Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, January 21, 1943, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextEDITORIAL PAGE OF THE' REGISTER-GUARD Thursd Page Four. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPEB i Pu bi Uhd Ev ry evening and Mund ay i EDITOR AND PUBLISHES Alton T. Bk MANAQINQ EDITOR WUllmre M. Tufman NEWS SERVICE AaaoHaUd Prtw, United frmm MEMBER . Audtt Burttu of Circulation Fntsrtd at tha Pott Offlca at Eugn. Ortfoa, u aacoAd tUw ma l tar. ' Tha lUfUter-Ouvd't policy ti (ha aomplaia and impart 11 vublleallOD in IU naw pafa of all ntm and statamanta an ntwL On this pax tha adltora of Tha Rflitr Guard ottrr thatx opinion on ivinU of tha day and mattara of trrportanca to tha community, andaavorlnf to ba eandld IkiI fair and helpful 1a tha development of ooutruetlva community policy. NOT RIGHT BUT POINTING RIGHT Until it is hammered home to OPA that PUBLIC HEALTH, not price, to the vital fac tor 'in milk control, there to not going to be any real peace or safety in the milk situation here or anywhere. Price control has' its place in milk control, but it begins properly at the cowbarn and not on the doorstep. . . . However, some steps are being taken by the producers and distributors of milk in this well-ordered community which may at least make it possible for us to get an adequate supply of milk, and keep up our high sanitary standards while waiting for OPA to get its red tape untangled. , Let us see if we can explain this complex adjustment in such a way that every citizen will understand his part in it, for citizen un derstanding and cooperation is demanded: 1. Our producers have been losing i much as $300 to $400 per month because OPA froze ' retail prices at 13 cents for 4 per cent milk without freezing the price of hay, grain or the la-bor of dairying. 2. After months of petitioning, our dairy men have decided to take a chance on prose- cution under the Sherman anti-trust act (hinted 'by OPA) and hike their price from 75 cents a "butterat pound" ($3 a hundred gross) to 90 cents ($3,60 a hundred). Some say they may still lose money but they can and will keep their cows. 3. This will pass most of the loss over to the distributors and since retail price stays at 13 cents, it becomes the distributors' problem to find economies which will make up as much as -.. possible of the extra SO cents a hundred they . must now pay the farmers. 4. By cutting the butterfat content from ' 4 per cent to 3.5 per cent the distributor (cream ' ery) can save half a pound of butter out of . every hundred pounds of milk and this may 1 be worth as much as 27 .cents to offset the 80 cent increase to the firmer. J. It is difficult' to see any quick way by 1 which distributors in this area can do more ; than they have done to consolidate and econo I mise on deliveries; they have already cut mile- . '. age 40 per cent, but they are willing to try more cuts. Now there is something to be said for CPA's contention that in this area we have been spoiled and demand more cream in our milk than to necessary because authorities are agreed that moBt of the food values in milk are in the "skim" anyhow. When you accept the new 3.5 milk which to proposed for this area, you will in effect be doing this: - 1, Adding to the nation's butter supply a half a pound of butter out of every 100 pounds of milk you use, butter which you would other ; wise drink. . . . . 2. Giving your dairyman and your distribu tors a fighting chance to stay In the business till OPA gets common sense. 3. Doing your bit to check the sale and slaughter of the dairy cows In this area and to make it possible to maintain a SAFE and sufficient supply, OPA talks of rationing milk. That is per fectly okay so long as we have milk to ra tion, sanitary milk. People in this community will not object if they are asked to share their milk with Camp Adair's soldiers or with Portland's war workers. Our fight has been and will be against an OPA policy which makes experienced dairy men go out of business and sell their cows, nd we disagree utterly that dairies can ba shifted cross-country by Washington's wise men without definite production loss and grave danger of nation-wide health disasters. We commend our local health officers, Lindgren. Cloyes and Helterline for their pledge to bear down hard on sanitation re quirements during the coming months. We can endure a "shorter cream line" but the milk must be absolutely clean and safe. We think OPA is going to have to author ize a retail price at 14 cents, even with the 3.5 creamline in order to stop losses and cor rect injustice, because ceilings on hay and grain and supplies which are now proposed will not check inflation which has already taken place. However, tills community has a long rec ord of meeting all problems with intelligence. Our objective is a clean and adequate supply at all times. As customers and consumers we can do our bit by drinking a little less cream, adjusting to delivery curtailments and pay ing our bills promptly (and ration-sharing if need be). Our battle to to "keep our cows for Lane county." A note addressed to Hitler and printed on a bomb by an American soldier read, "This is on me." How about one that will be on Adolf? - , . . frBAT OTHER EDITORS THINK AVI. BPRAGUEl VALE CURTIS (The Bend Bulletin) Whenever the state senate organizes (possibly before this appears In print) Charles A. Sprague will leave the governors office and step over to the editorial office of his newspaper, the Oregon statesman. We shall welcome him back In the fold. He always was a good newspaper man. He has been a good governor, his loss of the office hav. f"" 0Ut.?,' '" "I personal popularity ccut've ,ooi ,6b ' Chle' .. nT1Le,r,u.rn of chrlM Sprague to hi. newtpaper S i ubri.n.f ? 'nd ,he tmr yftr editorship of llalph Curtis who has supplied the editorial col umn while bpmgue was in the stale house. As we welcome the Spragut return we otter word of praise to Ralph. In a difficult position, with every opportunity of having his writing misconstrued Cur tis has maintained a detachment, an honesty and an independence of thought and opinion for which too much praise cannot be given. His parting edi torial, "This Is Where We Came In." is perfect. And incidentally, going back to Charles Sprague, Ralph Curtis could not have done his Job- so well had it not been for the former's willingness to keep his hands off and to make no effort to be governor and editor, too, or even editor only now and then. WASHINGTON LETTER By JOHN W. KELLY WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 21. For generations the dairyman has been held in bondage to the cow. From before dawn until late at night, on holidays, on the 52 Sundays in the year, the dairyman has labored. The cow had to be milked, and that was that. Now, with a global war and every pound of milk needed, the farmer is throwing up the sponge; he Is quitting. Appeals of Claude Wickard, secre tary of agriculture, that the farmer increase his milk production 2. per cent over the 122 billion pounds of 1942 leave the dairyman cold. "Government office help is receiving an Increase of 10 per cent in pay," writes a dairyman in one of the coast counties of the northwest, "but we are not entitled to a living, apparently." 1.0 me oince or price administration this farmer tells his story. He Is one of scores in Washington and Oregon; one of thousands in the United tSates, who are being forced to escape bondage from the cow. Everything on this farm has gone up in price except milk which, in this instance, is 11 cents a quart. Two of his sons have been called to military service; two other sons, of high school age, go to the barn at 3:45 a. m., and start milk ing; the farmer and his wife are washing milk bot tles at 8 a. m. The farmer takes the milk truck to a military cantonment, returns home, working until after dark. In 1941 he paid labor $55 a month, with "found." Today he can hire only one man, who has a family of six children. He pays this man $lCu a month, furnishes a house, fuel, light, ,I,.4.K n4 trxnA . Tha fo.ma. 41.!.. I. much, for this man could receive $250 to $300 a ! montn in a snipyara Zonta Club. Plans For Day Rooms By MARIAN LOWRY QT the meeting of the Zonta club Wednesday evening, a long list of articles was compiled to be turned over for the forty day rooms Lane county Is furnishing for Camp Adair. Thirty-five dollars were pro vided from the club service fund and from contributions from members to be used In repairing some of the useable, substantial pieces of furniture enough of the money, also, to be used to tune a piano after it arrives at the day room. In addition, to the cash, members listed some of the fol lowing items: A piano, to be pre sented in the name of the Zonta club; music rolls .for the piano; one large davenport; some writing tables and two desks; chairs; cushions and hassocks; books and picture; game chess and check ers and playing cards; wanted phonograph records. Initiation was held for four sr.. m tv "i t e i 7 "i f I - f I 1 -1 J r v :.,u ., - f , . . V"J r "j f 5 U K 1 ivsTM irn in Eiirene recently was Helmerlna council. Pythian Sunshine Girls. The membershlD Is members, Mrs. A. R. Frederickson, I pictured here. Back row, left to right: Misses Vtrgene Undley, Elnora Aydelotte. Jeanne Mannel, Joanne Mrs. c. A. Huntington, Ms. A. c. Goodllng. Dorothy Morris, Franclne snrode. Middle row, leu to rl&nt: Misses Helen wngnt, joy Ward, Stockstitd, and Mrs. George A. 1 Joan Lockard, Dorothy Speck, Mina Zebley, Patricia Quam. Front row,, left to right: Misses Mary Metzger. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Eva Collins, dessert being served, followed by the initiation and business meeting. Next luncheon will be February Brandy, Clarice Blair, Lois Famsworth, Barbara Dragoo, Doris Jean Miller, Iallne Meyers, and Helen Smith. (Cari Baker photo, Wiltshire engraving) -. 5 at McCrady cafe. On February nere is, me way costs nave gone up since 1941: 1 IB the monthly social will be held, Milk bottles $7 a gross, now are $10; feed was $32 'at the home of Mrs. L. M. Orch to $35, is now $53.30 to $58; alfalfa hay (when he 'ard, Dr. Erma Gordon of Portland wax Bcl 11 wao flu W 9lO, JS 11UW WJ $dU, UU LU and vetch hay was $9 to $11, is now $24. Aside from pasture, there is not much feed down on the coast so he has to pay freight, and this is up. "For 18 hours a day we work, my wife and I. She is 59 and I am 62, and we can't take it as we to be guest speaker. ENTERTAINS GROUP Obsidian Princesses cldb was entertained Monday evening at did when we were younger. If OPA does hot give i the home of Mrs. Ray Sims, Miss . - - n...L T MIL- US a price at which we can live we must sell off our herd. . This dairyman works 128 hours a week, or three times the hours that the shipyards require. IT WILL probably please hop growers of the Yakima valley, but powers in the Willamette val ley have been wipid out wherever their yards were on lowlands. The flood waters took out wires, poles and roots of vines.. Hops have been classified as non-essential, which means that no priorities are available for material notwithstanding th a t American troops are being served 3.2 beer in can tonments. It develnpes, however, that if hopgrowers of California, Oregon and Washington set together and make a demand hops may be designated as essential. Once so designated, war Droduction board will grant priorities for the trellis wires in Will amette valley and the ruined yards can be re stored. Partly because of the disaster, old hops which have been held for several years will be given a new ceiling. The lost wires were rolled into tangled masses and owners declare it is a total loss. There is some talk of Willamette valley hop growers filing claim against the government because army engineers dlr" not build revetments on the low river banks. EVERYONE who can still travel on a train will be interested in the demand of Jlminv Byrnes. economic stabilizer, to the ICC that the proposed Increase of 10 per cent in railroad rates, effective February 14, be annulled. ICC granted tills addi tional charge for passenger tlcketa to enable the railroads to meet tha demands of railroad employes for more pay. Jimmy estimates that the increase will approximate far more in revenue to the car riers than the Increased nav to tho unrVan in this he is Joined by other war agencies. There is ! aiso a o per cent increase granted in freight rates and Secretary of Agriculture Wickard, having the interest of farmers at heart, is protesting against tills. Nothing is heard from the U.S. treasury, be cause if the rates stand the treasury will collect much more taxes, there being a tax on passenger tickets and freight movement. All the war agencies contend that the Increased rates are not necessary for the reason that the railroads have now, and will have for a long time in the future, all the business they can handle. To this the railroad com panies say that Just because they are beginning to make money is no reason for not carrying the new rales into effect. The case is known as "Ex Parte 148" with ICC. Ruth Hopson assisting. The group did knitting for the Red Cross and donated five dollars to the Red Cross fund for kits. Ten were present. Mrs. J. D. Hamlin will entertain for the next meeting.. OLIVE BARBER'S OBSERVATIONS TOOTHLESS KAY Kay Is a "toothless old hag" whose age Is about one year; toothless, that is. if you discount the two saw-edRed affairs which havt lately poked mrougn tne pink gums of her lower Jaw. Every one has worried over the laggard teething of Kay except Kay herself. She has ta ken the attitude that cutting teeth is an act of God, and nothing ati-r can d0 wlu hasten their ap- yf pearnnce. f Vwwf 1 But walking, now well a f iTii i I person could do something about walking. Not that she couldn't get around on her hands and knees she could. But there was much to be said for walking. For one thing, It would leave her hands free to pull at table covers, and scatter books and throw things. Her first teetering steps from her father to her mother's outstretched arms were negotiated with out mishap. Thlt success went to her head. She wrongly assumed this lifted her out of the ama teur class Into tat or the professionals. She felt she was now ready for a safari from one chair to another half way across the room. Of course she fell. The greatest Injury was to her feelings. She seemed to have vowed she'd not risk such humiliation again, for weeks went by before she made another try. Aialn .h i defeat. Maybe she wasn't meant to walk on two legs. Maybe she was like Blackle, the dog and was supposed to go through life on all fours. Or so her parents were driven to conclude she'd de cided, as more weeks went by, with Kay seem ingly content to crawl. Then one day her mother took her to a party a children a party. There she saw oUier Indies . vJ-I ","''";'"' na 10 lne woman, they walked upright. While they made their way about the room, she stood marooned by her mother, for she couldn t bring herself to crawl when walking was so patently the current mode. So she stood and gloom had Its way with her. What did they S .have.,h0h morosely, that she able. Th.yd think h.r a sissy, and still tied to her mothers apron strings. She felt herself a social outcast. "-eu a She evidently decided that the time had come for desperate measures. Balancing herself for a minute on wide-spraddled legs, she tooks one step toward the corner of the room where her con temporaries were gathered: took another step: an- lady with the blue bow in her hair tn arrogant Shed show 'em! Suddenly she knew herself to be one of the gang. t.ivc her a little time, and she'd get some hove: reached over and took rattle from another, teeth, loo. Getting tilings one wanted In life hf ",u m,u:r ' Vf-connUci.ee. Going to a party had given bcr that. AT DIAL MEETING At the Dial club meeting, Tues day evening at the Red Cross headquarters, the group sewed on drapes for Camp Adair day rooms. Twenty-four attended the meeting, dessert being served preceding the work. For the February meeting, Miss Vera Mannel, Mrs. Arthur War ren, Mrs. C. J. Fulton, and Miss Elizabeth Richards will be hos tesses. I IMO RUYLE CIRCLE ' Imo Ruyle Circle of the First Baptist church met Tuesday eve ning with the theme being "Chris tian Homes Throughout the I World." Mrs. William Country man reported on Central America; i Mrs. F. A. McMuIlen, China; Mrs. C. F, Gray. Africa: ' Mrs. Fred ' Haley, India; Mrs. Paul Scheiwe, i ; migrant and refugee homes. Mrs. ieo jjerrenoacher led the devo tions. The February meeting will be on "Burma." , REBEKAH LODGE Robekah lodge held a regular business meeting Wednesday eve ning at the I. O. O. F. hall and planned a trip by seven members to Walterville on February 6 for a district meeUng, WOMEN'S LEAGUE Women's League of the First Congregational church met Tues- I day afternoon at the Wheeler room of the church to hear Mrs. Eve Gallup, Eugene police matron, speak on "Juvenile Delinquency." GUILD EVENT Methodist service guild met Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Robert Jones with Mrs. Rob- 54 Attend Garden Glub Program Fifty-four persons attended the meeting of the Eugene Garden club in the Eugene Hotel Tues day evening. Mrs. Fred Broders gave a talk about forcing spring blooms and a demonstration of flower ar rangements. - Mrs. Frank Boyer told how to plant seeds in flats for bedding plants. Mrs. Sam Mosher gave a report from the state association regard ing the importance of Garden clubs during the war era and tell ing why they must function in full capacity durig these times. A report was made by. Mrs. Lester Read on the Christmas fireside tour when Garden club members held open house for a progressive party that took the place of the December Garden club meeting. Thirty-two mem bers attended this tour. Mrs. Kenneth W. Moore report ed that two flower containers had been, presented to the Edi son and Condon schools as prizes for a flower arrangement contest conducted by the children, and sponsored by the Eugene Garden club. Miss M. B. Estes told of the gift to the Garden Club by Mrs. A. R. Sweetser of Professor Sweetster's own beautifully bound book of articles and notes on wild flow ers. The club prizes the books for the library of the club house the club is planning on building in the future. Bazaar Success A report was made on the Christmas bazaar which was a big success and it was decided to make it an annual affair with proceeds going into the building fund. The club will also hold a rum mage sale soon for this same building fund. . Mrs. E. A. Barette, Mrs. R. D. Busey, Mrs. Ralph Buck, Mrs. E. R. Knollin, and Mrs. E. F. Mc Bee were appointed to serve on a telephone committee. ' Mrs. Marvin Milford was ap pointed to keep the horticulture arid hobby "Who's Who" book of Eugene. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Paul. J. Cauthorn, Mrs. B. W. DeBusk and Miss M. B. Estes, while kodochrome 1 slides . were shown of flower arrangements from the Seattle and Eugene flow er shows. The next meeting of the club will be Feb. 18 alt seven-thirty o'clock in. the Jugene Hotel, Dance Postponed Bonne .Heure Dance club an nounces Its party planned for Thursday evening has been called off because of the weather. Fur ther announcement regarding the date for the event will be made later. .. . . Early -railway track was laid directly on the ties; now tie plates are used to prevent sinking. Nile Club 1 fDf gene club. Wednesday..,"? eon ana meeting h, r5'! hotel Mr,. .7c ed vice-president? ! ". treasure, ' ficers were; Mrs. dent; Mrs. j u president; Mrs (w0) Mrs E.M.B'ai The tw.nt. .'e anniversary 0f Uw? "V016 ing. Mrs. Louis ed the hUtory if 2?" officers win ha" 5. February lunch! Engagement To'.- COTTAGE GR0V7 J est to their frleTcM nouncement of u of Miss Charlotte Bart? "d Jenkins, SatuZ' Miss Barton i, the Mr and Mrs. Nick , Jenkins, the sonoflH Glen Jenkins, a" of r? f dat? fr the w set. Miss Barton puX school, and Mr.-Jn ... lurceinniJ insured! 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