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EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE REGISTER-GUARD
Anrust l
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
(Published srerj .renins and Sunday)
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER . . . Alton F. Beset
MANAGING EDITOB .... WUUlm M. Tu-man
NEWS 8EBVICE. associated Prat, Unltsd Frees
MEMBER Aodit Bureau of Circulation
Tos Keflster-Ouard's no'lej to th complete and
Impartial publlcatloo Is Ita oew. paiaa of all news
aud statements on ewe. Oo thla pass, the editora
ot Tha Hefister-Onard offar their opinions on stents
of tha dar aud nattera ot Importsncs to tha com
enmity, endesvorins. to ba candid but fair and helpful
In tha derelopment of conatructlta community policy.
HAMILTON DOES "A REVERE"
READINO tha message which red-haired John
Hamilton, of Kansas, brought to Oregon'a Re
publlcana tha other night, we are aomehow reminded
of the historic midnight gallop of Paul Revere.
Thero l In Mr. Hamilton's rather adroit appeal
much the aame emotional fervor which marked old
Paul'a cry:
"The redooatg are coming!"
Only Mr. Hamilton's cry la:
"The New Dealers are here I"
Though he does not suggest taking down the
old family duck gun, he does suggest the ballota
be mobilised behind every fence and hedgerow, He
sounds a timely warning against Franklin D. Roose
relt'a "class tendencies," but unfortunately his own
reply Is almost as much a "class appeal."
Mr. Hamilton's "address to the troops" in Ore
gon must be Judged in the light of time and cam
paign circumstances. In organltatlon work this
la the proper hour for the emotional appeal. The
shock brigades must be given something to fight
for.
But It may be unfortunate If Mr. Hamilton and
other Republican leaders dwell too long on the
'hate" notes. They still have Mr. Landon to "sell."
It Is difficult for millions of people to believe that
Mr. Roosevelt and his followers are utterly un
American and bad. It Is easy for them to be con
vinced that Mr. Roosevelt and his followers are
guilty ot costly errors.
The average man can see with his own eyes
that the New Deal has not solved the fundamental
problems of unemployment and economic readjust
ment. He knows also that he Is going to get soma
whopping tax bills. He Is not convinced that
emergency Justifies the New Deal's blunders. He is
willing to believe that every purpose ot economic
and political reform could be accomplished with
much less waste.
' No doubt, when It comes to the constructive side
of the campaign, Mr. Landon will speak for himself,
The real problem of the 0. O. P. is to create con
fidence In Landon rather than distrust of Roosevelt.
: UNIFORM POLICY IS NEEDED
TP It Is meddling, as one letter writer intimates,
to suggest very close scrutiny and uniform policy
In the taxation and regulation of a business which
Is collecting at least 14,000,000 annually. (The Salem
Capital-Journal says It's $5,000,000) from the people
ot Oregon, we believe the meddling can be Justified,
At least a fourth of the money collected in pin
and ball machines and similar devices goes to pro
moters In other states, not taxable here, so far as
we can find out. A million plus per year Is a pretty
sweet "take" In any business.
Moral Issues, aside, the game racket presents
some Issues for Oregon people to think about.
When the legislature was persunded to pass that
act enabling cities to license "games of skill,"
everybody knew that the "skill" claims were a
hoax. Chance Is the predominating factor In the
play, and by the statements of operators the per
centages of chance can be mado great or small
from day to day by a few mechanical adjustments.
In poker and other recognised gambling games
that sort of thing Isn't considered "nice," to 'sny
the least.
But when tha enabling act was before the legis
lature the plea was made that hard-pressed Oregon
cities would recolve great benefit from the llcenso
tees colloctlblo on these games. Now we learn hat
the cities receive only a trifling percent ot the "cut."
In Eugene, since tha recent increase In fees, the
city stands to get approximately $5,000 out of the
estimated $100,000 "take." Any business with com
parahlo earnlncs would poy what?
The money that goes to local operators and
location owners stays In the community of course,
but the 25 per cent which goes to the far-away
promotors, a million a year, Is for normal trado
In Oregon a net loss.
Sound public policy demands a showdown with
the promoters who are reaping a fat profit out of
the confusion they have created. If gambling la
to be legalized, lot It be legallted without fake
excuse, but demand a public accounting that will
put the gambling business on at least the same
basis as other business.
In Salem, where Rumbling has thrived without
benellt of city ordinance, Special Prosecutor Moody
has served notice that he will prosecute all alike.
If he la able to convict pin and ball operators as
gamblers, the licensing system In other plnces will
be knocked out automatically, most lawyers think.
But that will not end the problem.
The legislature or the people must decide
whether they want gambling Icgallied or not. If
they want it legallicd, a businesslike arrangement
for uniform taxation and supervision Is only com
mon sense.
WHAT OTHER EDITORS THINK
THAT "PETTY" RACKET
I Salem Capita! Jiiurnril I )
COMF.WIIKHF. n ihn neighborhood ot Sn.OiNi.iMNl
year will be turned bark Into legitimate rhannela
of trad in Orriron If the drive ncainst in-ball games,
marble boards and similar gambling devlrra Instituted
by Ralph Moody, special nnpi-ntnr in the Marlon
county gambling Investigation, la aiixlalnrd In the
courta, and If such a deritlon la mfonrd by itnto po
lice nnd local officials over the stntr.
The proportions to which this "petty" gambling
Industry haa grown under the protection o( a Irgialallre
act permitting citlea and coiinllea to license so-called
"(atnes of skill" and by re n of the tolerance of In
csl police officials, are Indicated In the results of a sur
vey Juat announced by the Dnivernilr of Oregon bureau
of municipal research, revealing that In the city of
Portland alone 15(K1 such device, are In licensed opera
tion. Nixly cities are listed aa hating 2.r or lesa such ma
chine and nine hnve more than 'J.V
From theae figures It hi estimated that there are
Somewhere near DODO such contrivances In operation In
the cities of the state, and probably an equal number
acattered around In country roadhouars, beer taverns
and resorts perhaps IHKX) In all.
Ia Eugene, where IK1 machines are In licensed opera
tion, the Keglater-Guard has calculated that the gross
"take" of each machine averages $V.I s year. That
fity offers a fair sample of what the business done
O'er the state amounts to.
Hit thoiiksnd of these nickel nml done roolnitioi,
averaging $IKKI a jrar each, would tuccerj iu collect in
$5,960,000 a ytar from Oregon aucksrs.
Out of this spproximate total the cities get only a
small percentage, according to the report
The cities licensing the machines exact two kinds of
fees. In 80 cities the distributors of the machines pay
an annual license fee for the privilege of locating ma
chines in the city. This fee ranges from $5.00 in Cas
cade Locks and Rogue Diver to $1,200 in Port Orford.
Individual machines are licensed by 42 cities, this li
cense varying from $5.00 to $240 per yesr. Several
cities have worked out an arrangement whereby the
machine owners turn over a percentage of the gross
take to the city and are receiving as high as $4,800
per year from this source.
The surrey report does not Indicate what the total
receipts by cities from this source amount to, but it
is doubtful If It will run over $25,000 a year if thst
much. Only one third of 110 cities embraced in the
survey impose sny license, ten per cent prohibit opera
tion of the machines and the rest permit them without
sny tax or fee.
WASHINGTON LETTER
BY RODNEY DUTCH ER
(Register-Guard Washington Correspondent)
yA8HINQTON, August 18. The administration Is
seriously worried by the eitent to which farmers
are resenting the increase, under the New Desl, of
sgriculturol Imports.
Evidence that some of the large western farm states
sre veering toward Landon is attributed in large part
to Republican success In publicising recent ststistics.
Six months ago it wss commonly believed that benefit
payments and higher farm prices would deliver nesrly
all these states to Roosevelt.
Officials sre meeting in secret huddles to determine
the best way of convincing the farmer that the import
figures are merely an Indication of his increased pros
perity and not of a diabolical plot to encompass his
ruin through "planned scarcity."
AAA nien insist they have a good argument, but
that It's difficult to'translnte Into an emotional appeal.
The present drouth makes the imports question im
portant aside from its political aspects, since it seems
bound to result in further Increase of purchsees of farm
products abroad, although the Import carve this yesr
has been generally downward.
Vi'hat bites the farmers Is thst competitive agricul
tural Imports Increased from a value of $290,000,000
in 19S2 to $02,1,000,000 in 1033 (thla Includes about
50 millions in alcoholic beverages); cattle imports from
00,000 head in 1934 to 878.000 In 1935; canned beef
from 19,585,000 pounds In 1031 to 70,203,000 in 11135;
wheat from 3000 bushels In 1932 to 27,439,000 In 1035;
corn from 100,000 bushels In 1933 to 43,242,000 in
1935; and butter from 1,014,000 pounds In 1032 to
22,675,000 in 1035.
Many farmers feel that these and other considerable
quantities of Imported food should hsve been raised
and bought In the United States. They are being told
that it Is all a direct result of "planned scarcity."
The New Deal is in no position to ssy that Its agri
cultural adjustment programs had nothing to do with
the reductions in food supplies which preceded the big
rises In Imports, except as It may point out that there
were no curtailment programs for such commodities
aa cattle, dairy products, and eggs,
Of the drop In whest production In the 1034-85
crop year from normal, about 810 million bushels la
attributed to drouth and 54 millions to acreage reduc
tion. In corn the proportions were 1,003,000,000 bushels
below normal as a result of drouth and 182,000,000
because of the AAA.
On the other hand, Imports In most esses are lower
in quantity than In vsrious prs-depression years. As
ncninst 378,000 imported head of cattle In 1035, about
508,000 head were Imported in 1028.
Not so much butter has been Imported as In 1935
since 1923 and wheat nnd corn Imports have reached
new highs, But competitive agricultural imports were
valued at $1,017,000,000 In 1020, ss sgalnst $023,000,
000 In 1085.
Imports always rise when Americnn prices are high
nnd decline when they're low. Higher consumer pur
chasing power also stimulates Imports nnd, more Im
portant to the farmer, farm imports snd farm income
tend to rise together.
Thus, while competitive farm Imports went up from
200 millions to 023 million dollars In value from 1932
to 111.10, fnrm Income rose from 5337 millionB to 8110
millions.
In pre-depresslon yenrs Imports of that type ron
around a billion dollars s year nnd national farm In
come between 11 nnd 12 billion. Wheat was selling here
for only 38 cents In 1932, when only 3000 bushels wore
Imported; In 1035, when 27 million bushels wero Im
ported, tho price averaged 84 cents,
Percentages of Imports Inst year In relation to
average national production were; Corn, 1.7; wheat,
8.2; beef, 8.0; pork, 0.1; butter, 1.1; eggs, 0.8; cotton,
0.7; snd cheese, 10,
Corn Imports were only 4.1 per cent of the drouth
loss In corn, wheat imports but 4.5 per cent, nnd the
878,000 head of cattle imported laat year rotnpsred
with a reduction of ,000.000 head as a result of drouth.
Economists also sny that Imports seem to rise in
relation to general prosperity, which brings improve
ment In domestic demand. Thus, from 1932 to 1935 tho
index of Industrial activity roae from 30 to 60 nnd tho
Index of competitive farm Income rose from 25 to 60.
Tho question of fnrm exports Is another story. Tho
big drop there came prior to 1033 and farm exports
hsve subsequently somewhat Increased, But the Job
of explaining the imports Increase Is exclusively one
for the New Denl.
SIDE GLANCES
"If you don't stop squlntino, this minute, I'll ask your father to get a
switch, and then maybe you'll smile."
Vacancies In Civil
Service Announced
Open competitive examinations In
several positions were announced by
the United Btotes civil service com
minslon Wednesday. Tbey follow:
Public health nursing consultant,
of various grades, $'JKK) to $4600 a
year, and public health nursing as
xistnnt, $2000 a year. Optional sub
jects for the consultant positions nra:
Maternnl and child health, general
public health nursing, and orthoped
ics ! for the nursing assistant position,
the subject is mnternal and child
health.
Junior ntrricultural engineer, $2,000
a year. Horticulturist, of various
grades, $2600 to $4600 a year, soil
conservation service, department of
agriculture; Soil technologist, of va
rious grades. $2600 to $4600 a year,
soil conservation service, department
of agriculture. Bank note designer.
$?120O a year, bureau of engraving and
printing, treasury department.
Full information may be obtained
from secretary of the U. 8. civil ser
vice board of examiners, nt the post
office or courthouse in this city.
Calendar
Thursday
8:30 p, m. Baptist church
Sunday school picnic at Skinner
Butte park.
8 p. m. W. B. A. meeting,
Moose hnll.
8 p. m. Neighbors of Wood
craft meeting. W. O. W. hall.
Friday
All-day picnic of W. R, O.
Past Presidents club at the home
of Mrs, Fred Ludford on the Me
Kenzfc. 1 p. m. Imo Ruyle circle meet
ing at the home of Mrs. J. Jen
sen. 1 :30 p. m. Hurmony Bridge
club meeting at the home of Mrs.
H. J. Leonard.
2:30 p. m. Meeting of Fair
mount Presbyterisn Aid society
at home of Mrs. H. R. Thompson.
6 p. m. Picnic snd meeting for
Degree of Honor lodge, Skinner
Butte park.
By MARIAN LOWRY
PRIDAY'8 events are mainly for or
ganlsations, few other social
affairs being scheduled.
The Psst President's club of the
W. R. C. is holding a picnic for the
membership, Fridsy, st the summer
home ot Mrs. Fred Ludford on the
McKemie. Those going sre ssked to
take their own dishes snd silverware.
Harmony Bridge club Is meeting
Friday at the home of Mm. H. J.
Leonard.
Members of Imo Ruyle circle of
the First Baptist church are meeting
Friday for dessert at one o'clpck at
the home of Mrs. J. Jensen. During
the- sfternoon the group will do sew
ing for the bazaar planned by the
group.
VISITORS COMING
Mr. snd Mrs. James A. .lodman
sre expecting aa guests the first of
the week, Mr, Rodman s brother snil
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Roland
Rodman and family, from Kimball,
Nebraska.
VISITORS LEAVE .
Mr. and Mrs. James R, Bain and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sever of Port
land left late Wednesday after spend
ing two days as guestB of Mr. and
Mrs. O. B. Robertson and Mrs H. L.
Studley. From Eugene, the visitors
went on to Roseburg to attend the
state American Legion convention.
RETURNS FROM PORTLAND
Mrs. Hugh E. Rosson returned late
Wednesday from Portland where she
had gone with other Pro-America
IeaderB In the state to meet Mrs. John
Hlllman, national vice-president of the
Pro-America society.
The local Pro-Amerlcs organization
Is to meet next week, tho date to be
set later.
VISITING HERE
Miss Madra Nixon Is visiting for a
few days with Miss Georgians Hoi-
lingworth preceding her departure for
Eerkeley, Gal.
IN PORTLAND
Miss Phyllis Melsel Is In Portland
planning to return, Friday.
LAUNDRY INK
Valley Printing Co.
AN EDITORIAL ON HEALTH
BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN ,
Editor, Journal of the American Medical Aesoclstton,
snd of H.vgela, the Health Magailne
70U can catch cold In summer ss essily as you csn
In winter, so It Is well to remember that the best
thing you csn do for a cold Is to go right to bed.
Then you should try to restore normal sction of
the bowels, drink alkaline drinks, snd thua help nature
to develop tho necessary reactions thnt will bring about
recovery.
Recently some Cincinnati physicians decided to test
scientifically the actual value of rest In bed In hsstening
recovery from the common cold. They wanted to find
out whether people who went to bed promptly got well
quicker, and also whether they had more or fewer
complications from the common cold than did those
who did not go lo bed promptly.
As experimental subjects, the doctors chose nurses,
because the girls could be kept under the same living
conditions, and given the same kind of food, aud also
would he under adequate control during tho period of
the Investigation.
You ahonid realise, of courae. that the danger from
a common cold nrlses primarily from the complications,
rather than from the cold Itself.
The complications moat prominent sre Infections of
the sinuses, nose snd ears, shscesses of the tonsils,
bronchitis nnd pneumonia.
I'sine these complications aa a test tho doctors
discovered that 1M1 per rent of the patients who went
to bed promptly v,hen they caught a cold, developed
ronipllrallons, n ngainst 07.4 per cent of those who
delayed going lo bed until the cold waa fully developed.
There would seem, from these figures, to he no
question that early resort to bed Is of great value In
minimising severity of the common cold, and In reduc
ing the number of complications.
To test the severity of n cold, careful records were
kept of the time that elapsed between the onset of the
cold and the patient'a arrival at the hospital, the
number of data spent In the hospital, the patient's with
fever, the duration of the Illness, and the loss In
weisht.
In general, sll the figures slightly favored those
who went to bed promptly, although the differences
In some cases were so small aa to be considered In
significant. It must be borne In mind that complications, which
occur five tlmea as frequently In those who do" not
go to bed as In those who do, may be largely respon
sible for the duration of disability resulting from the
cold.
There are, of course, many people who do not go
te bed st sit, but who work right through an attack of
the common cold. No doubt a comparison of persons
viho go ilireitlr lo bed with those who do not go to
bed at all, wliru nffliotcd with a common cold, would
be grralbj in laior of the rested group.
Mill Sale
BlanKets
Thoso are all wool blankets first quality. See them
at our mill salesroom early as such a low price will
make them go fast.
24 Only, 3) Pound
Single Blankets.
Size 62x82 Inches.
46 Only, 4 Pound
Single Blankets
Size 60x76 Inches.
The above two lots sre over-runs, and we are closing them out
at LESS THAN WHOLESALE PRICES. They are all wool In a
medium grey. Excellent for Camping, Sleeping Porches, Summer
Cottages or Spsre Blsnkets.
THREE SISTERS BRAND BLANKETS
We have 68 of these all wool
blankets. They are singles, size
72x84 Inches and 4 pounds in
weight. A nice pearl grey color.
. A blanket you will be proud
to use anywhere.
$1.25
c AUTO ROBES
LOT 1, " perfect robes but
shorter then regular size.
LOT 2.
LOT 3.
All Wool, but slightly Imperfect
All wool, but slightly Imperfect.
$1.95
$2.25
$2.95
NOW ON DISPLAY The largest selection of Women's
Coatings and Sultlnga we have ever shown.
EUGENE WOOLEN MILL
Salesroom At Mill '
East End of 6th St. Phone 163
GO TO COAST
Mr. snd Mrs. W.
LATE WEEK SOCIETY IS
Past Presidents Of
W. R. C. Plan
. For Picnic
sou and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Jost, visitors from the east, bare
goue to the coast for a few days.
TO MEET FRIDAY
The Fairuiount Presbyterian La
dies' Aid Bociety 1b meet ins Friday
afternoon at two-thirty o'clock at the
Iir.me of Mrs. II. It. Thompson, L'OL'l
Villa rd street.
r!CMC FRIDAY
The Decree of Honor Indue le meet
ing in Skinner Butte pork, Friday
evening, for a covered dish picnic
supper at six-thirty o'clock. All mem
bers are invited.
T IS BIBSj JUSIIIBJI
S. Jost ond their
DO YOUR BAD MANNERS
FUSS YOUR ESCORT?
Oh, Dorothy! Only one hand on the
coffee cup, please. Can't you see how
fussed Paul is because people arc
watching your show of bad manners?
He'll invite Polly next time, you
may be sure. She's no etip-cuddlcr or
elbow-brncer. Nor does she wad her
napkin I She lays it ncross her lap
folded double or triple deftly touch
ing only a corner to her lips. Leaving
the table to dance, she drops the nap
kin on her chair. At tho close of the
meal, she tucks it partly folded
under the edgo of tho plate ub she
rises. i
Charming tnble manners certainly
nte an asset! Learn fine points of
gracious dining from our book
let. Etiquette for luncheons, teas, din
ners, buffet parties at home or at
restaurants, clubs, other public places.
Send 10c for your copy of GOOD
TABLE MANNERS to Register
Guard. Home Service. Be sure to
write plainly your NAME, ADDRESS
ind the NAME of booklet.
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