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If THE. OREGON STATESMAN. JSAUIM. OREGON,. THURSDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 3;; 1921 0) aoaiti : - ...... - 1 . - .. ' .. I . 4' ft i . r 4 1 1 1 1 THE FAB MUST mm Jhe Most Urgent Need of t f tice to 'Agriculture in the ; is urganizmg to rieip (The following article la f air on Irom the November number of the Oregon Grower, the official mag azine ot the Oregon Growers Co operative association, Just out, and it Is worthy of the attention of all fanners and all other think ', Ing and forward-looking people:) - One only has to glance at the average dally paper to realize that there Is a great feeling ot unrest In agricultural circles from the Atlantic to the Pacific . The city dweller and every American not engaged In agriculture, is begin ning to ask the , questions, ' why all this racket about farming? They had thought farming was in a very prosperous condition, because- truly ,tnet. average Ameri can - citizen wants the farmer to keep on producing-' They 'would like to hare mm grow more food. They want thi 'type, of, jeople. that now live on the farms to remain there. They fe: not. looking for a .class of people on bur farms that we cannot absorb : Into the citizenship of,,' our ' nation; : they also believe - that ' the farmer should be a land owner, and' not a , renter, so they are naturally anxious that the farmer should prosper. . Why is the farmer restless at this tims ? Possibly ne prospered dring the. war. tnt at that time be laid the foundation, for pror ducing huge quantities of grain and: meat and other food products to - carry on ' the War. : In' fact, without the farmer working as valiantly, a he did, we woud nave lost the war. The recent reconstruction period struck the farmer - an awful .whack. ; Report Indicates Condition , We only need to look at the recent Babsqn 1 forecast : of , con ditions to find that the purely agricultural states and districts of the nation Are not prosperous, that the states depending upon agricultural products are not as prosperous 'as some others and that the far vest, the middle west and, the south, where agriculture is so strong, show ' the poorest ! bttBlness outlook at present, of any section. '. v . ' ,r . The American public must come to realize that the farmer vra the only worker; who took a deep cut in his wages, and stood by the jobs He didn't go on strike. The farmer was the first business man In America who wiped off hls en tire losses and reduced his, prices te the lowest level. He absorbed bis i loss .with one bitter gulp. Gradually the manufacturer is dolls that, ani the wholesaler. Is doing it, ' but the retailer, has fought it off bitterly. The retail er mast come to realize that com- , paring the prices prevtons to the war, that a cotton' farmer now gets only 61 per cent, the 'corn farmer 73 per cent, the wheat farmer only 81 per cent, and other lines, such, aS wool, beet and, fruit in similar proportions, where the, farmer used, to get dollar before. , What are the farmer's costs He has sees' taxes ' rise steadily, Interest rates high, "and money scarce, freight rates the highest In their history .,The farmer resents the step the government took to guarantee the railroads 6 per cent on their Investments, which meant a guarantee that agricul ture mast be; operated at a loss. If a farmer wants to put up a building or repair , any . of, the buildings he now has, it costs him much more than it did before the war. His fuel costs, such as coal and wood, are much higher. : He steps into a barber shop, and he pays war figures for a haircut and a shave. . When a- farmer comes to buy at retail, some ot the food products which he himself ' produces, he certainly at times, gets strongly riled i Retail Conditions. Last year, the ' prunes which didn't average him , 10 cents a pound, he saw retailed in eastern cities for 40 cents .to 5,0. cnts a pound. He sold cattle this sum mer as cheap as 8 Vf cents on the hoof in Portland, and sheep at 2 ;cents, and when he stepped into , the dining car on the same rail way that hauled his cattle and, sheep he found two mutton chops lor 80 cents, or une for 45 cents. He found a meal consisting of one mutton chop," one small potato, ona tegetable, ai cap of tea or coffee and a piece of pie, would cost him 81.45. ' The farmer finds that hides are eo cheap it doesn't pay to skin the critter ' Recently We were in a hotel at Falls City and the land lady showed as a check from Port land for a calf hide, it was the magnificent sum or 11 cnts. ' Ii would take a mighty strong man, one thaf could rarrv frnm Ihroo in four hundred pounds of 1 greeifl bides, or one, or two .hundred pounds 'of salted hides to buy, a rather cheap pair of shoes today. You have ' probably bread I how this past season, some melon growers In Georgia, got 7 cents for their melons, the railroad took 12 H cents and the melon was re tailed for 11. -': ; Congressional Representation "We look over the roster of con gress, and find there are 298 law yers, and 21 farmers. Some'ot HAVE BROADEST OF HIS PROBLEMS he Hour Is the Need for Jusr " United States The Farmer work uui his uwn baivanon mighty efficient ones,; like ui own Senator McNary, who ope ates, large farms and is In sym pathy with farming. But la lot 0 the lawyers know mlgh(y, little about , farming, .There 1 should b4 plenty, of lawyers id congress, but 4t doesn't takea high, scboorbojf to . realize that agriculture, . the biggest industry," with only 21 repf resentatlves, is poorly provided for. i ! ' 'J The farmer looks over the pert sonnet of the Federal Reserve bank, looks over the personnel cf the Inter-State Commerce commis sion, and be bunts in vain xor a fanner or anyone who is keenly in gymnatliv with farming. It has been only recently; tha,t one such; man has been added to such boards. ' ' ; Railroad Problems The high - freight , rate is . like shaking a red flag before the faif mer. He. has. seen freight the past tew years jumped up at the rate of increase of 25. per cent to 3? per cent . Mere, blanket . increases, regardless of whether the industfr could stana.u, ins lanner wq not reconcile himself to the point of view. that the railroads. must pay dividends even if the farm is operated, at a loss. His position is that the railroads ' should lay their cards On the table. On what basis are they figuring the value of their property, on condemnation values when they went througb ' certain cities? Why not have the railroad explain Its easel more In detail, take us fully, into its con-. fldenceT , . . ( . 1 I The farmer 'realizes that possi bly the railroad is not responsible for all the 'labor and fuel costs, and yet he feels that possibly the railroad is not doing' its ; share to meet conditions. The farmer his .ery little sympathy for the pres ent strike conditions in the conn ; try.' He cannot understand why freight and labor should; not both be reduced, and done so promptly, and the farmer is going to. speak in no uncertain terms on tb?s quetion?-'f, Y 'r , Agriculture Is a Basic Industry j ' Do you realize that agriculture represents am investment of 70 billions ot dollars?: That It iia greater in this country today than the combined industries of public utilities, such as street lighting. electricity,, mining, manufacturing and. all the railroadsj That lt jis an. industry, representing an out put of some 25 billions of dollars annually? That there ; are . 6,- 500,000 .farmers in this nation? That it agriculture, which makes up nearly half of the industries of this nationals not prosperous, that no other Une or industry can long hope to be prosperous. J . , f What would our nation come to, should the American farmers as a body desert their : Industry and leave it to the lowest type of lta migrant that we could secure? Where would the next year find us? Tears ago we used to hear about the independence of. farm life, that the farmer was. the only person in the vorld that -was inde pendent. We itre rapid jy getting over that' belief. We realize the single farmer; or the single com munity, or any single class of .peo ple in this nation is not indepen dent; That we are all dependent upon one another, and - always must work together, ! I The farmer is rapidly realizing that he is not going! to! get any where unlc&a he himself attempts to analyze, his problems. The far mer is not aeklng tor paternalism from the government, he is not asking for class legislation, he lis not asking for special privilege. He is asking for Justice. He is ask ing for an opportunity to do for his industry Just what every other class of industry has done for Itself, i. V '-!.- j-r ; ' Every -commodity the farmer buys represents a well organized industry. . All classes ot manu factured goods are organized. Our chemists are now. qrganlzliig to build up an- American dye In dustry, and .it is ah idea well worth while. : The steel, the oil, the packing, lumber, . everything you V buy.;. Is organized and labor, we realize, is mighty well organ Ue'fChf:lrf'f'r't ') -;- :'v ' J v Farmers Are Organizing lze, Just as tbee other lines have done, and' that is what he Is de- termlnedly doing at the. present time. ; He realises that; the only way he la going to f get Justice, is through co-operation. There are two ways he can vbring this about 7 First, , by the indirect method. By the correlation of such bodies:: as the Orange, tbe farm bureau, the farmers, equity and the farm union, toj unite ion common problems facing the far mer. Not become rivals,' but be come co-workers. He realises that these bodies musPjgo before national boards, that they mast work along the lines of, publicity, tp educate the American public to the true conditio o agricul ture and its need;. 4 I ;j. The second step IS through di rect' marketing, bodies, j Through these he can bring about the same results. that the California state wide marketing bodies j are bring ing i about lie can j establish grades for his products, can have these ; grades ; standardized, ' lie can bring about inspection, af the befna cheated : because . of false statements of grades, lie can guard hinistlf against, unjust ' re jections at the other 'end and against short weight. Jle can guard against being forcet) to market his products-at a time which means a loss to his. indus try. He can work but. a scheme ot financing in this country which will be adequate to meet a crop which has only one . turn-over in a year. Jtust Solve Own Problems The farmer alone must meet thes problems, and that is why he is so restless, why he is tell ing you so mucn aoout nis trou bles. He is going through , the growing ; pains right uow. The next, year or two is going to sea a wonderful change in American agriculture. The farmer wants a. share in the blessings that come from; v prosperity. . . ;He wants his share in! the pleasures, of life ..and he Is only willing to share his just proportion of the burdens. He realizes that no other class of people, capitalist or laborer, will work out the farmer's prob lems, but that the farmer and fruit- gTower alone will work these out. I He has the leadership, he has the brains, he has the finan cial backing, if he: will but or ganize it and direct if along prop er channels. Tis is, the Jtreat problem before American agri culture at this time. ALBEHS BROTHERS E Working on Big Government Order; the Company Has Big Man for President PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 2. The; big cereal mill of Albers Brothers, is now running at full capacity in order to facilitate big order just received from the United States "government. This order is for' two thousand tons (or four million pounds) of oats which are to be shipped from Portland to Honolulu and the Philippine Islands, . tor govern ment use. . Moritx Thomsen, a well-known financial and milling man of the Pacific northwest, was recently elected president of Albers Broth ers Milling company. Mr. Thom sen I is president of the Pacific Coast Biscuit company. Centennial Flouring Mills, Denny Renton Clay and Coal company, and other large interests in Portland, Seat tie, San Francisco and Los An geles. j FALL PRUNING IS THING FOR THESE That Is, For Orchardists Who 'Are Short of Help I for Important Work .Where growers have a consider able acreage, and are not so finan cially situated that they can hire the : assistance that they need In pruning during the winter, we suggest they start pruning as soon as possible. Prune on the older trees first, leaving the younger trees until later in the winter or cpring. Pruning, even in late fall and very early winter is vastly su perior to no pruning at all. There are many trees carrying too! much wood; many trees are getting leggy. A reduction on some of the older trees of the amount of bearing wood coupled with in tensve tillage and heavy thinning another year will tend to produce big apples and pears. There is no money even during normal times in growing small fruit. The money is tn growing larger sizes. No vember Oregon Grower. ; MEET ! ME Pacific Northwest Fruit Ex position There, Opening i ' November 21st .The Pacific ' Northwest Frulf Exposition will .be .held In Seattle this month during the week of November 21-26 f inclusive. The states of Oregon Washington and Idaho' will participate in the expo sition which represents an indus try' producing a ' hundred -million dollar crop this year. -. Bell Street terminal,' the largest available building in the North west, will house1 the exposition, which is expected to be the biggest and best ever. , .. , i . . Exhibits and displays will be composed of all kinds of fruit produced in the northwest Includ ing fresh canned and dried prod ucts. As $12,000 in premiums are being offered It lis probable that thefe will be . large . numbers of competitive exhibits. The grand sweepstakes prize Includes IIS00 in eash with cups, trophies and banners thrown in t for good meas-" RISH IWKTURER'SSyS LKl ' MMI INDUSTRY JS SHORT OF FlAXiFIR He Declares That the indus When the Farmers Are Paicr Prices That Will Make the Production of the Raw Material Both Tempting and Profitable. 4m (The following news item ap peared In the New York Times of October 9th:) R. W. Charlesson, director ot one ot the largest-linen manufac turing companies at Belfast, Ire land, says that owing to the great shortage of Irish linen, half cotton substitutes have found their way into the market. The manufac turers are hoping for relief from this condition, for they are an xious to turn out the old-time grades but they declare that their hands are tied so long as the production of flax is limited. All the housewives nave missed their linens, and perhaps some ot them have thought it was because of the use of the factor ies, for war purposes, but this was not the reason, said Mf- Charlesson, who is at the Hotel Pennsylvania. A large portion, indeed w per cent ot the flax used in spin ning and weaving linen-was ou tlined from Russia, and, of course, when Russia went down this supply was cut off. Now Ire land produces flax of her own, and it is of far better quality than that obtained from Russia. ; How ever, the competition of the other flax made the price so low tnat Irish farmers ceased to raise nw since they did not find it -profit; able, and now Ireland has not the crops with which to support ner very important linen industry "The factories of Ireland ar only working halt time because of the shortage of the supply of flax. Should they start to work the full quota, they would have to shut down in .five months for !ack of material. So the problem which confronts tne portion Ireland from which I come how, by legislation or otherwise tn fnrcw the'Drice of flax-to .a w)int where it will be not only profitable but tempting to farm ers to raise it, and when once tbia is done, the linen industry hA nn its feet aeain Thn firm which I Tfeprese enl linen to all part of the Ario ia ntio nf it hi world customers, and every one agrees NITROGEN IS THE 1 Some Timely Advice to the Farmers and Fruit Grow ers of the Valley Growers who can get hold of large quantities of manure, or are in position to buy the same, should apply it this falL There is probably nothing better for the orchards than a liberal ap plication of barnyard compost Where manures cannot; be ob tained, straw can often be spread on the ground to advantage. Why burn up hundreds of dollars of straw when this can be spread on our land. Improving tbe phys ical condition, increasing the moisture holding possibilities, and increasing the organic material and nitrogen content of the soil. Wood ashes, especially hard wood ashes, should be saved. Wood ashes are especially gooi to apply to the berry patches, gooseberries, currants, as well as can fruits, even strawberries. Where orchards have become somewhat devitalized and need ni trogen, the growers should be laying plans for the application of fertilizers like nitrate of soda, sulfate of ammonia or other sub stances exceedingly rich in nitro gen. .This Is the one element our soils need. Oregon Grower for November. BIG ORCHARDS AT DALLAS Two of the largest orchard owners in the state of j Oregon are Fred Elliott and Wes Elliott ot Dallas. These places i are lo cated on Pisgah mountain; on the edge of Dallas. A hundred acres of diversified fruit mean3 noth ing to these men. With tractors, large dryers and other imodera equipment, the problem of car ing for approximately 200 acres of prunes, apples and pears seems to be" no great task for ithe El liots. Oregon Grower. SHE KNOWS AFTER 20 TEARS A cold, even when It has devel oped a- hacking cough, difficult breathing, sleepless nights, raw throat and sore lungs. eyen then a cold yields quickly to Honey , and Tar. Mrs. Waite, Box 32, Azalla, writes: ..,? have used , Honey and Tar for the Foley's Milton Mich., Foley's past 20 years and find there is no other cough or croup remedy f Hktf "rt ou may use my name." j It gets right at . the seat of -the trouble. ONE NO NEEDED Children like it - Sold erery- try Will Be on Its Feet Again tnat Irish linen is second to cone. Indeed, in Ireland there are five chief industries Linen comes first, then shtpbuifding. to bacco manufacture (no tobacco is raised), rope andthe famous Irish whiskey, which; you canno't Set In this country at any price." The above carries a note of en couragement to tbe people of the Salem district who' are interested in the flax Industry, It indicates that the time is coming, and is apparently not far distant, wnen the Irish linen mills ' will be obliged to call upon the supply 01 flax fiber here, in order to pro tect their business: for the whole world is "almost bare ot flax fi ber fit to go into1 thb manufactur ing of fine linens. ' : Have Tried Our Fiber The. Iris'li manufacturers'' nave tried'tho flix fiber, turned out at the ' Oregon penitentiary plant, and found It available for their uses. If the exchange rates were more favorable, they would no doubt be right now buying tne supplies of fiber being turned out and piled 'up at the penitentiary plant ,i J And the time must come soon when thy will have to come into the market for this supply, in spite of the unfavorable exchange rates, and at prices that will al low of a margin. In that case it will not take the penitentiary plant long to accumulate enough money to pay the farmers for their crops grown and delivered last year. Xo Market Now As the matter stands now, there Is, no market .for tlx tiber; , at least no market high enough to pay the cost of the raw materials furnished by the farmers, plus the cost of the labor In turning It into marketable shape. ' In the mean time, the peniten tiary plant is working to full ca pacity, making the flax straw in to fiber and the by-products. Most Of the by-products are being sold at rices bieh enough to pay tne expenses of the plant. Hut tne 11- ber is being held, waiting for a favorable turn in the market. SCOTTS MILLS NEWS SCOTTS MILLS. Ore., Nev. 2 J.' R. Payne, principal Of the high school and whose family live in Salem, motors home tor the week ends. W. T. Hogg was a Salem visitor Friday. He was accompanied home by hi3 daughter, Loraine, who is attending high school in Salem, returning to Salem Sun day evening. A. Muszbaum la building a house for a new meat market on the bank of the Butte river. The old meat market is to be repaired and occupied by his family. Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Lo- gue, Monday, October 31, a son . Miss Henrietta Plas was a Mt Angel visitor Monday. Miss Emma Larson visited Mrs W. T. Hogg and family over the week-end. t The Nobler club ; met at the Aoble school house j Friday eve ning. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Miss Jeannette To we, president; Elvln Shepherd, vice-president; Grace Dunagan, secretary. The evening was spent 1 in playing games and singing, after which a lunch was served. Miss Olive Merry who is attend ing Willamette university, visited the week-end with her parents. Sam Hall, who j has been in Portland the past two months, re tained to his home at Abiqua Heights Monday. I John Brougher spent the week end with bis parentsJ Mr. Brough- Qamllty In roofing is whs! gives it resistance to ran and rain the two worst enemies of roofing. Quality in Mai thoid is bailt-ia. That's why it lasts so long why it's the cheapest roofing ton can buy. There; is no better protection for house; barn, shed, fruit warehouse, shop, garage, etc Comes in three, thicknesses. Cement, nails and directions in each roll. SkiutUt rid i grtf Spaulding Logging Co. Xo paint necessary for tea tii years. spl er Is t junior at Willamette this year.- . u . I Mrs. J. Barkhurst and children moved to Portlaoa Monday. airs. Jim, .Smith has returned Irom Washington where she has been visiting relatives and friends the past two months. Mr.. Lovitt. a teacher in the high school hps moved into Mrs. uarkhurst s souse. , Mrs. II. H. Reechers's is ill with typhoid. '..'. Pqrwin Ctdley is ill with la grippe. s; Spaulding-Miami Ships Logs j to Nevvberg Mil! From Its logging camps , near Grande Ronde,' the Spaulding-Ml-ami Lagging company is shipping a train load ot logs to the Spauld ing mill at Newberg, according to TL G. Holt, logging superintend ent for theSnautdihjg mills. These trainloads consist of from 16 to 20 cars. Mr. Holt says operations will probably continue all winter at the Grande Ronde camp. In orqr to prepare for legging operations next spring, Mr. Holt fays the Spaulding-Miami com pany has a Working crew with a steam shovel land other construc tion machinery, working on the logging railroad that wtU be ex tended south i tram, Grande Ronda Into the heavy timbered country. Considerable i work is also- be ing done on ithe Willamina and Grande Ronde road, li "mites In length, extending! 'to the", com pany's camp.! rwfth loga coming irom orande Konde camp, Mr. Holt says the Newberg mill is cut ting 100.000? feet daily. 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