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About The Central Point American. (Central Point, Or.) 1936-195? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1936)
CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN ---------- PAGE FOUR THl'ItSHAV, DECEMBER |0, CENTRAL POINT, OREGON which is a bl? fly in the ointment— Total industrial earning» for 381 recovery”— that is, it is highly al mary requisite of success in crea -| form enforced traffic code. 10 A «loot a safetv alas* law co- the news is good. ! companies were $978.274.000 as u if leant that all major industr ing a power pool is mutual couf.-l wring all t w c a r s sold For a number of weeks now. prin- against $612.269,000 in the same have improved, none have i0 dence clpal business development has been I period last year— a jump of 60 per ground. In previous periods sin Dr Morgan, according to recent u Establish a drivers' school for j the unparailed distribution of finan- j cent. recovery started, the picture « „ a press dispatches, has been strongly those who wish to improve their clal largesse by corporation large In service industries there was al ways mixed— with at least a few |, Ke-eaublitdiMd. September 13. 1933. opposed to the ideas of the extrem- driving, and small. Wage rates have been so betterment, though in no case did dustriea showing decline» to off* Devoted to the boat inter©«« of ists in the government ownership 12. Do not permit left-hand turns; raised__in some cases to the highest it reach extraordinary percentages. the increases in output and eart Central Point and vicinity. camp who would like to see t e pn jn metropolitan areas. levels levels on on record. record, Bonuses have been One-hundred-fourty-four C l a s s ings of other industries. As Entered as second class matter at rate utilities driven »into acquies- S((me of t|Ma# .uggestlons may announced. Extra dividends have railroads earned $42,000,000 where come to the end of 1936, it is u~ tile yoat office. Central Point, Ore eence by fair means or foul. He is a#em 0( m|nor importance when com- been declared. And a number of cor they had sustained a deficit of $66,- deniable that every branch of \rner gon, under the Act of March 8, 1879. said to favor a reasonable abritra- d wjth other8— but all of them porations whose stockholders have 300,000 in three-quarters of 1935. can industry has made great stride: tion of differences, instead of a use- aj,p essentials of a comprehensive SUB80RLPTION RATEB gone dividendless for years are wel- Fifteen traction companies earned - ------ program to make our streets and coming the renewal of regular pay-, $10,031,000 as against $7,585,000— Six Montba ................................. Jl.tM» less and dangerous wai. This reasonable attitude must ob- h(ghwayg gafer. many gtates ments. Each day sees news of this a gain of 32 per cent. Thirty-one Oie* Yaar ................................... $1.80 tain if the power pool Is to be a sue- traff,c codes are outmoded and ln. Payable in advance kind, and more is expected for the power and light utilities went ahead cess and the rights of Investors tn ! adequate. Little has been done in next few weeks. P A L A C E LUNCH AdvertisLng rates on application 1 8 per cent— $147,944.000 as com- the utilities proteced. Dr. Morgan s marjj|ng danger spots on highways. Office—Recoud Street, off Main The add test for business reco-' pare<* wi,h $136,441,000. recent statement will be appreciated i parg are permitted to operate irre-, .... . .. Grand total for all the businesses are now serving those ARTHUR EDWARD POWELL by .1, fair-minded persona. * ......., tk .tr mechanical c o d .- ’ l u U n T V o J — 571 in number — ber-show ed earnings Editor and Proprietor TIME FOB ACTION “ 0**, Th? > T *'? nU “ a . the surplus tax are greatly res- *1.178,249.000 In the first nine 80arlnn* dealh and " ,jury toU- ponalble for these recent b o o s ts - °» this year as againt $689.- T e x as Tam ales No issue that the next Congress , f <.Very Blate will bring lt8 IawK - answer to this oues-1 995.000 in the "»"'e Period a year will consider will be more import- H,ul highway regulations up to date. industry's earning re- a*°- Gra,,d total Percentage better- ant than the tax Issue. And none a loB, st„p toward curbing «be reck- V T 1 r e c e n t i s s u e B u s l Z men! was thus 71 per cent 23 S. Riverside Medford will affect so overwhelming a pro- ,ega and Incompetent motorist will Week guI)Dlips the answer' As Business Week also points out Week supplies the answer. poratlon of the people. be taken. NOTHING CAN STOP AMERICA This magazine has taken earnings “Consistency has been the jewel of We have achieved a considerable! . .. ________ All indications point to 1937 ah records for the first nine months of 1X>UJÍÜ|M T E A r„ PRODUCER a year of still further progress in the measure of industrial recovery. The 1936 and compared them with the need for «»eh of the relief spend- t «OPERATION rise of the nation out of the depres same period last year— which, It lng of the last few years has been sion. Employment in manufacturing elimated. The time Is here when w-, Course» in cooperative production should be remembered, was in itself industries has risen steadily in the must, as a nation, balance the books. I an,i marketing are taught ln 45 out » good period in the light of the ex- past year and is likely to reach or and return to normal governmental,0» ‘ he 48 state agricultural colleges j perience of 1932, 1933 and .1934. On surpass the 1929 levels in the near fiscal policies. in the United States, according to .this basis, nine leading aircraft ma future— possibly in the coming lt is unquestionably type that the the Dairymen's League News. The | kers made profits of $2,835,000 as month. burden of taxation, plus the fear or number of students in these courses against $504,000— a gain of 462 per General unemployment has fallen cent. Three apparel manufacturers sharply and many economists believe still heavier taxation in the future, this year greatly exceeds all pre- earned $1,855,000 as against $ 1 ,- is keeping Industry from making vious enrollment that the census of the unemployed 048,000— up 77 per cent. Automo now being planned by the Depart even faster progress toward complete 1 W. •• Myers, governor of the bile profit» roae 74 per cent— $227,- recovery. An Investor who fears ¡Farm Credit Administration, has ment of Commerce will show two things: First, that those are without that the money he places in an in - j8«ld ‘ hat this Is probably tho most j 679,OyO as compared with $131.- work and are seeking work number dustrial enterprise— where It would I intensive organized effort on behalf 183,000. Chemicals showed a 41 less than 6,000,000; 8econd, that create wealth and jobs and stimulate of agricultural cooperation ever un- P«r cent earning Improvement, and there is already an actual shortage the entire buslneg.* structure— mny dertaken in this or any other nation railway equipment 462 per cent— The courses given in the colleges ¡ $15.597,000 as against $2,777,000. of skilled labor in many trades, in be virtually eaten up by taxation, i* include proper accounting methods. Fourteen merchandising concerns dustries and communities. On this naturally super-cautious. The re did better to the tune of 159 per cent latter point no less an authority than sult Is "tight money" so far as many the history of cooperative market- and 97 per cent improvement was Ing, the study of management pro industries are concerned. Dr. Harold G. Moulton, head of the The first step toward solving our blems, ete. Furthermore, several felt by 23 machinery niakers. Twen- Brookings Institution, has already fiscal problem is to balance the bud- hundred high Bchools have agrictil- i ty-nln© food companies went ahead predicted that we shall have an ac tual shortage of labor within the get. The second step is to begin a tdral classes and courses dealing 21 Per cent, and had earning» of When press of work and lack of time make it inconvenient 1 -*••- **-- *----------------- **— more than $91,000,000 for the 1936 next five years If industrial produc program to systematically , reduce w,‘h the farm cooperatives to call here at the bank, you’ll find our new, improved Bank- period. Steel and iron showed a our public debt. The third step is Out of all this will come a sound- tion recovers to the 1929 limit. by-Mai! plan a great convenience. gain of 264 per cent— $85,145,000 In other words, the emergency to lower the tax load as soon as pos- er> better informed and more pros- Special DeposU-by-Mail Envelopes are provided you for perous farming population. When against $23,424,000. So It went all phases of recovery are past. The sible. the asking. These enable you to make deposits whenever you All three of those steps are neces- ‘he budding farmer completes col- through the industrial field, with myth that we need such panaceas as the smallest margin of betterment choose, as safely as if you came to the bank in person. the 30-hour week, federal fixing of sary—each Is related to the other. | ,e8e and is ready to go to work, he oelng four per cent— liquor and con They constitute the only road to- wil1 have an infinitely greater know- manufacturing wages and hours and Your deposits are credited to your account and thcdeposit- other arbitrary proposals emanating ward sound governmental finance t®d8® °» ‘ he problems that fare agri- fectionery industries— and the lar »lip portion of th» Envelope is immediately returned as your j culture annd their posisble solution gest 462 per cent— aircraft and rail largely from professional labor lead and normal prosperity. receipt. Thus, the bank comes to vou when you can't come way equipment. There were no loss- The duty of Congress is clear and than did his forebears. And he will ers, has been exploded. to the bank. Two classifications— shipping The need of the moment is leader pressing. Most of our Senators and realize that the greatest vehicle of e». Write or call for leaflet ful’; describing our modem time- ship— wise and constructive leader- Representatives have promised tax progress agriculture possesses is aud miscellaneous services — sup planted deficits with profits. laving Hank-by-Mail plan. inent. The responsibility to coope- reduction to the voters ,who elected business-like producer cooperation shlp in business as well as govern- them. The time for conversation GEORGE T. FREY, Manager rate in the complete restoration of has passed— and the time for making t DWIGHT L. HOUGHTON, Asst. Mgr employment and then to help stabi good on promiese has arrived. E X P E R T lize Jobs for the future rests alike WATCH and JEW ELRY TWF.LVK SI GH ESTIONS FOR upon Industry and upon govern o f th o R epairing ment. SAFETY At Depression Prices The ancient truth that "nothing Writing In the Portland Oregon 16 S. Central Medford H eat! Office, P ortland , O regon can stop America "still holds. ian, Ray Conway, Manager of the MEMBBH FEDEHAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION C. E a rl B radfish Oregon State Motor Association, Happening* Tliat Affeot tl»e Diu- STATEMENT INSPIRES gives twelve specific suggestions for ner Pails, Divldcnd Check* and Tax CONFIDENCE reducing accidents that can be easily Hill* of Kvery Individuai. National Grounds for believing that the followed by any commnwealth. with and Interiuitional Probl«*ma fnsepar- proposed Tennessee Valley power the aid of cities and towns. His able froni Locai Welfare. pool may be worked out on a really suggestions are: **% < fair basis are found In a recent state 1. Illuminate main traveled high With politics temporarily out of ment by Arthur Morgan, chairman ways contiguous to cities. the headlines, and with the conven w of the TVA, and a well known en 2. Distinctly mark sections of ing of the next Congress more than a gineer and educator. ■ > *$«** highways where vision is impaired month away, business news is again Dr. Morgan said that private in and passing is dangerous. getting the biggest “play" so far as -*■V: • dustry and capital have a right to 3. Erect markers to show maxi domestic questions are concerned. reasonable returns on the fair value mum speeds allowed in congested And— aside from labor trouble, of used and useful property and areas. should not bp compelled to surrender 4. Erect "Keep to Right" signs on legitimate investment without pro all highways In the state. • per compensation. He said further 5. Make warning signs standard P E R L ’S that determination of rates, values, in size, color and position. distribution areas and other matters Funeral Home 6 Teach highway safety In the Involved in the power pool should be public schools. Established In your community mude by boards satisfactory to the 25 years 7. Enforce laws from viewpoint of Phone 47 41Ì8 W. 6th Nt. utilities ns well as to the govern safety—-not revenue. j M edford . O regon ment. 8. Make statewide inspection of ■Most Important of all. he stated cars compulsory. A this undeniable fact— that the prl- S ' 9. Subject pedestrians to a uni- ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ • • ♦ • ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ • • ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ • ♦ • ♦ ♦ . ♦ ♦ a JK THE CEN TRAL POINT A M E R IC A N EDITORIALS BANK Economic Highlights Medfortl Branch United States National Bank A For the Holiday Season 6 • the finest of Frozen Dainties, Fresh Butter, * • Everything in Cabinet Work | * M / li F ick H ardw are Co. Crosley Radios Spartan Raidos & Refrigerator», A Refrigerators. i A May Tag G rade A Milk or any other Dairy Poducts. WASHING MACHINES Salas A Service ITume $00 1S1 W. Main St. Medford “ / / it's Snider s it's the Best to Buy * Dr. C. W . Lem ery SNIDER’S DAIRY & PRODUCE CO. SHULTiS BRO S. Ileprudnble A u to P ainting fir* Established In 10OH 3 I Be sure and ask for Snider s when you want m ;T R O W B R l D G E C abinet W orks * [•’ V* (Succi-ssor to Dr. J . J . E nunc ns) JIM Medford Uldg. I rartlce limited to eye, car, nose, and throat and fitting of glasses. Tel. A«7 Rea. lOIS Dr. I. H. Gove R e a so n a b le A /’ & ve your wife ard family a practical lasting re membrance If your re membrance is a modern electric refrigerator you are giving your family a lifetime of perfect food preservation assuring the proper storage o f ' perish able fruits meats and v e g e t a b l e s b o u g h t at convenient or bargain' times. You give the end less possibility of turning leftovers into attractive dishes G ve a 'efrigera tor! k D E N flM T R Y H4»DV A FENDER REPAIRING A GLAMS Medford. Oregon 410 220 North Bartlett M e d fo r d H ldg. Medford. Oregon Independent Laundry and Dry Cleaners 172$ North Riverside Avenue LAUNDRY D A IL Y ’S Auto Painting Madford, Oregon SPECIALS DRY CLEANING SPECIALS Lidies Dresses A Coats 76c to $1 25 Gents Overcoat* ...75c to $1 00 Usui. Suita 60c Fants . 4 0 c CASH AND CARRY PRICES» Repairing and ARering Wet Wash ........... Lh. 4c Dry Waib ......... ..Lb. he Rough Dry — ............. Lh. 7c Also Finished Work M e d fo r d 's O ld e st a n d F IN E S T N o w in th e lim e t o 31 MMON1ZE So* B a rtle tt ’ ’A a t t h T « The California Ore»ofl Power Company
