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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
Published Etery Friday at Springf teld. Lao County, Oregon By
MILLER A FREELAND
LTNM W. MILLER - H. B. FREJELAND
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February 24. 1903. .
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FAIR PLAY FOR UTILITIES
Public utllites play a very important
part la community development and
there are foar parties interested In
the development of all public utilities
the owner, the employes, the gov
ernment and the general public.
Unless every public utility can be
put on a basis where it is making pro
fits, it can not keep up Its property
and cannot do the work of extending
its service to meet the growth of the
community. Increased cost ot labor
and materials and war taxes have
crippled them for the reason that they
tare not been able to pass on the In
creased cost to the community as has
"been done by other industries or wage
earners.
We need an investment of $100,
004,000 new capital In public utilities
of the West There Is no such thing
possible aa a prosperous community
served by poorly equtpped and finan
cially broken down public utilities.
When utilities are prospering and ex
tending their service the community
prospers.
Public officials, taxing bodies and
public service commissions should em
ploy only constructive methods to
make utility properties, whether in
public or private ownership, valuable
and profitable and from the standpoin
of the best possible public service
for the community. The policies of
the state and federal banking laws, to
build up and make banking properties
atrong and worthy of public support
and to make banking stock a desirable
investment for the people In the com
icnnity in which the bank is located,
and to make that stock profitable as
aa investment by the citizen, should
be the policy of public service com
missions and of the utility managers
themselves.
THE PAPER SHORTAGE
The Susquehanna. (Pa.) Daily Tran
script believes the newsprint paper
situation would be very materially
relieved if the big papers of the coun
try would cut out some of the foolish
feature stuff.
The Transcript editor says:
"There is a shortage of print paper,
such as newspapers use in publishing
their regular editions. There Is a pos
nihility that many newspapers will
have to suspend publication for want
of newsprint. The price at present Is
as high as during the war, and is in
creasing steadily. It Is indeed pre
carious times for newspapers.
, "The big city papers are in no dan
ger, as they maintain their own paper
mills. Tney use enough paper for
colored supplements and damphool
isbnes every Sunday to supply the
small newspapers with newsprint.
Large editions, Just volume regard
less of quality, seems to be the aim
of some publishers.
"It is these big publications which
waste so much newsprint that are
bowling against the postal zone law.
They want the small papers to help
theot repeat the law which makes it
necessary for them to pay postage
on their inflated publications.
"The newspapers of the country, by
rusting down their publications. Im
proving the quality at the expense of
quantity, can do much toward bring
ing down prices. Let the big papers
chop off the pages now' used in each
ieaue to tell about the heartthrobs
of some hand painted woman, or the
foolishness of some nincompoop, re
ducing the price in proportion, and
they will set a good example for other
lines of endeavor."
taking the ten years preceding the
war we find that the average annual
Increase in consumption. If continued,
will in eight years require every refin
ery lu the I'nlted States to double its
capacity.
"The ten-year pre-war increase oc
curred before the airplane and the
submarine began using large quanti
ties; before conversions from coal to
oil as fuel for ships became frequent,
and while the automobile Industry
was Just getting Into lu stride. In
ensuing years the demand from these
sources for oil will increase tremen
dously. The possibilities in use of oil
as vessel fuel alone can be appreci
ated from the fact that three 6000
ton cargo boats burning oil can do the
work of four same size vessels using
coal, and at less expense per boat."
Is it any wonder that far-seeing
men are striving for a national policy
and legislation encouraging to rather
than discouraging to further develop
ment of our oil lands?
THE FUTURE OF OIL
A nationally prominent oil man
aays: "The fear of a possible over
expansion of the oil industry is not
veil baaed. Last year the U. S. pro
duced 341,000,000 barrels of oil, but
this was 42,000,000 barrels short of
consumption, which had to be import
ed from Mexico.
"Eliminating the war Increase and
PULCHRITUDE AND THE PRESIDENCY
Gen. Pershing's handsome appear
ance on the day of the parade here
was the subject of wide remark and
warm admiration. It was generally
agreed that a more striking figure on
horseback had never been seen in this
town. "Won't that help him if he
runs for the presidency?" was the in
quiry of a looker-on.
Pulchritude has not always helped
presidential candidates. It did noth
ing for Gen. Scott, who was a hand
some man and soldierly figure. It
did nothing for John C. Breckinridge,
who was regarded as the handsomest
public man of his day. Gen. McOlell
an lacked inches, but bis figure was
well knit and he was regarded as
handsome of face. Gen. Hancock was
an extremely handsome man. and sat
on a horse superbly. However, he
lost to a man almost as handsome
as himself. Gen. Garfield had inches
and pose affd' a fine open contensnce.
The case of John C. Breckinridge
recalls the fact that he lost to an ex
tremely homely man. judged by the
standards of physical beauty. Mr.
Lincoln and Mr. Breckinridge were as
the poles apart In the matter of per
sonal appearance. The one was an
ungainly giantspare of frame, long of
arm. and coarse of feature. He walked
awkwardly and said of himself, in bis
quaint way, that he was "a spectacle
on horseback."
The other was almost an Adonis.
Mr. Breckinridge had stature, and
mold of form, and grace of movement
Whereever he was, on the street, in
the Senate or, at an evening function,
In the drawing room, he instantly at
tracted attention. Later, when be be
came an officer In the Confederate
army, he showed to as great advan
tage in a soldier's uniform as he had
done In the dress of of a civilian.
But if Mr. Breckinridge bad the ad
vantage in the matter of pulchritude,
Mr. Lincoln topped him, as he did
every other American of bis genera
tion, in the matter of expression. Mr.
Breckinridge had eloquence. He was
almost as effective on the stump as
Henry Clay. He drew great crowds
to hear him and in every campaign
was in request at home and elsewhere.
But such a gift as marked the con
clusion of the first inaugural, the
whole of the second inaugral, the
Gettysburg oration, and the letter to
the bereaved mother whose five sons
had perished In the armies of the
Union was not his.
We have then the interesting fact
that the homeliest man who ever ran
for the presidency defeated the hand
somest man ever nominated for the
office. Born in the same state Ken
tucky the one the child of extreme
poverty and with no opportunity, the
other the child of wealth and every
opportunity they ran interesting
courses, but the child of poverty, un
aided by anything but his genius, won
the great prize the greatest of all
prizes. Washington Star.
UNREASONABLE DEMANDS
OF COAL MINERS
Washington. Oct. 14 -(Special cor
respondence) .-Senator J. S. Frellng
huysen, of New Jersey, recently
placed in the Congressional Record
the correspondence which shows the
details of the controversy between bi
tuminous conl mine owners and the
mine employees which threatened cur
tailment of bituminous coal produc
tion to such an extent as to bring a
bout a disastrous shortage. The de
mands of the initio workers were thus
sumiuurlied :
"First: That the present wage a
greement between the operators and
the miners, which it waas generally
understood won HI not expire until
April 1. 1920. shall be considered as
null and void after November 1, 1919;
"Second: That hereafter the miners
shall work only five days a week and
only six hours a day;
"Third: Wages shall be Increased
80 per cent:
"Fourth: For overtime there shall
be a 60 per cent additional overtime
compensation, and for ull work on
Sunday and holidays tho extra pay
shall amount to 100 per cent."
Senator Frellnghuyseii .declared
that if the demands should be grunted
it would waki from $2 to $2 50 to the
price on every ton of bituminous coal
marketed, and a billion dollars would
be filched from the pockets of those
who can 111 afford any such tux In
view of the innumerable other de
munds made upon the family purse.
Judge Gary of tho I'nlted States
Steel Corporation gave some Inter
esting figures lu his testimony In-fore
the senate committee tending to show
the efforts made by the company to
Insure the contentment of its em
playees. lie Mated Unit $:t2. 000.000
had been expended In residences for
the men. and houses not yet complet
ed represented $7,000,000 more. On
the rented houses the rent had not
i been Increased siiu e 1914. a fact that
the senators mentally compured with
conditions in Washington ami other
cltiee where extortionate profiteering
In rents had been the practice during
the war. Since 1912 Judge Gary Bald
his concern had paid out $tj"t.7O0.O00
for welfare work, and in the same per
iod had built forty-seven schools and
twenty-three churches. lie contend
ed that the Interest of the employees
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BACK AGAIN
BETTER THAN EVER
Thii time it it made of our best local wheat blended with
an eastern hard wheat which makes a flour hard to beat
For sale in every store in Springfield and at the mill
GIVE IT A TRIAL AT OUR EXPENSE.
EVERY SACK GUARANTEED. YOUR MON- ,
EY BACK IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT
SPRINGFIELD MILL AND
GRAIN COMPANY
in the success of the steel industry
wus shown by the fact that CI. 000 of
them were stock holders.
For Sale Modern house on well-Improved
66 fool lot. Terms: Half cash;
balance in payments to suit. Address
I', t). Box 164. SpriiiKrield. Oregon.
TO THE DAIRYMEN OF
SPRINGFIELD DISTRICT
Have you all the cows you
should keep or have you feed
going to waste? In any event
If you need a few more cows
and conditions Justify the ex-
pense, we will be glad to aid
you financially.
SPRINGFIELD FIRST NA-
TIONAL BANK.
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People of good temper are not al
ways kind people. Morley.
A Beautiful Woman ,
Do you know that a beautiful wom
an always bus a good digestion. If
your digestion Is faulty, eat lightly
of meats, take an occasional dose of
Chamberlain's Tablets to strengthen
tur digestion. Price 25c.
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m-nlor piirtner of Hi nrm of . J. Chanay
'.. lining buoirtra in I hi- city of To-
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Rwnrn In lwfor m anil iut-rtht In
my ira-nr, this 6i ) day of Dtnmlnt,
A. W. OUtAHON.
Notary Public. .
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