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Page Eight. EDITORIAL P AGE OF.TH E RE G'lST.ER-GUARD AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER (Published every evening and Sunday! EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Alton r. Baku UANAGINO EDITOR William M. Tugmeo NEWS SERVICE . A Modeled Preee, United Preee MEMBER Audit Bureau ot CjculaUoru The Reglater-Quard'a policy ta the complete and Impartial publication In tta oewa pages or all oewa and statemcnte on newa. On this page, the editors of The Register-Guard oefer their oplniona on aventa of the day and matters of Importance to the community, endeavoring to be candid out ialz and helpful la the development of eonstrucUve com munity policy. DOUBLE PARKING REAL MENACE "DETTER traffic regulation in Eugene should not have to wait for the electric traffic signals which have been authorized in the 1938 budget. A crusade to eliminate double parking would do more to prevent traffic jams and congestion accidents than anything else. . In fact it is questionable whether the $5,000 set up to buy flashing gadgets might not be spent more wisely in adding to the present under-manned force. With the Oregon-Oregon State football game coming up Saturday, double parking will tie Eugene traffic into knots unless the officers start now to make the practice so unhealthy it will cease to be a habit. Eugene needs some efficient traffic studies very badly. Piled up traffic may give the big city feeling but it isn't good for busi ness. Parking yards might be more practical to get rid of the all-day-moochers than the occasional roundup in Cal Bryan's court. The side streets demand attention quite as much as the main thoroughfares. Double parking usually has its explanation if not its excuse in the fact that the driver grows frantic trying to find a place to park. It might help conditions considerably if city busses were assigned far-side instead of near side stops. Busses trying to angle into the curb frequently contribute to blockades in traffic. With far-side stops busses could at least pull in flush. If this shift were made the present bus stops might be used as spaces in which other cars could let passen gers off. Only a few stores and theatres now have any special unloading space. If you drop your wife off at a store down town it is usually necessary to halt in traffic and let her scramble over the parked cars to get to the sidewalk. Traffic studies are becoming imperative in Eugene, but double parking is one nui sance which should be stopped without wait ing for experts. in the face of protests by organized growers. Governor Martin and Senator McNary. There is, however, an intimation that the AAA is still open to conviction and that a reversal of the order may be possible on the recommendation of George Farrell, western district director, who has been authorized to make a personal investigation of con ditions confronting the infant industry. Washington officials seem to misunderstand the situation here with relation to the subsidy, view ing it as a production rather than a processing stimulant. The object of the bonus $7.50 a ton this year on a maximum of 5100 tons is to enable the co operative retting and scutching plants to finance their processing expenses until such time as they can systematize and perfect their operations. With out such temporary assistance these outlets for stablized and enlarged flax acreage must fail. The grower members of these cooperatives are in no position to assume the burden of fostering this new industry, and their returns from raw flax insufficient to permit diversion of operating rev enue from that source. This year flax productions will run about 1.6 tons per acre, according to estimates of the state flax plant, and the price to the growers "S0 a ton, or a gross income of around $43 an acre. Pro dution costs are figured at at least $24, leaving a net margin of income of $20 an acre. Without the bonus, amounting to about $12 an. acre, the grower is obviously left with small means and less incentive to help develop a pro cessing outlet for a crop that promises much for the Willamette valley, into which the nation is dumping its refugees from the drought area. WASHINGTON LETTER "HE'S UP, HE'S DOWN, HE'S UP . . ." JT may require one of these breathless sports announcers to try to rescribe what is happening these days in the stock mar kets. The jargon of the finance experts means little to the general public. When things were going "wham" Tuesday, one chap said: "Three cheers for Roosevelt. I , hope he puts all these Wall street guys out of busi ness." There are a good many Wall street "guys" who would agree at least that Mr. Roosevelt is to blame for what is happening. Translated into common talk all this business of "thin market" and "hampering regulations" and "lack of confidence" means simply that busi ness under the New Deal is NOT in a happy condition. The thing that is puzzling everybody is that this ought to be an excellent year in business. Crops are fine and farm prices generally, in spite of recent declines, are good. Most industries are busy, or would be, if some of the pointless hell-raising could be checked. Taxes are very high, but not yet unbearable. There is little danger of any such collapse as happened in '29. Why, then, the constant jitters? Why do investors as wle las speculators dip in and shy away? The situation is not good for the country because so long as it goes on busi ness is denied the flow of capital for the expansions the times seem to warrant. The answer, we believe, can be found in Mr. Roosevelt's policy of making business the "whipping boy" of politix. It is one thing to punish business for its obvious sins; it is another to make it a target in class warfare, for unless business is to be de stroyed and some form of communism substi tuted, business welfare is indispensable to the common good. The Roosevelt statement Monday night that government deficits will be a quarter billion greater than expected and that the budget cannot be balanced this year as promised, probably touched off Tuesday morning's explosion in the stock market. It should have had just the opposite result, for even though it may bring still higher taxes, the fact that Mr. Roosevelt is at last willing to recognize the principles of man agement should be joyous news. Perhaps it was this second thought which stimulated the market's remarkable come-back. Business may be a pig! Unless controlled, the pig will "pig." But on the other hand, as every farmer knows, you can't abuse the animal if you expect to have pork. WHAT OTHER EDITORS THINK SHORT SIGHTED ECONOMY JTROM Washington comes a press dispatch quot ing AAA officials as stating that continuance of the federal subsidy paid Oregon flax growers during the past two years Is for 1938 in Jeopardy, Vj order discontinuing the bonuses still stands By RODNEY DUTCHER Register Guard Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. Whether the Supreme Court's prestige has suffered because of the court's acquisition of Hugo Black, who now seems firmly planted in his new seat, presumably is a most important question. Opponents of Mr. Roosevelt, nearly all of whom have vociferously protested Black's appearance as the nr-vest justice, are insistent that the Ala bam; .i presence there has given the court a ter rible black eye and lowered public respect for the previously sanctified processes of justice. Whatever the truth or error of this conception, it seems especially interesting to those here who recall that early in the year the New Dealers were frankly saying although not for quotation that they did hope to crack the Supreme Court's pres tige to a point where the people would lose faith In its infallibility and whire parliamentary govern ment, meaning Congress, would be supreme. So it you believe the opposition, it appears that the New Dealers won a victory there, although they certainly are not boasting of it on the same basis. Prospect of Retaliation Many lawyers ars inclined to believe that, after the Black expose and resultant hue and cry, it may hereafter become perfectly good taste in polite society to talk about the personal backgrounds and theoretical prejudices of some ot its other mem bers. At an rate, word comes from the inside that there will be further administration propaganda efforts Any attempts to disqualify Black from sitting on individual cases are likely to be met with at tacks on Justice Pierce Butler and Justice Owen J. Roberts. Butler was an outstanding railroad lawyer and among his clients was the Greath Northern Railway. As a justice, however, he did not refrain from writing far-reaching opinions on public utility valuation standards, and last year he read an opinion which saved the Great Northern $10,000,000 in taxes which had been assessed by North Dakota. Roberts, Hughes and Van Devanter, who con curred with Butler, had all represented railroads in private practice. Roberts, a former director of the Bell Telephone system, did not refrain from giving a decision which held up the rates of the subsidiary Chesapeake & Potomac company above those declared fair by the Maryland Public Service Commission, a e Court Will Survive On the other hand, it is not to be inferred that Justices necessarily have a bias in favor of former clients. They merely fail to "sit out" when former clients bring cases, as Justice Brandeis did at the time of the adverse minimum wage decision of 1023, because he himself had been active for mini mum wage legislation. In January, 1935, Hughes, who once represented Standard Oil interests, upheld a West Virginia chain store tax on filling stations which Standard Oil of New Jersey contested. But the court doesn't like to be told that any justice isn't qualified to sit on a particular case, and such tactics against Black won't get far. An other reason is that in the Frizzcll-Newman case, which Hughes cited in denying Albert Levitt's petition against Black, the court held that only public representatives such as the attorney general could bring court proceedings contesting a public official's right to hold oftice. Otherwise, sa the court, every private citizen would have the privilege of bringing such pro ceedings "and a public officer might from the be ginning to the end of his term be harassed with proceedings to try his title." The court's prestige doubtless will survive In the long run, 'although its "liberalization" presum ably will lead to invalidation of fewer federal and stats laws. (Copyright, 1937, NEA Service. Inc.) SIDE GLANCES AN EDITORIAL ON HEALTH By DR. MORRIS F1SHBEIN Editor, Journal of the American Medical Associa tion, and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine yORKERS in foundries where brass is made and zinc is smelted sometimes develop symptoms of diseases which ore known as brass ague, spelter shakes, and brass chills, and which art also known as metal fume fever. The metals most commonly concerned are lead, zinc, galvanized iron, and similar substances. In a typical case resulting from contact with brass or zinc, the worker begins to feel 111 after he hns been exposed to the fumes for a few hours. Quite frequently the attack first comes on him after he has reached home after working all day. He feels a chill coming on, his throat gets dry, he coughs and has a feeling of oppression. If the man will take a warm bath immediately on reach ing home, he may avoid the chill. - a In a typical chill the whole body begins to shake. After the chill there is sweating and pros tration, and the temperature may reach as much as 101 degrees F. If the man who has had "fume fever" goes back to work he may not have an other attack immediately but may get one later when the same combination of circumstances de velops again. The cause of metal fume fever is alwavs the Inhalation of finely divided particles of various substances like zinc oxide, magnesium oxide, etc. Apparently the reaction is a protein reaction re sulting from the absorption of damaged tissue from the lung. Workers who have been exposed timo and again seem to develop a sort of resist ance to the condition. Metal fume fever may be prevented bv the use of exhausts and by the use of dust respirators. Since few workers are constantly exposed to such fumes, it Is easy to determine the circumstances under which tho exposures most frequently occur. Usually the inhalation of the fumes occurs during the pouring of melted metal or during a welding process. - fill '. '"Look right back there, Mrs. Jones, if you want to see some thing really beautiful." Home Service GOOD ETIQUETTE SAYS USE SYMPATHY AND TACT Accidents Test Your Manners Is your etiquette so shaky you can't meet an emergency with poise? A gracious hostess puts herself in her awkward guest's place when he smashes something. She hides distress with a reassuring, "Don't give it another thought" or "It really doesn't matter. Forget It." If you are the culprit who breaks a vase, for instance, make a sincere apology. Then stop talking about the mishap. But later, find out whether it's possible for you to replace the damaged article. Consideration for others is the real test of good manners. If some one mispronounces a word, don't pronounce it correctly right after him. Always co-operate with your hostess. It a game is suggested, play it with enthusiasm. When re freshments are served, be ready to help. But don't insist. Some hos tesses manage best alone. Why not meet every social emer gency with tact and charm? Our 32-page booklet gives pointers on dinners, theatre parties, visits, and weddings, and travel. Send ten cents for your copy ot ETIQUETTE FOR ALL OCCA SIONS to Register-Guard, Home Service. Be sure to write plainly your NAME, ADDRESS, and the NAME of booklet. Health Officials Conduct Tests Many From Halsey Go to Conference HALSEY, Oct. 21. (Special). Seventeen members of Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the local Methodist Episcopal church went to Salem last week to attend the all-day district meeting. The local delegation was the largest ot any of the 30 societies represented. Mrs. Daisy Wahl Northrup was re elected superintendent of hospital supplies for the Salem district, an office she has held the last few years. Those making the trip were W. L. Wells and wife, Mrs. W. A. Briggs, Mrs. Rose Kokjer, Mary Smith, George Starr and wife, Beu lah Miller, Mrs. B. M. Miller, Mrs. Caulk, Mrs. A. J. Hill, June Lay ton, Mrs. Ed Prince, Mrs. Cline Farthing, Estes V. Bass and wife, Mrs. Daisy Northrup, Mrs. George Smith and Mrs. Adah Taylor. Communion services were held at the local Methodist Episcopal church Sunday morning. Miss Frances Brown, local teacher in the high school, had the leading part in the music. Officers Named The Standard Bearers of the local Methodist Episcopal church met Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Dorothy Bass for their social and organization meeting. the first of the new year. Principal item of business was election of officers and Miss Joan Sturtevant was elected president, Dorothy Bass, vice-president, Fern Baugh ton, secretary, and Hildred Pelham treasurer and reporter, Sammie Joan Averill and Mrs. George Starr, counsellors. Games were enjoyed, following the business meeting, until a late hour when the hostess assisted by her mother, Mrs. Es tes V. Bass, served refreshments. Mrs. Adah Taylor, president of the Women's Foreign Missionary soc iety, which sponsors the girls or ganization, was a guest. Pricllla Layman will be leader for the next regular meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Sickcls and family have moved into their new home, formerly the Ward house, which they recently pur chased. USE BLUE BELL MILK Pure - Safe - Pasteurized Tested and InsDected EUGENE FARMERS' CREAMERY Phone 638 WENDLING. Oct. 21. (Special) Tuberculine tests were given by the Lane county healUi unit on. Monday to the students of the Wendling grade school and also to ; the Camp 5 schools. , Carpenters have begun repairs on the grade school playshed. , The grade school children have , been canvassing the town for can celled stamps. Contests are being conducted at the school to obtain . the postage stamps which are be- j ing sold. The money derived from ! these enterprises is to be used to 1 purchase weekly readers. 1 FOR BUSINESS MEN If vou like rare roast beef see us at noon. REX CAFE The Star Furn. Co., 68 W. 8th, features no high pres sure salesman. You will find quality merchandise pre sented In s reliable, courte ous way with no embarrass ing, urging to buy. It's easy to shop at the Star. Let the Star be your rulde to qual ity and fair prices. Ph. 597. STAR FURN. CO., 68 W. 8th lip si nmiim; WINE CRAPES, growing sad ripening in glorious sunshine! ROMA "Quality Control" vinting! No wonder ROMA t Boktnt Vines have thai authentic flatr, rare bouquet and lasting brilliance. Nl! If TOKAY SHIRXY tth AN0EL1CA MTJ1CATEL WHITE rout Available In Oregon Quarts, Half Calfont and Gilloft OREGON TO REAP PENDLETON, Oct 21. W) Developed potentialities of the Col umbia river mean a bright future agriculturally and economically for the sister states of Oregon and Washington, Congressman Walter M. Pierce of La Grande declared today. Pierce met with the Umatilla county residents for the announced purpose of charting a desiraDie program toward wheh to work upon return to Washington, D. C, this fall. Highlights of his remarks: Lower wheat shipping costs Lower wheat chipping should follow development of the Colum bia. The proposed Umatilla dam, he predicted, will be built. Bonneville dam should mean lowered power rates to consumers whom the congressman asserts now are paying too much for electricity. Weed control through govern ment manufacture of sodium chlor ate with Bonneville power, for cheap sale to farmers, is possible. Agricultural adjustment per haps a plan similar to the old AAA is needed to prevent pile-up of surplus agricultural commodities for which there is increasingly less export market. A processing tax similar to that of the old AAA should pay the cost of the adjustment program but there should be a provision pre venting "middlemen" from greatly increasing commodity prices be cause of the necessary slight tax increase. "Oregon," Pierce, strong propon ent of municipally-owned power plants, asserted, "pays $7,500,000 a year more for power than she would if rates were the same as those of Tacoma." Tacoma, he pointed out, has a municipal plant. The reason why I'm known by some people as 'public enemy No. 1 is just that I want to save 'the people's money by getting them cheaper electricity," he declared. Pierce warned fl.ere Is "danger of Bonneville dam falling Into pri vate hands," and that only "an elert public opinion can prevent it." Niagara falls development was given as an example of a public enterprise which has "fallen Into the hands of the vultures." "There Is power for everyone on the Columbia," he said, chiding Portland assertions that Bonneville dam should be developed for in dustry first. Movipn. has returned home and will attend the Coburg high school this year. Mr. and Mrs . Delbert Pierson r enendin? several davs in Jef ferson where Mr. Pierson has em ployment. v . Mrs. Helliwell Has Party For P. N. G.'s COTTAGE GROVE, Oct. 21. (Special) Mrs. A. W. Helliwell was hostess to the M. P. G. club at her home Tuesday entertaining with a 1:30 dessert. The Halloween motif was used. Mrs. Claude Cru son, a member of the club who has been absent for some time, was present. The afternoon was spent at sewing. Mrs. W. E. Lebow will be hostess for the next meeting. The Justamere club was enter tained with a 1:30 o'clock dessert at Mrs. J. B. Leonard's. Mrs. Henry Williamson and Mrs. Densen were special guests. At contract bridge Mrs. Ralph Saltsman held high score. The club will meet in two weeks with Mrs. Chester Stroup. Mrs. Ralph Sears and Mrs. George Hohman left Wednesday for a few days trip to Grants Pass and coast points. Cottage Grove chapter, Order Of COBIJRO NOTES COBURG. Oct. 21. (Special) Bill Stoneberg, who has been spending the summer and early fall in southern California and Eastern Star ,..;n . 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Experience in the automobile business is not essen tial. A record of success in general business is the main qualification. All that is needed in addition is a moderate capital investment Oldsmobile will supply every neces sary business help, on the basis of a dealer franchise which is nationally recognized for fairness and liberality, and products that enjoy a wide and growing popular demand. If you are interested, wire or write to the address below. OLBSMOBILI GRADY GAMBLE OLDSMOBILE DIVISION GENERAL MOTORS SALES CORP. "TH AT "EST BIRNSIDE ST., PORTLAND, OREGON
