BANG-UP BLOWOUT IN STATE
Limited Firecracker Period
Won't Hurt Sales Any
By WILLIAM WARREN
UP Still Correspondent '
From here on out, flying saucers, pinwheels, parklers, lady
crackers, snakes, golden butterflies and devil chasers will be
on sale in Oregon only from June 20 to July 6. And the fellows
who furnish the fireworks are glad of it.
Oregon's new fireworks law relegates such capricious cuties as
the M-80 and the cherry salute
to the limbo of lost limbs. And
the purveyors of pyrotechnics
ay "goody!"
They felt the business was
getting bit out of hand, and
good regulations, such as those
adopted by the recent legisla
ture, are better than a ban on
the whole works, say the fire
works men.
C. E. Brown, who heads the
Hong Kong importers and the
Western States Fireworks Co.,
with headquarters in Toppenish,
Wash., was in Salem this week
to study the new firecracker act,
now signed by the governor and
already law since it carried an
emergency clause.
Brown said he was glad to see
the more hazardous merchandise
banned. For instance, the M-80.
It is war surplus, used by the
army in war games because it
lets go with a blast that sounds
like cannon fire. It can take a
hand off, and has.
The cherry salute is so called
because it is the size, shape and
color of a cherry, with the fuse
ticking out like a stem. It is
powerful enough to blast fin
gers off, and has.
The limited selling period
doesn't worry Brown. It just
capsules his schedule.
He's looking for a bang-up
blowout come the Fourth of
July, with as much goods sold
as in an unlimited season.
Says the Hong Kong head
man: "The kiddies will just save
up their cash and concentrate
on other firecracker buying be
tween June 20 and July 6. We
look for a sale as big as in for
mer years."
How big is that sale?
Brown, whose two companies
sell firecrackers, punk and as
sorted bombs, blasts and salutes
in Oregon, Washington, Idaho.
Montana and Alaska, estimates
total sale of fireworks in these
four states and the territory will
represent a retail value of some
$4,000,000 this year. And that's
a lot of decibles.
Brown says Chinese firecrack
ers are by far the most popu
lar pyrotechnics, with rockets
and roman candles next. A typi
cal $1,000 order will include
$400 worth of Chinese crackers
$200 worth of rockets and ro
man candles, $250 worth of aud
ible items and $150 worth of
visible items.
Audible items, of course, are
the ones you get a bang out of
A popular entry is the flying
saucer, some 3 inches long and
one inch through, with a wing
on top. The gadget flies through
the air then explodes.
Visible items include the
sparkler, cone-shaped fountain
that shoots off stars, handle
fountain that erupts like a vol
cano, house on fire, floral shell
and pinwheel. Two brand new
numbers in this group are the
golden butterfly, which shoots
a rig into the air where it show
ers golden stars, and the devil
chaser, working along the same
lines but showering silver stars
Each ends in a flash but no
blast.
Brown Imports his firecrack
ers and punk from Hong Kong
The crackers come from Can
ton, mostly. The punk comes
from the interior of China where
the necessary ingredients are
plentiful. The first shipload for
the northwest has already reach
ed Portland, and all the other
shipments are on their way from
Hong Kong.
Incidentally, king cracker for
Hong and Western States Fire
works in Oregon is none other
than Clarence Peddicord, the
courageous blind boy who hitch
hiked from his Portland, Ore.
home to New York last year
in hopes an eye specialist could
restore his sight.
The operation did not restore
his vision, except for a fleeting
moment, but the specialist held
out hope that a future operation
might succeed.
Peddicord's earnings from
fireworks will finance his trip
to New York for that second try.
Brown and his wife plan to
drive Peddicord to New York
immediately after the Fourth
of July.
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Farm Incomes
Although almost everyone
knows of farmers who have
made money during the past
eight or 10 years, most farmers
have not been doing as well as;
the people in town or city.
W. M. Tate, chairman of the
Marion county agricultural con
servation committee, backs up
this statement with the fact that
the average net income of farm
people in 1948 from all sources
was onl y$909 per capita, includ
ing the value of home-produced
food and income from non-farm
sources. This compares with the
non-farm average of $1,569.
Mr. Tate said that consumers
are often misled by the prices
they have to pay for groceries
and other commodities produced
on the farm, or made from raw
materials produced on the farm.
Too often, they are not aware
of the prices actually received
by farmers.
According to Mr. Tate, figures
show that for the wool in a $50
suit, the farmer received about
$5.70; for $10 worth of meat, the
farmer received about $5.10; for
the tobacco in a 20 cent pack of
cigarettes, the farmer received
about 2icents; for the wheat in
a 14 cent loaf of bread, the
farmer received about 3 cents.
And if the farmer had given
away the hide of a $10 pair of
shoes, they would still cost
$8.63.
Too often, Mr. Tate said, this
spread between what the farmer
gets and what the consumer payr
and teh difference between farm
and non-farm incomes are over
looked when farm programs and
price-support measures are be
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