Sl'iltNViFlKLD NEWsJ"
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
pin anyone down nnd got cars.
Wo are preparing to log extens
ively and manufacture lumber
In the coming year, for every
thing looks favorable except the
car situation and that's bad."
BANKjNG BOOSTING AGRI
CULTURE. Published Every Thursday at Springfield. Lant County, Oregon by
TYLER & PRECLANO
Samuel H TyUr H. B. Jlad
Entered at tb Pott office at Springfield. Oregon, a Secoadclasa Matter,
February U, 10J. ,
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TO OUR READERS.
Beginning with the first issue
in the new year. The News will
be dated Thursdays and will ap
l?ar Thursday afternoons. The
change from Friday to Thurs
day is made for several reasons,
one being that we believe we
an give better service, both to
the people of Springfield and to
our patrons living on the rural
routes, as they will hereafter
receive their paper pn Friday
morning instead of Saturday.
Hence they will have use of the
advertising and other informa
tion contained in The News be
fore they come to town on their
Saturday errands.
At this time we also wish to
invite the people of this com
munity to use our columns for
the purpose of expressing their
opinions on topics of the day.
marketing conditions, industrial
affairs of the community, bet
terment of home life, or upon
any subject they desire. We
want to know if the farmers
here are satisfied with their
markets for their various pro
ducts. Do you want a better
market for your small fruits?
Do you want a dehydrating
plant or a cannery? Can you
sell all the vegetables you now
raise, or could raise, at a fair
nrnfit to yourself? What would
help the merchants of the city
most?
Are you in favor of good
roads? What is vour opinion
on the bonding auestion? These
subjects should be discussed bv
the people and The News will
be glad to publish such letters.
We also want from the grow
ers facts relating to their crops.
We want to know the yield per
acre of any crops they may
have produced in the past, in
order that we may show to oth
ers that the farminsr country
surrounding Sprinpfield is the
emial of any to be found in the
state or the United States. So
we uree the farmers and fruit
rrowers to send us their re
ortp relatine to the success
they have had with their crops.
BERRIES COOPERATIVE
INDUSTRIES.
small fruits is a community In
dustry that is upon a sound co
operative basis.
The family that owns a small
tract of land near a cannery
town has a ready income and
sure employment.
Besides caring for their own
crop they are sure of employ
ment ror all their spare time in
other berry patches.
The only danger is from rais
ing poor fruit for lack of proper
cultivation and proper use of
fertilizers.
Crops are Increased enor
mously by high cultivation and
for fertilizers lime and sheep
manure are recommended.
Twenty years experience hi
the Willamette valley in Oregon
and In the Puyallup and Sum
ner district in Washington
proves this to be true.
Poultry and dairy cows can
be handled to advantage in con
nection with small fruit grow
ing as a good combination.
More farmers are recognizing
these facts every year and
many of the farmers in the ter
ritory urrounding Springfield
are growing more berries and
more stock each year.
CANNOT FIX RESPONSIBIL
ITY FOR CAR SHORTAGE.
In many ways banks are help
ing farm development nnd fi
nance farmers who are increas
ing production.
Many western banks publish
monthly bulletins advocating
cooperation nnd community
movements.
The First National bank of
Bend, Ore., issues n monthly
news booklet for the benefit of
the farmers and stockmen of
that section.
In other communities the
bank is helping to better hard
conditions and seems anxious
to make the farmers problems
Its own.
While livestock occupies a
large amount of space In the
bank bulletins. interest Is
shown in a wide diversity of
other topics.
Potato growing, the use of
sunflowers as silage. Informa
tion about cream tests and crit
ical discussions of various kinds
are included.
The most significant thine
about the publications is the ex
treme practical usefulness to
the farmers for whom it Is Intended.
A more practical way of yok
ing bank and farm together for
public service would be hard to
find.
f I! L
JOKE WOULD BE ON
OREGON.
The growing of berries and
"Millions of dollars which
should come to this county will
be lost next year because of the
car shortage and the yellow
pine fellows will get the busi
ness." predicts A. C. Dixon, of
the Booth-Kelly lumber com
pany of Eugene. "The only
thing to prevent us having a
big year in 1K20 will be the ab
sence of cars to move the fin
ished product. The car short
age is the worst we have ever
experienced and there is no re
lief. In the past we could write
letters, take the matter tip with
the railroad officials, with the
state puhHj" service commission
or the interstate commerce
commission; call as witnesses
some big railroad men and have
them photographed by the
newspaper camera men until
they felt ashamed of them
selves, and we'd get some cars
finally. With the government
handling the railroads, the buck
is passed from one person to
another until it is impossible to
The intention of the four and
five per cent interest limitation
measure initiated in Oregon Is
to stipplv farmers, home build
ers and merchants cheaper
money.
Of eours". it could hardly be
expected that outside capital
would come to Oregon for In
vestment if it could get higher
rates of interest elsewhere it
would be loaned elsewhere.
Home r-nnital cnbid ret more
investing in outside securities
paving bitrlier rates of interest.
Of course, savings banks
"oiil not tv"' three and four
nor cent which they now pay to
denositors.
It looks to b'ko a Russian
proposition of Bolshevik oricin
and should be supplemented
with a provision that the state
printer bp set to work grinding
out Russian money.
Greetin
gs
SPRINGFIELD MILL AND
GRAIN COMPANY
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SPRINGFIELD
RATIONAL LABOR AGAINST
WEALTH HATING.
Rational labor should beware
of the wealth hater. He is
prompted in motive and action
bv the sinister desiem of de
structlveness. As his influence
becomes paramount rational
Ism vanishes and labor's pro
gress toward its verv legitimate
oblective Is Impeded. On the
other hand rational employers
Of labor should realize that it Is
silly and perilous to give heed
to him who tags every union
n-orklngman as a radical nnd
Bolshevik, who holds every
union organization to be a cent
er of unwarranted social and
Industrial discontent and lauds
as the sole evidence of Simon-
pure Americanism, all efforts to
crush unionism without reerird
for the worthiness of its alms
or the legitimacy of the
methods by which it seeks to
attain them.
rrt a ...
me ume rjemancis tfiat we
should conserve reasonableness
and common sense, that we
should not lose Right, of the so
cial value of justice and toler
ances. There is danger In the
man, whether of high or low de
gree, who seeks o put the Jabel
of class consciousness upon
American society. Tf we are
"-Ise we will beware of him.
Portland Teleerrnm.
marine upon a basis of healthy
development. British owned
ships are today flooding Amer
ican markets with cheap wool
and cheap copper and cheap
tungsten ore, which we can pro
duce. One of the first steps of the
British government was to es
tablish an European chamber
of commerce at Cologne and
trade with (Jermany.
The first transaction was
fifty million dollars worth of
(lerman manufactures for dis
tribution through British chan
nels of trade.
The national marine league
of 2J8 Pearl street, New York,
estimates we will be compelled
to accept billions of dollars
worth of European manufac
tured goods in payment of for
eign debts to us.
This deluge of foreign trade
which would wipe out steady
employment of American capi
tal and labor at home, can only
be met by plans for extending
American commerce to the
ends of the world.
That can only bo accomplish
ed by taking steps to place our
great new merchant marine
composed of thousands of
'American-built ships on a sound
business and economic footing
to meet foreign demands.
The people of the west are In
tensely Interested In seeing the
American flag floating over
ships plying to the ends of the
world with American manufac
tures and American products oi
the soil.
American mills will close, am
American farm products wil
languish In the home markets
at low prices unless we man
and operate the shipping al
ready built to meet the competi
tion of the world.
But we need a national policy
encouraging to the American
shipowner, to accomplish this
result.
want any leasing bill that will
jeopardize the future supply of
oil for our army and navy.
Denver. Colt).. Mining Record.
It does want a bill, however,
that will permit development of
undeveloped lands on fair terms
for both the government and
producers.
MAY SEND EVE SPECIALIST TO
WESTERN LANE FOR PUPILS
Kffuil will In Hindi- to havn a K'u-(friii-
nic IuIikI go in it) wi'H(rn
iai I nf l,un county to rem on y tint
(It-fi i t in ilm oven of tlu puplU In
th public hi IkkiIm tln-p-, nay MIbk
Mary Urowiu-11. county health nurn.
Minn llrownnll report m iiuiiiv pupil
In lliiil m-ctlon of the county wlfli iln-fi-
ik in vlilon. It would ho too fx-jh-iihIvc
to hrlnit Mi pupil nntwtlnK
iitti-ntinn lo h'tiK-ni for tmatment. no
Mis Itrownfll tlilnkH tho plan of
frinlliiK a doctor lln-ri It thn limit
fi-nllili onr.
Ml hit Ilrowrull Hpi-nt hint work In
I-:ukii r-oiiHiiltliiR tt-athera that wcr
pn--nt t it k iii fc thp pxuiitlnntiona.
A town In JuiIroiI largely by It
liHiikn. Th Klmt National punk of
Springfield Ik onn of thin town'
Kt-fiitPHt aitHftft. Ar you helping to
make It Hlromcer by your patronage?
SHIPPING FOR FARM AND
FACTORY.
WEST WANT6 FAIR LEASING
BILL.
The most Important duty be
fore the American people is the! Uncle
establishment of a merchant reserves and the west does not
The west wants honest legis
lation that will throw open the
undeveloped mineral lands of
west to the developer. It does
not want a bill framed primarily
to enrich any particular crowd
of mining men or oil men. Each
day the west is becoming bet
ter educated as to the real
meaning of the pending legisla
tion In congress. The wrest
wants legislation designed to.
help the entire nation and make
It possible for every citizen, rich
or poor, to secure a share of the
undeveloped riches. Western
men are not trying1 to grab any
of the acreage comprised in
Ham s navai petroleum
OUR WISH
Is a Merry
Christmas
to you
Springfield
Creamery