La Grande evening observer., October 17, 1932, City Edition, Page 4, Image 4

Monday, October 17, 1932
Pasre Four
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. LA GRANDE, ORE.
Wall Street; but that the fear and
doubt as to what his policies are,
coupled with tho belief that he may
not have stamina enougn to restrain
the radical agitators of his own party
may do as much damage as positive
action on the president's part.
Voters should consider the matter
In all soberness. Times have been
and aro hard. Will the nation fight
its way to recovery more quickly under
all there Is to It. . ,
The present Impasse has been seen
from the first. Japan lias been In
creasing hor hold on the great Chi
nese province for years. Beginning
with the occupation of Mukden, the
capita! city, a year ago, she has accel
erated her aggressive policy. She Is
the mistress of Manchuria, despite
the nominal sotting up of an lnde.
pendent government at Changchung
undor a puppot sovereignty. If any.
body fajls to relish this situation,
what Is anybody going to do about It?
There may be rhetorical dcnuncla
tlon of Japan from the league of na
tions and she may be outlawed by
her exasperated fellow powers. But
MAMIFACTI.'KKR MAY PAV TAX
In' support of our recent editorial
advocutlng adoption of a tax on oleo
margarine, a local dairyman tellB us
that such a tax would not be passed
on to tho consumer, but would be
puld by the manufacturer.
He bases this statement on the be.
lief that o!eo, to soil, must be kept
at a price several cents per pound
below that of butter. If the price
rango Is approximately tho same, the
consumer will chooso butter.
This Informant states further that
becauso of the extreme low prlco of
tho raw products going Into butter
These observations are Important
additions to tho weight of orgument
that Induces our recommenaotion for
a "yes" vote on tho oleo tax bill. Wo
believe In the protection and the de
velopment of tho dairy Industry of
Oregon. Klamath Falls Herald.
less than he-Henry Wilder Kcycs
ls not only less generally known, but
perhaps Is as little known nationally
as any of tho senators.
Senator Koyes. ao years old, florid
faced and with hair almost while,
makes few attempts to step Into the
limelight of the senate. He has
served 14 years In that body. Is sccuro
in his seat until 1937, but It Is a rare
thing for Wm to mako a speech.
To boo Keycs in action It 1b neces
sary to drop In on a meeting of tlio
commlttoo on public buildings and
grounds. As chairman ho docs most
of his talking there.
IIAItVAIll) tJHII FAV
Keycs might also be seen In ac
tion later this fall when Harvard
and Yale play their annual football
game. He'll be there doing a lot of
talking for Harvard.
He hasn't missed a Yale-Harvard
gamo In years. As a matter of fact.
for tho last 40 years he seldom has
missed an Important athletic event
In which Harvard took part.
Ills physique still bears evidence
of his days as an athloto. At Adams
academy, whore he took his prepara-,
tory work, he established an lnter
scholostto record for that time oil
(Incorporated)
As Independent Newipsjast
5 feet 1014 Inches for tho runnlngl
high Jump.
At Harvard he was a quarter mlln1
In Washington
runner and a member of tho football'
jtho definite and conservative policies
squad. Rowing, howovcr, was bis
specialty. , , i
KNOWS FAHM.INC1 j
Wealthy, he Is proud of bolng a
01 pres. lioover; or unaer me inqeun
Ite and uncertain program which
Roosevelt may propose? That Is the
real Issue the voters have to faco In
November. Salem Statesman..
HAROLD If. PIULAY .
, Business Manager
By Herbert I'liimmcr
WASIUNOTON New Hampshire's
senior senator, the witty sharp
tongucd George Moses usually comes
first to find when mention Is made
of tho Qreen Mountain state's repre
sentation In the senate.
Moses' witticisms, wlsc-cracks and
satire are rcsponslblo for 'that.
New Hampshire's other senator,
elected the Bame time as Moses and
who has served only four months
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U O. MOOENSEN 0O InO.
an Praneuoo, Los Angeles. Seattle, Portland, Ohloago.
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substitutes, the manufacturer can af.
farmer. In the senate ho Is an au
thority on agricultural questions
and still makes his home on tho
farm his father founded In tho fer-
tile volley of the Connecticut river, i
Ono of his hobbles is persuading I
New Hampshire boys to remain In'
their home stote Instead of migrating
to metropolitan centers. ,
ford to pay this tux of ten cents per
pound. The dairy farmer. It Is esti
N ' JAPAN DEFIES THE WOULD
Dispatches from Japan make It
plain that the dominant note of com.
mont there on the Lytton commls.
slon's Manchuria report Is hostile.
In effect tho world Is told that
Manchuria Is a closed Issue and that's
she Is ready for all this. Her first
and last desire Is to hold Manchuria,
and who will take It away from her.
mated, pays approximately ten cents
per pound In various types of taxes,
and the proposed law would serve to
Japan Is In Manchuria and who will
put her out? It Is a condition ond
equalize this situation between the
oleo producer and tho butterfat pro
ducer.
not a theory that confronts tho
world. Keokuk1 (Iowa) Gate City.'
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Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one 1 1
another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. - I
Eph. 4:32.
MORE FREIGHT
There can be no return of prosperity without increased
railroad car loadings and car loadings will not increase until
; business improves, so one can understand the look of satis
faction which spread over the face of the nation when mid
September started a series of consecutive weekly gains in
car loadings. It was as indicative of better business as
smoking factory chimneys. '
Car loadings mean moving crops, labor and capital at work,
factories producing and mines, quarries and wells giving up
their precious natural resources to swell man's wealth and
increase his comforts,' They are an accurate and sensitive
barometer of national business.
Increasing loadings at this season are due to the harvest,
the seasonal demand for fuel, and industrial pickup. All
represent employment gains and increased buying power. It
is a start toward better times. ;
Every increase in car loadings calls more railroad men
back to work and augments the operating income of the
railroads. Every gain is a boon to both, for thousands of
railroad workers have been idle for months and the operating
income of the 70 leading roads was off nearly 48 per cent
:', the last 12 months. There can be no payroll additions and
no dividend checks until loadings return to somewhere near
normal. . , , .
' GAME PROTECTION
When hunters go forth in legal season and find that the
game they have protected and propagated has been killed
out of season or slaughtered by poachers not content with a
legal catch, they come to their first full realization of the
magnitude of the job of those charged with the protection of
our game.
Protectors recently captured a pot-hunter's boat equipped
with a triple-barreled swivel gun capable of killing from
75 to 100 ducks at a discharge. Pot-hunters, most despised
of all racketeers, are largely responsible for the steady reduc
tion of game birds, especially migratory waterfowl. They
are not easy to capture and are able to make the illegal and
unsportsmanlike business profitable because of the demand
from clubs and restaurants for game birds.
Fewer men would violate the game laws if they stopped
to consider that they are injuring the Bportsmen whoso
money and good sportsmanship have preserved for all what
little good hunting there is. They are not merely violating
some rule of that abstract thing called the government. ,
LOW COST OF LIVING
No doubting Thomas can seriously gainsay that living
costs have dropped sharply in the last two years after analyz
ing the striking illustration of that fact furnished by a large
grocery chain story enterprise.
Sales for five weeks this fall were compared with those for
tho corresponding five weeks of 1931, and allowed a drop in
cash value of 15.6 per cent, while sales measured in tonnage
were off only 3.4 per cent. Sales for a 25-weck period showed
a decrease of 14.4 percent when reckoned in dollar values
and of only 4.4 per cent when figured on tho tonnage or
quantity basis.
These comparative statistics can mean only that the peo
ple are consuming nearly as much food but aro paying con
siderably less for it. The cost of living is being tempered
to the shorn pocketbook.
Where the family has effected a reduction of rent or pared
the payments on the second mortgage it can take a consider
able impairment of income and still maintain a standard of
living on a par with that of 192!). And the fortunate few who
have come through tho depression with unscathed incomes
now have more surplus dollars than ever for the luxuries of
life. These latter are the ones who should be spending
freely that their buying power may stimulate business and
provide jobs for the idle.
Many a heart has caught fire from the flash of an eve, or
even the flicker of an cvelid.
Other Papers
Say:
A SOIHilt ((IIXTION
Hard times havo mado tho people
Irritated. They volco their discontent
on any ond all occasions. In recent
elections they havo vented their feel
ings by swatUng the "Ins." Thero Is
danger that thoy will similarly ex
press themselves against 1'rcsldent
Hoover.
Supposo Gov. Roosovclt Is chosen
president. Between November and
March there will be a period of grave
uncertainty. Congress would bo call
It will Immediately become a forum I
cd In extra .session after March -Uh.
or cllncontrnl In which radical nmt
unsound iucuhiikvi of tho most cx
ticme kind will be launched. With
such men as lluey long. Burton
Wheeler, c. c. Dill posing as spokes,
men ot the administration legislation
almatt or revolutionary chanirter may
1)0 agitated.
When a patient Is convalescing It is
o. poor time to change medicine and
to change doctors. Assuredly Ameri
can business Is In no shape to suiror
experimental major operations of the
kind that lluey Img will projxie.
Kcccnt recessions in businrwi lve
support to tho thought that It Is rear
or Hoosovell success which Is causing
present unsottlement.
Wo do iiot bellevo IhBt Hoosovolt
has any dcslto to Injure business re
covery, thot he has even any genuine
hostility to business as typllled by r
penes
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The decision has been made - the
importance of it.pULfe
dous interest to this entire trade
territory, an event that will be of
unquestioned, merit and will make history in
the merchandising field of La Grande- each and
every member of every family can now prepare
for this coming event-- Watch Wednesday's
paper for further
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