tl " ' JANUARY 0 0 GREETINGS to You. Greetings to everybody. The Old Year is past; we enter the Nev. Great things have been accomplished the past year. Greater things to come. The New Tariff is now the law of the land. The new Currency Bill will soon be in operation. Let's give them all a fair chance. Let's all pull together now. A greater Oregon, a greater Vale. As clothiers we have led in past. We'll now set the pace for the future. We've made our plans for the New Year and we are ready to start right now. THE SALE ST A RTS JANUARY 10, Wli nPHERE will be no marking up and then down to show a larger discount, but the old, untam pered tickets will be left on for your inspection. You know the Store You know the Stock You know us. We have been in business in East em Oregon and Idaho more than 20 years, been in Vale some time. fhUR BUSINESS has steadily in- creased from the start, we believe because we have always given you people A SQUARE DEAL This is a guarantee that during this Sale you will be treated in the same fair manner. Remember, Sale Starts January 10, 1914 BE HERE ON THE DOT Wives, bring your husbands and fit them out Never again will you have a chance to buy Merchandise at SO LOW A CUT PRICE A. One Price Clothiers EXANBER COMPANY Vale, Oregon BURTON GIVES HIS OPINION (Continued from Pare 1) He says 132,000,000 bushel of good grain, according to estimate! from the United States bureau of statistics, are taken out of the food supply of the country annually for this purpose. There is one rat hole in the granary, he says, where a large quantity of the food aupply of the country goes, which helps to increase the coat of the re mainder. The basic atatistics givn are that in the year 1912 there were used in the United States in the manufacture of distilled spirita 23.016,759 bushels of corn, 6,699,667 bushels of rye, 25,506 bushels of wheat, 1943 bushels of bar ley, 4,075,991 bushels of malt, 6663 bushels of oata and 60,676 bushels of other materials. , .The law prohibit! the killing of wild game or taking fish, from the streams in order U prevnt the scarcity of gam and fish. Why should it not pre vent the destruction of other kiiuls of food to prevent scarcity, Mr, Hurlon ska. In IM, it is i-oiiitsd out, the number of barrels vt beer prtlu-d in the United (States was SA, :.(, in liif, f 2,l7(i.t)i; In cy ll.e number of gal Ihi4 vf dintl'led spirits I'lodured in the United States was 89,992,555; in 1912, 175,417.469; in 1896 the amount of corn consumed in the manufacture of liquor was 13,497,669 bushels; in 1912 corn and other grains. 32,784,104 bushels. If the farmers feed their grain to pigs and cattle the packers would help them or the banka would help them, and the meats would become more plentiful to the consumers and the cost of living reduced, he says, and if chem ical alcohol is neeJed in the mechanical arts it can be made of sawdust or any kind of wood without spoiling good food to make it. Origin of "Tnia." A real thug was a member of an or ganized society of tanutical murderers In India, who cousldered their vb itma to be uacrirlces to their god. Their method was by strangulation. The Kngltkh tried to suppiess thtra about 1810. but did not succeed till about 1S30. OUR WOOL SHOULD BE PROTECTED (Continued from Pag 1) lug on million ards per r Thai U, gvulleiueu. i.u iiiUIU'ii )id i.f ,! goli.g bioad'sal itudw of liii wool h o , ,,,,, , this mill Is using several tons each week of old rags gathered from various parte of the country. This is what is torn up and sold and ad vertised as your wool. Does Ore gon and Oregon wool growers need protection against, this? What re spect will the consumer have for Oregon wool when he finds from the wear of the garment or the fabric that It will not stand the test? He tells you that he doesu't want any more Oregon wool, and can you blame him? Statement No. 2 Shipping and Receiving of Freight. The state ment Is made that all freight to San Francisco Is shipped from their own dock, and as I want to give this man all the credit he Is. entitled to, he has forgotten to tell you that at that same dock h also receives a large amount of old rags from Cali fornia to be ground up, made Into fabrics and sold for Oregon wool. Dou'i you think you ueed protec tion against that? Statement No. 3 Largest Mill West of the Mississippi. We are al so told that this is the largest mill t of the Mississippi and w are i lld uuny wouderful things Id couJ iU,io s ui it. There Is ou very j lioi4 thing In idiiUM tl.tii wlih It j that lirt his modesty i ha for! "ltei to (ell )U. Illal , )4 l the out) mill uf Us ! Uaiuul), "r T st) uf lb ill'fl in fact. I think in the United States, that has three rag pickers, or as the United States government calls them, rag grinders. The United States government gives us figures that there is one rag picker to ev ery 474 woolen mill employes in the United States. This mill has the distinction of having one rag picker to every 83 1-3 employes, so that these rag pickers are employed to manufacture Oregon wool from old rags. This Is another thing you need protection against, not only you wool growers but the whole of Ore gon. Statement No. 4 English Goods. The statement concerning the Eng lish goods is really so ridiculous that I ought not to mention It. I may say that every one understand ing goods Is just taking a laugh up their sleeve. One man yesterday- called me on the street ana spoke of j it (I may say that he was a woolen drummer) and in mentioning the, matter he said "If Hums saw a ' statement of that description, i am ! noi surprised at the remark when) he said (Hi, the gift the Urd would gle us, lo see ourselves us ttheis see us.'" This man makes the, slalrmeiil that the good iua.1 In1 England ere not belli r lliaii ui' le lug in. lu In Oregon t ' Jil.t s I I own l4leiiiti, ,, ( I II l.u I ildui lutf ll, il l,, ; )id of ton..), a ,j guiiug- turn of $750,000 that Is, 75 cents per yard. . There la not a place in the world where you can go and buy a really decent (not high grade) piece of virgin wool goods for double that amount, not even in Eng. land. So you may see what his statement Is worth. Statemeut No. 5, Percentage of Wool Used in Mills. This woolen mill manager makes the statement that Oregon uses a greater percent age of fleece wool than any mills lu the whole country. I would like, If you will allow me, to Inform him that there are many mills both In England and America that do not use an ounce of anything but virgin wools. There are no shoddy or mungo used. So there is another statement that not only Oregon wool but the whole of America needs protection against. Statemeut No. 6 -Evil Reports Concerning this Industry This last stateiueii' is a cap that is evidently meant for me anyway It fits go well that I am going to wear It. In trying to hate honest huh grade good made In Oregon and to have shoddiv and muiigoe labeled a slmddirs and muugor and no sold a Origou wool, iht-n I hue been tlliig lo liijuie lb,. In.ln.U), iM .aii.e. nuU t,o slaleiin hi., and I sin I.e.- I ...I j lo ll-iu , , Inoi iiipli4i. all) ,a. . d led ..4l, Hi,,,,, , ,u )(((U Concerning Shipments 0 Goods Have VOU a Telenhnn in irl have oo world's greatest time saver. See local manager for particulars. Plea number, it greatly facilitates the handling of business at central. MALHEUR HOME TELEPHONE CO. came along and -told the people In Oregon that their conditions were favorable for growing tt better class milt than they were growing, I ui.nder If thoy turned to and de nounced him and trli to down him at every poli't, or were they like good, decent boy and did they mine forward and follow the advice 'f Hu in hi uiid Improve their run (illona. I hate, made tin klalemviit over and owe again 1I14I ioii tlioiild be nuLlug a l.eilii and lilgln-r glad I Wool. u. .,( j , ,ttl,M a jualltlt, it lossliig today, iivi I I'U'M) of ,lw I , bul ul i- "count of not being able to better goods, the community pelled to send their money1 . x . I.''rnlia for' 10 iu east stuu w , that should be nude right home from our Oregon growl I When we get to do that wl time when we will be urolectWv wkj groweri. Your f fetch a much higher P,k , ronsuiner IU irrUle , of I hem and w ehell I hi (hanged conditio" " lUnieu iu easily Itxllou om wsiil I " IsillT law g ytuilo H rplpJM, i