Z
PAfili f f t O
Ashland
M&t twiaoe
_
mg to take the unfavorable chance,
Tidings
If the favorable one also is theirs and
they can retain for themselves a part
Established 1876
of the service charges that are uni
Published Every Evening Except
form, in good years and bad, with
Sunday
high prices and low.
TH E ASHLAND PRINTING CO.
While, in the main, the farmer must
OFFICIAL CITY AND COUNTY
sell, regardless of market conditions,
PAPER
at the time of the maturity of crops,
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he cannot suspend production in toto.
He must go on producing if he is to go
Subscription Price Delivered in City:
By BERNARD M. BARUCH
on living, and if the world Is to exist.
One month .................................. 3 .65
The most he can do is to curtail pro
Three m o n t h s .............................. 1.95
duction a little or alter Its form, and
Six months ......................... • . . . 5.75
that—because he is In the dark as to
On« year ........................... . 7.50
the probable demand for his goods—
Mail and R ural R outes
(Reprinted from Atlantic Monthly)
may be only to Jump from the frying
One month .................................. 3 .65
pan into the fire, taking tbs consumer
Three months .............................. 1-95
with him.
lix months .................................. 3.50
Even the dairy farmers, whose out
O b « year .................................... 6.6t
put Is not seasonal, complain that they
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of their inability to meet mortgages or find themselves at a disadvantage In
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The whole rural world Is In a fer to pay current bills, and how, seeking the marketing of their productions,
Single insertion, each in c h ........... 30c
ment of unrest, and there Is an un relief from their Ills, they are plan especially raw ' milk, because of the
YEARLY CONTRACTS
paralleled volume and intensity of de ning to form pools, Inaugurate farm high costs of distribution, which they
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era* strikes, and demand legislation must ultimately bear.
One time a w eek.............................. 27 %c termined, If not angry, protest, and an abolishing grain exchanges, private
Two times a week..............................25 c ominous sw’arming of occupational con cattle markets, and the like, we ought
III
Every other d a y ................................ 20 c ferences, Interest groupings, political
not hastily to brand them as economic
Now that the farmers are stirring,
Local R eaders
Each line, each tim e .................... 10c movements and propaganda. Such a heretics and highwaymen, and hurl at thinking, and uniting as never before
turmoil cannot but arrest our atten them the charge of being seekers of to eradicate these inequalities, they
To run every other &iy for one
month, each line, each tim e. . 7c tion. Indeed, It demands our careful special privilege. Rather, we should are subjected to stern economic lec
To run every issue for one m onth
study and examination. It Is not like ask If their trouble la not ours, and tures, and are met with the accusation
or more, each line, each t im e .. 5c ly that six million aloof and ruggedly see what can be done to Improve the that they are demanding, and are the
Classified Column
independent men have come together situation. Purely from self interest, recipients of, special privileges. Let
If for no higher motive, we should us see what privileges the government
One cent the word each time.
To run every issue for one month and banded themselves Into active help them. All of us want to get back has conferred on the farmers. Much
unions, societies, farm bureaus, and so permanently to “normalcy;” but Is It
o r more,
the word each time.
has been made of Section 6 of the
forth, for no sufficient cause.
Legal Rate
reasonable to hope for that condition Clayton Anti-Trust Act, which pur
F irst time, per 8-point l i n e . . . . . 10c
Investigation of the subject conclu unless our greatest and most basic in ported to permit them to combine with
Each subsequent time, per 8-
sively proves that, while there Is much dustry can be put on a sound and solid Immunity, under certain conditions.
polnt line .................................... 5c
permanent foundation? The farmers
Card of t h a n k s ............................ 31.00 overstatement of grievances and mis are not entitled to special privileges; Admitting that, nominally, this ex
conception
of
remedies,
the
farmer*
emption was In the nature of a special
O bituaries, the line ...................... 8^4«
but
are
they
not
right
In
demanding
privilege,—though I think It was so In
are
right
In
complaining
of
wrongs
Fraternal Orders and S ocieties
Advertising for fratern al orders long endured, and right In holding that that they be placed on an equal foot appearance rather than In fact,—we
o r societies charging a regular initi it is feasible to relieve their ills with ing with the buyers of their products find that the courts have nullified It
ation fee and dues, no discount. Re benefit to the rest of the community. and with other industries?
by Judicial interpretation. Why should
ligious and benevolent orders will be
oot the farmers be permitted to ac
charged the regular rate for all ad This being the case of an industry
II
complish by co-operative methods what
vertising when an admission or other that contributes, In the raw material
Let us, then, consider some of the other businesses are already doing by
form alone, about one-third of the na farmer’s grievances, and see how far co-operation In the form of Incorpora
charge is made.
tional annual wealth production and they are real. In doing so, we should tion? If it be proper for men to form,
W hat C onstitutes A dvertising
In order to allay a m isunderstand Is the means of livelihood of about 49 remember that, while there have been, by fusion of existing corporations or
ing among some as to what consti- per cent of the population, it Is ob and still are, instances of purposeful otherwise, a corporation that controls
the entire production of a commodity,
tntes news and what advertising, vious that the subject Is one of grave
we print this very simple rule, which concern. Not only do the farmers abuse, the subject should not be ap or a large part of It, why Is it not
Is used by newspapers to differenti make up one-half of the nation, but proached with any general imputation proper for a group of farmers to unite
a te between them: “ ALL future the well-being of the other half de to existing distributive agencies of de for the marketing of their common
events, where an admission charge pends upon them.
liberately intentional oppression, but products, either In one or In several
Is made or a collection is taken IS
So long as we have nations, a wise rather with the conception that the selling agencies? Why should It he
ADVERTISING.’’ This applies to politclal economy will aim at a large marketing of farm products has not right for a hundred thousand corporate
organizations and societies of every degree of national self-sufficiency and
shareholders to direct 25 or 30 or 40'
been modernized.
kind as well as to individuals.
self-containment. Rome fell when the
An ancient evil, and a persistent per cent of an Industry, and wrong for
All reports of such activities after food supply was too far removed from
a hundred thousand co-operative
they have occurred is news.
the belly. Like her, we shall destroy one, is the undergrading of farm prod farmers to control a no larger propor
Ail coming social or organization our own agriculture and extend our ucts, with the result that what the tion of the wheat crop, or cotton, or
m eetings of societies where no sources of food distantly and precari farmers sell as of one quality Is re
any other product?
money contribution is solicited, in iti
sold as of a higher. That this sort of
ously,
If
we
do
not
see
to
It
that
our
The Department of Agriculture Is
ation charged, or collecton taken IS
chicanery
should
persist
on
any
im
farmers
are
well
and
fairly
paid
for
often
spoken of as a special concession
NEWS.
________________
their services. The farm gives the portant scale In these days of busi to the farmers, but In Its commercial
Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, nation men as well as food. Cities ness integrity would seem almost In results, It is of as much benefit to the
Postoffice as Second-class Mail Mat derive their vitality and are forever credible, but there Is much evidence buyers and consumers of agricultural
ter.
________________ renewed from the country, but an Im that It does so persist. Even as I products as to the producers, or even
poverished countryside exports intelli
more. I do not suppose that anyone
gence and retains unintelligence. write, the newspapers announce the opposes the benefits that the farmers
<5 umme & P layground -
Only the lower grades of mentality suspension of several firms from the derive from the educational and re
of / merica *
and character will remain on, or seek, New York Produce Exchange for ex search work of the department, or the
the farm, unless agriculture Is capable porting to Germany as No. 2 wheat a help that It gives them In working out
of being pursued with contentment and whole shipload of grossly Inferior wheal improved cultural methods and prac
adequate compensation. Hence, to em mixed with oats, chaff and the like.
tices, In developing better yielding va
bitter and impoverish the farm er is to
Another evil is that of Inaccurate rieties through breeding and selection,
dry up and contaminate the vital weighing of farm products, which, It in Introducing new varieties from re
sources of the nation.
mote parts of the world and adapting
The war showed convincingly how Is charged, Is sometimes a matter of them to our climate and economic con
dependent the nation Is on the full dishonest intention and sometimes of dition, and In devising practical meas
WASHINGTON &
„BRITISH COLUMBIA..
productivity of the farms. Despite protective policy on the part of the ures for the elimination or control of
,
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herculean efforts, agricultural produc local buyer, who fears that he may dangerous and destructive animal and
I A RESTFUL SLEEP EVERY NIGHT.
tion kept only a few weeks or months •“weigh out” more than he “weighs In.” plant diseases, insect pests, and the
ahead of consumption, and that only
A greater grievance is that at pres like. All these things manifestly tend
by
Increasing
the
acreage
of
certuin
ent
the field farmer has little or no to stimulate and enlarge production,
GIVE RAILROADS CLEAR TRACK
staple crops at the cost of reducing control over the time and conditions and their general beneficial effects are
that of others. We ought not to for of marketing his products, with the obvious.
Charles M. Schwab in a recent get that lesson when we ponder on result that he Is often underpaid for
It Is complained that, whereas the
the
farmer’s
problems.
They
are
truly
law*
restricts Federal Reserve banks
address stated the policy to reach
common problems, and there should his products and usually overcharged to three months’ time for commercial
the solution of the railroad prob be no attempt to.deal with them as for marketing sendee. The differ paper, the farmer Is allowed six
lem. Restriction on some practices If they were purely selfish demands ence between what the farmer re months on his notes. This Is not a
of a clear-cut group, antagonistic to ceives and what the consumer pays
there must be, but ability and in iti the rest of the community. Rutlier often exceeds all possibility of Justi special privilege, but merely such a
recognition of business conditions as
ative must have reasonable leeway should we consider agriculture in the fication. To cite a single Illustration. makes It possible for country banks
if there is to be progress. F or the light of t>road national policy, just Last year, according to figures attest to do business with country people.
as we consider oil, coal, steel, dye
The crop farmer has only one turn
prejudice against the railroads, the stuffs, and so forth, as sinews of na ed by the railways and the growers, over a year, while the merchant and
Georgia watermelon-raisers received
la tte r are, perhaps, them selves to tional strength. Our growing popula on the average 7.5 cents for a melon, manufacturer have many. Incidental
tion and a higher standard of living
blame on account oi scandalous con demand increasing food supplies, and the railroads got 12.7 cents for carry ly, I note that the Federal Reserve
Board has just authorized the Fed
duct on the p art of some and the more wool, cotton, hides, and the rest. ing it to Baltimore and the consumer eral Reserve banks to discount export
tendency toward despotism on the With the disappearance of free or paid one dollar, leaving 79.8 cents for paper for a period of six mouths, to
cheap fertile land, additional acreage the service of marketing and Its risks, conform to the nature of the busi
p art of certain officers in practic and Increased yields can come only
as against 20.2 cents for growing and ness.
ally all.
|
from costly- effort. This we need ndt transporting. The hard annals of
The Farm Loan banks are pointed
Some of them acted as if they expect from an Impoverished or un farm-life are replete with such com to as an Instance of special govern
owned states instead of merely con happy rural population.
ment favor for farmers. Are they not
It will not do to take a narrow view mentarles on the crudeness of pres rather the outcome of laudable efforts
cessions to operate in them. The
ent practices.
to equalize rural and urban condi
trips of some railroad presidents ov of the rural discontent, or to appraise
Nature prescribes that the farm er’s tions? And about all the government
it from the standpoint of yesterday.
er the lines have been described as This Is peculiarly an age of flux and “goods” must be finished within two
does there Is to help set up an ad
if the personages were great feudal change and new deals. Because a or three months of the year, while ministrative organization and lend a
lords with public officers along the thing always has been so no longer financial and storage limitations gen little credit at the start. Eventually
way summoned merely to report to means that it Is righteous, or always erally compel him to sell them at the the farmers will provide all the capi
them or pay them homage. But with shall be so. More, perhaps, than ever same time. As a rule, other industries tal and carry all the liabilities them
th a t corrected through the govern before, there Is a widespread feeling are in a continuous process of finish selves. It Is true that Farm Loan
that all human relations can be Im ing goods for the m arkets; they dis
m ent’s rem inding the officers th a t proved by taking thought, and that It tribute as they produce, and they can bonds are tax exem pt; but so are
bonds of municipal light and traction
it is vastly larger and more power Is not becoming for the reasoning ani curtail production without too great plants, and new housing is to be ex
ful than any of the private corpora mal to leave his destiny largely to Injury to themselves or the commu empt from taxation, In New York, for
nity ; but If the farmer restricts his ten years.
tions under it, there must be caution chance and natural Incidence. —
output. It Is with disastrous conse
Prudent
and
orderly
adjustment
of
On the other hand, the farmer reads
now against going to the other ex
quences,
both
to
himself
and
to
the
production
and
distribution
In
accord
of
plans for municipal housing proj
treme. We m ust not be stupid en
ance with consumption is recognized community.
ects
that run Into the billions, of hun
ough to kill an industry so vital to as wise management 1 b every business
The average farmer Is busy with dreds of millions annually spent on
the prosperity of all others while but that of farming. Yet, I venture production for the major part of the the merchant marine; he reads that
seeking to cure it of sssne defects.
to say, there is no other Industry In year, and has nothing to sell. The the railways are being favored with
Mr. Schwab is merely talking which it Is so Important to the pub bulk of his output comes on the mar increased rates and ylrtual guaranties
common sense when he says th at He—to the clty-dweller—that produc ket at once. Because of lack of stor of earnings by the government, with
any regulation th at is based merely tion should be sure, steady, and In age facilities and ot financial support, the result to him of an ‘nereased toll
creasing, and that distribution should the farmer cannot carry his goods
upon popular prejudice should be re he in proportion to the need. The un through the year and dispose of them on all that he sells and all that he
buys. He hears oi many manifesta
moved.
“ We cannot,” he says, organized farmers naturally act blind as they are currently needed. In the tions of governmental concern for par
“ have prosperity, our country’s ly and Impulsively and, in conse great majority of cases, farmers have ticular Industries and Interests. Res
commerce cannot go forward confi quence,- surfeit and dearth, accompa to entrust storage—in warehouses and cuing the railways from Insolvency Is
dently unless our railroads are once tiled by disconcerting price-variations, elevators—and the financial carrying undoubtedly for the benefit of the
country as a whole, but what can be
again made prosperous, are put in a harass the consumer. One year pota of their products to others.
Farm products are generally mar of more general benefit than encour
toes rot In the fields because of excess
position to carry the transportation production, and there Is a scarcity oi keted at a time when there Is a con
agement of ample production of the
of the country, and are able to a t the things that have been displaced gestion of. both transportation and principal necessaries of life and their
tract the capital needed to perform to make way for the expansion of the finance—when cars and money are ®veo flow from contented producers to
potato acreage; next year the punish scarce. The outcvme, In many In satisfied consumers?
th e ir service as common carriers.”
While It may be conceded that
The statem ent th a t $5,000,000,- ed farmers mass their fields on some stances, Is that the farmers not only
000 be required to put the transpor other crop, and potatoes enter the sell under pressure, and therefore at special governmental aid may bfc nec
a disadvantage, but are compelled to essary to the genera! Interest, we must
of luxuries; and so on.
tation companies of the United class
Agriculture Is the greatest and fun take further reductions In net returns. all agree that It Is difficult to see why
States abreast of the nation’s com damentally the most Important of our In order to meet the charges for the agriculture and the production and dis
mercial requirem ents gives an Idea American Industries. The cities are service of storing, transporting, flnanc tribution of farm products are not ac
of the seriousness of the problem. hut the branches of the tree of na tog, and ultimate marketing—which corded the same opportunities that are
Obviously it will never be solved by ttonal life, the roots of which go deep charges they claim, are often exces provided for other businesses; espe
bobbling unduly the genius and ex ly Into the land. We all flourish or slve, bear heavily on both consumer cially as the enjoyment by the farmer
perience of the leaders of the in decline with the farmer. So, when we and producer, and are under the con of such opportunities would appear to
of the cities read of the present uni trol of those performing the services
dustry and then turning in and de versal distress of the farmers, of a It Is true that they are relieved of bs even more contributory to the gen
nouncing the whole business In a slump of six billion dollars in the farm the risks of a changing market by eral good than In the case of other
Industries. The spirit of American
way to keep capital away from it.
value of their crops to t single yeti. selling at once; but they are quite wlll- democracy li ptiaUSTAbiy ^opposed,
S om e A sp ects o f th e
F arm ers’ Problem s
Tuesday, February 7,
alike to enacted special privilège ând
to the special privilege of unequal op a married person exceeds $5000. he
portunity that arises automatically is allowed an exemption of only
from the failure to correct glaring $2000.
economio inequalities. I am opposed
The exemption allowed for de
to the Injection of government Into pendents under 18 years of age has
business, but I do believe that it Is aD been increased from $200. to $400,
essential function of democratic gov
ernment to equalize opportunity so but a return m ust be made in order
far as It Is within Its power to do so, for the taxpayer to claim credit for
whether by the repeal of archaic the exemption. In other words, a
statutes or the enactment of modern return must be filed, although the
ones. If the anti-trust laws keep the taxpayer may not be liable to the
farmers front endeavoring scientifically payment of a tax after claiming the
to Integrate their industry while other
Industries find n way to meet modern exemptions to which lie is entitled
conditions without violating such stat under the law.
DON’T FORGET! March 15 is the
utes, then It would seem reasonable
to find a way for the farmers to meet final day for filing returns. Tax
them under the same conditions. The payers who fail to file by that time
law should operate equally In fact. Re will be liable to heavy penalties.
pairing the economic structure on one
side Is no Injustice to the other side,
which is In good repair.
Ability Recognized.
We have traveled a long way from
“You never quote the poets in your
the old conception of government as speeches any more.”
merely a defensive and policing agency ;
“No,” replied S enator Sorghum. “I
and regulative, corrective, or equaliz 1 find th a t the custom Is likely to cause
ing legislation, which apparently Is of confusion. 1 once quoted from P a ra
a special nature, is often of the most dise Lost,’ m entioning the author.
general beneficial consequences. Even Some of my dissatisfied constituent«
the First Congress passed a tariff act got together and said it m ight he a
that was avowedly for the protection good idea to look old John M ilton up
of manufacturers ; but a protective and groom him as a candidate for my
tariff always has been defended as a job.”
means of promoting the general good
through a particular approach; and
the statute books are filled with acts
for the benefit o f shipping, commerce,
and labor.
STRIK ES TIE UP BERLIN
BERLIN, Feb. 7.— Tramway ser
vice, and the gas, w ater and elec
tricity supply of the city were s h u t _ >
o ff-y este rd a y ..’ when' ihq municipal __
employes walked out. '
The strike of the '-railroad- men- ♦
was extended to all of Baden. N o th ---*
ing has come of the negotiations be
gun yesterday for settling the strike.
Many bankers have reduced their
working hours, and some banks have
closed.
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Treat Catarrh new way
BIBLE SCHOOL UNION
TO MEET TUESDAY EVENING
Head colds, too, yield to the double action
of Vicks VapoRub ’
The Biblo School union will bold
its regular monthly m eeting a t the
Baptist church Tuesday evening at
7:30.
Mr. Gilmore will conduct at 15
m inute song service, during which
Mrs. Alta W einberger will sing the
solo.
A fter the song service the w ork
ers will separate for departm ental
work. Mrs. Elizabeth Van Sant will
have charge of the prim ary confer
ence; Mrs. Van Fossen, the junior;
Miss Abraham , the interm ediate;
Albert W illiams, the senior, and J.
D. Hoag, the adult. The superintend
ents and pastors will form a class by
themselves.
It is expected th a t the report of
the religious canvass will be com
plete by th a t time, if so it will be
given by Mr, Patterson, superinten
dent of the C hristian Sunday school.
MARCH 15 FINAL DAY FOR
FILING INCOME RETURNS
Clyde G. Huntley, collector of in
ternal revenue, calls the attention of
Oregon taxpayers to the fact th a t
w ithout any exception the follow
ing persons m ust file income tax
returns for the year 1921 not later
than March 15.
Every single person who has a
net income of $1000 or more.
Every m arried person who has a
net income of $2000 or more.
Every head of a family who had
a net income of $1000 or more.
The exemption for a single per
son is $1000; for a m arried person
$2500, If his Income does not ex
ceed $5000. If the net income of
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Snuff it well back. Also melt
some Vicks in a spoon or tin cup
and inhale the vapors. At night
repeat and rub an neck. Vapors
will be inhaled all night.
Sufferers from chronic catarrh
will get welcome relief and better
sleep thru this treatm ent, and
persistency will be well re
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Head colds are cheeked or
completely warded off if thus
treated a t the onset.
Vicks combines in salve form
the old, time-tested remedies—
Camphor, Menthol, Eucalyptus,
Thyme and Oil of Turpentine.
It is the most universal treat
m ent today for all cold troubles
as well as cuts, bruises and itch
ing skin troubles.
Just rub it on and
breathe in the vapors
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Over 17 *1illiun J a n U itd Yearly
The Man Who Pays By Check
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ness like.
He realizes
that his
cancelled
checks will be receipts about which there can
be no argument.
It is not necessary for him to carry large sums
of money and his check stubs provide an ac
culate record of expenditures.
The Citizens Bank
Ashland,
Oregon
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