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About The Central Point American. (Central Point, Or.) 1936-195? | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1948)
CDTTRAL POINT AMERICAN, CENTRAL POINT, OREGON THE CENTRAL POINT AMERICAN Re-established. September 1», 1»»» Entered as second claae matter al the poet office. Central Point, Ore gon, ondei' the Act of March 8, 1879 Published weekly at Central Point Jackson County, Oregon and devoted to the best Interests of the city and vicinity. during the first few months of the year, and in the time that has en sued there may have been changes in the desires and the financial positions of many potential buyers. Of perhaps greater moment, even if consumer« are still able and willing to buy as they anticipated months ago, all of the goods are still not avalable. The market for automobiles), for units. The industry can't produce that many this year, and some of it's top men think it will b« late 1950 before SUBSCRIPTION RATE8 It will be possible to walk Into a Six Months ....................... ............... Illi showroom and pick a car of one's One Year —..........-......................... *2 00 choice off the floor. Also, it does not Pa-able in advance look as if new housing construction Advertising rates on application Office—Second Street, off Main will be able to comeanywhere near meeting the demandfor a consider ARTHUR BDWARD POWELL able-time to come. The other durable Editor and Proprietor goods—radios, appliances, etc.—are ingood supply, though it is not always possible to immediately find some particular make and model. Economic Highlights Late in June, th e Federal Reserve Board released its third annual Sur- vey of Consumer Finances, This by a prepared study. which is research University of Michigan center, designed to find out what typical families want to buy, how their finances shape up, what they think of the future, etc. Jt is based on interviews with sevelal thousand "spending units"—a spending unit being defined as a group of people living under one roof whose incomes are pooled. As compared with the previous year, the over-15.000 units showed a heavy increase in projecting purchasing. In the under-12.000 groups, on the other hand, there was a heavy decline. This is the invitable result of the continued rise in prices. All in all, however, the survey supports the widely held opinion that the period of high purchasing power with a nea-peak employment Is here to stay for a while. When people with money are unable to buy new ears, they will buy used ones. If they find new housing scarce or too expensive, they will bolster the old- home market. And many of them say they are prepard to pay still higher prices than obtained now. This and all comparable surveys are nessarlly based on short-term outlook. No one is willing to stick his neck out un what may happen over a period of some years. There has been a steady decline in family savings, most marked inthe middle and low Income groups. Even so, the contry's savings backlog is extremely high, so the drop has’t occasioned too much worry as yet. In any event, buying is naturally conditioned oin piXrehaising power. Here the situation remains bright. The survey found that two-thirds of the spending units still had' a liquid backlog—though it was not so large as in 1947. And there has been a noticeable increase ininstall- The 80th Congress, which has ment purchasing. passed into limbo of history, un One of the most interesting phases less it is called into special session of the survey was consumer opinion before the end of the year, was of what lies ahead, both for them called upon to deal with four major selves and for the nation as a whole. Issues—the labor problem, Individual Twenty-seven per cent expect that taxation, aid to Europe, and our mil their incomes will be larger a year itary defenses. It delt positively with hence, 38 per cent anticipated no them all. through the Taft-Hartley particlar change, and only 10 per cent Act, income tax reduction, ERP, and $13,000,900,<jt00 preparedness look for a drop, with the balance un- the certain . This is somewhat more program. (Most of the other issues optimistic outlook, than was found were deferred, and will again go into in similar surveys sponsorel by the the hopper when the 81st Congress Federal Reserve Board in 1947 and convenes. 1946. Congress also refussed to act on a On the subject of the general out long list of presidential appointments. look. 47 per cent forsee good times, Reason :The Republicans expect to 19 per cent little or no change, and control the goverment next year, and 26 per cent are afraid that bad times they want their own people in the top are coming. This too represents a jobs. According to a Bussiness Week breakdown of the survey, "it con- sumers make good their intentions, 1948 Is going to be even biggei than 1947 In purchasee of houses, auto- mobiles. and other durable goods, Two years of postwar production have made no dent you can see in the backlog of demand." For example —the waiting market for automobiles Is In the »8,000.0901.000 braxfcet; housing expendetures may run as high as »19.000,000.000; consumers who want funlture, washing machines and other durable goods apperantly brighter point of veiw than was found are ready to spend between »3,000,- in the preceding surveys. 000,000 and »4.000,000,000 before The survey takes into account the dawn of 1949. spending units at all the principal Some obvious qualifications must levels. As is to be expecetd, the re enter Into consideration of these actions varied greatly between lower findings. The interviews were taken level and upper level income groups. e Packing e Crating GOING FOR $5.00 each SELEITED STOCK — NO DUDS WEST MAIN STAND. Medford. Oregon MIDll \V STAND, 2 miles north of Medford on lllwaj 99 and REDWOOD POINT STAND. I.ninls Pass LOTS OF PARKING SPACE the show. Valuable prizes are given on the network program including such things as a sixty piece set of Sterling Silver, a Radio Phonograph Combi- nation, fire extinguishers for the en- tire farm, a refrigerator, a milker. and luggage, Even the losers are sure of winning something, because as each loser is eliminated, he receives an award of considerable worth as a consolation prize. The program has a preponderance of fun questions but also includes technical farm question and serious dtecusgi,on questions. Each show starts with four contestants. One contestant is eliminated with each round of questions, leaving only two to fight it out in the last round for the title of ‘‘Champion Farmer of the Week". Thewinner returns the fol lowing week to compete with three farmers from another state. Each panel includes at least one woman. Lewellen, who will select the Jack- MOONEY E. coll. Ill Sil ST. 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Oregon Remember The Isiwrrncc n r. carry a full uni : of LIST TOOT PROPERTY WITS US Then Sturt Pocking! really fine people farmers ar* we . are hopeful, in the helping to bring about » C. understanding between farm anx " group." 4 clt7 CEMENT BLOCK MAKER Make your own blocks I .awn Mowers Sharpened Saws Filed—Tools Sharpened Sickles Ground .All Work Guaranteed! 801 East Main Mudlord EADS W. H. Klatt Chevron Super Service Because so many city people come from the farm, have close ties there or hope sometime to retire to a farm. preliminary test indicate that R.F.D. AMERICA will have not only a large farm listening audience, but also a sizeable city audience. Work on the program started a year and a half ago with farm families of the community as an audience. Since then the program has been tried twice on city audiences with about the same reaction as was accorded it by the farm group. “Our basic purpose with R.F.D. AMERICA," Originator Cowan des cribed the program, “is to show what FOR PROMPT SERVICE RUPP 4 son County Canidates. is himself a farmer. He ha» been farming in Indiana for the last 40 years and had no | prior experience in radio before his affiliation l with R.F.D. AMERICA, He did. however.. work on the audi- tion i programs ofR.F.D. AIMERICA. and has selected practically all of the contestants who have appeared thus far on the farm show, and therefore is thoroughly famliar with the talent needs of the program. In planning a program "of, by and for farmers", Ixtuis G. Cown, the origlnatorj, made a point of avoiding "city bred radio experts” in selecting the staff for the farm show. ST. e Shipping e Storage 14 8. Fir. Medford $6.00 Assortments The three contestants finally select ed from Jackson County either will be invited to be guests of the program for a three-day vist to Chicago, ending with the network broadcast originating from the network's Chi cago studios, or theg will participate on a network broadcast originating in Oregon. On two of the nights they are in Chicago. they will be taken to the theatr and to Matt Schullen's famous restaurant for dinner and Tractors and Farm For Your SEE THESE SPECIAL (Continued from page one) International Trucks « Fireworks Farm Quiz to Be Radio Feature J. JIM thtrabay , . ttlt i . PAGE TWO Dial 2063 130 E. Main WORLD BICYCLES SIMS BROS. Phone 3472 23 N. Fir Street PfRl FUNKAi HOME ESTABLISHED 1908 Phone Dial Medford 2875
