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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, ..1925 Is t i i; i i 8 1 i Mi If li Unci Daily Except Ma4 hf ran statzuus rcnLXSHorai covpoti - tit &amt Comaarcu! &w, Bttaaat fref . J. BMdriek ..... . Urnr rrot.Tij- .... lUMcinf-fc4'tor , C K. Lofaa .. . - tht AMttr Lcili Sauk ..... Telerrafk U (n ,4adr4 beach .... buckalf E4iir W. H. H4f awt CIrmlatUa Ktiagar Ralph H. K latitat AdrtiaiBf MasMr Prank JaaaakS - . JCaaatw Job lpt. K. A. Kk4f - . . . LihimIi K4itt atXMBIK Cr HB ASSOOtACSb f&Etf. . t. TV Aito!iW Praaa ia aulnrvaly aitiUed i U ana fw pahJaafci m mw lUpatehe era to i) ar t atkarwlaa eraaitaa! tfcla aa tk Vx aaa pobtfth-. karaia. '-' ' . . " Vs- ' business cyricss . . . 41bart Bt-.m, S3S Wrrecttcr Bide Portland. Ora r?n o C1'u Co-',. 12-8 W. tut 8f: Oiit aatU mdfi. Py Payaa. Share Bldg., Baa FraacUeo, Calil.: Hitftai BMa Lea arta Calif Baktaaaa Offlc23r 68S Baalaty Mh - TELEPHONES: Olmlatlaa OfOea BBS Katra Dkaruueat ! Jab PrtiBBt . .589 Eater at tka Poat Offica ia Balam, Ortfoa, a aaeoa4 elaM math ery . : ' - October 11, 102.V ' -i-r';- . GIVINO;GETS:---.There Is that cattereth, and yet incresiseth: and there is that wlthboldeth more than is meet, but it tenfleth to poverty. Proverbs 11: 24. : A Unique western newspaper . - "JiYlngston, Montana, has several claims to distinction besides its reputation for neatness home-owning, and the fact that it is the gateway to the northern entrance of Yellowstone Park IJ is probably ;fliiueJnrhe percentage of its Inhabitants who read the' local paper. " lly "eact count a few, months ago, Livingston has 1,304 homes. . The ' Litingst6n Enterprise is delivered byv carrier direct to 1,153 of these homes. It goes by city mail to 74 more, and it sells 52 copies on the '. newsstands, making a total circulation of 1,279 copiea in a town of . 1,504 possible buyers. Only 35 homes in the community do not get - - the paper, and of these several are occupied by families that cannot read English.' ,' . ' ' ''This must be nearly the record for saturation circulation of a -newspaper "it is not an accident. The editor of the Enterprise' Is Mr. L. fl. Flint, and he has created this demand for his paper by following a very simple rule. He has simply, refused to print anything in his paper hat makes parents uncomfortable when they. see it in the hands of their children. He does not nrint any notice court news at all. He prints no news of local criminal trials until a defendant has been pronounced guilty.1 In. these cases, he then prints all "Ine essential .facts. In other words,, Tom Jones or Jim Smith gets no notoriety for being arrested. But if either of them is convicted, the community is told. v' i ". --,:L' I' f ;-- . ' ' i ' r "Telegraph news of a scandalous nature Is boiled down to a'bare statement such as that James Oreatpurses's suit to divorce his wife resulted in a verdict for the defendant. Mr. Flint finds plenty of Interesting news to atisfy.hls readers and to keep them informed of everything worth knowing in the world's events. They evidently like his method, for he has active competition, but he holds his readers." roads f ot tvhit' are rtertcied excessive traiispfirtatlbn 'charges whiJe these companies" hold out a terrible plight represented in unfair motor competition, high wages, enormous taxes and other conditions which result in reduced earnings and met losse And still the "differential between the selling prices of agricultural products and the buying prices for the con sumers' table are out of all proportion to the profits of ; the grower. . . - , ; Examples of the disproportionate differential or "handl ing" profits are without number. B. F. Yoakum, former head of the Rock Island railroad system, is authority for the fol lowing ascent of prices on the way from the field to the kitchen! The grower received for a ton of cabbage S16.14, and the consumers, A. a fewimiles: distant, paid j 75 orj 'it. Another grower was paid $31.75 for a ton of tomatoes and the users paid for them $i00. Investigation has multiplied these examples with increased differences between the field and horn. ' '.' Franklin D. Roosevelt tells the story of a crate of ce he trailed from Norfolk, Virginia; where produced, to New York City. The grower received 40 cents for it.: The second commission merchant paid 60 cents. Another middleman paid 75 cents for it, while a fourth parted with 90 cents for the same. Two more commissions were levied on the crate and it entered the market at New York at $1.05. The buyer, for a chain of groceries, then paid $1.25, took another 10 cents commission and sold it for $1.35 to the grocer. The consumer paid $2.60, a "spread" of $2.20 between the 40 cents paid the grower and the consumers the family of the day laborer, the clerk, merchant or prof essional man. j " With these conditions of marketing prevalent, it is in conceivable that both the grower and consumer, under the light of present day successful cooperative marketing, will not increase their protest. Through cooperative marketing a Iajge portion of this "sprcau" cn be eliminated. ; And with these .middle profits eliminated or even reduced the grower can obtain higher prices and the consumer will be able to buy the essentials in foods at lower prices than now. 1 The development of cooperative buying arid selling is indeed a pressing problem. v his freesttyeiJcAiopaiga-Jae- exiBfTnS wre-uiltyj'tfie mlssfbnaVy;- j ason uee. - it was nere mat as established his first mission. The town of Gervaia sjands on the site of the mission; aerhapa some of the old rose bush nday be found in that locality." i 1 In closing, after presenting this matter to the public through your columns, I wish ti say that I fear mere was a sugni mutquoiaiaii of the original source of informa tion by he representative of the Fourth Estate'. lYours lor accu racy, i DONEGAN Associate Editor, ined a certain politician for a place as committeeman. . ' , "Do you' Delieve in 16 to. 1?" asked the Great Commoner. -' Yes, but of course I'm not a damn fool about it. "Then you're' not the man for mtel" said Mr. Bryan closing the interview. EDITORIALS OF THE r PEOPLE f Editor Statesman: My, atten tion! has heen calledto an open letter ia . the Friday issue of The Statesman, frorni the pen of-Lillian Gertrude Applegate, in the course of which the writer seems- to throw some cloud or doubt upon the authenticity of the Elizabeth Applegate rose, recently presented to. the State of Oregon for the state house grounds, by Mrs. Sar gent , of Jacksonville, Or. ' May I take the liberty to quote from, a recent letter from the donor of the rose? The quotation is asifollows: t v "The first home of the historic rose must have been the "Old Mis sion," as my ' people called it; three log houses under one roof where the three families -of Apple- gates spent 'their first winter in Oregon. These old deserted cab- The above is from the current (October) number of the World's Work magazine " . i And it is an exhibit of the high character of the people of Livingston, Montana, as much as of the good judgment and fine principles of the editor of the Livingston Enterprise; per haps more so. , ""-v;.,. " ' - " Newspapers conducted'along the lines of the Livingston Enterprise would be general in this country, were the public . educated to demand that kind of newspapers, and to patronize ' no other kind , . t x But the writer fears that this clarified kind of "public sentiment will not be general for some time to come; probably nottfor a. very long time; probably not till right up towards the millennium. , ; l'M: , : ;7T ;"v '- fmitr "'vr The case of the Christian Science Monitor is often cited as proofthat newspapers conducted on a high plane of decency might succeed in this country. But the Christian Science Monitor1 is the only newspaper of jts kind, and it has the only field 'in this country that would at the present time support r' such a'newspaper ' 1 And there are few Livingstons, Montana, in this country, if indeed there is another one. - : 'And this is all said in regret. Our country would be next door tor Paradise, if no newspaper dared to publish seifsational news; news of crime; news of the seamy side of life. ; , In bringing about such a condition in this country, there is opportunity for the greatest' crusade in history. The crusade would have to be directed against advertisers! in newspapers printing objectionable jiews, as well as against readers of such newspapers . 1 ' - j For no general newspaper in the United States could Jive without its advertising patronage. The way the thing works , ;now, the men professing the greatest enmity towards off- .color and sensational .news are very often the ones who give the most advertising Space to the newspapers they denounce " . K: s ' So the very men making the most noise in favor of decency and sanity in the news, would with their advicerif it were followed, commit the newspapers desiring to be clean to ' a policy of suicide. ,1 . ! . ' i M ,hat(is not a nice thing to say. 1 it is the truth, and jt applies to nearly every town and city in the United States, " outside of Livingston, Montana. i x,v:, K - f ; . ' - ' -fi., Psalm 23:1-6. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures ; he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3. He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for. his names sake. 4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil ; for thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5. Thou preparest a table for me in the presence of mine enemies; thou anointest my liead with oil; my cup runneth over. - 6. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life ; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. PRAYER: Our Father, we thank Thee for this Psalm which has comforted the living and sustained the dying. May the sweet words not only be known in our memories, but be lived out in our lives through faith. Amen. f Remember the Sabbath Day, to Keep It Holy Exodus 20:8 ? Go to Church Sunday . . Ktr -.rr vPressiRadio ;Bible -Service) , AUTOMOBILE NUMBER PLATES THE SHEPHERD PSALM Read the Building; Sunday Statesman Information is contained for the home owner and the prospective home builder. j WIGGINS, i regon Magazine Pages in the A wealth of Specials on Wood ; 1 -.- . ' 3 loads large 16-lnrh Mill Block. v . .'.flB.OA 1 Cord 4 -ft. stab wood l& 4.00 per cord 4 ft. large second growth Fir,. per cord. ........ i .6.50 4 ft. Oak. per cord. .. . .-.....- .$8.00 4 ft! Ashper rord . . .i , . . i . . . . .$7.60 4 Ft Maple ..0 $7.00 per cord FRED E. WELLS PIIOXK 1542 28 south cnrocn Our Classified Advertisements Bring Results THE FOLLY OF PATRONIZING THE BELL RINGERS : There is another page broadside in The Statesman of this morning, in the series showing up the folly pf patroniz ing the bell ringers i v ; ;.. Meaning the men and women who pose as "factory repre- sentatives," etc and go from door to door.ottenng articles to be delivered by mail or express frptm. distant cities. ; The buyer from these people, in the very nature of things must pay higher prices than he or she would have to pay to local merchants . : For the very genius of the business calls for big com missions to the bell ringers. They could not work without big commissions. - ' And it is against your interest to send your money to distant cities, instead of keeping it at. home, where it. will work and give you and your neighbors chances for employ ment ; ; - So the policy is altogether wrong; morally wrong and unfair; economically. wrong; wrong from the standpointjof a fair value for your. money. . " v ; , .:J Every fair consideration and honest principle is, against patronizing the bell ringers. ' ! 1 (Under the revolving fund law, the automobile number plates for Oregon could be made at the penitentiary, if the - institution had a number making machine , f, -v And it should have a machine. ; ; ' j.It is understood that the price of a machine could be ;Mved in one year. After that year, at the same price now paid, the penitentiary could earn the amount of the machine's cost to apply towards the self support of the institution, ;. , m Arrangements niust be made to do away with idleness at the penitentiary absolutely. - ' Vi And arrangements must be made to render the .institu- tiorf self supporting absolutely. -v . --' And this can be done, and ought by all means to be done. .AndJt can be done without interfering in the least with free labor in Oregon. v v l " " - . 1 ; A PRESSING PROBLEM , r . Economic phases of production have heid the attention of agriculture for a long time and are. still of importance. The economy of distribution - as applied to agriculture is demanding more and more the attention of all the people" of all vocations. Even the consumer, the last directly interested class of people to show a growing interest in distribution of jricultural products, including foods," is now questioning tha cost of the essentials for histable. - v - t Great loads of condemnation are heaped upon the rail- ttoNEtSTOIlIES - At the end of the service a po ' lal member of - the congregation approached the minister and said: "1 enjoyed your sermon this morn ing. : I welcomed it like an old friend. I have a book at home containing every word of it. .; "You have not," said the preach er. . ' ' - ' "I have." - ' .""Well send that book to me. I'd like to see it." "I'll send it," the humorist re plied. : Next morning he sent an .un abridged dictionary to the minis ter. . ' - ; . ' . It is well in making a cross-examination to be reasonably sure of the answer before asking. a ques tion. Otherwise there may result the predicament of the man whose little daughter was ' asked by a visitor which member of the fam ily she liked best. "Mother," said the child. "Who next?" x "Little sister." ' , :Who next?" , " -t : 'Auntie." ' . The father who' was sitting in a corner of the room, spoke up', saying, "Well, my dear, when do I come in?" - V'. . -". : . ' "At two o'clock in Ahe morn ing," was the prompt reply. and unsafe bridge. ' .j Presently a large, touring car along and'Pat held up his hand, m t- ..hat's the matter?'? growled the driver.. - r At that moment Pat recognized him as the local magistrate. ; , "Oh. it's yerself, yer honor:' Bald Pat genially, v . i , 'Tes, it, is!" was the snappy an swer. -. ! - .. .. 1 "Xt's-all right, then," returned tne irishman, as he stepped '.po litely out of the way. ."I've got orders not to let traffic through because of the rotten j bridge, buC seeing as it's 1 yer . honor; why go right ahead, sorr!" " , The Irishman had been. posted to keep guard over the entrance to a road which led on te an old The bigness of Texas ?s evident from a cursory examination of the nap. But Us effect upon the pe; pie of that state is not generally kno'wn. It is about 660 miles from Brownsville, at the bottom of the map, to Dalls, which is several hundreds of miles from the top of the map. Hence the 1 following conversation in Brownsville re cently; between two of the old time residents; ' 1 !. , "Where have you 'been lately, Bob? I ain't, seen, much of you "Been on a trip north." .' , , "Where'd-you go?" f - . V Went to Dallas' . ' U -"Have a good time?''' J- "Naw; I never ! did like them damn Yankees, anyway."-; - Of all true stories about the )ate William Jennings Bryan, the most characteristic , comes from a close friend of -the family.-', In: when Mr, Bryari wjs fregaring for ORDER BEFORE THE COLD : or' Gasco Briquets They're All Heat no Ashes Telephone 1855 HILLMAN FUEL COMPANY n ? : rr 7-7- -t Readmore Rental Library Rental Rates: lOc First Day 3c each, i Additional Day i t .. ' ! We have a large collec tion of good books which you should read. 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