THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, ..1925
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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
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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 . .
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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. . '
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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
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