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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1929)
PAGE FOURTEEN The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon; Sunday Morning, October 13, 1929 TNI UTPUT URGED Identification of Goods Put .Out by Convict Labor Is Suggested f Tagging prison-made products to distinctly identify them from Jthe products of "free" labor wil serve to eliminate one f the chief objections raised In connec tion with the marketing of prison goods, In the opinion of a com mittee of penologists, manufactur ers and labor representatives 'which has been acting as an advis ory body to the department of commerce in a study of prison in dustries. According to the committee the 'differentiation obvious to ' the buyer would make It possible to sell similar goods even in the same retail store with different prices for the prison products arid the 'free products." The osly other alternative to this tagging method the'eommittee believes, v.ould be the removal of prison-made pro ducts entirely from the open mar ket. (The report has been accept ed by the entire committee except by two dissenting letters which are to the report.) The nation-wide survey of pris on industries vaa undertaken by the department of commerce as a result of ieut pleas by various groups . of manufacturers who claimed that thtir respective In terests were bf 4 a seriously affect ed by the competition of prison goods. In offering the results of its study, the lspirtmeat makes it plain that it is presentjiiHfh facts Only as dev.loi cd. ifJfr ' iscussinu proposed remedies for the present situation in con nection with marketing ..prison Soade product?, the report reveals 'that while the ratio of prison goods to the total manufacturing output of the country appears neg Jigible, In the case of certain com modities It reaches an apprecia ble figure. Binder twine is instan ced as an example of a commod ity where the proportion of prison output Is substantially higher ' than the general average. To a leaser degree, this situation pre vails in the case of shoes, brooms, furniture and certain types ( of men's shirts. Different states have different methods of marketing their prison-made goode. Eleven states sell their prison products .for govern ment use only (this includes fed eral, states, municipal and county institutions); thirteen states sell to brokers, wholesalers, retailers and consumers In addition t o manufacturing for government use; and 24 states sell prison made goods to private distributors or labor to contractors who seek private profit in reselling those products to wholesale and retail dealers. Some of the prisons make reg ular cost analyses of their pro ducts, the investigation showed. It was found that in two institu tions making the same class of hoes, prison labor costs were es timated In one at 15 cents wh'ile in the other no charge was made for this Item. In "free" factor ies labor costs for the same shoe are around 45 cents per pair. For binder twine labor costs are fig ures at less than one-half cent per pound In two prisons, as compar ed with one cent per pound in "free" factories. . l,abor costs on work shirts in prison factories op erating under contract are figured at 75, 90 and 91.5 cents per doz en work shirts, as compared with an average of f 2 per dozen for six free factories. No prison industry was found paying workmen's com pensation insurance. In only one prison studies was it found that - the contractor paid rent, although Sn most cases he did pay for light, teat and power. Referring to this jnatter of production costs, the committee declared that "if any thing approaching normal efficien cies, of operation can be attained with the use of prison facilities and labor, the total costs of pro duction are obviously below those of the manufacturer who must meet large overhead expenses as well as employ free labor." Pointing out that the problems connected with prison industry mre essentially state rather than .federal matters, the committee in (concluding its letter emphasizes the fact that a solution of these problems must be found. "Other wise," It declares "prison indus tries miiHt- rpaso and nrtaoners kept la idleness or the manufac ture of products competing with the prison output will become im possible." day's driving, congested roads re duced the total to 441 miles and the third day brought W to Trin idad, Colo., and Raton Pass with 650 additional miles on the speed, pmeter. Passing through the des ert and Santa Fe, she stopped the following day at Barstow, Cal., with a total mileage for the day of 603. On the fifth and last lap, Miss McCanley made the cut across the Mojave Desert In a sand storm so fierce her speed was less than 30 miles an hour for hours on end. She arrived, however, at San Francisco, 849 miles from the starting point for the day, and five and a halt days from Detroit. In her letter she said she made the entire trip without breaking the speed laws in any state from Michigan to California. Miss Mc- I Cauley's trip is the. more remark able when it Is taken into consid eration that she is only 5 feet 1 4 Inches tall and weighs but 105 pounds. Her introduction to the automobile came 14 years ago when she experienced a severe ill. ness and being unable , to walk, took to driving. Since then she has covered approximately 200, 006 miles at the wheels of 38 dif ferent cars. "Tho Chrysler performed per fectly," was her only comment about the trip. "I should like to do it over again." DIES CHRYSLER HR con The old idea of a vomaa'i place being anywhere except behind the steering wheel is tact, becoming a myth. AHer .accomplishments is thrlasf deeade, over land and sea,. by airplane, speedboat, and motor car, have revised all previous conceptions of feminine capabil ities. , - That transcontinental trips by . automobile no longer bold terror for the modern woman driver Is seen br a letter recently received by J. W. Frazer, general sales manager for the Chrysler corpora tlon at Detroit, from Miss Jessie fM ccanieyr: of Vaiiejo; cal.; Fho twrrd. the 3,067 mUes from the Firyslr factory at Detroit to.san hrrancWo4i,ln five days and 13 aours; an average of appfoiimate uy 100 miles t a V day, t in :a new JL'hrysler coupe. ' . r 'iV-V' fi The drive was an unusually se Href test even for a- man: driver. "Leaving Detroit tt ft car that bjid $ot been broken 4n, she made the Jlrst : lap ot 62 4 .miles .from D i rolt to sr. Xouls" tn:l faonrs, driving tfie early ?mbrnirig through comparatively heavy traf fic, fog and detonrs made neces sary by floods. - Daring -the next CHANGE OF PU IKED BY BID By FRANK I. "WELLEIt Farm Editor Associated Press Feature Service WASHINGTON. (AP) Spec ulation has arisen as to whether the federal farm board may alter its policy in disbursing the $500, 000.000 established for the rehab ilitation of th, pkfft, . : f m l "Washington sees a change as possible because of President Hoo ver's transfer of the division of co operative marketing from the de partment of agriculture to the board. The board has had to battle a widespread impression that the government virtually is going to give away a half billion dollars, or that if the individual loans made from the revolving fund are not paid back congress will remit them. As a result hurried applications have been made for loans without attention to conditions specifical ly set forth in the agricultural marketing act. Frequently the applicant Is an obscure coopera tive with meager organization and not even a bookkeeper. Convinced that its duty Is to make loans only on adequate se curity, it has been the board's policy to urge all cooperatives handling the same commodity to join a central cooperative market ing body of such character that the board safely can finance its activities. Thereby, cooperatives seeking loans for the assistance of their members might get them in orderly fashion from their su perior organization. There are, in round numbers, 12,000 farm cooperatives. Some are well managed and substantial. Others are not. A number of them are capable of qualifying for gov ernment loans, and some have. A far greater number have Bot and probably cannot, without material changes in organization. Only the division of cooperative marketing knows what and where such cooperatives are. , Now that the division has be come a part of the farm board or ganization, all of its facilities de veloped by Chris L. Christensen, secretary to the board and former chief of the division, may be wov en into an extremely important informational unit under the lead ership of A. W. McKay. Its legal advisor, L. S. Hulbert, has been assisting the board for weeks, determining the status of cooperatives applying for loans. B. B. Derrick, its extension officer, has been assisting the organiza tion of cooperatives. The transfer gives the board the entire staff of about 20 experts in the coopera tive marketing of farm commodities. II ENGINEER IS n TAKEN SICK NASHVILLE, Tenri. (AP) Fifty-six years old, a soldier all his adult life, and not on sick re port once in his 34 years in the United States army That is the measure of MaJ. Gen. Lytle Brown, named chief of army engineers to succeed Lieut, Gen. Edgar Jadwin. The general's best booster is his wife. "He's as plain as an old shoe," she says, "and I believe the people of territories subject to river over flow will find him a good friend. And when be undertakes a lob he sticks to It until he's done." News of the appointment of General Brown came as a surprise to Mrs. Brown. ".The first I learned, of it was in the newspapers," she said. Ml thought General Brown was still in Panama. My son. Lytic, re ceived a telegram from his on the day of his 'appointment but he didn't say anything about the ap pointment. It merely aaid that we would live In Washington, in stead of Panama." -, - r One. of the principal duties of the new engineer chief will be flood control .work. Four assign ments as chief- of engineer dist ricts have fitted him tor that phase of bis duties. At Muscle" Shoals, Ala., where he was in charge of construction of Wilson Dam from 191 9 to 1920 he won the approval of the peo ple of the three cities adjacent to the dam, and public, tribute was paid him when he was. transfer red. In addition, be served as engineer, of. .the Cbatanooga, Louisville and Nashville districts. Bora InT Nashville, he has al ways called this city his borne and maintained a home here. i: Follow the sports In The States man; full sport news reports fresh each morning. . - Weather Advice Planned i For Aviation on 24 Hour Basis, Says Bureau Head Continuous -weather advice for pilots of aircraft, and for the 24 hours of the day if flying sched ules so require, is the objective of the weather bureau in its aero nautical meteorology service, said C. V Marvin, chief of the bureau, in bis report to Secretary of Agri culture Hyde covering the year ending June 30, 1929. Full serv ice la limited by the appropria tions for the service. Professor Marvin, in the report which was made public today, also directs at tention to certain confusing situa tions that arise from the distinc tions necessarily drawn between "official" airports, as designated by the department of commerce, and those not so classified as yet. "It is highly important," said Professor Marvin, "that all avia tion interests understand just how the air commerce act works out in practice. A great many cities, large and small, have already set about developing what we 'may now call local airports, either pri vately owned and operated, or un der municipal control. New cities are being added to the lists almost dally. These localities need and expect adequate weather service, and It is the ppllcy of the bureau to supply it as far as possible. Its appropriations, hbwever. are al ways made to put into operation a definite program of work laid out several months in advance for air ways and airports designated by the department of commerce as official. Manifestly, the bureau has no special funds that can be diverted to outside activities. The case is further complicated by the utiliza tion in the same metropolian area of two or more airports which, in the meteorological sense, are closely contiguous. One of these Is often the official airport, and sometimes questions of rivalry and competition are factors with which the weather bureau must deal in its desire to render Its services equally and Impartially to all." Outlining the difficulties at tending extra service, Professor Marvin continues by saying, "The bureau la always glad, however, to give consideration to special sit uations, and occasionally some ar rangements can be made to meet peculiar conditions. The coopera tion of the transport and aviation Interests is earnestly solicited by the bureau to realise full and com plete utiliaation of those official airports and of the facilities as they are maintained by the gov ernment, rather than to plan for a great multiplication of places where nearly Identical Informa tion is desired. Prom the ve-ry nature of the situation It is diffi cult to render service as rapidly and widely as aviation Itself ad vances." Professor Marvin also comment ed on the advances in the inter national movement for reporting and forecasting weather at sea, and also referred to the economic returns from the weather bureau services of warnings against frosts and against conditions fa vorable to the spread of forest fires. Under informal agreement the principal maritime nations of the world now enlist selected ships of their own registry. These ships observe and report weather conditions at least twice a day. Forecasts indicated by these re ports go into the international ex change of weather Information by radio. Twin-Ignition Eight Piicid PBOM $1625 to $2260 "v fa fee faCttfT Twin-Ignition Six Piicid fiom $1295 to$1695 1 e. k. factory m Single Six Priced piom $915 to $1075 ( 4 b factory OU have been waiting to see cars like the new 1930 Nash "400s". They are designed and built for leadership for undisputed suprem acy in their field and on the highways of the world. 5 When you see them, you will realize that a new generation of motor cars has arrived surpassing In their impressive array of structural and per formance advancements more stylefully designed more luxuriously appareled more finished in the craftsmanship of every major and minor detail. 3 Remind yourself today to see the 1930 Nash "400s" brilliant successors to a great success. F. W. PETTYJOHN CO. 865 North Commercial Street "AFTER WE SELL WE SERVE" Telephone 1260 SHIS ME i: TRAILS IN PAIS GLACIER PARK, Mont. (AP) Like the trail blazers of pio neer days. Eagle Scouts have com pleted their fifth season in hewing paths through the forests of Am erica's national parks. Two and a half miles of com pleted forest trail that Is not mere ly a footpath but a three feet wide passage between Red Eagle Land ing and Sun Camp in the Glacier National park stands as a result of their three year effort. In 1924 and 1925, scouts built trail between Rockwell Falls and Cobalt lake in Yellowstone park. E. G. Maclay, scout commission er of Great Falls has brought to a successful conclusion, plan which he hopes to extend next season . to other national playgrounds. Forty-three boys, most of them from Montana but the others rep resenting 18 states separated, as far as the width of the Continent made up the crew of 43 at Sun camp this year. Their expenses are paid while they are in the park and they work five hours a day. MlCDOiD VISITS OTTAWA ( AP) When Ramsay MacDonald comes to Ot tawa after his visit in the United States, he will be the guest of the Canadian government at historic Rideau hall, official residence of tine dominion's governor generals. ' In the huge stone turreted man sion which resembles a European castle, Mr. MacDonald and his daughter Ishbel will move in an atmosphere of old English empire formality. Within JtB great rooms, the cidi n present prince of Wales and" his. nonnlar grandfather. Kin. Ed- w m ward VII, were feted andsebcered with traditional colonial loyalty. Mr. MacDonald Is to be hon ored at a state dinner in the ex ecutive mansion, at which he will deliver what will probably be his only speech in Canada. It is expected he will tell the Canadian people about his discus sions with President Hoover oa the disarmament question. While his visit to Canada Is said to be of no domestic political significance, it is believed be will discuss with Premier MacKensle King the question of Canadian ab sorption of some of the 1,500,000 unemployed in England. According to a tentative sched ule, Mr. MacDonald will leave New York October 14 for Nia gara Falls. It is believed he will stop at Toronto for a short time on his way to Ottawa where a stay of three days will be made. After that he will visit Mont real and Quebec, sailing from the latter city for England, October 26. nformed motorists say, "Buy an. El'GHl 7 The informed demand today is un mistakably for the Eight. This swing of public preference is developing with unprecedented rapidity. Nobody can predict what chance a Six will have in next year's used car markets. Consider the facts: Puring the first sevenmonthsof thisycar,in43 states, registrations of new cars over iooo showed a 94 per cent increase in Eights and an 1 8 per cent decrease in Sixes. 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