant The Tape Containing Quality Seeds A Whole Row at a Time Saves Time, Labor and Backaches Comes in 10c Packages Better Plant those Onion Sets now 25c a Pound By Express today .Imperial Valley Head Lettuce 12 for iMc Flour is still advancing Uuy today We have all grades New consignment White Clover and Blue Crass Seed Fresh Columbia Hams for Faster Sunday breakfast California Tender, Green Asparagus 20e Pound Van Camp's Pork & Beans Three sizes 20c, 23c and 30c 25c, 35c. 45c, 55c Doz. All Juicy Sunkist Oranges Guittard's Pure Cocoa half-pound Packages 25c M. J. B. Rice in Sanitarv Sacks 25c. ami 50c You'll like Huttermilk Pancakes Buy Teco, 2 Pkgs. for 25c Closing Out One line of Steel Cut Coffe at 10c lb. loss Will have fresh Bunch Turnips Saturday morning Marshmnllows in Bulk no tin box to pay for By Express Saturday Radishes, Green Onions and Spinach Bulk Peanut Butter, 2 lbs. for 35c use it in place of Butter Gingerettes Crisp and Spicy 5-lb. Box 90c CALL MAIN 80 If we haven't what you want we will get it for you PATTISON BROTHERS GROCERY chiefs, canal chiefs, trans-ocean chiefs, all these men know the goods, the factories, that Germany has chos en as the advance guard in her fight for world trade when pence comes. Preferential railroad rates, cheap in land waterways tolls and ocean freight rates will be given exporters upon imperial suggestion, better to enable them to carry on" the war af ter tho war. Why Many German Concerns Can Manufacture Cheaply. Let us consider how this imperial socialism is working today for Ger man mnnuiaeltirers, particular! v in Guests of tho Sommer are: T. B. Stanford, Enteiprise; Dan Sommers, Elgin; P. T. Harbour, Weston; John Wells, Alicel; L. B. Lamar, Portland; J. B. Wintor, San Francisco; Geo. J. Burr, Portland; A. Goodman, Port land; O. II. Twceten, Seattle; H. C. Oliver, Portland; Mrs. J. D. Fontaine, Kamela; Charles Hochberg, San Fran cisco; C. II. Cook, Portland; H. W. Rhein, Chicago; A. M. Brown, Port land; G. M. Fife, Portland; Thos. Feeley, Racine, Wis.; Nellie Mc-Cully, Elgin; C. A. Galloway, Elgin; J.'W. Howard, Portland; M. E. Eubank, San Francisco; B. McKinley, Portland. Nature Cures, the Doctor Takes the tariff barriers of tho Entente allies I tee- raised to fight Gorman goods upon the j There is an old saying that "Na coming of peace might effectively ture cures; the doctor takes the fee," close markets. But what can a non- but as everyone knows you can help socialize! do against a socialized I Nature very much an dthereby enable state?. Tho allies are adopting state ; , socialism. It took Germany from the I it to effect a cure in much less time than is usually required. This is par ticularly true of colds. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy relieves the lungs, liquifies the tough mucus and aids in its expectoration, allays the cough and aids Nature in restoring the system to a healthy condition. Adv. Sunkist urjiformly good Oranges are frcbhfrom California today and every day. Phone now for a supply. Every first class dealer sells them. Sunkist Uniformly Good Oranges California Fruit Growers Excbug o U63 time of the fall of Bismarck, until to. day two and a half decades to get tho people to accept the principles of monarchial socialism. That system was pounded into the heads of the young in school rooms, and in offices when they got out of school. It was pounded into the heads of banking and big business. Today save for those linos which it will be advan-'. the arguments of the revolutionary so- tageous to Germany to push once the j cialists it all work.-! together, bar war ends. All through this discussion moniously, one enormous machine, you will notice that certain articles This is bringing us to the last step will be pushed by Germany most ener- i in Germany's plans for regaining her gctically when the war " ends (the j world trade. Certainly world trade is ones for the manufacture of which ! paramount issue when the impor slie has a superabundance of raw ma- j ial chiefs consider "the good of Ger terinls, of course). This is an ex- i many." Here the Rathenau organiza- roodingly important and interesting point. One of Frankfurt's factories I makes a product which we shall call A. In milking product A it creates by-products, B and C. It has no use for them, but a factory at Cnssel has. so by-products B and O are shipped to this Cassel factory. Now in Amer ica that would not be profitable unless ii is iiui m, inn r TOss An flii h QUICK DELIVERIES are a feature of this lumber business. When you give us an order you can confidently rely on getting your lumber a little before you need it That means no delay in construction, .i6 waiting time that you have to pay for Think that over. GEO. PALMER LUMBER COMPANY Retail Dept. Phone Main 8 I the other factory wore very near. Even the low transportation charges 1 1 would secure as a by-product might ibo too high. But tho German govern ment owns tho railroads and many waterway routes, and the German government wants to see Gorman in dustry aided in every possible way for the trade war to come. So the government railroads haul by-products B and C at an extremely cheap price from Frankfurt so that tho fac tory at Cassel is enabled to use them profitably. That is one way. Another is that a factory making goods fur export, nnd. say, five hun dred miles from a seaport, is perhaps enabled to transport its good to tho dock at no more expense than a fac tory a hundred miles from the sen port. The government railroads and inland water routes have elastic freight rates that favor factories manufacturing for world trade. Lighten the burden for the exporter that is the imperial order. Wo have soon how it is done by war-timo transportation. We have considered tbi-i war-time Rathenau organization that controls every bit of raw material in the Empire, t'-at has fixed maxi mum r.ii'l minimum prices: that Inns materials in enormous bulk, thus ! ! (To be continued.) : ' i mm vy nni I 111 UU I 1 il- I'l? . 3 Aft,. V& fc.f,? for bat rtsulti in Spring flowers d vegetibltfc Plant now Siveet peas. panjicVend other Grad Prirc California Seeds 8 e to AIm Caorajfe. Cirrotj, Onioas, Pea,. Spina, h. Turnip,. Don't t,l ,J, tl.ter. "j.,, at 0t MdrM a. On S.lc f,T ,! LiJino D. ,!,.. If vou MfiJ liir.-.-Vovr order vil cefi net i'C pmrapeiy ttciidcJ to! c. c. mm Seedsmen Sda F CO. ranc.-c.) We have large and small teams, drays, auto truks, jitneys, piano wagons, derricks, jacks, tackle; everything complete to handle a pack age or a carload. Quick Service Fuel, Feed, Fireproof Storage The J. D. Lynch Co. One Block East of Depot Phone Main 10 JBStf. -ji ;