. f. r lAGE FOUa DAILY EAST OREGON1AN, PENDLETON, OREGON. THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1821. TEN PAGES AJJ INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Psbllshea Dally and Heml-Weekly, at Pennlrton. orecon. bv the Cast ohkooniax puklishino co. Entered at tha post of flea at Pendle ton, Oregon, second class am.ll mat ter. o sale i m cvrnEit CITIES Imperial Hotel News Stand, Portland, IV FIl.R AT Chicago rumu, SOS Security Building. Waahinetnn, I). C, Bureau (01 Four teenth rHrect, N. v, Mrmhrt ! Iha Aaaarlate Preaa. The Associated Press la exclusively entitled to tha up for republication of all ra cUspstenes credited to It or not otherwise credited In thla paper ad alto tha local news published herein. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (IS ADVANCE) Dully, ona year, by mall ....lfi.0(l Daily, aix months, by mail suit lailv, tliree months by mall 1,60 Daily, one month by mall , r ... ,50 Daily, one year by carrier . 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'l THE EFFECT OF LUMBER RATES NEWS that the Interstate-Commerce Commission has di .rected a reduction in freight rates on northwest lumber is fraught with considerable importance to the northwest territory. ' , Since the big rate increases the lumbering interests ojf Ore iron and Washington have practically been eliminated from eastern and middle-western markets, being unable to compete in those territories with southern pine. The result has been a stagnation in the northwest industry which has been largely responsible for the recession in our prosperity for it is a well known fact that whatever affects the lumbering industry of the northwest affects the general economic condition of our district. ' The reduction in long-haul rates on lumber bught to con tribute materially to the rehabilitation of the industry. . As an indication of the prohibitive nature of the rates since the big increase last year is a statement in thecurrent issue of Die American Lumberman of Chicago. "One of the most sig-1 nificant developments of the week," this publication says, "was ! the announcement of the sale of several million feet of Douglas j fir which is to be moved by water via the Panama cabal, un-1 loaded at Philadelphia and then shipped west by rail to Ohio I points. The water rate on this shipment is to be $15 a thousand feet and the combined cost of the loading, unloading and back haul will be considerably less than the amount which would have been charged for direct rail delivery of the lumber. Water I transportation is arousing keenest Interest on the Pacific coast and in view of the high freight rates there is a decided tendency on the part of the manufacturers to encourage and co-operate in water shipments to the Atlantic seaboard, from which reship r.ent by rail and water will be made to the middle west." The high freight rates have not only operated to shut down many mills and curtail the output of many others but they have been responsible for bis losses to the railroads themselves. Discussing the general conditions of the lumber business, The American Lumberman goes on to say : . "There seems to have been some increase in puying this week and certainly there is a better tone to the market. In the South in many places an unusually large amount of southern pine is going into local consumption. Furthermore the export demand has picked up and several sizable sales have been made during the week, while one encouraging feature is the fact that the destinations of these orders are widely scattered. . ' "Seemingly the campaign to stimulate building is having the desired effect, reports indicating a revival of interest and the launching of a number of projects,'particularly for the building of homes. . "Production of lumber remains light and prices have not shown any particular change, as advances have been offset, on the whole, by decreases." , THE BATTLE OVER UPPER SILESIA St. Patrick's .ft - t. Boy mm ii , V.,. wi v J... ' ON THE irisli . -;. V ,''., - .. .:. '.' .v- .r"f. v - ' II II l , tl II IJ II II F BY ranK j. ionersan of Portland, Oregon V . r I AT, THE, sWoodniaii Ha Tonight at 7:30 u ' -. ' ' " - l ' I " " " ': ' f ; ;V .-'f EVERYBODY WELCOME Under the auspices of American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic -r.- I - V iiiVk" T tPPer SILESIA, where 2,500,000 Germans and Poles will i Uvote in a plebiscite on Sunuay, March 20, to determine whether that province shall remain German or be annexed to Poland, is a rich stake. The two nationalities are contending for a territory about 5000 square miles in area or approximate ly the size of Connecticut. In one year 30,000,000 tons of coal were mined in Upper Silesia and besides, it has vast deposits of iron, zinc and lead. The dispute over its possession which results from the clause in the Versailles treaty providing for the plebiscite has made Upper Silesia,.one of the storm centers of Europe. The situation there for many months has been ter.se with both sides heavily armed and the possibility of civil war always present. The Inter-Allied Council of Ambassadors repeatedly postponed the election which even now seems fraught with grave possibilities. The los3 of Upper Silesia would be a serious blow to the in dustrial strength of Germany. "It would be impossible to carry on the war except for the resources of Upper Silesia," declared the German Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg, in 1917. Assertion that without Silesia's natural resources, "Germany would not be able to re deem her pledges or fo work out her own reconstruction" was emphasized before the Allied Reparations Commission in Lon don on March 1. The Germans, since 1740, when Frederick the Great wrested the country from Poland, have developed the country into one of the greatest mining and industrial districts of Europe. Ger many, it is claimed, cannot live witaout its coal. Poland.'strick t n and devastated, looks to Upper Silesia to save her economic life and make her a real nation. Hence the bitterness of the enent struggle ' ' ' ' SPOKANE PACrxERS REDUCE WAGES 8C HI'OKJkNE. Wah.. Jlurrh 17. Ar mour & t'u. of Spoltiine. Uxtay reduced wages of its employe 8 centB tin hour, ktvordtiut to John M. Van Keeeek, seneral Manager. Approximately' 2i tinuloM-a nre affeite.l. 'The reduc tion went into effect here today and the mn tire still at work," wild Kleev'k. Id VI U I'AliK IS tT.NTKH lU'JXVrNU Mar. 1 7. 1 1". H I issuer Ftrwt rar rntre 'shl ivnta t.teart 'f ' ton O' un.ier an or. .w t.u.a Ihi 4ral Jintua Lw Hie umuwi. .niiun. u ftlalitvJJ MISS M'SWINEY STATES AMERICANS INDIRECTLY CAUSE WOE IN IRELAND . S.'ARE MAKING MARKETING PLANS HPOKAXB. iJIarch 17. (t. P.) Indictmfnt of the American people as th Indirect eatina of woe In Ireland wan volotd ly Him Mary M:i8wlney. iter of the late lord mayor of Cork, In a atatcnient to the United Presa. "KitKlanii la maintaining hr ot-eu-fmnry of Ireland on t'nited Htatea money." Misw .MacSwIney declared. Tr'iiiiMi u inn . . -e Hie tart, CAUTK1IM.I; CASKS WIIA Ml SOI.W WA.SHIXOTON", March 17. (A. P.) Anmmncemi nt of the ante of 38. Moa.ooii pounds of braaa 'scartri(lKe raaea vrs made tdtlay by the war de- nar;mnt. The aale wilt net the (tov- eroioeot approximately $v per cent cf tU? tunrkvl value( It wai eylj. CHICAGO. March 17. (A. P.) Farmers' organizations of the United State today are officially consider ing the moat extensive cooperative marketing plans in the history of the country. Two well developed projects for handling grain already have been worked out and are now being pre sented to farmers. If adopted, they will go Into effect thla luramer. f t--forts are being made to unite the two farm groups concerned pn a single sys tem. , The final ratification meeting f.r the broader of the plans, which In cludes the handling of all grain Is et for April here. The other organiza tion, which concerns Itself only with wheat is already signing up member. On April 1 the first working meet ing of a national livestock marketing committee will be held here. Its ob ject Is to develop a national livestock marketing plan. . Coincidental with these two meet ings, fruit growers of the country will hold a conference In Chicago, at which consideration will be given the possi bility of national cooperative effort. The national plans for marketing of wheat and livestock are the culmina tion of much local and sectional co operative enterprise already establish ed by farmers. i The prime movers In the plans men tioned are the American Farm Bureau Federation and the Wheat Growers' Association of America. Both organ izations are developments of the last few years. The "wheat strike" of last year first attracted attention to the Wheat Growers' Association, which has ita headouartars at Wichita, Kan. With the assistance of Aaron Riplro, a Cal ifornia marketing expert. It has work ed nut a system and is pushing a con tract campalcn In the wheat raising states. In Kansas effort la being made to sign up 5s.0O9.0flW' bushels, or about half the crop. In a wheat pool. The general grain and livestock marketing plans are those . In .which the American Farm Bureau Federa tion has raken the lend. The federa tion waa permanently organized only ft. year Sfjv, n the foundation of lho connty farm bureaus; already long es tablished. Tha irrain market! ntt Titnn. which has the federation's support and is toi l,e nreoentpil tn farmers in the van- hub states between now- and April 6, is the outcome of six months? work. It was drawn up by farmers and other experts under a committee of IT with C. H. Oustafson, of Lincoln eb., ehnlrmnn As head (it a hlir Cooper ative organization of farmers In Ne braska, Mr. Oustafson had already made a success in this field The livestock committee appointed by the American Farm Bureau Feder ation to devise n national livestock ni!irketln nlan starts 'with the same aim as the federation's grain commit tee, but as it was created later It is Just getting Into Its labors at th LITERARY SUCCESS present time. This Is called tht "Committee of fifteen." While the two grairt plans differ In detail and elasticity, each calls for 'a national sales agency. Whether the livestock committee will similarly ad vise a national livestock commission sales company Is one of the Questions before It. fr. Oustafson is also chairman of this committee and H. W. Mumford. of the Illinois Agrlcul- ! tural Association la secretary. ' Dr. Mumford reports there are 6000 co- j operative -livestock shipping associa- Hons and haH a dozen, cooperative I livestock ' commission companies in ! the country. , j , Cooperative business being transact- j efl at the present time by farmers runs j Into the hundreds of millions f dol lars, according to- figures collected here. The capital farmers have in vested fit cooperative- grahl etevntors totals other million. ' The national organizing movement has also touch ed the hundreds of farmer-owned co operative elevatois, and they recently' got together 'her In A national con-' ventfn. . ' " operative purchasing of supplies by farmers organizations, prominent among them the elevators." has made rapid progress In several statea, far mers owning coal mines and buying output of entire factories." . Legislation to facilitate cooperative enterprise has been advanced In a number of legislatures this winter. i TEV1S IS ACQUITTED I POHTLAXD, March 17. (U. P.) The Jury In tho errewW court r turned a veraict ot not guiuy in ine tt.ow v. John Tevls who was charged "W)th breaking his wlfes neck during a Quarrel. Judg Staplcton criticised the Jutwrs for 'being tit 24 hours. "You, should have brought In this verdict in thirty mlnups." he said. 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