Sherman County observer., August 08, 1930, Image 2

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The Sherman County Observe?, Id oro, Oregon,
- Friday, August "8, 1930
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Cost of Government
Hat Fine Record For
carry out such a transaction Without New Canned Foods Stan­
“O uttide” SeUittl Not
marketing his wheat through his
For Each Fam ily It
The Year Last Past
dards Aids H ousewife
Opposed by Co-op Mgr« Local. The Local will be required to
Steadily Increasing
pay He commission on transactions
The Farmer- National Grain Cor­
of this nature; H« of this amount Action of Federal Food and Drug
poration, farmer-owned co-operative
While the following letter is »eli going*to the Regional, and the re­
Bureau Causes Change in
Taking 1913 as a basis, thf cost
marketing agency, July 26 heralded of government per family in the
explanatory to a largq degree it should maining He to the National. In ad­
Canned Food Re­
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the first anniversary, of its organiza­ United States was $135 per year. ‘
be amplified in one particular. B. H. dition to this Vie the Local, of course,
quirements
of oregon inc
tion with the announcement that so In 1927 it had increased to $434 per
Grady, manager of the Sherman Co­ will expect to have their margin for
far during July it had handled, thru year for each«
operative Grain Growers, stated when completing the transaction. This
Dealing in “Merchandise of Merit”
Last year, every
A new requirement is placed upon its stockholders, not less than 32 per American family contributed to the
giving the editor the letter for publi­ would result in at least lc differen­
the packers of canned foods with the cent o f the total receipts of wheat at cost of government $460. These
Comprising Mens’ Clothing and Shoes
cation, that the national association tial in the price.
enactment of the so-called “Cannera the Kansas City terminal, and in ad­ fact! are given by an expert, Edwin
has a representative at Pendleton and
Staple and Fancy Groceries
We certainly do not inUnd to en­
Bill,” which specifies that all canned dition ia selling grain to an increasing Gruhl, and published in the Electri­
that a phone call would release the
courage business of this kind, as the
School Books and School Supplies
toods— except meat and meat pro­ number of foreign countries.
wheat of any member within Un min­
cal World for June, 1930.
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inevitable result will be competition
'Within leas than one year of
ute*, because the object of the as­ among ourselves. The country deal; ducts and canned milk— falling below
Putting it another way, average
One Citrus Sauce Pan, one
the standards promulgated by the actual operations,” said a statement 1913 cost of government per family
sociation was to secure all the money
»rs are forcing this issue to the mem­
pkg Citrus Granulated
secretary of agriculture, must be from the corp« ration, “the Farmers was' six times the average family
possible for each member on their
bers for, if they could influence a
Soap, one pkg Citrus *
labeled
appropriately.
National
Grain
Corporation
has
wheat and not less.
electric bill. Last year, it was fifteen
large amount of this kind of trading,
placed
itself
in
a
commanding
position
Powder,
the sauce pan
The food and drug administration,
times as much. This means that for
it would naturally increase their
in
both
domes:
:
and
world
markets.
U.
S.
department
of
agriculture,
un­
alone is worth $1.00,
each dollar the householder pays for
N'ortk Pacific Grain Growers. Inc., hopes of disrupting our organisation,
Spokane. Wash., July 19, 1930, the .n offering large quantities of grain der which the amendment will be en­ During July it has handled, through electric service, ho is compelled to
special
deal p rice. . . . 95c
following to all local managers, di­ to exporters and millers for export forced, is already at work formulat­ its stockholders, at least 33^P^r cent pay $15 in taxes for cost of govern­
Watch
our Hand Bills for
»hipment, it stands to reason that our ing the standards which will later be of the total receipts of wheat at Kan- ment. Related to other costs of liv­
rectors, and stock holders :
Saturday
and Monday
City, lío ., the southwest’s leading ing, electricity is the only one that is
Sherman Cooperative Gr?jn -Grow­ bargaining power is much greater issued by the secretary. The fol­
grain
market.
At
the
same
time
it
lowing letter by W. G. Campbell,
less than 1913. The electric dollar is
ers, B. H. Grady, Wasco, Oregon:— than that of the individual member.
has established working contracts with only one per cent in the average an­
chief
of
the
administration,
has
been
From
the
exporters*
and
millers’
It is rumored by the grain trade
buyers in the United Kingdom, Bel nual domestic expense, and electrici­
tandpoint, the element of specula issued to the canning trade:
and it is the understanding oi sv?
gium,
Holland, Germany, France, ty is one fourth as costly as it was in
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“To whom it may concern: The
members, that if a member paid % < \ -•n and risk in making their pur-
Switzerland,
Italy and her islands in 1913.
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congress
of
the
United
States
has
per bushel to his local organisation, bases is eliminated, and they ara able
the Mediterranean, Greece, Denmark,
he would be allowed to market hia to offer wheat or flour for aala In as passed and the présidant has approv­ Norway and Sweden. It ia prepared
E n e m y o f P la n t Lice
much as cargo lott for spaciflad Alp- ed an act commonly known as the
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grain wherever he pleased.
to do business in Spain, Portugal, Fin-
Of
the
wasps
there
are
some
who
’Cannera'
Bill’
designed
to
amend
the
menta.
The
result
is
that
our
organi­
There la no foundation to such a
federal food and drugs a ct of June I
Turkey, Syria, Palestine and pack away moths, some who use flies,
rumor and H will not be possible for sation will ha able to obtain a better
Egypt
at the moment a demand ap­ some who capture leaf hoppers and
any member to market hia grain in price than it would ba possible for 30, 1006, by. authorizing the secre­ pears from those countries for United some who hunt aphids, says Nature
iracb a manner. When a grower individual growers to obtain, where tary- of agriculture to determine, States wheat. Our Pacific Coast Magazine. The aphid hunters are the
signs the Marketing Agreement, his they are offering their grain in edm- establish and promulgate from time to branch is in daily touch with the most numerous. They are the Pem-
phredon wasps, assiduous collectors of
acceptance of that agreement consti­ petition with another. It remains time a reasonable standard of quali­ Orient and its markets.
plant lice.
tutes a sale of all hia wheat to this then, that if these same exporters ty .condition,and fill of containers for
“Important
as
these
developments
each
generic
class
of
canned
food
ex­
and
millers
turn
to
the
individual
organisation, except that portion
are, signifying the extent to which
which is retained or sold to other grower and offer higher prices than cept meat and meat, food products this farmer«* organization has devel­ Read the Observer for county news.
growers for seed and feed. The our Local organization are bidding, and canned milk. It also authorizes oped in so short a time, of equal in­
Marketing Agreement, as interpreted, that they are doing everything in the secretary to prescribe a form of terest, perhaps, to the American
their power to ridicule the efficacy statement which must appear
is very clear on that point.
plain and conspicuous manner on each grain producer, is the fact that his
W A N T AD S
If a member does obtain a higher of this organization.
own organization now is prepared to
We trust we have made ourselves package or label of canned food acquire grain at the point of origin
market than his organisation is able
which falls below the standard pro
to meet, it is possible for him to take clear in this explanation and we
mulgated by him and which will in­ or production and to sell it in any RELIABLE MAN WANTED to run
would
thank
you
to
pass
this
informa
advantage of that market, but the
McNess Business in Sherman
dicate that such canned food falls foreign country withdut the inter­
following course must he adopted. tion along.
County.
Wonderful opportunity.
vention
of
a
single
agency
other
than
below such standard.”
Very truly yours,
The member will advise the Local
his own. Indicating the scope and Make $8 to $15 daily. No exper­
The housewife will have a choice and completeness of the organization, ience or capital needed. Write today.
of the hid which he has obtained. The North Pacific Grain Growers, Inc.
a t ! in T he M oro
A.
Eugene
Kelly,
General
Manager.
of
two classes of canned foods under the record shows that in one day re­ Furst & Thomas, Dept. F, 426 Third
* Local will advise the Regior.al of
the amendment to the federal food cently grain was sold to eight dif­ St., Oakland, Calif.
such bids, and the Regional will ad­
O bserver will reach more
and drugs act enacted by congress ferent foreign ports, the co-operative
vise the National. If the price can­
—AND SELDOM PAID
and just signed by the president. chartering its own freight, both par­ WE PAY parcel post one way on all
not be met and the Regional considers
County than
p e t i ! ile in
shoe repairing. Good quality work
The Canton (Ohio) Daily News, The value of this law to the house­
such market a good sale, they will
cels and full cargoes.
give permission to the Local to make which got the Pulitzer prize in 1927 wife will be the assurance that the
m edium available.
“For its domestic business the cor­ nnd leather. Joe Amore, The Dalles,
)Y a n v o in c r
next door Pacific Power & Light Co.,
for
its
editorial
anti-crime
campaign
canned
food
she
purchases
meet
a
the sale. Understood, in order to
poration’s development has been no
opposite City Hall, The Dalles.
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make a sale of this nature, after con- in the course of which its editor was defintie standard established by
less rapid and thorough. Division
, sent of the Regional, the member shot and killed, passed out of exis­ government agency, Mr. Campbell agencies are operating in the Pacific WE CAN fit all kinds of people. Any
A U , THE TIME;
must deal with the Local, and the tence the other day. Virtue is still points out. The amendment’Will not area, the spring wheat region, the
size or weight. Crippled or de­
Wern mark’s Shoe
Local will in turn sell the wheat to in some cases the sole reward of constitute a bar to the manufacture southwest the southeast and the north­ formed feet.
For
The Countv News
the party making the bid. In no in­ virtue.—Jake" Falstaff in “Pippins and sale of wholesome canned foods east, with important branch offices Store, The Dalles.
stance will the member be allowed to and Cheese” in the New York World of a quality lower than the standard, functioning at many points in con­
but such products must be labeled nection with these regional divisions.
informatively so that if the house­ Considerable storage space has been
wife wishes a less expensive canned acquired through purchase or lease,
product she will be able to buy it while both eemmercial and federal
VAN CAMPS BEANS
No 2% tins
with
full knowledge of its character— funds have made it possible for the
Medium Size Can . .. .
Two caps for
presumably at a lower price— and Farmers National Grain Corporation
SAUERKRAUT
-with full assurance that it is a whole and for its co-operative stockholders,
ECONOMY JAR CAPS
Per dozen ........... '..........
some product and neither adulterated effectively to handle and market, the
PEETS GRANULATED SOAP
nor misbranded.
□ne
large'pkg
and
one
9-oz
FREE
TREASURE COFFEE
grain delivered to them by co-oper­
Sample pkg
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Doable sealed, Cello-
ative producers.
The two for . .................. a v v
phone wraped, per lb .
The year has seen the closer
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Prices
A
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—
cementing of co-operative relation­
Unable
to
Meet
thein.
Obligations,
Creditors
Have
Forced the Assignment
ships than would have been regarded
and
Transferred
the
Store
into
a
drastic
The onntinued hot weather that as possible twelve months ago, with
has been reported from eastern states costly competition among end be­
in practically al, sections from the tween co-operattves a thing of the
Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic past and actual centralization of
coast has brought a turn this week sales a current fact. All this means
in the low price quoted for wheat.
that the profits of handling and dis­
The lowest price at Chicago this tribution between the farm and the
season was 8 3 % .cents per bushel, consuming rnaiket, which heretofore
the lowest in 16 years. The close of have gone into other hands, in the
Of Casteel & Stanley’s Complete Stock of Men’s Women’s and Children’s
the same market on Wednesday was future will return to the co-operative
Clothing,
Shoes, Hats, Caps, Dry Goods, Ranges, Hardware, Harness, Paints
with a gain of 12 cents above the producer as a part of the value of
Rifles,
Sporting
Goods, Kitchen Utensils, Toys, School .Supplies, The Ad­
extreme low. The Wednesday mark­ his grain.
justment
Bureau
Turning Over Everything to Messrs. Weiner & Bromberg
et at Chicago was a near panic, with
“All this has been accomplished, of
At
traders shouting themselves hoarse course, through the active support
To Be Sold Without Reserve
for wheat to buy. There is no doubt of the thousands of individual pro­
that a large and serious damage has ducers who have aligned themselves,
been done wheat and corn crops by recently or ov< r a period of years,
the hot weather conditions, but just with the oo-op» rative movement. This
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how serious this may result in cutting generous support has come, too, in
down the previous hugh surplus that the face of th< stiffest sort of oppo­
has affected prices is yet to be de sition from organized grain dealers
termined. Prices at the present time and certain cot mercial organizations
are baaed on a possible shortage that indicating that farmers everywhere
will permanently affect the market realize that those who are subscribing
SENSATIONAL DAILY SPECIALS
price of wheat and corn-
large sum^ of money to oppose farmer
The local wheat price at Moro has organizations are engaged in their
Special Monday, August 11th
advanced nine cents a bushel for the campaign chiefly to protect their own
Regular 50c OIL CANS . . JOc
,hort week closing Wednesday after interests, rather than, as they pro­
To
the first customers to make a pur­
fess,
the
Interest»
of
the
farmer.
noon. This advance may continue if
chase of $2 or more we will sell
“At the age of one year the Farm­
the damage reports prove increasingly
regular one-gallon galvanized
true. Or, the price may make a sud­ ers National (¡rain Corporation— as
oil can for the small sum of . . .
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den drop if buyers should decide that well as the producers who have made*
Special Tuesday, August 12th
the world condition of crop price has it possible— feels that a long step has
been taken toward the solution of
not been materially altered.
CHILDREN’S HATS Regular
There is one other factor to be con­ major grain marketing problems aqd
to $1.50...............................25c
sidered in the present crop price con- that the machinery now set up and
To the first adult customers to make a
Your electric service branches out into all
dition. If the damage to wheat and functioning along sound lines will
purchase of $2 or more Tuesday we
directions. A fine balance must be main­
corn
crops
in
the
United
States
siiould
I'contlnue
to
develop
to
the
point
where
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will sell your choice of a large group
tained to assure that you and your neighbor
he sufficient to eliminate the usual the farmers’ position is so strength
of children’s hats for the little QC/a
export
amount to any material extent, ened as to enable them, through close
enjoy its countless , advantages equally.
the tafjff charge of 40 cents a bushel organization to bring about such
Truly the democracy of electricity typifies
Special Wednesday, August 13
Saturday, the Opening Day
for imported wheat will automatically other economic changes as may be
this great nation. Like freedom of oppor­
of Sale— To induce early
50c Enameled Dippers . . . 10c
operate to increase the preseat wheat necessary to place agriculture on an
shopping we will sell an ex­
tunity, it is equally available to all, ready
To the first purchasers of $2 or more
equality with industry. No faryner
price.
cellent House Broom to the
we will sell a regular 50c large eqameled
to be used as each family or individual
asks more than that.”
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first 0 custom ers making
Dipper or Sauce Pan for the 4 A /»
a purchase of $2 or more for. the small 1 0 c
wishes to ure it !
small sum o f ............. ................... J I W
European astrologlst says that the
sum of only
world will come to an end next Sep­
Of every dollar spent by the tour­
Special Thursday, August 14th
tember. That will save us from wor­
COM E EA RLY !
Your every waking and sleeping hour is in­
ists
of the country, 26 cents goes
rying about our Christmas shopping,
Reerular $1.50 Girls’ Coveralls
directly
to
the
merchants,
according
fluenced directly or indirectly by electricity.
"anyhow.
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to the Oregon State Motor Associa­
Nothing has done so much to bring it about
To
the first adult customers to make a
Innocent query: What ever becuuie tion. The association base the state­
as its low cost. - Efficient engineers strive
purchase of $2 or more Thursday we
Winchester Rifles at Cost
of the old-fashioned complaint against ment on an analysis of tourist ex­
will sell a pair of girls’ khaki O f f /»
at all times to make that cost to vou even
the Federal Reserve board for trying penditures made by the research de­
Coveralls f o r .................. T------
Model 54 Winchester Bolt Ac- C 9 C
lower—with higher standards of sendee,
to curb the erase for stock market partment of the American Automobile
tion Rifle, 32-caliber, on sale at V v tJ
speculation!
if that be possible.
Special Friday; August 15th
Association. Thia means that of the
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Two Remingtón 35-calibcr Pump Action
$4,000,000,000 expended by the
Regular $1.50 Set of Five
A Connecticut hitch-hiker
php
Rifles to close out at
CQff
nation's
motor
tourists
caravan
each
MIXING B O W L S ............ 25c
crawled out of an automobile wreck
each ....... ............................... .
The first customers making a purchase
with a broken thumb Is about as bad­ year, more than $1,000,000,000 goes
pf $2 or oyer Friday will be entitled
ly off a« *4 mammy singer with a into the tills of merchants and shop­
to a set of 5 blue mixing bowl>
keepers and affords striking proof
rheumatic knee.
WEINER & BROMBERG, Liquidators,
for the small sum of o n ly ...........
of the beneficial effect of . travel on
Closing O ut. Fofever
“Over the radio came this beautiful the economic life pf the nation.
SpeciafSaturday, August 16,
thought: ‘What you wish for. w ork While the merchants come first in the
BROOMS AGAIN FOR .. 10c
f o r .A t la n t a Constitution. 8ft|»|Nw« list bf beneficiuries, the restaurants
For those who are unable to attend the
a person wishes for nice weather, how and hotels secure a very substantial
big opening days of the sale we will
Is he going to work for It?
share, though by no means the lion’s
agdin sell a regular 75c House Broom
to the .first customers in the 1 f t / »
If the new “radio university* has a share as has been generally assumed.
Wasco, Ore.
Look for Signs at Main St.
store for only .. ............................ * Vw
football *>eam. perhaps the boys on the
squad will tell the students In the an­
Reading of advertising is worth
nouncing course that every play
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through the line Isq’t “off tackle.**
Walter A. May & Son
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Moro, Oregon
General Warehouse Business
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Grain
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-- Feed -- Flour
Wood ‘ -
Coal
A “ W AIST”
Sherman
READ THE OBSERVER
25c
24c
10c
Casteel & Stanley Fail !
Go to The Wall at Wasco!
45c
WHEATIES, two pkgs for:
25c
RICE KRISP1ES, two pkgs for , .25c
SHREDDED WHEAT, two pkgs 25c
PEP, two pkgs for . .......... ......... 25C
OR ANY TWO of the above,
two pkgs for .................... • 25c
M ORO C A SH G R O C E R Y
$25,000 Liquidation Starts
Aug. 9th, at 9 a. m.
Engineering Efficiency
m akes
10c
Electricity Economical
Grand
, Opening Day
SPECIAL
House
Regular 75c
Pacific Pow er &
Light Company
Casteel & Stanley
“ Always at Your Service”
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