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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1915)
Announcem( ,', T M ,ff MM I RATE INCREASE .. mm FARMERS UNION OFflCIALO THINK RAILROADS ARE EN TITLED TO MOnE REVENUE. v JUST ARRIVED A complete line of Cope- Iland & Ryder Shoes for particular men anu women I 1 HAMPTON'S Products of Plow and Farmer W.h Uvea at Home Should , Do Exempt Frpm Increato, , The .College Movement An Important division of the temperance army and one which is rapidly increasing in numbers andefficiency is the Intercol legiatAProhibition Association. 'The national convention -of this body, held yrecently iin Topeka, Kansas, is characterized as the greatest national student gath ering of a civic character ever assembled in America. The key note of the convention program was "The challenge of the anti li.QUor 'movement to the present student generation," and its slo gan, "We'll see this thing iels' dry order," "a funeral trip." On the other hand, if they go everland there are whole states states longest east and west where grape juice will be the strongest drink obtainable. Whether by land or by sea, "It's a dry, dry way to San Fran cisco," wails the drinker. And it is fact getting dryer. Only the other day came the news that the Pennsylvania railroad had abolished liquor from all its din ing cars west of Pittsburg. It has also announced that It will not renew the license for the bar in the Broad Street station at through." A nation-wide cam-(Philadelphia and that although paign was initiated, the aim of , its license to sell liquor in the which is to enlist college men 'New York terminal will not ex andwomen for active service in plre until September, the bar will the fight now being waged for be closed at once. This will national prohibition. Dozens of leave the Pennsylvania system college and university presidents east of Pittsburg without a bar and ,many well known political leaders sent greetings to the convention, Secretary of State Bryan's -being in the form of a two-page hand-written letter. In any of Its stations or res taurants and without the sale of liquor in any of its dining cars. Significant Figures From the last United States Dry Transportation. 'census we learn that the wet A California congressman is state of Nevada had, in 1910, 353 troubled over the prospect con- prisoners for every 100,000 of fronting the congressional party her. population, while her dry "which is to attend the" Panama- neighbor North Dakota, had G3. Pacific Exposition. He says that Nevada had 194 paupers for if 'the Navy department has con- every 100,000 population North (xpl of the ships which carry the Dakota, 14. Nevada had 282 in IiBtinguished company, it will , sane people for every 100,000, i be, byToason of Secretary Dan- North Dakota. 108. Two World Expo Now Open if ions Reduced fare rbund trip tickets, permitting stop overs at all points in either direction, to the Pan arna Pacific International Exposition, San Fran cisco, and to the Panama California Exposition, San Diego, on sale every day to November 30 53 Via the Scenic Shasta Route THREE FINE TRAINS DAILY Limited San Francisco Express California Express 1 Stop-overs on One Way Tickets Ten day s stop-over will be allowed at aan Fran cisco and Los Angeles on one way tickets sold to Eastern Cities when routed via the Southern Pacific. I California and It's Two World Expositions A new boofclot describing the trip from Portland to Ban Diego Including the two expositions, the scenic beauties of Oregon, the Siskiyous and Shasta Mountains, San Francisco, tho beach and outing resorts of California, tho San Joaquin Valley and Yosemlto National Park. Free on application to nearest Agent. SOUTHERN PACIFIC - John M. Scott, General Passenger Agont, Portland, Oregon. By Peter Radford. Lcturr National turipcM' Unloa. Tho rocrat action of tho Interstate Ccinruorco Commission In granting an lncrcaso In freight rates in tho oastorn classification of territory; tho applica tion Of tho ronds to state and,iutor stnto commissions for nn lncrcaso In rates, and tho utterances of President Wilson on tho subject bring the farm ers.ot this nation face to fn.ee with the problozn of nn lncrcaso In freight rates. It Is tho policy of tho Fnrmors' Union to meet tho Issues affecting tho welfuro of the farmers squarely and we will do so In this Instance. The transportation facilities of the United Stntcs ura liuwlonuata to of fectlvely meet tho demands of com merce and particularly In tho South and West additional railway mllcaga Is nooded to nccommoda'to tho move ment of farm products. If In tho wis dom of our Ilallroad Commissions an lncrcaso in freight rates Is necessary to bring about an Improvement In our transportation serrico. and nn exten sion of our mileage, then nn Increase should bo granted, and tho farmer Is willing to share such proportion of the lncrcaso as justly bolpngs to htm, but wo havo somo suggestions to make1 03 to tho manner In which this in crease shall bo levied. Rates Follow Lines of Least Resistance. Tho freight rates of tho nation bavo been built up along lines of least re siatnnco. Tho merchant, tho. 'manu facturer, tho miner, tho miller, tho lumberman and tho cattleman bavo had their t radio bureaus thoroughly organized and In many instances they havo pursued the railroad wUiout mercy and with tho power of organ, ized tonnago thojr bavo hammered tho life out of tho rates and with un re strained greed they, haVd eaton tho vitals out of our transportation system and slcco we have had railroad com missions, these interests, with. -.skill and cunning, are represented at every hearing In which their bnslness Is Involved. Tho farmer Is seldom represented at rate hearings, sb his organizations havo never bad the finances' toera ploy counsel to develop his (Bide of the case and, as a result, tho projects of the plow bear an unequal burden of the freight expense. A glance at tho freight tariffs abundantly proves this assertion. Cotton, the leading agricultural product of tho Sout6, al ready bears the highest freight rate of any necessary commodity In 'com merce, and tho rato on agricultural products -as a whole Ib out of pro portion with that of- the, products of the factory ami tho mine. Wo offer no' schedulo of rates, but hope the commission will be able t give tho railroad auch an Increase In rates as Is necessary without levying a further toll upon tho prodaatst of the plow. Tho Instance seemMf? pre sent an opportunity to the Kuijroad Commissions to equalize the rates aa between agricultural and other classes of freight without disturbing the rates on staple farm products. What Is a Fair Rats7 Wo do not know what constitutes a, basls for rato making and have rievor heard of anyono who did' -claim 'to know much nbout it, but If the pros perity of the farm la "a factor to bo considered and the railroad1 commis sion concludes that an laarcoKe n rates Is necessary, wo would prefer that It come to us through articles of consumption on their journey from tho factory to tho farm. "Wo would, for oxaraple, prefer that tho rato on nogs remain ns at preeeut and tho rato on meat bear tho Increase, for any farmer can thon avoid the burdon by raising his own meat, and a farm er who will not try to raise his own , meat ought to bo penalized. We think tho rato on coal and brick, can much better bear an lncrcaso than.; tho rato on cotton and flour. rVof would prefer that tho rato on plows remain tho sawio, and machinery, pianos and such articles as the poor or farmer cannot hopo to possess bear tho burdon of increase. The lncrcaso In rates should boso' arranged tha,t the farmer who lives at homo will bear no part of the bur den, but lot the farmor who boards In other states and countries and who feeds his stock In foreign lands, -pay tho prlco of his folly, - ('. NO SHORTAGE OF N 4 FOODSTUFFS LIKELY; i ' The department issued ' the, following statement on Febru ary 17: ''. The 1914 wheat crop of tho United States was estimated to Do 891,000,000 bushels. Tho es-r tlmated surplus carried 'ovoV from the 1913 crop was about 76,000,000 bushels. There was., therefore, a total available Hupr ply of 907,000,000 bushels" 'As the normal annual per capita consumption of wheat In the United States la about G.3 bushels; . 020,000.000 . bushels should moot our liornml domen-. tlo requirements for food; In ntw dltlon, 90,000.000 bushels tiro re quired annually for seeding.. Blx hundred and ten mlllon uushqls, therefore, should supply tho. iior- nmi demesne tiemanu. ,xiiis would leave i surplus of 357, 000,000 buahela. Of this sur plus, about 210,000,000 bushels were exported by January 30. This loft 1.17.000,000 bushels, or 40,000,000 bushels moro than our avorugo mutual export for tho past uvo years, for export between February 1 and tho ap pearance of tho now crop, or for carrying over Into tho next crop year. Tho amount Is sufllcient to permit tho export of nearly 1,- 000. 000 bushels a day Until July 1, before which tlmo tho now crop will begin to bo available This is about tho average of recent exportation. Tho largo domand for our wheat arises from tho fact that thoro was an estimated world's shortago of over 400,000,000 bushels outside, of tho United States, from the fact that tho Russian exportablo surplus of 100,000.000 bushels Is not avail able generally, ami front tho fact that tho heiiigoreut nations are eager to secure toott supplies, n it were not for. these things, wo should bo discussing ways and means of disposing of our tre mendous surplus of food pro ducts. As bus been stated, tho now American crop will begin to ap pear before July. Tho Argentine crop is now coming on tho mar ket. It Is estimated that from that sourco there will bo avail able 100,000,000 bushels. A sur plus of 7C.000.000 bushels or more from India will bo available in May and June. Tho lncrcaso i in the fall-sown wheat acreage of the United States In 1914 was 11.1 per cent, or over 4,000,000 acres; in tho Northern Hemis phere generally the acreage of winter wheat shows an lncrcaso of from 3 to 33 per cent, as fol lows: Per Cent Dermark 3 Italy 5 Switzerland 10 United Kingdom 10 United States 11 India 22 Canada 33 But suppose a shortage in wheat should develop In the next three months, what would be the situation? There Is a great surplus In other food crops In the United States, a number of which can be used as substi tutes. Wheat does not consti tute more than 12 per cent of the normal diet, ubout the same as poultry and eggs. Meat and dairy produces constitute 48 per cent; vegetables, 11 per cent; fruits, nuts, sugar, flsh, and other Items the remaining 19 per cent. There are larger supplies of corn and other grains, meat animals, dairy products, pota toes, and fruit at the opening of 1915 than for many years. The most important competing pro ducts are corn and potatoes. This is shown by the fact that while the normal consumption of wheat Is 5.3 bushels, in Maine It Is only 4.7 bushels and In Michigan 5. In the wheat-growing states, where wheat is abun dant, such as Minnesota, the av erage is 7.2., whereas In '.the South, where corn is much used, the average is 4 bushels. Nor mally about 3 per cent of tho corn crop Is consumed as food. Of our total crop about 80,000, 000 bushels would be used for STOLE OF LANE COUNTY Can no to the Wonderful , $50,000,000.00 Panama Exposition as our guests. You Can Enter Contest How You Can Win Call at our office and Miss Wing, contest manager, will explain to you the particulars. Contest open to anyone; simply a matter of elevqting, a few minutes a day to win this glorious trip. Write us or phone for particulars. Eugene's Popular Store McMoran & Wasliburne Store 4,?roiiresiIvncs$ Win." i. u DO YOU GET FULL VALUES FOR YOUR MONEY? This is an old-fashioned Grocery Store In regard to expense, with a stock of modern staplo groceries that I am selling as near cost us good groceries can be sold. Get posted on grades and prices. Come and boo. My expenses are small no rent at all. Onco a customer, always a customer. AT LA VERT'S GROCERY Near Lincoln School, on G St., between Sixth and Scvonth B. W. Lavort, Proprietor. food, tho remainder for other purposes. Tho romalnder could bo used for foods and substitutes used for animals. The potato production in tho United States averages 3.8 btiBhels per capita. This year the available supply Is 4.1 bushels. The average prico of meat animals was 7 per cent cheaper In January than a year ago, buttor 2 per cent lower, tho prico of chickens slightly lower, of potatoes. 35 jor cent lower, and of apples It was 37 per cent lower. It would seem that the United StateB Is not likely to bo threat ened with a shortago of food stuffs. Medford fruit and produce as sociation will haul and pack ull products ror members. Legislature created five now judicial districts, costing $10,000 a year each and Governor Withycombo vetoed three. Doubling the coyote bounty Is to solve the unemployed prob lems in Eastern Oregon. U. of O. has put one over O. A. CI It claims 2000 students en rolled in all departments, as against 1524 at Corvallls. What a one-sided affair legis lation would bo by a single house. Evonlng Services 7:30 p. m. Chlldron's mooting at 3 p. m. Midweek prayer' mooting on Thursday at 7:30 p. m. A cordial Invitation is extend ed to all. F. W. OLIVER. Pastor. Church of Christ. Bible School, 9:45 a.,m., cotn munfon and sermon at il a..m., Christian Endeavor at' 6:30"p. m., song sor'vlco and .sermonat 7:30 p. m., prayer mco.Uhg.riy.ery Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. E. C. WIGMORE, ' Pastor. , Baptist Church. Sunday Sabbath school at 10 a. m.; preaching scrvlco at 11 a. m.;B. Y. P. U. ut 0:30 p. m. Preaching service at 7:30 p, m. Wednesday, Prayer mooting at 7:30 p. m. Thursday, Choir ro- hearsal ut 8 p. in. CHURCH NOTICES Free Mothodist Church. Sabbath School at 10 a. in. Preaching-services at 11 a.m. Mothodist Church. Corner Second and B streets Jniues T. Moore, pastor, pjipne 117-W. For next Sunday:- A. M. Sunday school. 2. P. M. Junior Leaguo-rtMIss Rhodes, Supt. 0:30 Epworth League. Get In early to Insuro a seat. 7:30 Evening Sermon and song service. 7:30 Tuesday Second .Confer ence. ! :30 .Wednesday Ladicsl.Aid. M mmmMk Saves Repair Bills si 1 . GAS ROOM HEATERS aro inoxpenoivo to buycheap to operate. Thpy.aro their cost oyor and over again in tio colds, soro throats and othor ailments they prevent. For Fall and Spring Heating thoy aro ideal. .Useful during tho colder months for auxiliary purposes to help out the regular stovo3 or furnaces to wa'rh rooms quickly in the morning. Seo thorn at the Gas office, 957 Willamette Street, or Foljman-Novvland Co., ,,;625-49 .Willamette Street, Eugene. OREQQN fitd&AEB COMPANY i r if SPRINGFIELQ, OREGON AW .1