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Wffa&betl PAGES1 ' tikttf A'& 6kkmAx;.PVitTit&t6it, o-Rmdx: satwkday eveftn(j. auotjst 7, 1020. paoe thirteen TA SAYS Kl-IPA flATTC PRACK snrshlp of this, flu ml parents would .MKAJW mjWITONIM ,,,;? 'laokW In the lemrnt wlilcu' makes X V. f (tvmtinuvd from pun t.) 1 mont. fhrmiKh Intensive scientific co iipBiTrtldn to help In niklnlalnlngs aj , nearly as possible lha existing balance between food production .. ana cnn- ' sumptlsn. Farming; wlH pot Inspire Individual" effort unless , profits, all things considered, arc equal to those Ini othel activities. An additional cheek to- deplete rankCIn' the flclda would b the, Establishment of modern state rural, school codes,.-The federal gov- . rnmnt should maljitalri active epon. tMi- Call 466 for-.. ! - CLEANING AND J PRESSING. ; Ail Wirk;f : Guaranteed j Free Delivery. Clarl E. Franseen '' . Taftor' ,J" i ELKS BLDG. ' t I civilisation enduring If they did not doslre for their children educational opportunities cumpuruble to thorn In" the cities, v The price the- oonnurasr pay for foodstuffs Js no Indication of what the producer receives. There are too many turnovers" toptweeni the two. Society and government-, partic ularly local and state, have been re miss In not modernising local market Inic facilities. Municipalities must in large measure', Interest Jhemse lyes In it not directly control community mar kets. This is a matter of such Im portance that the federal governent can profitably expend moni"v and' f fort In helping' to evolve rtibthods to show their Virtues.; Thb farmer raises -nw crop ana', me price wnicnr ire re celves Is determined by supply and demand. Ifiar arodnot In beef and noVkvand nrodnce nans Into cold stGr- uks and ordinarily when they! reach the: consumer the law of supply and ilnmund' does not obtain. The preser vation' of fo6Ustuffs by cold storage Js a hdon' td Jitimnnlty, and It shduld be I snoouraKea, . nuwever. ine iimv fun 1 U icorne fqr Its. vigilant regulation and In JSlatimuch as it becomes; a part of lnter Klatato commerce, the responsibility ' Is J with the federal government. Bupr J plies are gathered in from the farm' In" times of plenty.. They can easily be fed out to the consumer In such rtiaii m ner a to keep the demand in .excess Zk of that part of th supply which Is re 2 leased from storage. " This Is an. un 2 fair practice and should be stopped. ta ttcsmes, tnera snnuia oe a ume iimu beyond which perishable foodstuffs should not be stored. lEJvery success ful modern business enterprise has Its purchasing, producing a'nd selling de partments. The farmer has main tained only one, the producing depart ment. It is not only fair that he be enabled both to purchase and to sell advantageously, but It Is absolutely I f I t V ,1 ; LiyE REPRESENTATIVE , "v ;jn and around v ! ' , I PENDLETON, OREGON ' ( Good proposition open to: men who will get ac tively behind, the nationally advertised j " 1 I Fitch Four Drive 1 racior j Particularly adapted to hills' of this territory as; power is delivered to all four wheels. j .Meet Factory Representative A. T. BURCH Pendleton Hotel this Saturday,,Monday, 'Tuesday .'.,, and Wednesday, .. ...... liil !lJpUUC WttKsl f erry o "ft UtPA,VmK,rt " Continuous, Economical , . Transportation ; r , Tfie Reason for Ma&tef Supremacy .The one great reason why piaster owners like Master Trucks is practicaly.identical with the reason why experienced dealers the country over like to sell . them. It is simply because, once the truck goes into servieerit so seldom comes back to.the.dealer for re pairs? spare parts', or mechanical assistance. The result 1S" continuous,..' uninterrupted, economical transportation service for the buyer and a clean, satisfactory deal that makes and keps friends for the seller. .. , u vj -y Master Trucks 14 Models 1 1-2 to 5 Tons if - Jim 1 r . t it We can awle M-aster owners- whose total repair bills for several years' HatfT'only been' a mattef of a few cents; others who have spent nothing at all.' We like to sell Master Trucks because we know they will give satisfaction ; if you knew Master Trucks as we know them, you would have nothing else. Overland Sales Company s Court and Thompson Sts. Plione 720 necessary because he has 'become a oompetltor- with the manufacturer for lalMr.-'lHe.'has.been' unable to com pote In the past and his help In con sefiOence , has .been Insufficient. Therefore the rlsjht of co-operative purchasing1 and selling Jn the modern view; should be removed from' all question. Agricultural lUousbt has not been aufflcltrntly represented in af fairs of government.' Many of, the branches of the government, -which deal remotely or directly with the soil and Its problems and Jts possibilities .would be more valuable Xo ihe ;enernl welfare If the practical experience of the farmer were an element In their Administration; To lie specific, the In terstate iommerae. X commission, the federal trade comllon and the Unit ed Btates tariff commission are ad ministered ' by ejiialness men. Does anyctnS'c'onirlhute-more to the making a.nd success of rallr-ouds than tho far mer or to tM creation and prosperity of the',lunl, or. to the stability of manufacturing and trade units, or to ihe agencies interested In exporting? ' CnrtSmo-n prudence would .suggest tflnt w Increase to our utmost, .our area of tillable land. The race be tween Increased consumption and add ed acreato has been an unequal one. Modern methods of soil treatment have been helpful, but -they have their lim itations. There . are' still vast em pires in extent. In our country, per forming no service to humanity. They require only' the applied genius of men to cover thsm with the bloom and harvest- of human necessities. The government should turn its best engi neering talent to the task of irriga tion projects. ' -every dollar' spent will yield compensating results. ' TraiiKi)Hniioti. ' 'Any discussion of the question'' of food supply leads ery quickly to the closely related mf ttej- of transporta tion. Thero is no one thlnr which brings us so intermittently to critical conditions than ihe . insufficiency of cur transportation facilities.. lioth the raltr-itds and tho public are to blame. There has been no material additlop o the total mileage In the last ten years, and the ln;rcae in terin:nali has been much "1h than eiiulrert Ai the be ginning of th War; the' rolling slock was sadly reduced and inadequate. The mibllc has nos given in pay for service. sufficient revenues on whlcn credit could be ailow'ed by thd1 banks. Moral assistance was withheld because of rallrd.-tii policies that d:d' not bring a0 proval. .Many of these corporations hud 'pinde thehiselvi-s a part of politi cal activities, local, Btate and national. Then there were more cr less sporadic U:'lriivs of Htock-wti-r'ng operations and tn exololta'lcn ut ut'llty proper ties ft f.ersoniV g-iln. ' Abuses vrer. hot genera), but tn were sufficient to t-Hng the entire rrnlr.'dd systems of .he coun:tf In dUrepii:?, The good suffolt O' with the evil. When li-e trensportation lines were taken, over by thi povernment, they were barely able to limp through the task of tnc day., L'plty in opernto:i. the elimina tion of the long haul, rind the merging rf .rty mile of trae irml terminal and every car and eng'nt Inlo a co-ordinated plan of openi'jn, e,.a led the government to transport troops and supplies, at the same time affording, under great stress, a'ii.tiiyf:ictorv otit ic for ,ui industries. !t should be rc me'm'ed Inthls connection that ex cept M1 the motor true!, which suppie- "tenred transportauan "v rail, and t;x- crpt for the great piiw lines which Concytd oil for cominorenl purposus, we shon'd1 not, in ali proli:ibl!ify have boert " able to: throw our decldinp; strcpgth Into the balhnce and win the war. Any attehipt to discredit ' the (eder'al operation of railroads during ih- years' of grave emergency is un fair. In the case of those who know tre1' fact"' It Is Insincere. Too- much cannot hp said In pralss of thoa who directed this work, nor tf vhe men h physlc!ly operated the lines un" of the encouraging conditions of poor ' ii'pn.r nt. uut an 01 mis :g Kator over the Wheel. Tho problem r.t the' railroads Is still with us. The gov- r.itttent' i.r.d the public shoi-ld render cry o-opratlon In th- urmnst good fa'th. to s-ve thorough test to private tw'neryi'.lp'. The ra'i'-oadr have had their lesson. Government regulation I accepted now as not only a safe guard to the 'public, hut as a conserv- 1 t 1 AM f X, - - 4 1. Shortage of nianijiower' ' and High wages on farm: , 2 Value ot farmer's" time has qiiatf rupled.C'V ".7.-' V-" . ., 3. Higher prices for farm produce than ever before. , . 4. ,Gas engine' experience makes' far mer a eon vinceable truck buyer. " 5. Convertible, riasseriger car1' truckles Have fallen down; ' ! v ; ' Fanner wants' to market at "peak price" under "prime conditions" (and can, witli truck). . 7. Truck will save him 25 per cent time and effort over horse haulage and liberates the horse for better uses. m S. Farmer knows the. importance of powerized farming. . ' k.-. Take the first one: Shortage of mah-ppwer on the farm. And yet ort top of that, arid in spite of every maximum estimate on our crop this year, we will be 75, 000,000 bushels short of our contribution to the world's wheat. Of meats alone, Eu rope wants Half as much again this year as we shipped her last. ' ; ' - LET US SHOW YOU THAT WHITE TRUCKS DO THE MOST WORK FOR THE LEAST MONEY. - 1 t; Erentzel 722 Cottonwood Street , motor , 1 i. . . . . Co, i,, Phoned ing.' process to the utility. Financial credit Is necessary to physical .rehabil itation and it should be sufficient for the periods of maximum demand., . I IVdcral lt"HTvc Kj-xiem. ' ' , ,j For more than forty years' before Wood row "Wilson was elected president in 1912, a reform of our banking and currency system had been almost uni versally demanded "deferred or refus ed by the stand -pat element of the re publican party In obedience to orders. The control of moiney and Interest rates had long beeii held b5' favored groups who were thus able to domi nate markets, regulate . prices, favor friends,- destroy rivals, precipitate and end panics and in short through their financial, social aiid political out posts, be the real rulers of America. The federal reserve act was originated, advocated and made a taw by a demo cratic president and congress against the bitter protestss of the republican standpatters, who almost without ex ception voted against It. Among these men are he familiar names of Sena- ROSE-BEDECKED LEGHORN FOR SU&MES ' - . j ,- ... ::...:.'v'"ww:,..4..; ,w ... . s. v i I 1 ... jT - V, s. , 4 1 ' ' Crfi . J;.'.-.s--4.; V ' I-' ... t- '.-v.,.-.. Jv .1 . - ' ; . 'V " ' ; f - - lif -"V'.-' I ors. Lodge, Pen rone and Smoot, the in side senate cabal responsible for the existing status in life leadership of their party. Tre' federal reserve act Im admitted to be the most construc tive monetary legislation in history. At , a stroke it transferred the power over i money and credit and' all they repre sent, from one financial district- out into the keeping of the people . them selves nd Instead, of one center to which all paid tribute, -there iwftjMJ ottndels of financial freedom where every citizen has an equal rig-ht and where the principle that the credit of American business shall be free is the basis of administration... EJvery -citi zen should be alert to guard this great institution which la his. guarantee of credit independence. It . should. , be kept from the hands of those bt have never been it friends, and who by changes In a few obscure phrases for evil than ir ever has been tot rood. It is almost unnecessary, to speak of the feIeral reserve system in connec tion with the winning- of the war. as. next to the consecration of our man hood and womanhood itself, the Rreat- est factor was the marshalling Into one unit through the federal reserve banks of the stupendous wealth of America. " . - 1 ,. CVmdusion. , , We stand at the forks of the road j 1Ke- lanrlnm ntinnnV'L' inr ' Hfattvriffrt'Awi promise to put the country-"batUci to normal." This canon ly tnean the io-, called normal of former - reactionary administrations, the outstanding fea ture of which was a pittance for farm produce and a small wage for & long day of labor. M vision does not turn backward to the "normal" desired by the senatorial oligarchy, out to a tu tu r in which all shall have a normal opportunity to cultivate a higher stat? and must choose which to follow. One ure amidst better environment th-on leads to a higher citizenship; a freer that of the past. Our view 1b toward expression of the individual and a full er life for allj The other leads to re action, the rUle' of the few over the many and thei restriction of the arer age man's changes to grow upward. Cunning devices backed by unlimited prodigal expenditures will be used to confuse and to lure. But I , have an abiding faith that the pitfalls will be could translate" it into a greater power avoided and' the right' rond chosen. 'the sunrise of tomorrow with Ha pro gress and He eternal promise of better., things. The opposition stands in the skyline of the - setting eun looking backward, to the old days of reaction - I accept the nomination of our par ty, Tobedlentr to the Divine Rovertgn of all peoples, and hopeful that by trust in Hint the way will1-, be shown for helpful service. tr r nera li one of the latest models Paris ha test over, a Bluebird -iliat." It li to be worn with summery frocks. With the flsrlnr. floppy rim, of leghorn, rose-bedecked, and IU tailored lafteta crown. It it Dt or K Trlft gt ocoulnna.- FOUR OPTIONS V -. '-' : , . ' . ' , From anct after the' first day of Aujrust, 1920, we will inaugurate a new system of handling: our business, and all sales will be made with the under standing that the following: discounts and terms apply : ... First Option All goods sold for cash on delivery or for cash in advance, are subject to a discount of five per cent. Second Option Accounts paid not later than- the ; tenth ; of the following month are subject to a discount of two per cent. Statements will be mailed on the first of the month on which will be shown the amount of discount to which the customer is entitled. " - - ' " ' Third Option.- Jn the absence of any agreement to the contrary, all accounts are due' and payable not more than sixty days from the date of purchase. Fourth Option By mutual expres-. a.-yeotfeiit"at this time of purchase, if ad ditional time is desired by the purchuoc, tc .Irr.e far cyiuedt maybe extended, settlement to be made by note drawing eight per cent interest from the ex piration of the sixty-day period, if settlement. is not made by note, the account will draw interest at eight per cent from the expiration of the sixty day peridd, the same as though a note had been signed. 1 - - -.'. . '; . I '" i "... '....--. Bear in mfrtd that the above discounts and terms apply on all prices quoted except fuel, cement. Sand arid gravel and special bills. If the contract price of an article is $40.00, by paying cash you get it for fSS.OO1 if you wait until the 10th of the following month you pay $39.20 j if you" wait " sixty' days you pay $40.00; if you wait lourteen months it will be $43.20. f ? ' . v v OREGON LUMBER YARD yAN PETTEN LUMBER CO. m'y B. ll BURROUGrllS
