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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1922)
r -. TEE ONTARIO ARGUS, QNTABIQ, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 4,"l922 .M & PURE FABRIC BILL WILL AID TO IMPROVEMENT Of SHEEP INDUSTRY AltQUMUNTS IN FAVOH OF TIIUT1I IN FAIUUCS MIMBUHICH HKT WKTII n' WILMAM A. IIUIINH. W'V.hh KNOWN SPECIALIST ON 8IIUEP HUHHANimY. WHO. VISITS MALHL'UH COUNTY FIHEN'DH William A. llurns of Aloxanilor, Conovor & Martin, ComtnlBslon mon of Chicago, Kansas City nnd 8t. LouIb, who Is tho author of mid nil thorltnttvo test book on Bhocp hus bandry, wnB In Ontario Monday with Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Oxmnn of Janilo son, with whom ho has boon visiting for oovoral days. Mr. Duma Is an old frlond of Mr. Oxman and Is mak ing a business trip through tho west. Discussing conditions ob they affoct tro sheep Industry Mr. UurnB do clarod to tho Argues that tho most Important trlnfr that can h4tpon to tho nhoep Industry la tho passago of tho '.'Truth In Fnbrlcs" bill which Is now boforo Congress, tho nrgumosts for which aro sot forth .In tho follow Inir nrllclo from hU pen! "Truth in Fabric Wll vs. Exploit ed Industry Must Succcod, bocauso Dili starts with night Word," Bald Mr. Ilurns. Mankind 1ms always fought against ovory step of Its own progress. This sooms strnnga since nono of us think wo do It, bo wo speak of this peculiar abnormity, lost somo of us loso patlcnco with thoso who do not at onco ngrco with I Low Excursion Rates East UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM Excursion rates east this summer will be cheap er than for many years past Tickets on sale May 25th to August 31st. Return limit October 31st. Far in Reprtsentative Voints Omaha 'or Kansas City Chicago St. Louis POCATELLO $61.00 71.00 66.50 BOISE $67.00 81.00 76.50 Corresponding low rates from all other stations and to many other eastern points. Plan Your Trip Now x Attractive excursion fares will also 'apply to North Pacific Const and California Seo Agents for Particulars D. S. SPENCER, General Passenger Agent UNION PACIFIC BYHTKM Halt IjiUd City, Utah us. Wo, who aro watching tho evils como to tho Burfaco, that havo rulnod our shoep Industry oo many times, aro apt to become a Httlo alarmod but wo should not worry unnecessarily for this Is a progrcB- bivo ago. wo Bhouid rathor ro jolco that tho scum la cotn(ng to tho surfaco for It can now bo skimmed off. "This Is certainly a poor tlmo for corruption to ralso Its head and hopo to avoid tho kind of Bnlppars that nro bohlnd tho "Truth In Fabric" bill Thero Is not a person In tho Unltod States -who would not bo ben efitted If tho bill should becomo a law, for thero nro nono who nro not being robbed In soma mnnner by tho wrongs bolng porpotrntcd ngaliiBt tho shoep Industry. Tho producer has been hard lilt but no hardor than tho consumer. Tho fact of tho enso Is that If thoro Is any dlffor onco tho consumor has bocn robbod ovon moro than tho producer, for It Is ho that has to pay good prices for poor morchandlso. Deception Hard to Measure It Is reasonably easy to moasuro truth. Wo can toll protty closo how muoh wool will bo shorn from our available sheep this spring, but whon I wo try to mcaauro 4occptloii, which lis ! a, 1ta nllna n .. r t 1 ttm ...A 19 JUDfc UI1U IIU UllUI UllUillUt, nu .think llko Itnstus, that It Ib n tough Job "to unscrew tho unscrutablo, or unknow tho unknownblo". Who can toll how much shoddy Is bolng usodT Ono had Just nbout ns woll try to moasuro mesmerism; nnd bo causo wo cannot moasuro It. wo do not know whothor wool Is too high at 35 cents n pound or it It might not bo choap nt 7G contii n pound. At ono tlmo tho good producor of sheep and lambs was sacrificed on tho market to tho causo of poor pro duction. That la, tho prlco of tho host sheep nnd lambs was hold down, nnd tho cholco lots woro mado to sell tho poor grades. Hut this ovll has ceased to a largo extont and slicop and lambs now soli on tho hoof on their own morlts, nnd this Is stimu lating bettor production. Wo nro, nnd havo boon rocolvlng vory poor prlco for wool, bo that fabulous profits can bo mado on Junk. Ilvtter CothtniCI Clu-npor Mcnt Tho "Truth In Fabric"" bill will Insuro bottor ns woll ns cheapor moat. It makes consldornblo dlf foronco In tho cost of n CO pound lamb whether or not tho polt talcon from tlila animal Is worth flvo dol lars, as many of thorn sold for dur- GRADUATION CLOTHES! For the leading event of your young life and to at tend tne many receptions and parties you will feel much more at ease in a STYLISH NEW SUIT There is an elegant assortment of TWEEDS, TAR TANS, CHECKS and BLUE SERGES in the most popular SPORT MODELS us well as the ALWAYS STYLISH FORM FITTING SUITS which are .priced at !pZj $27.50 $30 As further accessories to your Graduation (Clothes .there are Shirts, Silk Socks, Shoes and Hats ALEXANDER One Prjce Clothier Ontario and Vale, Oregon lug tho war, or whothor thoy aro worth less than ono dollar, as mauy of them sold for during tho past lyoar. For ozamplo, an eighty pound lamb on tho hoof that costs 15 conts por pound, stands tho packer $12.00. It requires prlmo lambs to dress fifty por cent so that loaves forty pounds of drcssod lamb, costing 30 conts par pound. Last year's credits on sheep pelts figured about ono dollar por polt, leaving tho 40 pounds of lamb costing oloven dollars or 27 H conts por pound. Shoep pelts generally carry about sovon pounds of wool and ought to bo worth at least throo dollars and n half nploco, or CO cants por pound for tho wool. Figuring tho polt at throo dollars and a half, which Is very consorvatlvo, leaves tho 40 pounds of lnmb costing 21 1-4 cents par pound. Should lambs bd Belling at 8 cents por pound or tho cheaper lambs soil for on tho hoof, tho groalor will n reasonablo pelt crodlt chcapon tho moat. For lnstanco, an 80 pound lamb at 8 cents per pound Is six dollars and forty cents, and with tho wool at CO conts por pound, glvos us our throo and a halt dollar lamb polt crodlt, loavlug 40 pounds of lamb costing two dollars nnd ninety conts. Thoro b In an nvorago man's suit of puro wool clothes only from four to six pounds of wool, which does not flguro groatly to tho cost of tho suit of clothes oven at ono dollar a pound, so it 1b vory plain that tho con sumer Is banoflting ovon moro than tho producor by wool soiling at a roasonablo prlco. Wo did not havo enough shoep nt tho closo of 1020 but wool boenmo almost worth less, as woll as shoep, with tho ro Btilt that tho producor shlppod his breeding stock to market, for as ho said, Blnco wool was worthless It did not pay to koop shoop. Thoro foro, wo aro now up ngalnst a roal sliortago In brooding sheep nnd n short crop of lambs Is In sight for this yonr, and again tho consumor will havo to aottlo. WooIbjs tho regulator of tho shoop industry and wool was almost worthless last yenr bo sheep mon could not got a dollars worth of crodlt nnd scores of thorn wont broko. In many In' stances ranchmon shlppod tholr slicop to raarkot and did not ro- colvo enough from their snlo to pay tho freight. This last ,1s not a mythical statotnont, nnd proof can bo given If deslrod. Tho shoop In dustry, or what Is loft of It, has ro colvod such n mortal wound from Its Inst fleecing that It will tako sovcral years for It to recover. Just n long ns good wool Ib used to soil Junk at fabulous prices tho shoop Industry will romnln n dangorous flold for Invcstmont. ImlttHtry Must bo Protected Wo do not ask tho farm or any moro If ho would llko to Invest in somo shoop. Inttoad wo ask him how shoop look to him as a gamblo this yonr. , Wo tried in vain to In torost somo capital In food I nn lambs on tho rnngo last fall at flvo conts por pound with cholco nlfalfn hay to food them soiling at four dollars por ton. Tho mon who had to soli tholr produco nt thoso prlco nearly ell wont broko. Howovor, slnco wool began to movo early lust winter shoop worked hlglior also and many of tho lambs that woro bought last fall as low as flvo cents por pound, and fod out and mado fat for tho market, aro now soiling around six teen dollars por hundred on tho Chicago market. Our much at fficotod friends, tho consumor, wo notlco is nlso paying tho flddlor for tho prosont high prlcod porfor- manco. Thoro aro vory few livestock loan ing agenclos that will oxtond crodlt to a sheop man. Thoro is too logltl mato reason for this; shoop aro froer from disease than any other animal unless It is tho goat. Oovorn raont Inspection of shoop carcasses at tho market Is rigid and they statu that diseased sheep carcasses aro al most nil. Thero is no animal that produces so much usoful material as the sheep. Sheep will build up a run down farm quicker and make a good farm better than any other animal. Why should such a val uable animal to a farm and such a large producor bo such a dangerous thing for sano Investors? Exploita tion can ba tho only answer. When mutton is sold over the countor as mutton and not as Iamb, as most of It is sold today, and -when wool is sold and guaranteed In tho cloth to bo virgin wool, tho Industry will re main stable and safo for Investors. It takes Just about the samo amount of courage to ask the average butcher for mutton as it does to ask tho average clotblor for a suit of shoddy. We complain that our good wool Bhouid sell at ruinous prices ' and that goods made from It should provo unsatisfactorily. Wo refuse further to support tho shoddy clothes industry, -which is ruining us, and wo ask the consumor to Join us In demanding a speedy remedy. Clothing Dealers Want mil "There are many honest clotbelrs today that havo throwji tho old policy of "Lot tho buyor bowafo" out of tho back door and aro now guaranteeing tholr goods to tho consumor. Thoy nro doing It bo causo tho publlo domairds It nnd bo causo it pays them to do It. This policy Is bolng adopted by all tho bottor clothiers and thoy -will wol como tho "Truth In Fabric" bill as woll as will tho honest manufacturer. "Shoddy goods havo novor provon satisfactory and It sooms that tho fact la no now discovery. Jesus, who was always right, spoko of It In Mntthow D:10K"No man putteth a ploco of now cloth Into an old gar niont, for that which was put Into to fill It takct,h from tho garment and Wio rout Is mado worse." Wo do not wish, howovor to discuss tho morlts of shoddy goods; all wo want is that thoy bo Bold for what thoy aro. Somo pooplo said at ono tlmo, and a fow do yot, that buttorlno Is puror. nnd bolter than cow's buttor. "Woll", Bald tho. dairy man, "then soil It aB buttorlno and wo will let tho pooplo bo tho Judgos". Wo say tho samo regarding shoddy goods, Duttorlno Is Bulling well and thoro Is no doubt tout what It has mot a groat nood becauso It can bo sold cheapor than cow's buttor. Shoddy goods will surely bo needed to fill n certain domand but It Is not noodod to fool tho peoplo nnd ruin tho sheep Industry. "Tho producor Is ready to produco bottor wool so wo 'wilt not bo compolled to Import all of our'best woolons. Ho wnnts to deliver to tho manufacturer good wool but ho wants tho manufacturers to mako n stablo class of morchandlso so tho consumor will bo bottor sntlsllod with It and will want moro of It. "Wo bollovo tho "Truth In Fabric" bill will bonoflt tho manufacturer also, but wo bollovo It represents tho dlfforenco butwoon a business ono can invest capital In with safety nnd ono llko wo havo at prosont, that Is vory unsafe. "Wo hopo tho conBumor will Join us and demand his Just right, but thnt Is no question nbout us shoop mon; wo want our -wool sold as virgin wool. Wo aro tired of pay ing trlbuto to pirates. In tho good old days pirates callod thomsolvos pirates. Tyrants woro oloctod In tho days of tho Itoman Emplro to trim tho peoplo and thoy mado n good Job of It, but thoy did It open ly. It would scorn that it It la posslblo to dofcat this much noodod bill that thoro aro tyrants In offlco todny, serving undor different names. VALLETP Mr. and Mrs. Earl Waltors, who havo rontod tho old Jonou place, spent Sunday visiting her paronts, Mr. and Mrs. W. O, Armstrong, and after a, short call nt tho Uurr ranch returned homo. Mrs. Jcbso Drown wnB qulto sick last Wednesday with anothor at tack of appendicitis, but waa bottor Thursday. Mrs. Snydar, who has been visit ing rolattvos in Idaho for nearly two mouths, returned homo last wook. Frank Henry nnd family Bpent Sunday of Inst week visiting at tho E. Caldwolt homo. Mr. and Mrs. Jcsso Drown motored t,o Nyssa Sunday nnd spent tho day with Tom Johnson and family. Misses Lois Halstoad nnd Ida Johnson woro guests at tho Ouy Kun n oy homo Sunday. Mrs. II. McMurrln Is vory Btck at hor homo nt Welsor, with pneumonia resulting from a rolapsb of tho flu. Mr. McMurrln has rontod a houso in Ontario, and oxpoctod to movo tho family this wook, but will bo com pelled to watt Indefinitely. Sunday school was tho only sor vlco nt tho school houso Sunday. Hor. Uloiu will preach noxt Sunday afternoon. Tho .eighth arndo has lost most ot Its mombors, only throo of sovon re maining. Thoy nro vory busy un dor Miss Ilalstoad'a. coaching, pro paring for tho May examination. Tho snooting of votors ot District 30 callod Monday, May 1, at 8:00 P. M. for tho purposo of deciding what disposition to mako of tho old school houso aud tho grounds, -was poorly nttonded. It was votod to soil to tho htghost blddor which salo will bo docldod on at tho noxt rog ular mooting ot tho dlroctors. 0J II. S. GIRLSICIIAMPIONSIIIP BASKET BAH TEAM Tho Ontario High School girl's basket ball team had a most onvlabla rocord during tho wintor of 1021-22. Dosplto a lata start and many dif ficulties tho girls complotod tho sea son with tho hlghost por contngo ot victories of any ot tho girls' toams ot this suction and Is clearly ontltlod to tho doslgnatlun ot champions ot this soctlon for tub yonr. Tho mombors ot tho rogular team wore: Iroiu) Faubton, contor; Flor onco Halo, and Ellu Mosso forwnrds; Lucllo lllanton, rannlng contor; Ellrnboth Whltmoro and Mlldrod Davis guards. 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