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SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Page 2 LIFE’S BYWAYS! Southern Oregon Miner Published Every luvsday mid Friday al Ibi East Mum Street L>, UiuAiUA I COLLN ' I N£\Ere » . M ‘Hi I.IKJ'5 O'MlM £V me j cot - a G hcl . - iv'j a C lean n 'M if AND jfoCKX AiMofr EVERY EVEN I MC NOW: 5“ ince . Entered as secoud-class matter February lo, lt*3o, at the postonici al Asunuid, Oregon, under me act ot March 3. lbiv Editor and Pubiuthei Assis Uu it Edlloi LEONARD N. 1ÍAU* JAKE PIUME HALL, 111ONE AMUXSU UU SuUscripUun Kales, ui Advance. Oue Year.............. »1.00 Six MuuUis.. X m ■■ 1 — ■ — ■■■ ■ — THOSE IHINDEK-GRABBING i’OKTLANP JOI KNALiSlS! Although it can hardly be called treason, the Ore gon Journal's printing of three editorials in two days lauding Ashland certainly is downright plagiarism. Especially since that was to be the topic of one of our editorials today. Perhaps chief blame rests on shoulders oi heads of the Ashland Chamber of Commerce, who promoted such a successful banquet a few days ago that the Portland visitors fled for home and typewriters with nothing but praise on their trigger fingers and com plimentary words on their lips. We might go even further back than the annual dinner and point an accusing finger at Police Chief C. P. Talent and several other prominent Ashland business men, whose constructive thinking and pos itive ambition revived and renewed a decaying chain ber of commerce organization. But, now that the deed has been done, perhaps the Miner should more appropriately accuse not only the Chamber of Commerce members, but also the city council and park commission for the parts they have taken in making the Lithia City such a favorite edi torial topic over the state that this little home pape: can’t even get a word in edgewise. A pleasant day was almost spoiled for the Miner by the Journal’s effusive outpouring on the merits of Ashland until it occurred to us that, after all. we do get to live here. ★ ★ ★ SIXTY-TWO MILLION PROFIT IN 1936! Regardless of the legal interpretation of property rights involved, there are several things to be said on behalf of sit-down strikers who take possession of auto factories in their crusade for recognition of collective bargaining. For one thing, practically all manufacturers of motor cars have sadly misrepresented some facts by deleting from the picture that which is unfavorable to their cause. Without referring to any particular manufacturer by name—it not being the Miner’s purpose to cast aspersions on any one product—we would like to point out a few bits of information the industry's heads have omitted from their public utterances. One manufacturer, whose plant has been shut down by strikes in recent weeks, declared “Under these conditions (granting of union demands) it is impossible for us to make products of (our) quality and (our) price.” A rather bald statement that re veals much when viewed in light of profits made by the same corporation during 1936. We quote from a Detroit newspaper: “As for wage demands and their relation to price, the * * * corporation made $62,110,543 profit in 1936. 77.6 per cent higher than in their previous peak year in 1925. This profit was almost TWO MILLION DOL LARS MORE THAN THE NET VALUATION OF THEIR PLANTS AND PROPERTY AT THE END OF 1936! With profits like these, wage increases (10 cents an hour) can be absorbed without increasing the price of the product—unless the corporation’s policy is completely controlled by greed.” Another corporation suffering from sit-down dis- orders has admitted expenditure of $840,000 in two years for espionage services—for spying on their own workmen so that union organization could be con- trolled by well-aimed discharge of employes. The hiring of detectives to stool-pigeon regular employes is in itself an indictment of the good faith of the industry, and while corporation heads plead for more “honorable” behavior on part of striking employes they might well also wash their own hands of doubtful practices. The wave of sit-down strikes is a national disgrace chiefly because the attitude of big business toward employes has of itself precipitated the demonstra tions. Ability . . . rpOGETHER with being master of every detail of our calling, has been the cornerstone on which we have founded our business. It’« Better to Know Us and Not Need Us Than to Need Us and Not Know Us STOCK & LITWILLER FUNERAL HOME We Nevar Glosa—Phone K OUR BASIC NEEDS fiy LEONARD A. BARRETT One of the lessons we have learned from the recent depression nusiastic determination to let nc xternal condition deteat us Per laps there are ahead i us many ex «eriences in our modern civilization hat will require fortitude of life ■vond that exprvisn in the cov ted wagon period -.ct us briefly recall the three ■ •I tc human meds bread water, ind light If we eliminate single me of these needs, we c All hree are essential to life regard •ss . our social or financial status i i’heic are -iiiiple needa but they are iccessary. and at least two of them i ire given without price We may nave all the water and sunlight we lesire Bread, the statT of life •oust be earned Our failur to ap- preciate basic needs dwarfs our evaluation of possessions that may •ome slowly or rapidly Basic needs lave more to do with courage than ■..th comfort of the individual. A insic need which is the first to be iistributed and the last to be de nied. has a wav of developing like spiritual qualities n the life of one *ho appreciates the basic need Comfort may be gone with the wind. but courage 1» a great rock in a weary land. We plead for a return to a better appraisal and a deeper appreciation >f those things that are basic needs Possessions are perishable, but not so, peacr of mind Tolstoy relates that a wandering minstrel sang in front of a noted hotel in Lucerne Hie people applauded, but met the minstrel s request for simple neces sities with respectful silence Na hire is more generous Shall we be more wise ’ Tue«day, April 6, 1937 J About People You Know! | • I. E Ager of Klamath Falla not no bud, that is, it might be visited with hia family here over worse Hilt what I n the use'' the week end No doubt hut limi ii coinniisnion • Art Gilbert, who bus been work manager form of government 1s Ing in I lunainulr, returned to his much preferable to our present home here Saturday. one. Form does not count for no • Mr. and Mrs Frank Thompson much. Character Is what counts of Portland were week end guests If M inn Ashland had Industrious, at the home of Mi' nini Mrs Sum cooperative characteristics Instead Jordan of |Hilltico-coinpctillvc, many of • F.llls Kusaill, the tilings that hint mid hinder iting with Mi '■ Herb would not t><* ours to suffer We Moore iiinl Mr I I-' E i would be helping each other to Husstll, returned home in j live instead of living off of euch Port land Friday | other. That we need a new M ihm • Visiting here from ITlIluqtllll Ashland cannot lie doubted Hut were Mr and M im I. .1 Medili e. law, what's the use ? who I'.'illcil on relatlvi-H and friend* The people ot Ashland arc fine, Sunday. the climate and scenery uri par • 1 '-ii 1 O'Brien returned front excellence Our administrai! Klamath Falla Saturday where i not no bml but the legal < he h. in been ill lending a Soul hern we cull M inn Ashland I n ii decrepit Pacific company school mid aged spinster that we should • Mi mid 1 Mm Bub I'niHim Will Visitors In I Hiiisinuli' over till lie ashamed of and we should get a lll'W otic Week-end Try again. • 1.1 living WllN Hvgirlfiilly M in W 1. M'll.M I > M called to Oakland by the sudden death of her Non. George King • Mi mil Mra Paul Hau M in Flillia Riggs mid Non Toddy, left tor Roseburg recently Mis Riggs ami son will remain for mi Indefinite vlait with relatives • Bi st made garden tools nt Pell's Cornel • TIStfc) • Mrs Mary Scott uni dnught er. Mrs Geraldine Lusk mid Mi mid Mrs Bud May left foi Indiana Saturday Mm Scott mid M ih Lusk plan to visit there several months • Mi and Mra 1. .1 Orn Klamath F'alls called on friends here Friday. n Mrs Afton Hannah, who i. cently underwent mi operation nt the Medford Community hospital returned to her ‘ home here Sal urday. • Mrs J M Fùisterllng mid Em- croon Easterling were bilxliieNN visitors in Medford Saturday • Mu C F! lIllNChki is expected to return from Payette. Ida to- I day, where she has spent the past I three months visiting relatives • The Mia tea E i rill 1 and Maxine Gearhart .teachers in the Talent I and Grants Pass schools, spent the | week-end in ,* Ashland with their | parents. Mi und Mm Howard | Gearhart • .Miss Nina Owens left for evening after Clark's parents here is that our basic needs are very simple and not difficult to sup ply. A çarefu analysis of our personal budget» may disclose the startling fact that the larger part ot our expenditure» are not for these basic needs but • During a layoff from the Eepee rather for luxu Orville Hall in employed at Schuer- nes, some of man's grocery. which we might • Miao luai II . R om having ipei1 do without very her vacation In Ashland mid How burg, returned to Klamath Pulla profitably. One ot the difficult prob Sunday evening lems which resulted from the last period of prosperity was that we accustomed ourselves to privileges and possessions never before en joyed. When these were denied us we felt that the resulting economic condition was both unreasonable and unjust Of course, many people did suffer unjustly and paid deadly To the Flditor: for the errors of others, but the An article in your Issue of larger group did not want for March 31 from C. I. Home» was basic necessities of life. An interesting question i ansí» Suppose we were left i destitute somewhere beyond the reach of civ ■lization. without possessions, except an ax, a gun, and plenty of ammuni tion. Would we be abli to build an abode from, the uncut trees of the forest and maintain life by The Friendly class of the Chris the use of the gun’ If not. why not’ tian church will hold a covered Our forefathers did What has mod dish dinner at the home of Mm. ern civilization taken from us that T J. O’Harra at 19 Granite street >ur forelathers possessed’’ We are at 7 p. m. Friday, April 9. not arguing fer a .-eturn to the so All class members are urged calleu rugged days of pioneering to attend. prAgram including elec We are simply challenging a self-ex tion of officers and social hour. inclination of our innci rugged re • A business visitor from Hilts >urces o physical strength and en Saturday was FTeddie Lehman. 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