Th OREGON STATESMAN. 8olm, Oregon, Friday Morning. January 18' 194t
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Ranch Ramblings
By Rural Reporter
Problems likely to confront Mar- j
Ion county farmer within the nextl
by committers of (ha farm plan
ning conference preparatory to
th county-wld meeting wet for
February 1. The various commit
tees, will make their report then.
To date, ill nf the committees
have met, discussed their prob
lems and prepared recommenda
tions. Included are the land use
Favorites Cling
To New Cains
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In Stock Mart
M-.w yokk, Jan. 17-(n-whue
assorted favorite irumitgnl to
' pot new highs in today' Mock
market, profit cashing iKminc
more insistent and numerous
eaily gains of fractions to 2
points or so were substantially
reduced or converted Into minus
signs at the close.
Hopes for settlement of wage
diputi In the kteel. automotive
Cid other important industries
provide! a bullish argument
s flid the persistence of Infla
tion psycholofry. The climb of
nearly 5 points In thn - a fit ana
s'nee Jan. 2, with a m.tmm of 15
year peak, however, , caused
many customers to stand aside in
preparation for a technical cor
rection. . j
Turnover aggregated 2,200,000
barn . oomnan-d with 2,100,000
Wednesday. It was the eighth
con ecutive full M.-sicn of lH?tt-r
than 2 million. Prices K'iieially
gave ground in th final half
hour, as rails ftoftt-n-d
The Associated Pre. fid-totk
at 79.5, first . recession since last
Saturday. Of li01!0 shares r"Rister
lnn, 470 were off. 374 up and
176 unchanged.
Valley's ; Larrsl
Timber Tract Sold
COTTAGE GROVE, Jan. 1 7 -(.V)
Sale of the Willamette valley's
largest timber holding by J. H.
Chambers & Son to W. H. DaiiRh
erty was announced today
The price was not rev-Mld but
was known to be more than $1,
000,000. The deal included 275,.
000.000 board feet of Douglas fir
timber, two mills and Vt miles. of
railroad.
The buyer, a Cottage . Grove
. . . ... . M.,, j y i iti j I irr 1 1 r) I i
sold his wholesale 'lumber firm
nd mfll to four employe. j
committee, with W. E. Tate, Sub
limity, chairman; livestock, Eddie
Ahrens, Turner, chairman; dairy,
Albert Boschler, Mt. Angel; farm
labor, Kay Glatt, Woodburn; tur
key, Bill Chase, Aurora; poultry,
John Dasch, Salem.
The labor committee feels that
year a round farm jobs are pretty
well taken care of now, but that
harvest labor will furnish a diffi
cult problem for another couple
of years.
Harvest Lbr 8 ladled
Inadvisability of any further ex
tension of crops that need large
amounts of harvest help Is being
considered by both the farm labor
committee and the land use com
mittee. The labor committee ques
tioned the ability of the county
trj continue even the present acre
age of such crrtps under present
labor difficulties.
The turkey committee Will rec
ommend that the county stay in
the turkey game. While some re
duction will be necessary, the rec
ommendatioii will not be lor so
large a decrease as the increase
mqde during the war. Oregon's
prominence as a turkey state has
advanced rapidly during the past
five years. The future of the egg
and poult business will be dis
cussed.
Egf-Importlng Stale
Oregon's poultry picture Is
somewhat different from the rest
of the nation ait Oregon has chang
en from an egg exporting to an
importing sKate, poultry committee
memlKTs will jKtint out. A recom
mendation will be made, to main
tain the poultry production at
about the same level as in recent
years, with reduction. If any, rath
er small.
Housing of seasonal help is one
of the major problems of the farm
labor group. Suggestions will be
made on cooperative and com
munity housing and on trailer and
mobile camps.
That Marion county is limited
for agricultural expansion was ad
mitted by the land use committee,
whose members are suggesting
that veterans who have had no
experience in farming and who
believe they might like agricul
ture, should try to obtain a job on
a farm to gain experience before
investing capital.
Grass Planting Urged
This committee has also set
?onl of 40 ner cent of the hill
land being convert!! to grass and
h-Rume plantings.
Testing work and owner-sam
ulinif will be discussed by the
dairy committee, while advisabil
ity of Increases in sheep, hogs and
beef production will be talked by
the livestock committee.
Other committees are meeting
within the next ten days to out
line their problems.
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The UEUMWA (CIO) has taken General Electric workers
out on strike.
Washing machines, refrigerators, heaters, a hundred
things were on their way to you. But the strike stopped that.
It was expected to hire twice as many workers as before
the war. But the strike stopped that.
Six new government plants were bought. Seven other
new plants were being built. And land bought for three
more. Increased production was planned in every existing
works city.
Ve are sorry they decided a strike was the answer. The
strike will pinch the public with shortages. And take a
million - doll are-a -day out of the pockets of General
Electric workers.
G.ES PAY OFFER
Many of our workers, from what they tell us and write
us, do not know that we offered the union an increase of
'Pictures taken between shifts be
fore the strike represent the con
dition of our factories today.
EHEMA3L
I0i an hour for all those making less than $1.00 an hour,
and 1055 increase for those who make more.
With the offered increase and the overtime that will be
necessary to meet consumer demand this year, the average
employee would have had more "take home" pay than
during the war.
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THE STRIKE IS PUZZLING
Since 1935, average hourly earnings for men climbed
over 51. Over half of this was in the last five years.
There has been no real labor trouble at G. E. in 24 years.
We believe in collective bargaining. G. E. was one of
the first large industrial companies to enter voluntarily
into a company -wide contract with a national union.
A million -dollars -a -day pay loss will strike every G-E
community. And the real tragedy is that employees can
gain nothing that they could not have gained while still
at work. 1
Those making $2,000 to $3,000 in salary would receive
10 increases, and those receiving between $3,000 and
$5,000 annually would receii increases of $300.
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