La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 15, 1925, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextFriday, May 15, 1925. FACE SIX THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER SILK OUSTING IL- I mm UAUHO.V J'AHK, Hums. (Special) ' Kotfi-r V. Liiibson wa todtiy 1n 1t'rvh'W"'! rtKnlln(f t h ttxTil nHnuiiun which 1 huthfiiiiK itiunu. furlllHTM Htll llMTl'tliUltH 111 VTy ntcl lort of Id country, nil IiohkIi New KiiKlliml Is n-ri-iv Irifc 1 h- bruiil fif tin tioiiMiH. .Mr. KahHoli's ot rii lal Htatt'iiH iil In iih follows: "Ah the lixlili ImliiHliy fa Oh inIihIh of immy IihIihIh hoth cot ton an 'I w (ioli-n iinoil. It In ner-t-Hwiry to illviH'1 t-tlh's' Into two divisions. Tin rr- H a un ai lfH-r-inci' in tin two litn-s itl llit.s tliin1. AIiIioiikIi ii y:r iit:o tioth cotton mill wooli ns wrc tli'rnu'l. i-t loilny the cotton linluMiry luot re vlvtil much in off t han Iimh the Quality Lines sn ti -To (;ni (Im mhi luili rk-s Waivi-r ItnlilM-r f.unl-i 'ouiin I'ainly National MiijIii Kaft - IM'!himIhIiIi THE L & L DRUG CO. The Sign of a Good Druff Store' woolen Inilurttry. Kprlnie ilenuind for cotton Kooiltt in fairly fttrong and Ih iiiIUm hp1 inimlllnfr a larK volume of haxiinH. .Moreover, liioHt iiiIHh arc niiiklnjf houic money ulthouwh the nuttui" of prollt in comparatively huniM. The rpndi hour activity for .April li24 hould hov ahout 10 per v -nt over tin; Hplndle rapacity f April U2A. TahlliK' H n avcinc' of all tin cot ton millN or th" l nit StateH, 1 Mhonhl fay that they are rtilininj,' about 7f per c lit capacity. The (Itffleiilty In that It font almost n mm h io run 7 Tj per cent oh to run loo p.r cent; therefore the rcttl profit in the huflnesH i-ohh m from rumiiiiK full time. In other wonlH niOHl mill are like hnlclH. One lirtiHt have the rooms 7' per cent full In order (o pay exhen. Then iifl the roomn fill up altove 70 per cent Hie additional Income Ls really all profit. "The woolen tdi nation hIiowh no Hindi lnipro itM iit aw ilmn th cotton mill xituaiion. Wmth-n ooiIm I are out of line with the . im ral I price ll u.it ion. and limit co.six and jO(.r demand have put tin- iudus Irv In a rallor unwi I isfact ory eco nomic condition. Short KkiiiH. low iH-cltx and d I in ina I Inn of alee vex have tended to raise havoc with the woolen ind N.sf i v. Without "iiM ihe lntroducii(n of aitifirlal llk haa al.so Im-cii a I re me minus fac tor In upeitimr the woolen indus try. Artificial nilk has a i oiuplhdi- d two Ihiims: Kiir;t. in enaldiiu; pi Ope to ;et what llipe-(K to lu ll Kilk article for very much h as than lormeily: and. mcuiiiIIv, it lias popularized mil; In li -neral and male a staple industry out of what oncf wan a hiMiry. Almost every one Ih weai-imr stilt if Home form today In place of wool. Ah a result the loom and spindle activity In Wind for April Mf'i Is only about 1 per edit creati-r than April I't-M. Kurt hernmre. alt hoiu;h wool has declined nearly L'a r cent In price .since January 1nt, It Ih atlll n-aily per cent ovi r tin- pre-war level and ZU p r cent over the level of a ye:ir ak'o; 1i)'.'4 w:ih one of the pooi-eat years In th' ltl.'ilory of woohn fmndM and 1 'MU ltaa than far not been much belter. "The textile ladilHliy I a whole In Hnflerlnir from a decline in ex port n. Thla, liowi'xer. Is only na- lural and is not aurprUlng. We cannot -xppct Kurope to buy both our raw materials und our Untuned products. The natural thl'iifc I tor Kurope to buy our raw muterlaJu anil we cannot expect her to buy our manufactured tfoodn, either cot toim or woolcmi. Kurope made Kri-at purchuseH durinjt Hip war be--aue it8 workem wtc in the army and Ihe mlllH on the baltle rieidn; but tin- Httuutioit 1m now fast n siimliiK ti normal condition. "Apparently th cotton Industry is rapitlly getiinK: on its feet and ef ficient cotton mills have little to fear. The future of the woolen In duxtry Ih. however, more or leu iiientionahle. Only the futun can tell whether woolen drcHH kooiIh have definitely (jone out of faah ion. The woolen people take the poaltlon that allk la merely n fad and, whem-vcr 1 he atyle chanK's, women will cast aside their Milk kooiIm and come back to woolenn. tn tin- other hand, the Bilk people claim that they ure on tbt verge of even greater new developments ill artificial silk which will great ly Improve the quality and reduce I hi' pi'UM'. These 'rayon manufac turers claim that for the woolen people to fiuht -silk hi like the old Nli'icl car ceuipaulcH fighting the. buses, mid that woolen dresa goods, cceptiif for old ladies, are gone forever. I am willing to make I (ireaIs reiat iv to a good many Huhjccts. but I am Hid yet willing to forecast what the women of the fnlti-d Slates will do an to their modi of dre.Hsintf! The fact, how ever, that people live In warmer houses, travel tn closed cars mid own fur coats, makes them less In terested in woolen dresses. For every beatiiitf system installed, for eyery Ford Sedan Hold und every fur coat marketed, a nail is driven Into the coffin of the woolen Roods trade. "In a recent windy of the textile situation, one factor has come to rny am ntion which l very worthy of note: namely, that the smaller mills are dointf relatively better than lfie lurge manufacturing cor porations. When the big consoli dations tike the American Woohn company, the I'onsolidated Textile company. Pacific Mills and various other similar consolidations were put through the argument was that Why Be Rich? V 9 Juicy Steaks From Corn Fed Steers We are nov " offering f 6 the public the fourth lot of Corn Fattened Steers. These steers have been fed about three months. Not a better o;rade could be found anywhere in the country. Be one of the regular customers who call tcr CORN FED BFFF. Grande Ronde Meat Company "Mt. Emily Brand" - t t Here Is a fellow who ret up and goes to work in the morning and hn doesn't have to. Vernon Martin of Chicago, Jo year-old pun of the mil llonuiru p. m a nianufucturer, in six months will Lo heir to fsuu.iHiQ, Vet every day ho taken Ida placet aa a laborer In one of the plum's shwjxi. A Few Ideas About An "Explosion" of Atoms (Conttnuftd from Paije One.) ful aft uclentlKtn assert, would mlr tiling i'P t " marked extent, Uutiled und let out homeopathl cally. to drive the Leviathan from New York lo Liverpool. It would he all rlKhl. Hut simply released nmonditinnnlly und allowed to fly all over my! In faet, they Hpejik at I he government bureau of atamlaiils of the "exploHlon" o( at oium. it a icaspooniui wonm kick i ne '.f.(taii ton sli-aniMhlp l.eviatiiau 3, nhit miles, what wouhl a quart or a gallon or a harrelful dol Iteshb-s. ihere'i a theory thai the. 'explosion" of only one atom, un der proper or maybe It wouhl be more appropriate to May impropcr eomintoiis, uiiKht sel off all the rest -i he entire iiniverse or them Hist tin the explosion of one Krain ot powder in a kegi'ul explodes all I he ot her grains, too. Ireleed, there'a .scientific author ity for the Niirmise that such a stunt iniiiht dissolve the universe - noi merely our little aolar nya nm but tlm uuiverse, no lest Into ku.h. You can visualize it! One wr- ' oml i-rythlmr running aluii as JiiMial -we worldiiiiKH busy at our li -(ar jub- the sun bursting out jiulo Kpot.s the. moon reflecting ilU;lit ami atiendmg to the tide.i- jthe planets whizzing around as per ) s -heduh -the distant stars Iwmkl I I UK 'o beat the land tin whole i plant operating like a watch! . 'Then the next s md, or frac tion of one, the reckless scientist jUioreMiei, naviug none un in pi 1 them a the Grand Inquisitor w thai the- world didn't move, when Ikilileo said it did." Which was pretty Hurt -but the (iruud Inquis itor won wroni,'. Then 1 miked Ir. Abbott, at the Hmit hiionlau J nat It it lion. 'We're an ci-rlaiu about moms," lie re plied, 'a8 we lined to he about tin; nebular hypothesis. We w e r e miffhty cerlatn ubout thai but I the idea exploded now." "What'H a luymun to ronchnle vvhen scientists talk like this'.'" 1 Inquired of Dr. Todd, the astron outer. "That they do a lot of ifUcHswork," the doctor rejoined. iMtsmi ij) iiati'm: When the windshield kIush be comes loose in Its frame it causeH an uunoyinK rattle. It is very dif ficult to close the frame ho that. It will I? rip i hi glusH more securely without the possibility of breaking the latter. If the glass is not too loose the rattle can be eliminated by filling the space In the name Willi shellac. This can be applied wlih u. sharp pointed stick or a1 brush ami should be applied slowly 1 so that it will pack tightly In the opening. - American Automobile Digest. I haw dealt vith them I have to ult in court, but huve also other imiglHterial duties which ure not public. Kvery afternoon 1 have ,to preside over spun meet-1 ing or to attend lo official busi ness and every evening I have to attend a dinner which I cannot .. i ; "I am not the man I uun four months ago before 1 became lord! mayor." Tax t'nllti-lnr llcslgns Itnilier Than ;rinil !oor SOl'THA.MJ'TON, ;ng. (Al). The most-talked-of man In Houth-! uinpton is A. ti. I'arry, tax Cil)4'c- tor of the Houth Stomliatn I'nlon, who resigned his Job because o his conscli'iice which, he said, would not permit lilin f irther to collect the high taxes which he felt were causing distress umdng the people of the district, Mr. I'arry has a wife ami three chil dren and no work in sight. His position paid fl.feiHi a year. "I could not continue squeezing people for taxes," lie said recent ly, "us I huve realized for two yeurs that when 1 took $fi from muny persons. It meant they would be short of food. I understand there huve been several hundred applicants for my Job" Good Digestion Aids the Complexion One Woman Tells Another About The Service And Quality She Gets At Pattison Bros. Grocery News travels quickly from one woman to another, over Ihe telephone, at parties wherever women meet you will find them talking about Tattison liros. Service ami (Quality. Listen in whenever women are discussing service and quality and you will bear one say, "Oh, I always Ret the best of fruits and the cleanest of fresh vegetables nt rallison Hros (winery, and their service cannot be beat. Premium Meats, Heinz Pickles and Preferred Stock Canned Goods are other quality lines that will be found at ous store. the big unit would be able, to ope rate more I'llii lenth' ami more eo uoiiih nHy than Up- finall unit. f course the truth Is that hi most cases ceilaln poplc wanted to :ell out and this 'consolidation' argu ment was u:a d as a cloak to liable them to pass on their holdings to the public. Subsequent history has shown very clearly that there was nothing in this 'mass production economy for textile Industries. , 1 "Statistics show clearly that both , cotton and woolen goods are being ! manufactured today mitre effteienl- y and more economically In small I plants than in large plants. Many small textile manufacturers today :aro making money, while nnst big ! manufacturing tetiie corporations are having serious difficulty. All I of this should be very cue uurugini; , to small independent ma nut act tir ers. The day of Urn small textile manuiactiirer in America is not .past, but rat-her the small maiiu 'laciurer is again coming into his : own, lie has less labor difficulties, (smaller overhead costs, Is able to ! pay more personal attention to his plant and his a direct interest ! which it is impossible m have tin J der absentee ownership. . I "tine thing more," concluded Mr Ulabson, "which this study has I shown me, ami that, is one of the real difficulties of our big textile corporations today. I hiring the j war these large corporations rose on the tide of high prices and large profits due to war orders. The gov ernments of the world competed with one another for textiles, espe cially for woolen gobds. The cost I of manufacturing was not a factor, no ability was needed for, selling, ond yet these corporations made Inuge profits. As n remit they built I up large overhead cxpeiisi a, paid 'big salaries to their officials, sales managers, district ni a n a g e r s. built up large personal expenses built up large persona h-xpenses ;und lived and operated on a basts j which they never experienced . be ; fori'. The inns I mtIoiis fiat in e of I the situation, however. Is not that ; these men are getting hiu:e salaries ; and nre under heavy li Ing ox ; peuses, but rather that they nre , fooling themselves with t he Idea that they are great financiers, great ' manuiact ur rs, great sales man jairr. and great ageut! They ! think that they arc rev pnnsihte for the proiits of these companies dur ing the war when ft was m-t at all idue to them. Thev simply rode In on the tide. Tt Is njt if f omc farm er was drilling an ordinary well to ; Rive the cattle water when he ; struck oil. ( "Husincss today is nrrnin normal. . compared with 1 p-r cent nhove ; norme.i the first of the x. ar nud 7 per cent bejow normal n ve.ir ago. Fundamental conditions are better today than they were n ar ago and the situation is gradually im proving. There, however, will not be nnv great improvement until manufacturers and exveut Ives, la- tbor lead.-rs and bankers quit fool j log themselves. Then junt only I then will they again got down to j brass tacks and prepare to com pete with the rest ot' the vorld. j which Is America'! next jd) from jan industrial .standpoint." Ilmlnary fixing, touches a little gadget and llooy' throughout in tlniiy nothing but gas! . It may sou ml fresh in n men1 (avmaii, and an ignorant one, at ; that, to say so, but I don't believe, all this atomic stuff the scientists i get off. To read it In a hook or listen to a lecture, you'd think they i knew exactly what they were talk- ! Ing about. y j lint call on one and dry to pin him down. You'll find him vaguer! than you expect. I tried it at the bureau of stand ards. "Are atoms," I nsked, "Ihe ories or facts?" "Kacts," nhl the bureau experts. "We're as sure of London's Lord .Muyor Veurim I 'or IlxeiflM mid I'roh Air I .ON I ION (AD. I.Ike Oilbert and Sullivan's opera t ic policeman, t he lord mayor of laimlon finds bis official life "not a happy one." (.ord Mayor Sir Alfred Mower told a meet Ing recently it is Impossi ble for him to get fresh air and exercise except oil Sunday. Other lays la the week he works 1 ! hours ;r day. After expressing a wish that t here were a half-holiday for lord mayors. Sir Alfred said: "I begin work nt 8:3fl when my letters nre brought to me. Aft -r 'RQHU THE WORLD'S GREATEST helps millions of housewives make pure and nutritious bakings SALES 2'i TIMES THOSE OF ANT OTHER BRAND FEED 1 tolled oats Kollcd barley Haled hay Whole corn Cracked corn Whole wheat Cracked wheat Mill feed Screening, ltaby chick feed Oyster shell Orlt Sure Iay Scratch feed Ask Our I'rlces. La Grande ft dicuuuac Storage Co. l'liono Main 7tJ j; Considered Phone Main 80 ' A ' V 9 ,- : i k i wl.li'ly kiiuwii lawyw, it win con .l.lrrl Mi illellor Kt'mral t i uo OTd Jiilnn M. 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