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March, and A p r il
BROOKINGS, CURRY COUNTY, OREGON
Federal Tariff Commission Turns
Down Request of Bulb Growers
Colossal Ignorance Sen. Cordon Writes Croft Lilv * Growers
Shown In Capital Local Lily Group Send In New Data
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1947
Benefit Affairs
Attract Thongs
In Past Week
Ambulance Fund and
Boy Séoul s Realize
Tidv Sums for Work
Benefit functions, staged in this
agreem ent program, and lily bulbs proved strains. In this it was em
A glaring exam ple o f “colossal are not listed for adjustm ent un inently successful; dom estically area the past week, provided the
ignorance” on the part of the der ¡»ending trade agreem ent ne produced strains are now su desired results capital to c a rry
federal tariff commission, W ash gotiations. F(»f each of the years perior, in productiveness as well on with two w orthw hile causes.
ington, D. C., on American E aster 1938 and 1939 the total duty paid as freedom from infestation of
The hard tim es dance, staged
lily production, was revealed this was equivalent to 23 per cent disease, to the bulbs form erly last S atu rd ay by the dance com
week in correspondence receiver! ad valorem, and for each of the imported from Japan, which were m ittee of the Odd Fellow lodge,
by the C roft Lily Growers Asso years 1944 and 1945 the duty was infested with mosaic disease. At j reported one of the best dances,
ciation.
equivalent to four per cent ad the same time the United S tates as well as good times, when the
This group of lily growers is valorem.
bulb growers, stim ulated by the hall was filled to overflowing The
seeking the enactm ent of a pro
Imported lily bulbs are subject high prices, began to increase j music, furnished by an old-tim e
tective tariff on the ever-increas-, to quarantine No. 37, prom ulgated their production of E aster lily group of m usicians.
Harvey, general chairm an
¡ng num ber of foreign E aster lily by the secretary of agriculture, bulbs as rapidly as they could, j j
bulbs im ported into the United Nov. 18, 1918 (effective June 1, While official statistics are not of tbp a ffa jr> fojd the Pilot, Mon-
S ta te s. S en ato r Guy Cordon, o f, 1919), under the plant q u aran reported, estim ates from reliable day fhat a sum of $300 was real-
Oregon, has promised his support tine act of 1912, “to prevent the trade and official sources indicate ¡2ed frorn t his dance. In re-capit-
on this m atte r. He contacted the fu rth er introduction into the U. that the cu rren t United S tates u |a ting the am bulance fund, for
tariff commission for figures on S. of the injurious insects pests production of E aster lily bulbs w bich this dance was staged, he
A m erican E aster Lily production and fungus diseases.” Under this is between five and seven mil- revealed these figures;
and im ports of foreign lily bulbs. quarantine, which is adm inister lion bulbs, much less than pre-i j q q p offering
$100.00
118.00
Legion Dance
The tariff commission is com-1 ed by the bureau of entomology w ar imports. The domestic o u t
. 300.00
I. O. O. E. Dance
posed of six members appointed and plant quarantine of the U nit put is produced principally in O re
by th e president and the senate. ed S tates departm ent of agricul gon. Florida, and Louisiana, with
$518.00
Total in fund now
Its duty is to study and investi ture, prospective importers m ust a small production in California.
The kangaroo court, used to
gate production costs of American first obtain a perm it for impor-, O scar B. Ryder, chairm an, of
commisison.
assess those who did not obey
nong organization b u sin ess, m ade goods in comparison with tation, and the bureau inspects
Rcplu To Senator Cordon
orders
to come dressed the p art,
costs
of
foreign
goods,
so
as
to
I
the
bulbs
upon
arrival
at
th
e
(
"xecutive committee w a s
D ear S enator Cordon: We have not on |y bolstered up the funds,
in addition to the officers, d eterm ine the effects of the tar-j port of entry. The quarantine
just received your kind le tte r but created much m irth in the
uncent. president, Mildred iff law s of the United S tates on imposes no restrictions, how ever,1
of
Jan. 16, in re- tariff on lily m eantim e.
industry.
This
commission
makes
upon
the
num
ber
of
lily
bulbs
secretary, will consist of
bulbs;
also the le tte r from ('hair-! $rout p'-vrfit A ttra cts
C Rawlings G r a c e Yelton, recom m endations to congress on which may be imported, provided j
man
Ryder
of th e tariff enmmis-j ..pprgonality Kid_.. „ storv of
on Hanscam and Mrs. Ruth any proposed increase or decrease they are not carriers of disease Sion under date of Jan. 14.
n hpy nnrt h j,
g Rjvpn ag „
nv
in o u r tariff laws and supposedly or insect pests not already prev-j
We wish to take exception to benefit show for Troop 32 of Boy
make the festival wide- bases its recom m endations on ac alent in the United States.
Most of the lily bulbs in the the statem en t contained in Mr Scouts, arid Cubs, also filled the
*ac in interest.
■ >P n f the c u ra te and “official” facts and
United S tates consist of the so-1 Ryder’s com m unication to you j house. Advance ticket sales, to-
of seven will be chosen in figures.
called
E aster lilies (Lilium Long- wherein he states, (quote) ' While gether with results of the pseudo
i’ohoote at Port Orford, Gold
Accordingly this commission
Sl -anglois t i | Crescent proceeded to “inform ”’ Senator iflorum), which are used by com official statistics are not reported 1 a ,,Ptjon totaled well over $200 it
1 is possible that a girl, Cordon, as shown in the follow mercial florists for the produc estim ates from reliable trade and was told the Pilot W ednesday,
tion in greenhouses, of cut flowers1 official sources indicate th at the; W hj,p spvpra, gpouts have not
popular ote by her ing correspondence*
or pot plants for m arket. The current United S tates production |urnpd jn (hpjr tickpts and the
aies- may become queen L e tte r To L ily Growers
’tip Estival.
of E aster lily bulbs « J ^ t w e e n '
realized from sales, th ere
D e a r Mr. Jam es: Upon my re demand for E aster lily flowers five
and seven million bulbs, much!
oypr $220 W pdnpsday This
is
highest
a
t
Easter,
hut
con
tu rn to W ashington your le tte r of
sum is expected to reach n early
^ ‘ association with the sec- D ecem ber 26, with reference to' tinues throughout the entire year less than pre-w ar imports,
For your inform ation. Senator | $250 gcout ,padprs bpiipvp
of state will be filed soon, the tariff on ‘‘oreign lily bulbs! as this flower is popular for use
the Oregon stive departm ent of
This money, so realized, will
the association liabilities w as brought to my attention. 1 at funerals and weddings.*
For many years prior to World agricu ltu re conducted a vprXs bp USM?d to c a rry on the year's
f f w e o m e llabi es of the have obtained a report from the
W itb both
_ a is of the asso c ia tio n o r chairm an of the United States w ar 2 United S tates florists were thorough survey of E aster lily program for tbp
^PS sponsn: ■
,
rnpm. tariff commission, which I en dependent upon imports for prac-i plantings in the v o te of Oregon group<. being re-organized, an am -
tically all of their E aster lily last sm m er.u Inspectors made a bj|jous program is planned.
■ me association
close herew ith.
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bulbs. Around 98 per cent of the careful check of each planting and
You will note, according to fig-t im ports of E aster lily bulbs came* reported a total of over 30 m il-1/-,.
,
. __... ^.p.
ures available to the tariff com from Japan; small quantities of linn E a - t- r lily buih, a , of las, (ham hcr Of f OniTnerre
mission, th at ‘he supply of lily special-type E aster l i l y bulbs July m the sta te of Oregon alone Bills Meeting Wednesday
bulbs available to domestic con
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(lilium harrissi) have come from The sta te departm ent of agri-
sum ption was approxim ately 25 Bermuda. A few hardy, graden-j culture contacted the five o th e r' J a n u a ry cham ber of com m erce
m illion for the years 1936 thru
E aster lily producing states and, dinner m eeting will lie held a t
bv
-Money recov- 1940, and present estim ated pro type lily bulbs came from the has officially announced a grand the Odd Fellows hall, next Wed-
N etherlands
and
the
United
when Alvin I
h ^ rJam*s C. Lee and duction is Somewhere between i Kingdom. During the five years, otal of over 65 million E a ste r nesday evening, Jan. 29. at 7:00
five and seven million, with im 1936-1940. total imports of lily lily bulbs produced in these five o’clock.
po rtatio n in 1945 of three mlllon
states last year.
The charge for the dinner will
irtiw t
v’^ n t l y , w a s! bulbs. If these estim ates are any bulbs averaged 25 million annu
We
enclose
an
official
copy
of
lx*
01.00 ¡>er plate.
t *^k° Ilght s , ore here late;
ally, with a foreign value rang-,
Archie Hendricks, newly a p
w here n e a r correct, there is ess» ing between $600.000 and $900.000 i the Oregon departm ent of ag ri
pointed m em bership chairm an,
’L S T * - M r H i* * ‘
I than one-half the num ber of lily
The import of lily bulbs dropp cu ltu re publication, “News le tte r
bulbs available for use in ’his ed from 26 million in 1940 to less to nurserym en,” and we have and his com m ittee, are w orking
M a*""», ,wn" " f
co u n try than w ere m arketed in
blue-pencilled the article therein diligently for a large tu rn -cu t.
he the m fnT
Roseburg the y ears before the war. This than two million in 1941; and contained, to w it; “E a ste r Lily
Several item s of interest to
taken
5 ficp ^ 2 * had »een
The8,
« : * would indicate th at the immed they have rem ained near this low Bulb Production" and ask th at the com m unity are scheduled to
level through 1946. (The imports
iate difficulty is in m arketing! of three million bulbs in 1945 had you kindly read sam e for verifi lie presented at this m eting.
r a th e r than foreign competition.
a foreign value practically one- cation of our figures.
$2670.70 and
I shall be glad to receive fur
It seems alm ost inconceivable
half as much as th at of the 26
$596.65.
th e r facts from the industry when million imported in 1940). Mex to us th a t the tariff commission!
ending on
For the past
eve they are available. (Sen. Guyi ico and Bermuda have supplied could possibly be so m isinform ed
Max
Min
Rain
hem S
Sunday:
on the E aster lily production in lS u n d n y :
Cordon).
nearly all of the imports in 1942»
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this country. W here, or how, such, J a n u a ry 13
.
v ’ed o rn a n n T a riff Commission's Report
and subsequent vcars.
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ya
va-
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45
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Ja n u a ry 14
D ear S en ato r Cordon: I have
figures
could
originate
is
beyond
As -oon as it became evident
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your le tte r of Jan. 3. in which th at the supply of Japanese Eas-I our comprehension. If such fig- Ja
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F,rTV Lock,and >« eni you request inform ation concern
ures
a
re
‘
official”
they
m
ost
cer-j
te r lily bulbs would be shut off,
n 7 ? ^ ro p e, and wi„ a r
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ing lily bulbs.
the United S tates departm ent oil ainly are obsolete and ar»1 gro
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n
u
a
ry
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*lfil hi«
make List The ra te of duty on lily bulbs agriculture intensified its work, ly inaccurate, p a rticu alrly to b a se ’Ja
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f^tricia. ' n ie ’ tn<1 daugh-' is $6 p er thousand, as fixed in the
any recom m endations on by the « Ja n u ary
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principally a t Beltsville, Mary-t
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T otal rain for w eek.....
Concluded on page tw elve
“ * * * » r a U ?ood men! tariff act of 1930. The rate has land, of developing new and im -|
not been changed under the trade
ering for the first time as
organized group, Azalea Fes-
Association members gath-
Fnday evening at the home
Ralph Vincent, president, to
plans for the coming months,
i bolster finances to carry on
1 load that the organization is
mr.g, two dances will be held
March 1, and April 5, a t the
River Community hall. At
• dances valuable door prizes
1 be given, including a mix-
iter for women and a rifle for
men. Eddie DesJardin will
Bush the music for both oc-
tocr.s.
addition tp the dances, and
od will be -erved by
wociation with Mrs. Grace
and Mrs. Roy Stevenson
me the committee. Bob Per-
and Clark Rawling will be
managers of the dance,
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