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About The American. (Central Point, Or.) 1928-1936 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1936)
» TH U R SD A Y , A r i l l L » . l » l l s TU« AM ER ICAN . CBN THAI. POINT. O R R « y .. PA G E T W O tical situation so far as major d«re- j points will vary with the candidate. topments are involved. But there If, for instance. Senator Borah were great activity beneath the sur-1 nominated, he would probably lav face, and the political picture for greatest stress on the Constitution, R e-«aU bU ah«4. 8 « p t « o M r 1 « . 1111. 1936 is gradually taking form. while Governor Landon would be ex- b «v n t«4 to the boat ta t«r m u of Main political interest naturally pected to talk most about taxation 'e n t r a i Point and rielaity. focuses on the Republican party— and fiscal policies. But all the planks Entered aa aocead etasa m atter at everyone knows that, barring the will be used. ‘ he -*>«t o ffic e . Contrai Paint, Ora The Democratic campaign must, grim reaper or a grade A miracle, toti, ondar tb « Act o f M arch 8, 1179. / / / w e , 'T o g e t h e r , - v the Democratic candidates for the of course, be based on the Presi / / a r e the p r o d u c e r s » SU BSCRIPTIO N K ATES highest elective positions in the dent's record. It will be held that S ii M onth» ................ ................ .. 1 1 0 0 / } OP THE n a t i o n ' s country will be Franklin Delano he was responsible for the recovery One Year --------------— — ............. 01.10 / V WEALTH - WE M U ST Roosevelt of New York, and John we have achieved— that his mis Payable la ad ran ce /V C O O P C RATE- t o 1 Nance Garner of Texas. And, with takes were inevitable in an emer A dvertisin g ratea on application. y O v r u r n th o se w h e e ls in the Republican party, the battle gency where speed was essential, O fftae— Second Street, o f f Main. lines are firmly fixed. One strong that he has no idea of tampering wing of the party, led by Herbert with the Constitution or the Su ARTHUR ED W ARD PO W ELL Hoover, wants a highly conservative preme Court, that his program, !>y E ditor and P roprietor candidate, such as, for example, Co- and large, has succeeded and earn lorn-] Knox, publisher of the Chicago ed him the right to go back and News. Another strong wing, led finish the job. It is widely believed that the Pre-. by Senator Borah, and generally be lieved to have the support of such sident will stress economy in the A M E R IC A 'S BIGGEST HILL potent figures as Senate Minority campaign—-declare that his vast «*- Talking about the fact that the Leader McNary of Oregon, wants a penditures were unavoidable and United State» government i* bead- liberal candidate. Still another saved us from ruin, that wherever I uk toward a »35,000,000,000 debt In line strong wing wants a middle-of-the- possible he out expense. doesn’t mean much to moat of ua. road candidate, such as Governor with this, he recently appointed a The figure« are too big for u» to Landon of Kansas. At this writing, committee of three experts in public understand. and besides It 1» sort of the best bet for the nomination administration to survey the govern like saying out neighbor is up to hi» would be Governor Landon, and ment and prepare a plan for reor neck In debt. most public polls show that he is ganization and consolidation of bur Rut some comparisons Just devel more popular with the people than oped by tbe United State» News, a other leading Republicans. But it eaus in the interest of economy and lopesl by the United States New», a must not be forgotten that promi efficiency. In his letter to the mem newspaper published In the nation’s months of 19.15, th-- number was es- nent commentators seem to believe bers he intimated that some of the doo PUBLICITY .MEN SPREAD capital, bring the facts home to us timated by the same Bureau to be that neither Senator Borah nor Ex- new agencies he created were justi WPA GOSPEL in an Intelligible way. President Hoover are in favor of 6,840,000. Thus approximately 2,- A new publicity and “ informa- fied by emergney, will be dropped For example, the News shows 000,000 fewer workers were employ- tion" machine employing 300 per-; Landon— and those two men, stand that the 125,000,000 people in the ed by the manufacturers in 1935 sons has been set up by the Works ] ing poles apart in their viewpoints, with the recovery, that others will be nation spend 02,000,000,000 a year than in 1929. having little In common save sin- curtailed in their operations. Progress Administration. for light and power. $6,000,000,- So the political war is getting un “ Two million is not eight or nine The new organization, founded bv | ila|>|H-uliigs That Affect the I>in- cerity, can sway a great number of 000 for clothing, »10,000,000.000 million, however. The sooner we Harry L. Hopkins, head of work re- j ner Fails, Dividend Checks and Tax delegates at the convention. Such derway, even though, theoretically, for rent and »11.500.000.000 for »top making loose general state-1 lief, employs more publicity men Hills o f Every Individual. National commentators are tending toward good. And for taxes, to operate fe ment» about employment and unetn- j than any other government agency ami Intfniatioiial IN-oblcms Insepai- belief that the big figures In the par the opening gun will not be fired un deral. state, and local governments, ployment the sooner we shall arrive j past or present. The nearest ap- able from Ixa-al Welfare. ! ty may offset each other with their til after the conventions. Get your the News finds they spend »12,000,- at practicable solutions of our re- proach to the WPA sot-up was that opposed strength— may indirectly radio in shape— the verbal shrapnel Nothing noteworthy has occured 000,000 making that the nation's malning difficulties. bring about the nomination o f a will fly thick and fast. ; maintained by NRA in its heyday. in business of late— industry is op biggest bill. dark hors«. “ How many Jobs manufacturers j As officials explain the new divi- Going a little further than the can provide depends on many factors j sion, its purpose is not “ propagan- erating on an even keel, and the re That remains to be seen. But this News went, we find some equally outside the control of industrialists, da" hut the dissemination of "ln- covery movement continues slowly. can be said with certainty— no mat And nothing noteworthy has occured surprising facts. For every man, The policy of the government toward formation requested or of Shangle Studios undis- in government— Congress is pur ter who is nominated, he w-ill cam woman, and child in the country, Industry is one Important factor. , puted public Interest." suing Its routine, and no legislative paign on certain planks. Constitu- somebody spends an average of »15 EN pert Photography "It is good politics to talk is j The division Includes sections to I tionallsm will be one of those planks a year for light and power, »40 for though industrial corporations could prepare and distribute motion plc- excitement, aside from the Town Flu»« Portraits a Specialty send Plan and the American Tele — the Republicans will hold that It clothing, »SO for rent and »02 for actually be expected to absorb th'* | tures, to answer telephone inquiries, phone- & Telegraph Co. investiga i is the President's plan to get around M e d fo rd Bld g. food. But the tax cost per person loan of unemployment, because cor- to prepare written statements for tions, Is apt to occur In the near j ¡the Constitution in one way or an Is »96. other, establish what amounts to a Take the average family of four poratlons don't voe. Yet nobody In gather and consolidate "new s" from future. Finally, nothing noteworthy! dictatorship of the Federal bureau has occured in the tense European — father, mother, son. daughter. politics or elsewhere would think of gahir and consolidate “ news" from cracy. Taxes will be another— the P E R L ’ S Each day, that family contributes ■ r : ,o r " a" ,o r PA ,o ... ¿ z - »1.05 in taxes while It spends only Funeral Home more people than he needed to do of Congress and to decide policies policies | It ,. mig*t ai80 be ,, __. . . „ „ pends, and that the country country goes goes to- that noti,ing 11.00 for food. 87 cents for rent and Established In your community his work.” for state V> PA organizations. noteworthy has occured in the poll- j ward bankruptcy. Relief will be an 45 cents for clothing. That, of 23 years other— the Repubicans will claim Phone 47 428 W. Oth 8t. course, Is only an average. The man ¡that Administration relief plans have _________Medford. Oregon who Is unfortunate enough to own been wasteful and socially and eco- his own home or an automobile or nomically menacing, that more dis anything — literally anything, for tre ss could have been alleviated When in Medford everything nowadays bears a tax— By E. F. (Woodie) Woodman 1 with less spending, that the spoils has a much heavier load. Eat at system prevails. Public policy to The figures would be much more ward industry will be another— the astonishing If governments only Republicans will claim that Admi would pay as they go. They are. nistration tax and regulatory poli Instead, borrowing and piling up a cies have barred the way of greater debt that will have to be paid with industrial recovery. And so it will Pin ners taxes In the future. go. The accent laid on these various When that day comes, 35 per cent Freshly Frozen Ice Cream of the national Income will go to governments. Isn’t It about time 119 E Main Phone 998 to call a halt? The American j EDITORIALS Economic Highlights So Help Me, It’s True Vc0tv«— m ore TU B ES M ILK, lir T T K I l A M » ( ’OWN HE GRtAT TPAltf- p a c if ic f l y in g - boat ; CHINA CUPPER- WE-IGHING- riFTYONE THOUSAND POUNDS - IS HELD IN THE-AIR AND TUANS PORTED ONE- MILE- BY ONF- G ALLON (6 AxwosT OF~ gasoline -. S uch QIVE-R, □ 25 GPE-AT FEET WIDE- AND W SSK bFE-E-T DE-tP OEAC h - INC FROM NEW YORK TO THfc PACIFIC COAST- COULD BE1— CRE-ATE-D bY THE- WATER WHICH, IN ONE YEAQ. COMES FROM THE EXHAUST PIPES OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN THE- UNITED STATES fie Home Cooking at Central Point . Reasonable Prices 14 South Centra! Medford Farmer* Attention Second Hand Rebuilt FARM IMPLEMENTS At Bargain Price» Call and see us at :«» s Grape St. Medford OFFICIAL MAGNETO REPAIR SERVICE Genuine New Factory Parts D A W S O N ’S 44 N. Front 8t. Phone 263 Medford. Oregon y*A * “ Friend” SPRAYERS -J stationary ' [/ 1 and Portable Systems. Water Pumping Machinery DIESEL ENGINES-MOTORS E. R. White Medford Flower’* Mattress & Upholstering Shop Mattrewae» Made to Order Sales Engineer ■V W e Specialize Sandy Richardson is THE- STAOTUNG— INFORMATION ISSUED BY TECHNICIANS Of GENERAL PETROLEUM G. J. Morris, Prop. When brought to the shop at the Telephone Office D TH E HOl> t »K K IK It In everyday conversations, w> use the phrase “ hod carrier" to describe a man who does the heavy work In view of the present attitude In some political circles. It's Intereat- Ing to find out who Is the govern ment'» hod carrier. In 1935. the federal government got more than MO per cent of Its tax revenue from business. Consequent ly. since the government must de pend so heavily upon business for revenue It should not do anything that would tend to reduce the capi tal that produces the business. There are suggestions that Imlua- try muat pnt the unemployed to work. Collier's mags line describes a* “ obviously absurd" the argument that industry must provide work for eight or nine millions unemployed “ Industry means manufacturing,” Collier's says. “ During the first ten months of 1920. wage-earner cm- 1pl«vnvt\t In manufacturing Indus- I tries was about 4.039.000 according to figure« of tho Bureau of Labor J Htuei-glnr Turing tb« firxt ttn > Top Notch Eat*. C H E C K E D FREE Figure» recently Issued by the Na tional Dairy Council show- the tre mendous potentialities for expan sion of the dairy industry. It milk consumption Increased to an average of four quarts a day for a family of five— the consumption advocated by dietetic authorities— 65,000,000,000 more pounds of milk would have to be produced annually This In turn would require an In crease of 15,000,000 head of dairy rattle. Other health authorities say there should be a 50 per cent Increase In butter consumption. Should that oc cur, 24,000,000,000 more pounds of milk would be needed, the product of 5,000,000 cows. The dairy cooperatives are work ing continually to educate the public In the wise and adequate use of milk products. That work I* gradually producing results— and it Is directly In the Interest of both consumer and producer. Phone 27 Oregon Phone 348 o f> 409 E. Ma n St. .Medford Baldwin l l Of THE yiAllEST E CARS M i 0 « RATEO ON THE HIGHWAYS OF Piano Shoppe 9 *v ♦'**< All work guaranteed BARGAINS IN USED PIANOS 123 \V. Malti Medford THE- WEST-WHEELBASE GO "A HE S HEIGHT «N INCHES-IS OWNED BY \'P BRUCE. GENERAL STATION OPERATOR IT GOES lOOMlltS ON A GAI LON Of" nOBILGAS ANO MAAES C5 MILES AN HOUR Dr. I. H. Gove D E N TISTR Y 4 1 » M edford BKlg M edford. O regon n . t s t h b o u g h T se - a i r or ease -, w it h ooa-s O B tG O N M t e -T . 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