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Independence, Oregon, Friday, February 1, 1918
As a result of the government taking over the rail
roads, the newspapers suite red a loss of advertis
ing. In this crisis, tlie ovennncnt does not want addi
tional business 'for the railroads. It wants to quickly
move what it already lia.-. . , .;, i- advertising had to
be canceled because it creates more business.
In the guise of patriotic utterance listrust of, dissat
isfaction with and antagonism toward, the Government
and its supreme effort are insidiously spread. Oregon
ian. From the above, a careful reader of the Oregonian in
tiie past ten days would be led to believe that the Oregon
ian was referring to itself. '
Judging from what Secretary linker has revealed,
Senator Chamberlain made a serious mistake when he
joined Roosevelt in an attack upon the administration's
management of the war. Jle has spoiled an otherwise
excellent record by joining hands with Teddy the Ter
rible and other extreme militarists. He should cense his
efforts to fasten a permanent military policy upon this
country and use his position and talents in winning the
present war, not one off in the far future.
Sugar Cett IS Centa a Pound During
Civil War Reflniri1 Profits
Now Curtailed.
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Concerning the alleged mismanagement in the war de
partment, it is pertinent to quote the following from
Arthur Balfour, lord high commissioner of England:
"America has done as much in three mouths as Englam
uuuer iuo siram 01 nioruu pern accomniisneu in three
years." Then it is relevant to append a statement which
Senator Borah of Idaho made tho other day: "The task
of transformation is a big one and iu order for no mistakes
to have been made, the administration would have to be
divine."
President Kerr of tho Oregon Agricultural College
continues to bo severely, criticised by a portion of the
press and people for accepting a raise in salary under cir
cumstances that did not and do not yet look well on the
surface. Tho governor of Kansas has recently added his
testimony that tho Kansas offer to Dr. Kerr was
what he calls a "pipe dream." Most all admit that
Dr. Iverr is a good man in his place and perhaps entitled
to a raise in salary, yet it is beyond their mental capacity
to surmise why it was necessarr to use a fake to influence
public opinion in favor of tho raise. In a nutshell, the in
cident has hurt Dr. Kerr, injured the school and discred
ited those who resorted to such tactics.
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the cause of freedom
US. FOOD ADMINISTRATION
sugar is selling today throughout
America at from 8 to 8 cants a
pound to tta consumer, even though
there la a world ahortaga which baa
reduced thli nation's sugar allotment
to 70 per cent of normal
Through the efforts of the United
Slatea food administration the sugar
market has been regulated aa far as
the producer, reflner and wholesaler
Is concerned. The food administration
bas no power to regulate retail prices
except by public opinion. Even though
more than 83,000 tone of aagar taaro
been ahlpped to Franca In the laat
four months the retail grocer'a sugar
price la around 8 to 8H centa. Hs
should sell thli augar at 8H to 0
renta, the food administration believes,
end, asks the American houaewlfe to
par no more than thla amount.
Laat Auguit when the food admin-
titration waa organized the price of
sugar rose suddenly to 11 cents
pound. During the 0111 War sugar
coat the consumer 80 centa a pound.
By regulation of the sugar market and
reducing the price to 8H and 9 cents
nd keeping It from advancing to 30
renla the fond admtnlatratlon haa ear
ed the American public at leaat $180,-
000,000 four montha, according to
a atalement made by Herbert Hooter
the other day.
"It la our atern duty to feed the al
lien, to maintain their health and
strength at any coat to ourselves,"
Mr. Hoover declared. "There haa not
been, nor will be aa we aee It, enough
sugar for even their present meagre
and depressing ration unleaa they aend
ships to remote markets for It If we
In our greed and gluttony force them
either to further reduce their ration
or to send these ships we will bare
done damage to our abilities to win
thla war.
"It we aend the ah I pa to Java
for 250,000 tone of augar next year
we will have nacaaaltated the em
ployment of eleven extra ships for
one year. These ships If uaed In
transporting troops would take
150,000 to 200,000 man to Franca."
Reaaon for World Shortage.
As Mr. Hoover pointed out, the
United States, Cunada and England
were augur Importing countries before
the war, while France and Italy were j
very nearly self supporting. The main
sources of the world's sugar supply
was Oermany and neighboring powers,
the West Indies and the East Indies.
German sugar Is no longer available,
aa It la used entirely In Oermany,
which also absorbs sugar of surround
Ing countries.
Englund can no longer buy 1400,000
long tons of sugar each year front
Germany. The French sugar produc
tion has dropped from 750,000 to 210,
000 tons. The Italian production baa
fallen from 210.0(H) tona to 73,000 tons
Thus three countries were thrown
upon East and eat Indian sources
for 1,92.1,000 tons annually to maintain
their normal consumption.
llecause of the world's shipping
shortage the allied nations started
drawing on the West Indies for augar
East Indian sugar took three times
the number of ships, since the dis
tance waa three times as great Hud
denly the west was called on to fur
nish and did furnUh 1.420.000 tona of
sugar to Europe when 800,000 tona
year waa the pre-war demand. The
allies had drawn from Java 400,000
tona before the shipping situation be
came acute.
"In aplte of these shipments,'' Mr.
Hoover stated the other day, "the
English government In August reduced
the household sugar ration to a basis
of 24 pounds per aunum per capita
And in September the French govern'
ment reduced their household ration
to IS 2-10 pounds a year, or a bit over
pound of sugar a month. Even this
meagre ration could not be tilled by
the French government it was found
arty In the fall. America was then
aaked for 100,000 tons of sugar and
succeeded In sending 83,000 tona by
Oecemher 1. The French request was
granted because the American house
hold consumption was then at least M
pounds per person, snd It waa consid
ered the duty of maintaining the
French morale made our course clear."
Today the augar situation may
be summarised by stating that If
Amtrloa will reduce Its sugar con
sumption 10 to 15 per cent, this
nation will be able to aend 200.000
mere soldiers to France.
Sugar unlay sella at seaboard re
fineries at $7.25 a hundred pounds.
The wholesale grocer haa agreed to
limit his profit to 23 cents a hundred
plua freight, and the retail grocer la
auppoaed to take no more than SO centa
a hundred pounds profit. This regu
lation was made by the food adminis
tration, which now asks the housewife
to reduce sugar consumption as much
aa possible, using other sweeteners,
and also rvulnds her that she should
pay no tixr than 9 cents a pound for
sugar
Control t Cane Refiners' Profits,
"Iinuiedlr ly upon the etb'lh-
t of tb- ikh administration," Us.
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THANK HEAVENS THAT
MONKEY IS STUFFED! I
SO ARE SOME MEN WHEN THEY
SWALLOW THAT JUST AS GOOD
JOKE AND LET SOMEBODY
HAND THEM ORDINARY PLUG ,
INSTEAD OF REAL GRAVELY
LOOK H)U THE PROTECTION fcAL- IT IS NOT REAL GRAVELY WITHOUT THIS SEAL
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Hoover said, 'an examination was
made of the coats and profits of refin
ing and it was Dually determined tha.
the .ipreud between the cost of raw
and the snle of refined cane sugar
should be limited to $1.: per hundred
pounds. The pre-wur differential had
averaged about 8." cents and Increased
costs were found to have been impos- '
ed by the war In Increased cost of re- j
fining, losses, cost of bags, labor, Insur- !
ance, Interest and ether things, rather ;
more than cover the difference. After
prolonged negotiations the refiners ,
were placed under agreement estab- ;
Ilshlng these limits on October 1, and
anything ever this amount to be agreed '
extortionate under the law. i
In the course of these Investtga- j
tlons It was found by canvass of the X
Cuban producers that their sugar had,
during the first nine months of the
past year, sold for an average of about I
1 . . a a a - t . ' T
-t.4 per (lunureu i. o. u. i una, iu
which duty and freight added to the
refiners' cost amount to about $.1.66
per hundred. The average sale price
of granulated by various refineries, ac
cording to our Investigation, was about
$"..10 per hundred, or a differential of
$1.84.
"In reducing the differential to $1.30
there was a saving to the public of 54
cents per hundred. Had such a dif
ferential been In use from the 1st of
January, 1017, the public would have
saved In the first nine months of the
year about $24 800.000."
Next Year.
With a view to more efficient organ
ization of the trade In imported sugars
next year two committees have been
formed by the food administration :
L. A committee comprising repre
sentatives of all of the elements of
American cane refining groups. The
principal duty of this committee It to
divide the sugar imports pro rata to
their various capacities and aee that
absolute Justice is done to every re
flner.
2.. A commutes comprising three rep
resentatives of the English, French
and Italian governments; two repre
sentatives of the American refiners,
with a member of the food administra
tion. Only two of the committee huve
arrived from Europe, but they repre
sent the allied governments. The du
ties of thla committee are to determine
the most economical sources from a
transport point of view of all the al
llea to arrange transport at uniform
rates, to distribute the foreign sugar
between the United States and allies,
subject to the approval of the Ameri
can, English, French and Italian gov
ernments. This committee, while holding strong
views as to the price to be puid for
Cuban augur, has not hail the final j
voice. This voice has rested In the j
governments concerned, together with
the Cubun government, and I wish to I
atata emphatically that all of the gen
tlemen concerned as good commercial
men have endeavored with the utmost
patience and skill to secure a lower
price, and their persistence has re
duced Cuban demands by 15 cents per
hundred. The price agreed upon Is
about $4.60 per hundred pounds, f. a b.
Cuba, or equal to about $0 duty paid
New York.
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Established 1889
A Successful Business Career of Twenty Five Years
INTEREST PAID ON
TIME DEPOSITS
OFFICERS AIND DIRECTORS
H. Hirschberg, Pres. D. W. Sears, V. P.
R. R. Desmond, Cashier
W. H. Walker, I. A. Allen, O. D. Butler
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cents above tliese ngures, or aoout oiie
flfth of a cent per pound to the Ameri
can -consumer, and more than this
amount has been saved by our reduc
tion In refiners' profits. If we wish to
stifle production In Cuba we could
take that course Just at the time 'of all
times In our history when we want
production for ourselves and the al
lies. Further than that, the state de
partment will assure you that such a
course would produce disturbances In
Cuba and destroy even our present
supplies, but beyond all these material
reasons Is one of liumiin Justice. This
great country has no rij;lit by the
might of Its position to strangle Cuba.
"Therefore there Is no imposition
upon the Aniciican public. Charges
have been made before this commit
tee that Mr. Kolph endeavored to ben
eflt the Ca'lfornia refinery of which he
was manager by this 34 cent Increase
In Cuban price. Mr. Rolph did not fl
the price. It does raise the price to
the Hawaiian fanner about thnt
amount. I does not raise the profit of
the California refinery, because thel
charge for refining Is, like all other re
flners, limited to $1,110 per hundred
pounds, plus the freight differential on
the established custom of the trade.
"Mr. Rolph has not one penny of In
tereat In that refinery."
METHODIST
Thos. D. Yarnes, Pastor.
10 A. M. Sunday School.
11 A. M. Morning service.
3:00 P. M. Loyal Temperance Legion.
7:30 P. M. Evening service.
CHRISTIAN
Bible School at 10 a. m.
or
IS WOUNDED 22 TIMES
"This pries should eventuate,"
Mr. Hoover said, "to about $7.30
per hundred for refined sugar from
the refiners at seaboard points or
ahould place sugar in the hands of
the consumer at from 81', to 9
eenta per pound, depending upon
locality and conditions of trade, or
at from 1 to 2 cents below the
prices of August last and from one
half to a cent per pound cheaper
than today.
There Is now an elimination of
speculation, extortionate profits, and
in tho retinitis- alone the American
people will save over $U.lHA),000 of
the reflnlug charges last year. A part
of these savings got-s to the Cuban,
Hawaiian, Porto Klcan and Louslantan
producer and part to the consumer.
Appeals to prejudice against the
food administration have been made
because the Cuban price is 34 cents
above that of 1017. It la said In effect
that the Cubans are at our mercy;
that we could get augar a cent lower.
We made exhaustive study of the cost
of producing sugar In Cuba last year
through our own agents In Cuba, and
wo find it averages $3 &. while many
producers are at a higher leveL We
found that an average profit of at
least a cent pr pound was necessary
order to maintain aud stimulate
production or that a minimum, prlc of
14.37 was necessary, and even this
would stifle some producer.
"The price ultimately agrvd was 3
Youthful Veteran of Indiana Returns
to Fight Germans.
Wounded 22 times on four battle
fronts in three years of the world
war and on his way back to the fir
ing line.
This is the record of John Craw
ford RIcketts, an Evnnsvllle (Ind.)
yotitn or twenty-two. who heard the
call to battle Immediately after the
world war broke forth.
Young RIcketts went to Kngland In
I Aogust, 1914, enlisted in the Ilrltish
marines and soon saw service with an
expeditionary force defending the
Sues canal.
Then he went to (oillipoli peninsula.
He was wounded several times and
was finally sent to nn KnplNh hna
pital.
ext he went to France, fighting
on the Ilelglan and English front
Wounded many more times, he was
sect to England and transferred to a
telegraph school to prepare hlmsell
for the signal corps.
He tried to get transferred to the
American forces, but failed. He is
now on his way back to the front
with a signal corp unit.
"And I'm going to carry the Ameri
can flag with me this time." he
writes.
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MARSHAL'S NOTICK OF SALE
RAL PROPERTY FOR DELIN
QUENT ASSESSMENTS.
Notice is hereby given that the Re
corder of the City of Independence,
Oiegon, has transmitted to me a war
rant for the eolleetion of delinquent
installments on assessments for the
improvement of Sixth street, in front
of the hereinafter named and described
real property, and thr.t pursuant to
said warrant, the Charter and Ordi
nances and resolutions of said City, I
will on the 25th day of February, 1918.
at the hour of two o'clock P. M. of
said day, at the front door of the City
Hall of the City of Independence,
Oregon, offer for sale at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash, subject
to redemption, and the installments not
yet due on said assessment, the follow
ing described real property to-wit:
Ixits three and four in block six in
Patterson's first addition to the City of
Independence, Polk County, Oregon.
Assessed to Glen E. Kibbe in tho
sum of J186.98, on which the second
annual installment of $18.60 ia delin
quent aud unpaid, with interest to Jan
uary 1. 1917, $10.04, making the total
sum due $28.64.
Eaeh piece or parcel of land will be
sold separatel", and for a sum not less
than the said unpaid installment and
interest as aforesaid, cost of advertis-
ng and recorder's fees therein, the
purchaser thereof will assume any and
all of the installments of said assess
ment not yei due.
Dated, January 25, 1918.
A. J. Tupper,
City Marshal of said City.
: Yamoreg Collection Agency
McMInnvills, Oregon
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