riIimSl)AY, JA.NMTAIIV S, 1920.
THE BPMtfOFIHLI) NEWS
Uncle Ted's Ded-Ttme
Stories
JACK'S GRANDPA AND THE
CUMMINS DILL.
Itiith iiihI Jin l( wiili llii'lr mother
ii ii '1 father liml Jiini tit ii ri i fl from
spending ( 'In I m t inn h way out In Hid
riiiinlry wild their only k itndfal her.
Of course, I'iitIm - I wan there loo
iiihI they Inn! ii wondei ful time
"I'wle Ted," spoke up .lark, "what
was ( i in 1 1 1 1 it ho inail about tin- day
you ami Dad writ talking with lilm.
, "We will- I a lit In k uliout tin4 rail
loud ii, Jink and wti.it would be dotin
with tin- 4 ' ii in in i ii h hill to t t u III tlii'in
to their owner. Hut l U re I run tell
ou why your grand. a I t wan no
angry I in ii m t explain a fi-w things
Von will i i iiH iuln-r a Ioiik time iiko
I told you and Itulh ahout the I'lilinli
) 1 a ii wlih h would give tin railroads
to tin- iiH'ii who run tin- trains, nuik
I n K Hi" t j I . of the lulled .Slati-H
av for lln-m Then, not no Ioiik ago
I told you all u I if hi t IhlK ( 'iiiiuiiliis
,MII. named after Senator Albert II
'urn id I ti m of Iowa who Hpi'tit iniiiitliM
liml months t r 1 1 1 K to get ii hill writ
(ti whli h would make It possible to
turn tin- niilroitdH hu k to their own
its and put a Mop to tin- v in tn i'ii t
I Milium.: Ih. -in It l-i hv far tin- best
trill that has been wrltti'ti to take
earn of tlmt situation. Orio pnrt of It,
called the. null strike clause, I a I ho
explained. Thin clause would make It
Impossible for two or more rallroHd
nu n to tilke. that Ih. quit work, with
a view to tying up transportation and
causing ntnrvaltoii and Hiif fi rliiK for
Inck of trul tin with which to carry
food "
"'iin they no that now?" nuked
i Jluth.
"Yen, they ran. There Ih no law
Jo Mop t; hut with this part of the
Cummins hill made a law they could
not And I he Cummins hill furnlnlicH
a mi u li more fair way for the railroad
men to settle till tludr troubles. It
provide for ii 'commit tei of wages
and workiiiK conditions' and three.
'ri'Kloiial boa nl h of adjustment ' l.n-
hor Ih represented on all them! com
mitters n nd the men would have a
much better chance of gelling Justlee
than under the old plan or striking,
not to mention the horrible suffering
n in 1 1 road strike would cause. The
senate talked about tlUs bill from
lleci.mber "nil to December L'Otti
when It was passed by a vote of 4i
to ."10 It passed without any rmjior
tant chaiit'i-s from the way l was
written by Senator ('iimmlim und
those who helped lilm There wan a
big f Ik lit over the atitl strike lause
though. The ml I road men didn't want
that, of course, and nave as their ex
cuse that it would make It Impossible
for men to ijult work. Tbat Is not
true. There is iiolhltiK in the bill to
MILK CONDENSERIES PAY
FARMER HIGH PRICES
Tin inn nu fur lure of condensed milk
In I 'tah Ih confined to but one county
("ache county the Utah Condensed
Milk company operating plants at
Jllchinond, Blyrutn and Hmlthfleld,
and hte Itorden Condensed Milk com
pany operating' u plant at Iigan.
The Importance of thU Industry to
( in lie county und to the c-nitre stale
cannot be overestimated. Krorn a
small beginning It has grown to such
an extent that Its product may be
found In many parts of our country,
and large quantities have hoik: oversea.
The establishment of the condensed
milk Industry in Cache valley has
been the means of placing th dairy
business upon a firm foundation, and
has been the means of making the
dairy farmers of thin valley among
the most prosperoua In the land. The
products are everywhere recognized
to be of good quality and for which
at ail tlnicH there in a ready sale.
Milk for rondenserleM Is purchased
upon a butter fat basis, and the
prices paid average from to 24 cents
higher than the prices paid by cream
eries and cheese factories.
Total output of the condensed in ilk
factories In I'tah In 1917 was 37.80B,.
070 pounds. In 1918 if was M.'.'A.A,
012 pounds.
mif vrslitta of r ba rily iJrlyt and ai-rutim
and tk mult it that vtty imtfr rMil
rttM-ndil urra ought to W ml to oiakt yp fur (he lairr
ru'dtoBi ibvitaDly du to tht war, nd tm pttmrr the rail
r4'ii ( wrvi 4rquaUly tl iTrd Iralftr thruuf bout
h .vuntr. WAl.kKH U. IIIN'KS.
Work more
Produce more
Save more
Hut we can't continue increasing our
production unless we continue increasing
our railroad facilities.
The farms, mines and factories cannot
increase their output beyond the capacity
of the railroads to haul their products.
Railroads are now near the peak of their
carrying capacity.
Without railroad expansion more en
gines, more cars, more tracks, more ter
minals there can be little increase in
production.
But this country of ours is jjoini: to
keep riht on rowin and the railroads
must tfrow with it.
To command in the investment markets
the flow of new capital to expand railroad
facilities and so increase production
there must be public confidence in the
future earning power of railroads.
The nation's business can grow only as
fast as the railroads tfrow.
Jh& advertisement iA published by (be
Shsociathm oft&u'licajj Lcieaili'CJL
Thalr lieiiring information eonerrmng tHr ruilrmul itn
ation mail nht,iin 1,1, riilure by writing tit the Ataocia
lion of liaituay I'.itTUtirrl, 61 BroaJuay. Sew York.
prevent u man from quitting his work
any time and any place he wants, but
It ilfies provide piinlKhmi-Tit, an it
should, for two or more men to Ktrike
and tie up the railroads. Senator
Uoliert M l.n Pollette, of Wisconsin,
spoke against the bill for days and
jlays and again spoke for four hours
.on the day it was passed. He finally
tried to get a bill of his own passed
in pla e of the Cummins bill but it
was defeated by a vote of fi", t() U.
His bill would have kept the ruilroads
under govern men t control for two
more years."
"Is the bill a law now?" asked
Jack.
"No Jack, the bill Is now being
talked over and worked over by a
body of men from both the senate
and the house of representatives, to
adjust the differences between the
CummiiiH bill and the railroad bill
passed by the house called the Ksch
bill. named after Representative
John J. Ksch of Wisconsin. Now, to
answer your first question, Jack, as
to why grandfather was angry, that
day. Your grandfather is a farmer
and like the majority of the farmers
of the country he is against the gov
ernment owning or running the rail
roads. He was Faying that the
fanners have been quoted as being
in favor of government ownership of
the roads, which is not truo and he
fears that during the meeting of the
I men I Just told you about the im
portant anti-strike clause may be
taken out."'
"Who said the farmers were
against the Cummins bill?' asked
Jack.
"Men who make it a business to
claim to represent groups of men lu
.Washington, und who say they have
the interest of the farmers at heart.
They do not represent the farmers.
There is an organization known as
the National Grange, claiming to have
a membership of more than 1.000,000
farmers which really does epresent
the fanners. The man who repre
sents this organization in Washing
ton, I'rof. T. C. Atkeson, says the
farmers won't have anything put over
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The Pride of Eugene The hit of the season at Albany
on them. The week before the bill
passed the senate, twenty-seven men
went to the white house to protest
against returning the railroads to
their owners for at least two years.
The stories that were printed in the
newspapers at that time said that
these men were representing union la-
by which it future is assured.'
"Another organization which has
the real interest of the fanners at
heart is the National Board of Farm
Organizations. The secretary of that
organization, Charles A. Lyman, says
that the majority of the members are
absolutely opposed to government
bor and the farmers organizations, j ownership and want the roads turned
Prof. Atkeson says, "This is a fallacy,'
(that is. a story.) and that, 'There
was a large number of union labor
men there, all right, but only two men
claimed to represent the farmers of
back to their owners. So you can see
now. Jack, why your grandfather was
angry."
"I don't blame him," said Jack,
"and I hope the Cummins bill is made
the country.' He says also that the j a law Just as it was written
great farmers' organizations are for
the most part heartily in favor of the
Cummins railroad bill, and bitterly
opposed to the govennient keeping the
railroads. Before the bill was voted
ou, this man sent a letter to Senator
Cummins in which he urged that the
railroads be turned back to their
ownes as soon as possible. This same
man says that the persons who have
tried to make people believe that the
organized farmers favor government
ownership are 'not farmers them
selves and do not represent any con
siderable proportion of the men and
women actually engaged in farming.'
Iast November this same fanners'
organization at its fifty-third annual
session at Grand Rapids, Mich.,
adopted a resolution which shows
where they stand. I will read it to
you. 'We declare our opposition to
government ownership and to nation
alization of business and industry
unless clearly required in the public
interest. We favor the safeguarding
and protection of every right of priv
ate property on the broad ground
that only by the full development of
the right of pivate property can there
be perpetuated the full measure of
individual initiative and emulation
upon which a democracy is based and
"Yes, Jack, the interest of the more
than 100.000,000 people of this coun
try is greater than the Interest of any
one group."
Do you live in Springfield and do
your banking in Eugene? If so, it is
not necessary for the First National
in Springfield will take care of all
your interests as well as any bank
could.
EXPECT TROUT PRODUCTION
TO BREAK RECORD THIS YEAR
A report' recently made by Carl D.
Shoemaker, state game warden, gives
out the facts that the hatcheries of
Oregon hatched and liberated more
trout last year than all the rest of
the hatcheries in the Union put to
gether. Due to the fact that the Klamath
Falls hatchery will devote Its entire
time to hatching trout, this year's
trout production will be much larger
than for the past year.
. The sum of $1008 was spent outside
of the state for trout eggs and $7027
was paid to the railroad companies
for hauling trout to various parts of
the state.
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