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TEE ONTARIO ARGUS, QNTABIQ, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 4,"l922
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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
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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. Tho following woro
substitutes bul all nppearod tn man'
ot tho contests: Eva Evorott, for
ward; Myrna Socoy, running contor,
and Qortrudo Monco, guard.
THE ONTARIO MEAT & GROCERY
COMPANY'
In the future will be conducted under
the firm name of Reihsen Ryan
We will adhere to the cash and
carry plan, which means RIGHT
PRICES. Quick turnover and 'cash
buying means a fresh grocery stock
on the shelves.
Our meats are the best obtainable
and are handled in a strictly sanitary
style. Our own make sausages are
hard to beat, Briefly, our policy is,
Quality, Service & Right Prices
Reihsen & Ryan
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