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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1921)
.. .................... ..................... Hie $co(t ßcräld iiMiiiiiiiiMiuiiiiM REMEMBER We handle New and Used Fords and Chevrolets Talk with Us, if You think of Buying. We can Save You Money and Give You Service Right at Home. Eagle Garage In the Center of Lents—Phone 633-68 Enjoy Your Vacation for Fxpert Repairing and Over hauling, Brake Relining, Welding and brazing, Battery Sendee. We carry a full line of See Us First High Grade Auto Supplies at Correct Prices AJAX AND DIAMOND TIRES COLUMBIA BAI TERIES GRIBBLE BROS., Creston Gara e 50th St and Powell Valley Rd. T' MAPLES GARAGE FOR MOTOR REPAIRS FiskTires&Tubes Under our new low prices we can save you money ar.d give you the best of service. M reline brakes with Phone: 614-48 WHO SNOW», All our tires are strict ly guaranteed. L. L. CAMPBELL, Prop Successors to Myers Garage and Machine Shop Foster Road and Darrin Avenue A LINK OF COMMENT 1, For beef, th« farmer la paid <S cent». Th« consumer. say for steak, 1'uMlahed Every Friday at I-enta pat« 2ft cents and upward. Station. I'ortland. Oregon. t'be price to the farmer la about The fool, however, never admits Pivprittor what it was 30 or 40 year» ago. Then hia identity. the consumer could buy throe big cuts of round steak for 2ft rents, with The fellow who __ ________ Ulla all ha know* suet thrown in and often a soup bene The 50 cent roast of those days coats seldom knows much to tell. 11.25 and upward now. No one can expect to make a hit Why was thero so small a differ when they aim at nothing. •■nee between the farmer's prw« and Subscription Price fl 50 a year the consumer's price and why so Yes, th« world still wag», even if large a spread now ? la it just a na tural order? la it the result of the so- the U. 8. no longer "jag»." called law of supply and demand, It takes that the price to the farmer is the smart man a fool to tell a lie and a to get away with it. price of 30 years ago and the price to the consumer two or three time« the AS THE EDITOR SEES IT The girl who has many strings to price of that period How could any her bow is probably partial to jass. meais a day * natural law keep the farmer's beef at Do you eat three good meals consider -------------- yourself fortu- the same old price and double or tre You i should --------- -------------- Some people hog all they can and _ nate in ... the _ ________ ”/i of the ble the consumer’s price? present 1___ condition Meanwhile, the slaughter and dis try to get rid of more than they gel. ; world. Over in Europe there are mil- s lions and millions of people who are tribution of meat has changed. The No doubt there are men who have : living on no more than one meal a butcher used to t buy his own beef and never told a lie —those who war« born sei it over the block : day, while other millions do not have slaughter it and sell dumb. : even that much. Staiwation ia gath- to the consumer, Now the five bi| packers slaughter and sell most o: ’ : ering them in. America la becoming commercially :___ The world is in a state of chaos It the beef to retailers. U-ould that be rich in every thing that makes It mor : is on its back and can not rise again the iwason for the change in price«? ally poor. One thing we know is thia: The : without infinite patience and much packing business has become a colos- : assistance. Many a person misse» the good • \\ hen a herd of steers become sal business. Its gwners have grown : frightened they either mill around or very rich. The five companies have things of life trying to nog those that become very lanfe. And the prices are useless. : stampede. The po] ipulation of the world is to tirmers remain very low and to No one ever remembers the first lit • much the • i same. It la badly fright- consumers very high. One naturally wonders if these gi he ever told, and the last one la even ling around--on the verge j ened—mill! .ipede-—uncertain aa to what gantic organizations are a good thing easier to forget. : of a stami for the country. There ia the tele which ■ to do or w ------ way to turn. In labor circles, we presume, a de ■ We are leas afflicted in America phone business. The parent compa : than in any other country, and we ny pays a V per cent dividend and haa cree of divorce would be termed a : should be proportionately thankful added more than $7,000.000 to its non-union document. surplus within six months, without : for what we have. There ia a time and place for all While w-e are feasting on three; including _ the dividends from the sub- I meals a day there are other human sidiary companies. It had a total things, but we suspect that too trv : beings who hunger for the crumbs we surplus Jast year of $444,000.000. and quently they are in hiding. is in practically complete control of throw away. “Firot see that you are right ami the telephone business of America. When we shoot at a mark on a tree And. like beef, telephone tolls are then gv> ahead" is good advice-, pro vided you know when to »top. I we take carefui aim in order that no high and going higher. Take the oil business of America error of judgment may be made. We It’« an old saying that murder will want to make a dead center hit—we It is in the hands of three or four out. but it would be more to the point don’t want the humiliation of a wild companies. They raise prices or low er prices. Nobody knows why they tc see the murderers snuffed out shot or of a miss. But when we shoot a volley of crit raise prices or what rules they apply aay it with In telling the world to “ "say in raising prices. What we do know icism at a public official we are not i j- flowem" the florists ....................... themselves i fail - alwaya as careful as when shooting H <• that their power- of control is ab such control ------------ includes to practice what they preach at a mark. I solute - and that ----- --------------------- We do not alwaya judge the die- -uel for every automobile in America When a fellow passes on to the tance, our aim ia not always correct, and every tractor in America and and sometimes we just blaze away at millions of engines in the industries next world he probably reali »es how random, on the theory that people of America—in abort, a control that little he really amounted to in thia one. who fill public offices are fair targets i >• colonial colossal in its ita possibilities. possibilities, We for anything we choose to shoot at **’ know that the power of the oil “Hitting the ball" in the business r them. magnates is so great that they defied That is one reason why so many l**c state government of Oregon; that world io commendable, but busting men of high executive ability persist- they nullified a law which the legis- the bat is a crime that is never for _____ r- ,,-L — -ffl —. ‘»ti'e power of the state attempted given. eutly refuse ; io accept public office. them-. ’-° P* 11 •••»»» >nt° ei.es», effect, < and that at the They never shoot at random theni-i>" r-“ Diplomacy might be aptly described ------------ "* _^*s^ **“ °'J *’l magnates the selves, and they do not care to serve command of government abdicated Its — sov- as a combination of dignity and du as targets for people who do. i ' state *-*- _ -------- — It requires skill and good judgment ’ that_solemn^y en- plicity. to drive a bullet into the center of a acted statute was concerned, and that It is best to throw the mantle of mark, but any kind of a loose tongue a substituent legislature repealed it. The Journal does not believe that charity over the mistakes of your can pepper a public official until his colossal organizations exercising such neighbor. You may need a circus tent grandmother wouldn’t know him. The human race as yet knows lit- tremendous power over particular in to cover your own. dustries are good for the American tie. It has much to learn. It is considered quite an honor to people. If they are. why has the ad Your child will soon be back in vent of the big packing organizations march at the head of the procession, I school again. Mr. Father. What are been followed by such an increase in but the fellow at the tail end can see V. the different books it will be study- Pnees .to„„the consumer over the fig- moat of it. i ing this term? Y'ou don’t know? Too ure’ ® years ago, with no eorre- Never mind what the rest of the increase to farmers? In ' bad. The child knows that you don’t • sponding *[ I I • know—that you don’t take interest Ir short, why . - . are livestock produce.« ------------- world thinks of you. Old St. Peter is “" enough to find out—that you just i I"ost,y bankrupt, consumers scarcely the boy who will decide whether or 6538 Foster Road ! leave it all to the mothe? and the | ■ble to ,have me,t on their tabl« «"d not you enter the golden gate * ' p"* packers rolling in riches?—Port- ■ teacher. PHONES _____ Residence Main 3369 A Chicago judge says that “we have Business Aut 638-30 Perhaps that is one reason the, 'and Journal. hit the bottom of hard times and j child does not take any greater inter-1 _ . The Herald prints printa the foregoing from now on business is going up I est in its studies It la just following ¡the example set by its father. '| thegu«rgestion that our hill.” But how long is the hill? i contemporary g-t the information ft Sound and untroubled sleep is one desires from that eminent livestock PUSHING THE RICH ALONG ______ producer and defender of the packers, of the greatest rejuvenators. and a CANDIES MADE DAILY clear conscience is conducive to such The rich man doean’t get there by tb* senator from eastern Oregon, sleep. How’s yours? his own efforts alone. The poor man OCR WOMEN AND THEIRS keeps pushing him along. Take the matter of locomotion as American women are more fortu ' an example. There was a time when the rich nate than their cousins of Europe— man was glad to ride on a donkey or if it can be called good fortune. In America there are about the I in an ox cart. The poor man walked. 5114 Ninety-second Street Lents __________________ Then some ancient genius devised same number of men as there are the carriage for the benefit of ’the women, and the latter are admired, re rich. The poor man climbed into the courted and sought after. They take ¡their choice. old cart or straddled the donkey. ...... of nothing was —a not . In Europe it is different. The war But the man I satisfied. 1~ He wanted something. He great havoc with the There are many ! commenced to climb into the carriage. 1 ma * population. P” One Way from Portland to Lents ........... .. ._ w „„„ M1CI„ 1 more women than men. and 1 In time he .............. began to own them. With the poor man bowling along condition is becoming worse daily We Can Move You Out of the Muddy Street man be- Jhi'ou<th Jne emigration of vast num- in his carriage, the rich _ ______ ............................ thought himself of a new toy—one bers of the men to other parts of the SPECIAL PRICES TO ALL WHO Phone 612-5» COAL 8822 Foster Road world. beyond the reach of common folk a. _______ .. / ENROLL DURING AUGUST The surplus women of Europe are The automobile made its appear ance, with its honk in front and ita facing a dismal and hopeless future. Marriage is their natural state, but smell trailing along behind. Two Piano I-maoas for the Price of One The rich man was again in a class I only the enactment of laws authoriz by himself. He whizzed by old Dob ing polygmany will prevent their dy bin and scared him out of his wits or ing as spinsters. ADULTS POPULAR COURSE The next time you feel dissatisfied i drove him into the ditch. will guarantee to teach you to play But it didn’t last. The poor man with conditions, sister, just contrast i ordinary music in 36 lessons was stubborn in his determination to i your present state with that of the keep the pace. He declined to stay I women abroad. | It is a rich field for deep thinking. down. LESSON'S AT YOUR HOME IF DESIRED Again time worked its wonders. It A word from the wise ia not alwavs saw the poor man climbing into the rich man’s car. Today it sees him ■ one of wisdom. Practice Piano for Children owning his own car. Some men who respect the law do But evolution continues its work. We retail fresh, salt and smoked meats The rich man is now only one of the not always observe it—when thirsty. at very close prices. FRESH FISH. many. He has no class of his own. No man ever becomes so great as The efore he is turning his eye to The press ward the aeroplane as a means of lo to be really forgotten. 6228 Ninety-second St., 8. E. still prints a word or two about Mr. comotion. Phone 634-85 Some day he will abandon his car Taft and Mr. Wilson when there is Ten Year's Successful Teaching and travel in the air—again above the no other news to be had. common herd. But even that will not last. There A Good Place to Trade will be no seclusion for him even in the clouds. The poor man will <ret J there, too. N It is a great race, with the rich man sprinting to keep a few laps ahead and the poor man following Office: East 3230 Paving Materials with mighty leap« and bounds in his Plant: 6322-60 Macadam Roads efforts to keep abreast. That, if you please, is one way in which the poor man is pushing the I rich man along. 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