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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1922)
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The lenders of the formers thoroughly undcrstnnd this, and they are Intelligently striving to Integrntc their Industry so Hint It will be on nn oqunl footing with other busi nesses As nn example of Integration, tnke the steal Industry, In which the model Is tho United States Steel Corporntlon, with Its Iron mines, Its conl mines, Its lake and rail transportation, Its oecnn vessels, Its by-product coko ovens, Its blnst furnaces, Its open henrth and Rcssemer furnaces, Its rolling mills, Its tube mills nnd other mnnufncturlng processes Hint nro carried to the high est degrco of finished production com patible with tho Inrgo trade it has built up. All this Is generally conced ed to be to tho ndvnntnge of the con sumer. Nor does Hie steel corporntlon Inconsiderately dump Its products on the mnrkct. On tho contrary, It so - nets that It Is frequently a stabilizing Influence, ns Is often'the case with oth er largo orgnnlznttons. It Is mnstcr of Its distribution ns well ns of Its pro duction. If prices are not satisfactory tho products are held back or produc tion Is reduced or suspended. It Is not compelled to send a year's work to the market nt one time and tnku whnteer it can got under such circumstances. It hns one selling policy nnd Its own export department. Neither nre the grndes nnd qualities of steel determin ed at tho cnprlco of the buyer, nor does the Intter hold tho scales. In this sin gto Integration of the steel corporation Is represented nbout 40 per cent of tho steel production of Amcrlcn, The rest Is mostly In tho hnnds of a few large companies, In ordlnnry times tho steel corporation, by exnmple, stnblllwi nit steel prices, If this Is permlsHlhlo (It Is even desirable, because stnblo nnd fair prices nro essential to solid nnd continued prosperity) why would It bo wrong for the fanners to utlllso central agencies that would hnvo simi lar effects on agricultural products? Homethlng llku that Is what they ure aiming nt. Home farmers favored by regional compactness nnd contiguity, such as tho dtrus-frult-ralsers of Callfornln. al ready hnvo found n wny legally to mergo and sell their products Inte grally nnd In nccordanco with seasonal nnd locnl domnnd, thus Improving their position nnd rendering tho con sumer m reliable service of ensured quality, certain supply, nnd reasonable nnd relatively Htevdy prices. They have not found It necessary to resort to nny speclnl privilege, or to claim any cxomptli.n under the null-trust legislation of tho iitato or nation, With, out removing locul control, they liuo built up n wry elllclent marketing agency. The grnln, cotton, nnd to bacco farmers, nnd tho producers of hides nnd wool, because of their num bers and tho vnntness of their regions, nnd for other reasons, hnvo found integrntlon n more, dllllcult tnskj though thore nro now sojne thousands of farmer's co-operntho elevators, warehouses, creameries, nnd other en terprises of one sort nnd another, with u turn-over of it billion dollers u year. They nre giving the farmers business experience und Induing, nnd, 71 fur as they go, they meet tho need of honest weighing nnd fair grading! but they do not meet tho requirements of rationally ndjiuted tnnrkvtlng In ouy largo and fundamental wuy. The next step, which will be u pat tern for other groups, Is now being prepnred by tho graln-mlsers through the establishment of snles media which shall handle grnln neparntely or col lectively, us the Individual farmer may elect. It Is this step the plan of the Committee of Seventeen- which lias creatod so much opposition nnd is thought by some to be In cnnlllct with the antt-trust lw Though there Is now before congr n measure do signed to clenr up doubt on this point, the grain-producers are not relying on nny Immunity from mitt-trust legisla tion, They desire, nnd they are en titled, tjjwrdlnnto thslr efforts Just as cffecHPf as tho large business in terests of the country have done. In connection with tho selling organisa tions the United State Oraln ) rowers Incorporated is drafting a schemo of financing Instrumentalities and auxili ary agencies which are indispensable to tho successful utilization of modern business methods. It is esssntlal that the farmers should proceed gradually with these plans, and aim to nvold the error of scrapping the existing marketing ma chinery, which has been so laboriously built up by long experience, before they have a tried nnd proved substi tute or supplementary mechanism They must be careful not to become enmeshed in their own reforms and lose the perspective of their place in the national system. They must guard against fanatical devotion to new doc trines, and should seek articulation with Hie general economic system rather then Its reckless destruction as It relates to thew. To take a tolerant and sympathetic view of the formers' strivings for bet ter tilings Is not to give a blanket endorsement to any specific plnn, and still less to applaud the vagaries of some of botr leaders nnd groups Neither should we, on the other hand, allow the froth of bitter agitation, false economics, and mistaken radical Ism to conceal the fact of the farm ere' disadvantages, and the practicable Uy of eliminating thtm by well-considered measures. It may bo that the farmers will not show the business sagacity and develop the wise leader ship to carry through sound plans ', but that nosslblllty does not Justify the obstruction of their upwnrd efforts. We, ns city people, sco In high and speculatively manipulated prices, spotlnge, wnste, scnrclty, tho results of defective distribution of farm prod ucts. Should It not occur to us that we hnvo n common Interest with tho farmer In his attempts to nttaln n de gree of efllclcnrj In distribution cor responding to his efflclency in produc tion? Do not the recent fluctuations In the Mny wheat option, apparently unrelated to normnl Interaction of supply nnd demand, offer a timely proof of tho need of some such stabil izing ngency ns the grnln growers hnve In contemplation? It Is contended Hint, if their pro posed organisations bo perfected and operated, the farmers will hnvo In their hands an Instrument Hint will be capable of dangerous nbuso. We nre told Hint It will be possible lo pervert It to nrbltrnry nnd oppressive price fixing from Its legitimate uso of order ing nnd stabilizing tho (low of farm products to the market, to the mutunl bcncllt of producer nnd consumer, I hnvo no npprchenslnns on Hits point. In the first plncc, n loose organiza tion, such as nny union of farmers must bo ut best, ennnot be so arbi trarily nnd promptly controlled ns a grent corporntlon. Tho one is n lum bering democracy nnd tho other nn agile autocracy. In the second place, with all possible power of org mlzntlon, the farmers ennnot succeed to nny grent extent, or for any considerable length of time, In fixing prices. Tho great Inw of supply and demand works In various and surprising ways, to the undoing of the best laid plans that attempt to foil It. In tho third plnce, their power will avail the farmers nothing If it be nbused. In our tltni nnd country power is of value to 111 possessor only so long as It is not abused. It Is fair to sny Hint I hnve seen no signs In responsible quarter! of a disposition to dlctnto prices. There seems, on the contrary, to be a commonly beneficial purpose to realist a stability that will glvo an orderly and abundant flow of fnrm producti to the consumer and ensure reasonabli and dependable returns to Hie pro ducer. In view of the supremo importanci to the national well-being of n pros perous and contented agricultural pop ulation, we should bo prepared to gc a long wny In nsslstlng tho farmers U get nn cqultablo share of the wealth tlioy produce, through tho Inaugura tion of reforms that will procure s continuous nnd Increasing stream, ol farm producti. They are far from get' ting 11 fair shnro now, Cousldcrlni his cnpltnl nnd the long hours of laboi put In by tho average farmer nnd hli family, lie Is remunerated loss than any other occupational class, with th( posslhlo exception of teachers, rell glous nnd Iny. Though wo know thai tho present general distress of tin farmers Is exceptional nnd Is linked with tho inovltnblo economic readjust ment following tho war, It must h remembered that, although represent Ing (iiie-lhlrd of tho Industrial product nnd half tho total population of tin nation, tho rural communities ordl imrlly enjoy but n llfth to a quarter nl the net nnnunl nntlcnul gain, isotwitn stnndlng the tusto of prosperity Hist the farmer had during tho war, then Is today 11 lower stnndnrd of llvlni among the cotton furmcr of the South thnn In nny other pursuit In tho country In conclusion, It seems to mo tliut tht fanners nre clilelly striving for a gen ernlly beneficial Integrntlon of theli business, of the same kind and charac ter that other business enjoys. If II should he found on exnmlnntion that the ntlnlnment of this end requlrei methods different from thoae which other activities have followed for the same purpose should we not sympif thetlcnlly consider the plea for tin right to co-opernle, If only from out own enlightened self Intorest, in ud tvlning nn ubundnnt and steady (low ol farm products? In examining-tho agricultural sltua Hon with a view to Its Improvement, we shall be most helpful If we main tain n detached and Judicial viewpoint, remembering that existing wrongs may be chiefly au accident of unsymmetn cul economic growth Instead of a crea Hon of malevolent design and conspire ey Wo Americans nre prone, at Pro fessor David Friday well says In hli ndmlrnble book, "Profits, Wages nnd Prices," to seek a "criminal Intent be hind every difficult nud undesirable eco nomle situation,' I can poslUvely as sert from my contact with men ol Urge affairs, Including bankers, that, as a whole, they are endeavoring to fulfill us they see them the obligations that go with their power, Preoccupied with the grave problems nnd heavy tasks of their own Immediate affairs, they have not turned their thoughtful personal attention or their construc tive abilities to the delicloucles of agri cultural business organization. Agri culture, It may be said, suffers from their preoccupation and neglect rather thnn from nny purposeful exploitation by them, They ought now to begin to respond to the farmers' difficulties, which thoy must realise are their owu. On Hie other hand, my contacts with the farmers have Oiled me with respect for thera--for their sanity, their pa tience, their balance. Within the Isst year, and particularly at a meeting called by tho Kansss State Hoard of Agriculture and at another called by the Committee of Seventeen, I have met mnny of the leaders of the new farm movement, and I testify In all sincerity that they are endeavoring to deal with their problems, not as pro moters of a narrow class Interest, hot as exploiters of the hapless consumei. not as merciless monopolists, but as honest ment bent on the Improvement of the common weal We can and must meet such mj and such a cause half way, Their business is our business the nation's business. OWYHEE Miss llcsslo Whlpplo epont tho wcok ond at her homo ficur Nyssn. Mr. nnd Mrs. LoRoy DoWitt visit ed nt the Lowo homo Suitdny. Prod Kllngback sold tho liny on his uppor rnnch nt $5 por ton, II. Wnltors getting tho bulk of it. Thlr-ty-flvo ton was Bold to Morgan & Pine and forty-ono ton to J. Gordon. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Urown of Par ma hnvo rented tho rnnch run by Albert Caperton. They nro living in tho Chas. Klshor houso temporarily. Ij. J, Peterson has boon foedlng Bhoop on tho Walker ranch formerly known na tho Ovorstrcct rnnch. Josso Cantroll and nons Archlo nnd l'orry, Josso Thomason and Oral Illto were guests to dinner At tho aus Schwolzor homo Sunday. nntorn sides on "Women of dif ferent Countries" nnd "Washington City" wero Bhown at tho school Inst Monday. Miss Lillian Davis met with hor sewing club nt tho Kaylor homo Saturday. Aftor tho businoss sob slon refreshments wero served by Mrs. Kaylor nnd daughters. Chus. Schwolzor paid tho dentist nt Pnyetto n visit Mondny. Jntinlta nnd Johnny Illgolow wero guests to dinner a tho Claudo Wilson hump lit Nyssn, Saturday, , D. D. Pullon will probably oxhiblt supernatural strength this yoar. Ho is puttiug in nn ncro of onions on his rnnch. Sunday school was reouraod with n good attendance, attor sovoral Sundays enforced vacation, on ac count of Illness In tho community. II. Walters wont to Arcadia Mon dny ntter cuttlo, which ho Is taking to tho llond to feed. Tho Owyhee rivor Ih slowly rising slnco tho rocont warm days. Mrs. 1 h. Dollord callod nt tho Kaylor homo Saturday. Friends will bo sorry to lonrn that (Irnndpn Urndloy, now living In Nys sa, Is sorlously III. Harold Nowly 1b a guest nt tho Hollo Fonn homo this wook, Word ban boon rocelvod by Mra. A. C. Urndloy Hint hor nloco, known horo ns Lily Turner, died rocontly of Influonzn. 8. D. Illgolow Is planning on put ting in 0110 nnd a half acres of head lottuco. Chas. Klshor also intends to put In some Mr. and Mrs. Ooo. Bklnner nro homo from a winter's visit with tholr daughter, Mrs. Ida Hausman nt PJnvnrtit Konnoth McDonald was nn over night guost of his cousin, Corald Do Dord Saturday. Krod Kllngback was n Payette visitor Saturday. Nowt Thomason and son, Josso, wero visiting frlonda In tho com munity last wook. Mr. nnd Mrs. Victor Marshall, Miss Jonnlo Nowly nnd Earl Ward visited nt tho Oco Schwolzor homo Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Patterson vieltod at tho Chas Klshor homo last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bhutto und chtldron, who hnvo conductod tho Ward rnnch for tho past yoar, aro leaving soon for Lancaster, where thoy will bo oraployod by L. J. Petor son. Mrs. D. P. Pullon, who has boon In poor health for tho past year, is now very much hotter, In fact she states tho sho nover foil better In hor lite. Mrs. Lu do Ooodo called at tho Lowo homo Monday, Harry Howland veturnod this wcok from Cambridge, Idaho aftor a fow weeks' nbsenco, having been de tained thero by tho Illness of his wlfo. Mr, and Mrs. Jphn Wall nnd fam ily roturnod to tholr homo at Cros- ton aftor nbout n month's visit nt tho Lowo home. John Oordon is starting a band of shoep for tho hills this wook to lamb thero. . Ho had a largo Job of marking dono Monday. Mr, and Mrs. Ed Drown of Nyssa, who hnvo rented tho Ward ranch, moved In tho first of Jhe wook. The weekly choir practice will bo held nt tho Lowo homo Saturday ove nlng. Tho ono last wook was well attended. Doc Pullon Is tho owner of a new Oliver plow purchasod from Wilson Dros. Stato Engineer Joyce, Fred Teat nnd Fred Grnmso of Ontario, who aro working on tho Nyssa-Jordan Valley rond survey, have bqen board Ing nt tho Flshor homo for a few days. Louis Dollord was a guest for din ner at the Kllngback home Sunday. it 1 AT Annual Home Tnlcnt l'Iny Maintain Record of Dramatic Club I'nrU Well Token nud JMuslcnl ' l'rogriuu Knjojo". Junturn, Oregon, March 21: Tho pcoplo of Junturn nnd vicinity with n small numboc from Drewsey, (bad roads preventing mora pooplo com ing from Drewsey) spent a delight ful ovonlng nt tho Junturn. Hnll, last Friday March 17. Tho Junturn Drnmntlc Club, undor tho direction of Mrs. Dnhlol dnllagh er prcsonted ouo of tho host pro glottis ovor given In Juntura. Tho threo net farco comedy, "A Poor Mnrrled Man," rich in wit and humor, was given, whllo hntweou arts a numbor of musical numbers woro enjoyed by tho nudlonco. Mrs. Ous Frlozo sang a beautiful solo, Miss Jaunlta Upson nnd Mrs. Qal laghor played a numbor of duots and Doll Hauphusman song to solos. All those who took part In tho piny desorvo much credit for tho mnnnor in which thoy prcsontod tholr parts. Doll KauphUBman, ns Professor John U. Wlso "n poor married man," nnd Mrs. C. F. Kuhno, ns Mrs. lona Ford, tho professor's motlior-ln-lnw, cnrrlod off tholr difficult roles In a truly professional mannor. Tho nudlonco was delighted with them from tho beginning to tho end of tho Play. Hnppy Wettorstrom, ns Jupltor Jackson, Professor Wises' black ser vant, was a "show" all by himself. Many pcoplo doclnrod ho innda n much bettor, mora nntural darkoy, thnn tho real nrticlo could hnvo boon. Mra. T. S. Woodward, ns Miss Kosnllnd Wilson, n collogo roportor carried off hor rolo In hor usual high artistic manner. Miss Jaunlta Upson, ob Zolo, Mrs. Ford's chnrming daughter, nnd Mrs. llobort Maddon, ns Juno Graham, lovely daughtor of a country doctor, woro dollghtul in tholr roles nud dis played real dramatic ability. Dob Maddon as Hilly lllnko, a col logo boy, could not havo boon battor and Earl Wnrron inado an oxcollont country doctor. Aftor tho play n dnnco and supper woro glvon undor tho auspices of tho Ladloo Alter Society. All present doclarod tho ovonlng had boon a groat succoss. UNITED PRK8HYTEIUAN CHimCII Sabbath School, 10:00. Morning Worship, 11:00. Next Sabbath evening at 7:30 the Congregationnllets will worship with us. nor. Olilandors will deliver the sermon. Hor. M. E. Dunn Is expected to be with us the 16th of next month. 13. 14. 1C. 17. 18. 10. 0 2 23. 24. 20. 27. 31. 3;. 34. 30. Reserve District No. II ItnPOItT OP CONDITION OP TUB FIRST NATIONAL BANK . AT ONTAKIO, IN THE STATE OP OREGON, AT THE CLOSE OP BUSINESS ON MAKCH 10, 1022 RESOURCES Loans and discounts, including rediscounts nccoptnnccs of other banks, nnd foreign bills of oxchnngo or driftu Bold with Indorso ment of this bank (oxcopt tnoso shown in b tuid c) ;"- J Overdrafts, unsecured S51.70 U. 8. Government securities onncUt Doposltod to Bccuro circulation (U. 8. bomls ,. par vnluo) - ; 1?'rnn nn All other United States Government soourltlos l.pou.ou Other bonds, cctirltlcs, etc t Banking Houao, 32,36O.O0; Furnlturo and A flxturos . $0768.00 Roal cstnto ownod other thair banking Iioubo Lnwtul rosorvo with Fodoral Hosorvo Dank Cash In vault nnd amount duo from national banks Amount duo from stato banks, bankors, nnd trust companies In tho United States (othor than Includod In Items 8, 0, or 10 Chocks on othor bnnkB in tho samo city or - town ns roportlng bnnk (othor thnn Itomv V 12) Total of Horns 0, 10, 11, 12 and 13. . 132,084.22 Chocks on banks located outsldo of city or town of roportlng bank nnd other cash items Rodomptlon fund with U. S. Trcnsuror and duo from U. 8. Tronsuror 'barter No. 6822 la 2. 4. a b ft. 0. 7. 8. 10. 11. 308,038.34 G1.7D 14,000.00 23.010.C4 30,118.00 18,100.18 33.0SS.02 130,223.03 1,386.21 :i 476.08 219.66 026.00 TOTAL LIABILITIES Capital stock paid In . Surplus fund .',-, Undivided profits 10,198.7,1 Less curront expenses, Interest, nnd tnxes ,,., pnld 0,409.23 Circulating notes outstanding , Amount due to Stato banks, bankors, nnd trust companies In thovUnltod Statod and foroign countrlos (othor thnn Includod In Itoms 21 or 22) Cortlflod chocks outstanding Totnl of Itoms 21, 22, 23, 24, nnd26.. 0,099.70 Demand dcpoNlM (other than bank deposits) subject to Itcscno (doposlts payablo within 80 days!) Individual doposlts subjoct to check ...... Cortiflcates of deposit duo In less than 30 dnys (othor than for monoy borrowod) .... Othor domnnd doposlts Total of domand doposlts (othor than bnnk doposlts) subject to Rosorvo, Items 20, 27 28, 20, nnd 31 392,120.22 Timo deposits subject to Itcncrvo (pnyablo aftor 30 days, or subject to 30 days or moro notlco, and postal savings): Cortltlcatos of doposlt (othor than for . monoy borrowod) Othor tlmo doposlts Postal savings doposlts Total of tlmo doposlts subject to Ro sorvo, Itoms 82, 33, 84 nnd 36 .......... 144,813.80 9000,200-20 60,000.00 60,000.00 3,729.48 12,600.00 6,093.70 8.00 33l',606..16 69,613.23 1,007.83 98,784.49 46,163.12 866.19 total ;ono,2oo.ao STATE OF OREGON, COUNTY OF MALHEUR, ss I, II. B. Cockrum, Caahlor of the abovo named bank, do solemnly swoar that tho abovo statomont Is truo to tho best of my knowlodgo and ballot. II. B. COCKRUM, Cashier' Subscribed and sworn to boforo mo this 10th day of March, 1922. C. W. PLATT, Notary Public tor Orogon. My Commission oxplros, November 21, 1924. (SEAL) . CORRECT Attest: A. L. COCKRUM T. TURNBULL L. B. COCKRUM ETTA COCKRUM Directors. CONGREGATIONAL CHUUOII Wo will moot noxt Sunday ns Inst In tho bluldlng gonornlly called tho Loglon Hall ono block wost tho On tario Pharmacy. Sunday School at 10:00 a. ra. Preaching, 11:00 a. 111 subject "Fear Not," Christian Endeavor, 6:30 p. m. Preaching, 7:30 p. in., subject "Tho Oolilon Candlesticks." Jiow Fimslom Has Reduced the Cost of Tire Service Q. T I Jan. 1921 Jan. 1922 n , .. Size - Prices Price. Eduction 1 . . . j bui-BsjEakSBBB K3SKMKSsikih3X3 ?MEaHsfiBSS39E5&E - 30 x 3 F&bric $18.75 $ 9.85 47 30x3H " 22.50 11.65 48 30 r. 314 Cord 35.75 17.50 51 32 x 4 " 56.55 33.40 43 33x4H " 67.00 43.85 36 33 x 5 " 81.50 52.15 36 H OW the cost of building quality tires has been brought down to the lowest level in history was explained by H. . Firestone, President of the Company, , iu uic BiutKiioiuers at uic annual meeting oinJcccmDW id, 11il. 2. All Inventories and commitments at or below tht market. 2, Increased manufacturing efficiency and volume production reduced factory overhead 58. 3. Selllus costs reduced 38. Mr, Firestone stated, "This reduction in prices is made possible by our unusually -advantageous buying facilities, and the enthusiasm, loyalty and determination of our ' 100 stockholding organisation. , "Due credit must be given to Firestone dealers who are selling Firestone tires on a smaller margin of profit. This brings every Firestone saving direct to the car owner." The saving through first cost plus the saving through high mileage double Firestone economy and is dally adding new fame to the Firestone principle of srvic4 Most Miles per Dollar J irestone Service Tire and Battery Co., Ontario, Oregon Bullock & Hotchkiss, Vale, Oregon J. v. 4Sj