THE OREGON STATESMAN. SAT,EM. OREGON
SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST 6, 1921
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MR. HAWLEYS BRILLIANT CONCLUSION
On July J13, the lower branch of Congress being in Com
mittee of the Wnole House on the state of the Union, and
having under consideration the tariff bill, Congressman W.
C. Hawley of the First Oregon district, who is Chairman of
' the sub-committee of the House Ways and Means Committee
having charge of the agricultural schedules, made extended
remarks explaining the part taken by his sub-committee in
the preparation of the bill, and these appear in the Congres-
sional Record of July 20, together with the words of a num
ber of Democratic-members who heckled him
And of Congressman London, the lone Socialist Member
of Congress, who butted in a number of times with visionary
ideas. '.
Mr. Hawley was equal to the occasion, irj the handling
of the hecklers, and he gave-them a little hotter repartee
. than they sent, for he knew his subject, from long study and
hard work in the preparation of the bill while the hecklers
had nothing but worm eaten theories handed down from the
days when the free traders had a far greater vogue in this
country than they have now.
-After all the hecklers had been put under the ropes in
the forensic struggle, Mr. Hawley was granted a little more
time for some concluding remarks that are good to read, by
'every red blooded American, reported by the Congressional
Record of the date named as follows :
VNow,, gentlemen of the
terests of the country come before you as the jury to deter
mine not only their welfare but the welfare of the whole coun
try. They 'commit their cause to' your determination. No
section of the country has been omitted. From the Atlantic
the Pacific and from the Canadian border to the Gulf and
Xa the Mexican line ne aericultural interest, no agricultural
product deserving a tariff where a duty would be beneficial
. . . 1 I 1 A- 11 A A 1 1 A'
to me producer ana Denenciai
been omitted from the JisL We
; ture of this counry on a firm
! the farms ana going to tne cities, wnere tne emoluments are
greater and conditions of life more pleasant, and if we follow
this to its logical conclusion and make the conditions for the
farmer more adverse by placing other industries on the pro
tected list and agriculture on the free list we accentuate the
. I iw k
movement; from the farm.
V "No free country ever long exists unless its feet are
firmly placed upon the soil (applause) ; unless the tree of its
national prosperity, bearing fruit for the nourishment of its
people and the nations, is deeply rooted in its soil. , No coun
try can long flourish or long maintain the confidence of its
people if junder the protection
can Justly complain that they have not received justice with
an equal -hand. And so the humble peanut and all the prod
ucts of the South, the plebeian potato of New England, the
sheen and cattle on a thousand hills, the grain fields that
wave living gold in the fall, the
plains all these and the products necessary to the welfare
of our people are in the list. We propose to maintain a con
tented and prosperous agriculture, that there shall continue to
be produced on the farms. The
who in times of stress in 'our
dilVl lit Y C lilC biiW VVUltVi J IVU 444 VUW V4 0VI10 V4. ViVVAfjW
Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and thousands of others of
lesser name.
;: - "This country has! established its own civilization; this
country has established its own
try. has established its own rate of wages for the compensa
tion of those who toil, above
who toil, abdve those received
v ine question Deiore xms
apparently-have not read the papers and found that the tariff
was an issue in the last election the question before the
American people and before
est and most important of all
continue-a republican America,
-ment, a republican condition
the world outside that we have become rich, we have become
' strone. we have become powerful, we have great industries,
we have high wages, we, have
have become lacking in wisdom, so come and plunder us at
vour will? , t t
'To paraphrase from Webster, when my eyes turn for
the last time to behold the sun in the heavens, may they not
See him shining on a Europeanized and orientalized America,
but rather may they behold him shining in full strength upon
a rich and glorious self-contained and self-sustained country
and on a people rich and free,
advancing civilization. ' (Loud
'The honors being paid to Ambas
sador iferrickrsof France ara
never been approached In foreign
diplomacy. Yet It was to be ex
pected. Herrlck is an Ohio man.
1 The, house shortage la going to.
be more'aeute in Salem this win
ter than it was last winter, nn-
FUTURE DATES
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Oregon, as second class matter.
committee, the agricultural, in-4
10 me country at, targe nas
wish to establish the agricul
basis. Our people are leaving
9 m 1 t
of its flag there are some who
corn that adorns the rolling
virile men ancr women we need,
history have come to the front
standard of living; this coun
those received elsewhere,
elsewhere.
country one oixne greatest,
this Congress, one of the great
public questions, is, Shall we
a republican form of govern
of industry, or shall we say to
a great market here, but we
maintaining its own high and
applause.)"
less there is a most decided speed
ing up in building operations. A
boom in the local building and
loan stock would help some.and
be a good thing all around.
Maine and Missouri have all
of the luck in the proposed con
gressional reapportionment bill.
Both lose members of congress.
Exchange.
There is 'also a report that
there Is no Ku Klnx Klan organi
zation In Salem; that the attempt
to organize one faded out. Hope
the report la true.
, Questions tto he - submitted to.
th candidates. - torero tmaater-
bhjps are being prepared, bnt we
understand that not all of the
Edison questions wfll be asked.
Loa Angeles Times.
With the arrival of German
films in this country we are ex
pecting that one will soon be of
fered showing the thooting of
Edith Cavell, the English nurse,
by order of a German comman
der, with the orchestra playing
"Die Wacht am itbein" and the
recitation, "Deutschland I'ber Al
les," to follow. Exchange.
It would be one of the para
doxes of modern politics to see
former President Wilson practice
law before Chief Justice Taft,
whom Wilson defeated for the
presidency and whom he refused
to appoint to a piace on th.
United States supreme, court. Yet
such a thing is likely to happen.
American English is to be the
official language of the Washing
ton conference on disarmament
and Far Eastern questions. With
the exception of the English dele
gates most of the others will re
quire Interpreters, unless M. Tar
dleu and M. Lausanne represent
France. They both speak idio
matic American.
Secretary Mellon figures out
that of the five billion dollars
necessary to run the government
the coming year, four must come
from internal taxation. With
that immense amount of money to
be raised, it is necessary that tho
burdens of taxation be equally
distributed, for there la a point
beyond which it will not pay to
lay a levy.
A Los Angeles girl lias been
pronounced the most beautiful m
the world, but why she should be
selected is beyond us. It is our
deliberate opinion that the red
ribbon of personal pulchritude can
be tied on almost any of tnem.
Los Angeles Times. Who was
the judge? Must have been a
cross-eyed Mexican who has never
seen the Salem girls.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM ON
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.
The Republican platform of
1920 did not evade the issue of
government ownership or opera
tion of railroads. Under the
heading "Railroads," tho platform
made the following clearly un
derstandable declaration
"We are opposed to government
ownership and operation or em
ployee operation of the railroads
in view of the condition prevail
ing in this country, the experience
of the last two years, and the
conclusions which may fairly bo
drawn from an observation of tho
transportation systems of other
countries, it is clear that ade
quate transportation service both
for the present -Mid the future
can be furnished mora certainly
economically and efficiently
through jirivate ownership and
operation under proper regula
tion and control."
This declaration "waa baseJ
upon principles the soundness of
which has been demonstrated
whenever government ownership
has been tried. It wll'. be noted
that the platform net only op
posed government operation, but
"employee operation" as well
This was a direct attack upon tbe
"Plumb plan," which would re
quire the government to' borrow
money to buy the railroads and
then turn them over to a commis
sion in which, the employes would
have a dominating power. Under
that plan, the employes would fix
their own compensation and'rules
of work. Although the "Plumb
plan" advocates are working mora
quietly than while the Democrats
wcie in rower, thy are working
none the less persistently.
It is & fair Inference that the
man who has conducted small
Dusiness auairs tn such n. way as
to accumulate savings which he
Invests in a larger enterprise, is
best able to conduct that largf
concern. It is a reasonable con
elusion, for example, that Charles
H. Markham. formerly in charge
of the Southern Pacific lines in
Oregon, who began his railroad
career as a section hand and
worked up to the presidency of
the Illinois Central, is n ore com
petent to manage .that road than
is ury committee of 10'J railroad
workmen whe have not risen ma
terially above their original .scale
of rmploymert This is no criti
cism of railrcad employes who do
not rise as rapidly or as fir as
Mr. Markham. It is altogether
likely that Mr. Markham had rare
native talents and a particular
genius for railroading. But, re
gardless of his native ability, ne
could not have risen in hia chosen
occupation without hard j work,
loyalty,' persistence and thrift. It
would be ridiculous to assert that
all of his former associates in tb
work of laying rails and replacing
ties; could . have risen as he : has
done. While .their limited ad
vancem en L Isjn jreflct ion ji poa,
them, it is clear that because of
one man's demonstrated ability
it is better for tbe country that
he be retained in control of a
railroad thai that control be
turned ovtr to a committee of
men who have not demonstrated
fimilar fitness. The Ram-j appiiw
to management cf other roads by
other tuen who have proven th-ir
managerial ability through lonr
years of experience.
Thus we have the issue pre
sented by the Plumb plan on th?
one hand and the declaration of
the Republican platform on the
other. The former stands tor
operation under the control of
men who have not demonstrated
their qualifications; the latter
stands for operation by men who
have been tried and found worthy
and well qualified.
It ought not to be difficult for
any citizen who is neither a rail
road employe nor a railroad man
ager to determine which kind of
operation he prefers. Citizens
thus free from personal interest
constitute the "general public"
whose welfare is chiefly to be con
sidered. The danger is that th1?
'general public" will be quiescent
while the Plumb plan leaguers
continue to spread propaganda in
favor of employee control of th;
railroads. It will be well if tho
average citizen expresses his opin
ions as aggressively as do the ad
vocates of government owner
ship. WAGE SCALES WITHOUT JORS
In the 2o different trade groups
of the building industry in this
city there are men out of work
by the thousands and the tens of
thousands. There is no employ
ment lor them because the cost
of putting up houses is higher
than the investing public will
pay and higher than the renting
public will pay.
Building trade .employers pro
pose that the wage scale be cut a
dollar a day a man to see whether
on that lower building cost basis
it is possible to start up the in
dustry again and put the men
back to work. But the men de
clare they will not work for a
dollar a day less than the war
inflation wage scale, which is a
fine enough scale to talk about
excep that no job" goes with it.
What are you going to do with
a labor union system which lets
able-bodied workers believe, or
act as if they believe, that, a war
Inflation wage scale without any
job is better than a job with a
pay envelope at the end of the
week? New York Herald.
THE BURDEX GROWS.
It is becoming every day more
apparent that the Republicans in
national convention assembled at
Chicago just about a year ago ex
ercised not only wisdom but
caution and frankness when they
took care to make it clear thai
they were promising no immedi
ate reduction of federal taxation.
From day to day new facts are
developing which make it diffi
cult to get the national finances
into a condition which will make
reduction of taxes possible. All
the legitimate obligations of the
government must be met, how
ever unWse or unnecessary the
original creation of the debt may
have been. The Republican ad
ministrate has no choice in the
matter. It must pay the debts
inciyred by the Wilson rsgime.
Even though the Republicans
who formed the platform com
mittee at the national convention
knew that the Democratic admin
istration bad saddled enormous
obligations upon the government.
they were not aware of the ex
tent of those burdens. Much that
had been done was concealed
from the public view, and it i
only since the Republicans came
into control of the executive
branch of the government that
the real facts are coming to light
One of the most recent discov
eries that has shocked the Hard
ing administration is that the
shipping board as organized by
President Wilson has been run
ning behing to a degree that was
not even suspected, since the
method of bookkeeping concealad
the real situation. The Republi
can congress is called upon to
make an appropriation of $300
000.000 for a purpo which the
leaders had not taken into con
sideration in making their plans.
This amount may be cut some
what, but very likely the full
amount must eventually be pro
vided. Then, too, it is disclosed that
President Wilson had made some
very definite and apparently mor
ally binding agreements or prom
ises regarding deferment of pay
ment ot principal or interest on
foreign debts due the United
States. Not only the Republican
leaders but the country in gene
ral have been counting on pay
ments from foreign countries to
make up a considerable part cf
the amount the United States
must raise in order ao pay the
interest on her own debts.. The
payments from abroad were ea-
pecte to make; It possible to re
duce taxes Imposed upon the Am
erican people. Now it appear
that there will not be any con
siderable payment forthcoming
and the people of Arueric niut
raise the money to take the plao
of that which should come in froia
Europe.
That some such situation as
this might develop was foreseen
by the franiers of the Republicai
platform. They did not know th-e
specific facts that would make re
duction of taxes difficult, but
they did know that the Demo
cratic administration had been ex
travagant and wasteful, and that
it had been secretive. They
thought it the part of wisdom to
be cautious in making promises.
lest they 'be later charged with
failing to keep their engagements.
Therefore, when they wrote the
plank on taxation, they raid, In
part :
"An early reduction of the
amount of 'revenue to be
raised is not to be expected.
Tbe next Republican admin
istration will inherit from its
Democratic predecessors a
floating indebtedness ot over
three billion dollars, the
prompt liquidation of which
is demanded by sound finan
cial considerations. More
over, the whole fiscal policy
of the government must be
deeply influenced by the ne
cessity of meeting obligations
in excess of five billion dol
lars which mature in 1923."
The statement quoted above
was made without knowledge of
such obligations as the shipping
board deficit or the handicap of
the Wilson promise of extension
of time to European debtors. It
is clear that the Republican plat
form makers had. an almost pro
phetic vision. Nevertheless, the
Republican administration is put
ting forth every effort, to reduce
expenses and prepare the way for
reduction of taxes later.
NEW MECHANICAL MARVELS.
Some of the new inventions
which are being announced almost
daily put a considerable strain on
the will to believe,, and only in
controvertible evidence can over
come credulity. It may be that
a German named Hanschk has in
vented a helicopter which can go
up and down like an elevator.
stand still or move horizontally
at the rate of 312 miles an
hour. From - The Hague it la re
ported that putch agents are ex-
nlftl tin aw aiiitri an. in Viin t tfin onH
J'lUlLllI au,u an ail Ti.j.vr u va
that Col. Wilftams, chief of the
British aviation service, is much
impressed by it, as he might well
be. Bnt The Hague is a long way
off, and the promoters of new in
ventions have been known to let
their enthusiasm carry them
away; we can wait for a closer
view of the marvelous German
helicopter.
Such a closer view,- however,
has been given of the equally mar
velous gun invented by the Eng
lishman John Temple, which was
exhibited a few days ago in New
York by Dr. Miller Reese Hutch
inson at his offices in the Wool
worth building tower to a group
ot experts who could not easily
be imposed upon. He emphasized
its peace-lime uses, as for exam
ple in driving bolts through steel
plates. It was asserted that the
gun would work equally well un
der water, so that it could be
used to rivet cables to the stel
hull of a sunken ship preparatory
to raising it. Or a broken dri!J
could be retrieved from an oil well
in similar fashion. No doubt
many industrial uses could be de
vised for a gun capable of the ex
traordinary stunts exhibited.
This practical utility, however,
cannot divert attention from the
momentous implications i of the
fundamental invention, ot which
no clear account has ween given.
The gun exhibited was smalt,
with a barrel not more than 10
inches long, but some 2 V inches
in diameter; its projectile is three
inches long and of about .50 cal
iber. That with a small chargj
of smokeless powder, less than
the load for a .32, such a gun
might discharge a projectile with
hardly more noise than a cash
register makes is not surprising,
for there is room inside for ap
plication, of the principle of tho
silencer. But only a limited ve
locity would be looked'for, whera
as thi3 gun drove a bolt easily
through a steel plate three-quarters
of an Inch thick.
Velocity, no matter how great,
is measurable, and in due tima
po doubt unimpeachable measure
ments will be taken of the speed
of the projectiles so discharged.
Till then It can only be noted that
Dr. Hutchinson claimed even for
the small gun used a muzzle ve
locity of a mile a second, which
surpasses by mora than a fourth
:he highest velocity attained by
any known small arm. and as
serted that speed could be in
creased greatly by using a larger
charge.. For a cannon construct
ed pa the, principle of the Temple
gun he thought a ranpre of 30')
miles could b counted upon, and i
this for a projectile weighing five
tons. The stupendous effect cf (
such a bombardment need net bo
dwelt upon; the possibility of
throwing enormous quantities of
poison pas hundreds of miles
would add Immeasurably to the
sinister possibilities of war. t
is evident that the Temple gun
will have to be thoroughly inves
tigated, for the reason that if its
reace-time uses come anywhere
near up to theTlaims of its pro
moters the novel principle on
which it is based might also le
u?ed for a formidable weapon.
THE HARDING WAY.
During the disarmament con
ference President Harding will not
keep hJs motor car In gear to rush
to and from the meeting place.
He will be a close observer of th
proceedings, but not a personal
participant. He is willing to tru&:
his secretary of state.
Moreover, on the delegation he
plans to have represent4tives.br
the senate one from the majority
end one from the minority. Other
members are expected to be. men
ot weight neither lackeys nor
speaking tubes, and capable ot
forming their own judgments,
while at the same time not in
sensible ot the value of team
work.
The president is headed toward
re-establishing normalcy in the
handling of the country's inter
national relations. lie saw how
a departure did not work. So
old-fashioned practices seem es
pecially goad to him. A prudent
gentleman, he would have any ar
rangement arrived at indorsed bv
public opinion and ratified by the
senate. It's safer to consult early
those who must some time b?
consulted.
The president ha1? made no
loud boasts of his knowledge of
psychology, yet he has some no
tion of how the average human
mind works. He d ?is withcon-
ditlons not as the) might be, or
perhaps should be, but as they
are. so he is sureiy, even tnougn
slowly, building up a repute that
will stand him in good stead
should a crisis arise. New York
Tribune.
THE SOUP HONE.
Under the skill of a surgeon a
boiled soup bone was made to
take the place of a badly broken
arm in tbe case of a patient in
a London hospital. They may be
able to make a ball player out of
him yet.
MR. TAFT'S TITLE.
William Hbward Taft is not to
be, as often has been said in the
last few days, the chief justice
of the United States supreme
court, for, as a matter of fact,
there is no such title mentioned
anywhere in tbe federal docu
ments. Mr. Taft's title will be
chief justiceot the United States,
and that is the only proper one.
Hartford Courant.
WILLING TO COMBINE.
The soviet rule in Russia Is
Pottering and offers a combina
tion of the Mensheviki and Bol
shevik! as a compromise. Why
not make room tor the cowsheviki
as well? Give the ladies - a
chance.
THE KLONDIKE "RETURN.
Alaska has had a slnmp in pop
ulation and Is in need of a boom.
Tales of new wealth in gold and
oil around Anch6rage are start
ing another flock of Argonauts in
that direction. Gold is a notable
attraction in Itself, but this time
they are throwing in the oil for
voluptuous measure. A Klondike
with gold, wine and oil would be
sumptuous indeed. Possibly tb?
bootleggers will see that there Is
no slacking on the part of the
wine.
BITS FOR BREAKFAST J
Good harvest weather
And threshing is in full blast.
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There Is a little lull in the fruit
harvest, waiting on the evergreen
blackberries.
".
W. H. Snead. Route C. Salem.
has 300 to 4 00 broccoli plants
left over, for sale. It is a little
late, but nft too late, for the
right kind ot soil and attention
".
It will warm the cockles of the
heart of anv.red blooded Ameri
can to read the conclusion of the
nriff speech of Congressman
Hawley, printed on the editorial
page of The Statesman of this
morning.
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Many Salem itea find cool
breezes down at Spong's .landing
these days. It helps to make Sa
lem a good summer resort.
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How to get paved roads through
the small incorporated cities of
Marion county is going to be a
burning question; perhaps for 1
long time to come.
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Paitas.. .taa twoa&tomoPlXe
.camp grounds.
Pallas strives to
pl;aie- v
. j rjrvan was arrested twice
in one jay for speedingon hi
ia.v to nil a cnauiauqu oaie m
a t'hicaj'o suburb, -la-s-t ek,' Hut
it didn't cost a cei.t. He just ex
plained the emergency. Them are
some people in the United States
who would not think a Bran
spwch-.so Important but a jrr?'at
many others who would,
Frank Winslow. is Found
Not Guilty of Charge
' DALLAS. Or. Aug. 3 A Spe
cial to Th? Statesman) Frauk
Winslow of Spring Valley who was
arrested bv Deputy Sheriff T-
Hooker Tuesday on a complaint
fild ty state Traffic Officer Hein"
i of Salem on a cbaVfee of operat
ing a'truck without a mirror was
found not guilty of the of tense in
Justice or the Peace Ed. F. Ooads
court this morning. Th? jury in
the case fa'led .to agtee and the
matter was left in Judga Goad's
hands for a decision v. ith the
above verdict pronounce 1.'
Autos Standing in Roads
Cause Much Inconvenience
And now comes an auto driver
who wants to know whether any
one has the riRht to park a car or
have It standing on the state high
way, occupnis a part of the pave
ment. He says he has been con-,
siderably inconvenienced when
meeting cars, by having some car
parked on the highway, taking up
considerable of the paved road.
Section 19 of the Oregon motor
vehicle law is as follows:
"No vehicle used upon the pub
lic Etreets, ro&ds or highways ef
this state thall be left standing
u;iscured or without its motive
power being so secured that .the
same cannot be operated or the
vehicle movefl without, sortie act
upon the part of the owner "or
operator.
"No vehicle shall be parkeJ 1?
on the main traveled portion- of
the highways of this state; pro
vided that this shall not apply !omr"
any vehicle so dihabled as to pio
hibit the moving of sajne.'V'
More Subscriptions Atjded
To Commercial Club Fund
Workers who are putting in
their time helpjvg the Commer
cial club met yesterday noon and
lepqrted subscriptions and .mem
berships amounting to $125. Toe
total amount now Subscribed dur
ng this last campaign for funds
amounts to $4470.50.
Among those wl o snbscr'obd or
gae to the fund are the follow
ing: Adolph Brothers. H. H. Hen
derson, Patton Brothers. Increas
ing their membership one; H. R.
Worth of the new firm of Worth
& Gray, Rev.. Ward Elils Long,
pastor of the First PresJytrian
church, and P. , K. Hoj t ot the
Morns Optical company.
Dr. Pomeroy Returns '
After Naval Cruise
Rrownfd and hearty, nroof of
his vacation as p?nt on Unite'J
States destroyer No. 57, Dr. P. E.
Ponies oy has retuned from the
two veoks's training period for
naval reservists of. the 13th dis
trict at Bremerton, Wash.
Only two days were snent at
Bremerton by the Salem physi
cian who rates fieutenant. senior
grade, medical department. TJ. J.
N. The destrove maned hv fh'
regular crew with an additional
complement of cuhsted reservists.
n.iue a tour of the Puget sound
a-id near nortn I acific uoint :it
roin port.
We have had a lot of hard luck
n our time, but so far nobody has
referred to us as a millionaire
clubman or a "man-about-town."
Exchange.
AIRPLANES WILL WIN. THE NEXT WAh!
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Ifj '.VIM :
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Hudson Maxim, qne of America's foremost scientists and th '
Inventor of the Maxim machine gun, photographed on his sixty-sighUi
birthday at his home in Lake Hopatcong N. Arithj his wife and
.granddaughter, Doris. . Mr. Maxim, who Just perfected a new high,
explosive which shoots through armored plate and explodes on UXj
pother side, says that the next war will be1 won bf the n!TT hj,vlns
thijnost.aplanes'--'" :; - 4 J
WOOL bHOWER
IN HARD LUCK
Coarse Quo
ed at 10, Medi
With Nation's
um at 15,
Warehouses Fu
FOREIGN STUFF ON
HAND
Clothing puring Coming
Year Likely to Be Of
Virgin Grade
While thoj. wheat crowcr may
feel he la In jhard luck on account,
of wheat declining in price troin
$2 a bushel fone year ago, io a
present pricf of $1 a buSucl. the
wool growe la in mucft harder
luck, according to a wool ouyer
who has seejn the ups arid downs,
of the wool (industry fori many a .
year. r . j ' -' . ' 4
Coar?e wool was quoted tester
day at 10 cents a pound and mad
:utn at 15 cftiits. One yeaago th ,
price for medium wool wnj 3 ,
rents, while two years ago, Uwas
from 50 to 60 cents a pound.
Warehouse! Are Full
And not only is wool ItouchlnR .
low figures but the sania expert
says that the Warehouses of ths
country are filled with wool suf
ficient to ast" tho country two'
years. . . ' : '.
When th wool tariff Was about ..
to go into e'foct a few) months,
ago, warehouses ; in. Hoston " and
Philadelphia were pid high with
fhre'gn wofcl sh'ppd In to ayoni ;
the tariff. !. -
The sainb buyer, sai.d that lar-,
er in Oregon' were- dairying
hoover aiwl(R nf wool, and ne lj
of the opinion that they wonldv,
continue to carry it. Wool, ne-
fald, drops, pretty, qutcit tn pr:cu, -but
the recovery la excetdingly y
Slow. .. ) . ' I 1
With. wool at so low a fie
the' chance1 re that clothing this
com ng year will really be all vlr-.
gin wool as it is about as cheap
as a mixture of sfcoddy and wool.
All of whkh may or may not be .
of much satisfaction to the farm
er who Is! holding his tfool with
but little prospects ot an advanc
ing market. . j i
POLK HARVESTS '
111 FULL BUST
Farmers Report Their Crops
Better Thart for Several
;vVears'Pas;:y:-r;
HALL
AS, Or.. Aug. 5-fRpe
cial to The Statesman If Harver I
aeason is on in lull blast in Pols
county ahd loads of grain are be- .
ginning come to the local mill
and warehouses. I , - .
Fkrmers state that their cropt
are better this year than for a
number of previous yfars and that :
the wheat - especially It showing'
up a blgjlncrea.-'e. to thoj acre over ,
past year!". . -) ,"--u-.
Most Of the threslilr.R outfits,
began work this wek and tho
others aife making needed repairs
so as to he able to commence work
Monday. No difficulty is being
experienced in -securing enougH '
harvest band. f "
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