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SSOCIATION
IF YOU OWN A BUSINESS YOU GOT A HEADACHE
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A great deni has been said in favor of the little business
. mtcrprwe and for the little business man. Most of us would,
break down into two great opposed spheres of influence, led
by the Soviet Union on one side and the United States on the
other.
The challenge this offers to all the nations of the world
is the greatest they have ever faced. For. should war come again,
it could very well end only in the death of civilization as we
know it. The atomic bomb is in its infancy, and the "improved”
botnbs of the future, compared to those of today, will be like a
1947 ear beside the primitive vehicles that appeared forty-odd
years ago. Other weapons, of unimaginable scope and destruc
tive power, an* in the experimental stage. It is perfectly possible
that this kind of scientific progress, once unit ashed for war,
may mean the ruin of all mankind.
What nation wants this ’ What government, no matter how
greatly it distrusts its neighbors, will assume the awful respon
sibility for another war? What differences hit so important
that they cannot be reconciled in the interest of a lasting peace?
The very existence of every being, whether he he Russian or
American. Pole or Greek. Indian or Briton, depends upon the
answers given to these tremendous questions,
stant tally in the form approved
by the Senate
Meat Becoming Plentiful
Unhampered by controls, meat
la moving into the market at an
ever increasing rate I-have just
received a I Apartment of Agri
culture meat production report tor
the week ending July 13th Herr*
an* the first two paragraphs of
t his report :
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"Meat production under Federal
inspection for the week ended Ju
ly 13th totaled 327 nullion pounds,
according to the U S. ¡k*partm<*nt
of Agriculture This production
was more than double the 149 mil
lion pounds produced during the
corresponding week of lu.st year.
"Slaughter of cattle under Ferl
erai inspection was estimated at
270,060 head, over twice the 127.•
000 a week earlier and 9 per cent
above the 218,000 a year ago Beef
production was calculated at 142
million pounds, compared with 67
million Inst week and 130 million
a year ago
Something
to Crow About!
Wherever you are. don't he
charRtnl with an error when y >u
tlpnk you have put out your fire.
Be certain before you leave KEEP
OREGON GREEN.
RHEUMATISM
and ARTHRITIS
a
I suffered for years and atn so
thankful that I found relief from
this terrible affliction that I will
gladly answer anyone writing me
forrinformation. Mrs Anna Pautz,
P. O. Box 825, Vancouver, Wash,
Pd Adv
Prompt Settlement and No
Arguments In Case of a Loss
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Charles S. Hall Insurance Agency
It pays to insure in sure Insurance
Rcxiclencc 1‘honc 101-1.
Office Phone 72
405 Main St, Cottage Grove, Ore,
NUE-OVO ¡uthnratoricH
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Washington Letter
Mart a businesH of himself. When n man starts a business forj
THOUGHTLETS
himself under the present conditions he is inviting a headache.'
By Sari B. Balch
He may not know this until he has this experience, but the ex
By Harris Ellsworth. Rep. in
pentice
comes
fast
and
costly
sometimes.
If
you
had
a
business
p,
I
Congress from Oregon
Where the OPA ha^ any say. you could never tell when an OP A
Russia
sptwh
representative might walk into your establishment and slap a|and a frw press she would haVe
Alcohol From Sawdust Needed
fine on you for some alleged violation and there was no appeal 'no need of an ..'iron curtain.”
The large plant which will man
j from this violation, at least an appeal was not practical.
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Russia, who post's as the govern- ufacture ethyl alcohol from saw
—.Jk number of smaller businesses too are wondering at theiment for the oppressed, appears dust is nearing completion In my
pwkent time just what the score is on the lalior relations with to us to have the capacity for the Congressional District at Spring-
their employes. A good many have been laboring under the rapacity and greed of a semi-bar- field. This is the first plant of I
impresslon that the labor they employed did not come under the baric nation.
its kind in America. It will manu
wages and hours act, to wake up with a jolt when faced with a
it is evident from the speeches facture a needed product of value
stiff penalty for non-performance of some phase of the act.
of Secretary Byrnes and Senator from wood heretofore* wasted. This
There have been many interpretations of recent laws passed. Vandenberg that this nation has a plant represents a long stride to
ho many in fact that these interpretations added to the increas bi-partisan foreign policy. It is a ward greater utilization of wo«xl
ing confusion of doing business. A good thing to remember is healthy sign and is as it should be. waste.
We surely have a warped press
Ordered constructed as a plant
that when asking for either legislative or assistance that may
have a monetary value, the government can confiscate or takej when a popular magazine admits to produce alcohol for war, the
its columns, that Springfield plant is now considered
away rights the individual has by court action or otherwise, but an article to
...
before the individual can get damages from his government he I»™» ,hat alcoho1
not cause an extremely important peacetime
operation. Vast quantities of al
must first get the government's consent to be sued.
an
« the Oregon Business and Tax Research Ine.. j m^^of eJting a governor in cohol are needed for rubber pro
duction and other war-developed
Vnms
alking Time” of your employes on your premises may its primary election law
Last peacetime uses. Such alcohol is
Be overtime when it is “substantial”. And that “Whistle to Tuesday ex-govemor Talmadge produced either from grain or
Whistle” is no longer the measure of wages due your employes was renominated for governor al- molasses. Grain is needed by the
Tfcif Used by the employes in making ready preparations for though he ran second by popular hungry people of the world, and
their work must be accorded appropriate compensation, under I vote. The state has a unit system molasses must be used for making
the fair labor standards aet. The warning is based on a decision 'of voting whereby election is de sugar. Meanwhile, nine large in
in the case of Anderson et al vs. Mt. Clemens Potter Co., which Icided on majority vote of the coun- dustrial alcohol plants have been
closed due to the lack of molasses
was decided by the U. S. Supreme court on June 10. 1946. which
„ ,
I often wonder if a large part of imports. The amount of grain go
reversed an opinion of the 6th V. S. Circuit court of . appeals.
the dislike of the citizens of other ing into alcohol has been sharply
and hour
. Industries or businesses coming
77 under
, the . wage
,
,
nations toward American soldiers curtailed. In other words, every
act would naturally like to know the rules of the game under
caused by the arrogant acts of thing we said to the War Produc
the criss cross wage-hour enforcement and supreme court rule. the American soldiers.
tion Board, the Department of Ag
At least America should accord riculture and the War Food Ad
THE ROAD TO WAR
| residents of another country the ministration. supporting the con
According to a recent nation-wide survey, 62 per cent of the same respect they would expect tention that the Springfield plant
American people now believe that we will have another world these same residents to give them should be built, is amply proven by
war within 25 years. Only 24 per cent believe that we will save i‘f these residents were visiting developments.
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- three years ago. . when . the . last
United States.
The Civilian Production Admin-
a - lasting peace. — Ry comparison,
’ istration (successor to the War
Avar was at its height. 47 per cent of the people felt that a last-.
Production Board), in a press re
ing peace was probable, and only 43 per cent were convinced
Lamp .Making
Lamp manufacturing abounds In lease dated June 26th, notes the
of the inevitability of another war.
production of alcohol
The diminishing faith of the American p<*ople in man si extremities. To form the ingots declining
froom food sources and ends its
from
which
filament
wire
is
drawn,
ability to prevent wholesale murder and destruction on an in
example, one company squeezes statement with the following sig
credible scale is in itself a terrible commentary on the state; for
together grains of tungsten under nificant paragraph:
of the world. Its origins are obvious enough. We have watched; a pressure mightier than the com
The Chemicals Division of CPA
the failure of the United Nations Security Council to arrive bined weight of two dozen loaded is surveying the possibility of
at workable agreements. We have seen the trend back to the freight cars.
4fter the air is granting priority assistance lor
old balance of power policies which did so much to foment pumped from a light bulb, only sev the construction of new plants to ‘
WWi its I and II. We have seen the rights of small nations , en hundred-thousandths of 1 per cent be used in the production of syn
J voices of dissenters violently stilled. We have j of the normal atmospheric pressure thetic methanol, butyl alcohol and
ethyl alcohol from any non-food
pessimistically foreugst that the world may j remains inside.
raw materials such as sawdust and
paper mill wastes.”
Congressional Reorganization
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Those little, toe-scuffed baby shoes are more than two inadequate
bits of worn footwear. They bring back the sound of questing,
pioneering footsteps—the confident tread of marching feet as our
eons went forth to make secure that which we cherish—and the
firm step of those who have returned to build and enjoy in peace
a better world. Those baby shoes are symbols of great things—
past, present, and future. They are Worth Keeping!
The Mountain States Power Company, over a quarter of a century
ago, pioneered the development and widespread use of electric pow-
Down through the decades it pioneered constantly greater use
of electricity for better living at decreasing rates. During the war
just ended, it cooperated with government to bring power to war
essential industries and to keep home lights burning bright. In the
years ahead it will continue to pioneer the frontiers of better electrical
living for all. at the lowest possible rates. This service, too, is
WORTH KEEPING!
Mountain States Power Co.
"A Self-Supporting, Tax-Paying, Private Enterprise"
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Temporarily of secondary inter
est in tongress right now is an
extremely important piece of legis
lation known as the bill to reor
ganize Congress. If this bill passes,
it will be known as the Legislative
Reorganization Act of 1946. The
bill is the product of a Special
Committee known as the LaFol-
lette-Moroney Committee, which,
for nearly two years, has been
holding hearings and studying the (
problem of how to reorganize,
streamline and bring more effl- j
ciency into the Legislative Branch
of the Government. As passed by
the Senate, the bill provides for I
sweeping changes in bommittee
organization. In the House, it
would eliminate more than half qf
the standing committees. It would
remove private claims from con
sideration by Congress and provide
for the handling of such claims
through the courts. It would elim
inate Congressional consideration
of numerous bills which give con
sent to the construction of bridges
across navigable streams. For the
Members of Congress, both House
and Senate, this bill would provide
a Legislative Assistant for each
Member, an increase in salary and
a retirement annuity plan which
would be largely paid for by the
Members themselves.
The bill contains some ninety
pages and is too- long and techni
cal for any detailed discussion of if
here. It represents a long step to
ward speeding up and improving
the work done by Congress with
out sacrificing any of the essential
qualities of our representative sys
tem. I refer to this bill as being
of secondary importance because
the OPA problem is now upper
most in the minds of the Memtiers. |
On account of the rather rigid
rules of the House, the problem ■
of getting the reorganization bill
to the Floor has been an interest
ing one. Since the bill concerns all
committees, including the Rules
Committee, makes sweeping chan^
ges in the rules themselves, au
thorizes appropriations, and other
wise covers matters which are un
der the jurisdiction of several com
mittees, the Speaker wax unable
to refer the bill to any one legis
lative committee. He, therefore,
has been holding it and has now
agreed to let it come on the Floor
directly from his desk. In view of
the fact that the LaFollette-Mor-
oney Committee actually did the
work that is ordinarily done by
a legislative committee, nothing is
lost in the regular process by hav
ing the bill come directly to the
Floor without first being referred
to a legislative committee. The
bill will be subject to amendment
on the Floor, of course, but it is
hoped that it will be passed sub-
YOUR FUTURE “ROOF TFT’ IS GROWING NOW!
Yes ... aclually ... your home of tomorrow
may still be a growing tree.
Our forest lands provide us with the trees which supply
the lumber tn build our homes. Most of us know that,
and value our forests.
Y et we cause more than 20,090 forest fires a year from
lighted matches, cigarettes and campfires.
l£very 12 seconds around the clock our forests supply
us with enough new wood to build a home. From them
come our furniture, the many paper products we need,
and literally thousands of other useful products.
Keep that wood grow ing by keeping fuith with the forests
Break your matches in half.
Cruth your cigarettes into the earth.
Drown or completely another your campfires.
KEEP YOUR “ROOF TREES” GROWING!
This message made possible by the following public spirited firms and indi
viduals in the interest of forest conservation:
LORANE VALLEY LUMBER CO.
BOHEMIA LUMBER CO.
CALDWELL LUMBER CO.
TWIN HARBOR LUMBER CO.
DURABLE FIR LUMBER CO.
NORTHCUTT LUMBER CO.
RIVERSIDE LUMBER CO.
LOVEGREN LUMBER CO.
DAUGHERTY LUMBER CO.
EMERY HARRIS LUMBER CO.
BLUE MOUNTAIN LBR. CO., INC.
COTTAGE GROVE LUMBER CO.
ROW RIVER LUMBER CO.
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