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TH U R SD A Y, A P R IL 28, 1981
T H E SPR IN G E1EU ) NEWS
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
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THURSDAY. APRIL 23. 1931
AS THE FARMER PROSPERS SO WE PROSPER
N otw ithstanding our huge timber stand Lane county’s
future lies in agriculture. Dairying, poultry raising, truck
gardening and fruit growing w ill be our main support long
after the tim ber is gone and will be equally as im,Mtrtant as
the trees as long as they are here
W ithout agriculture prospers we in the cities can not
prosper. It is the basis of our wealth.
We believe in freedom of action and we re not so strong
for legislative methods to combat oleo as a substitute for
butter. But, it has been brought out clearly by statistics
that if as much more b utter were eaten as oleo. then the
added! cows necessary to produce it would consum e all the
surplus grain and hay in the country. Not only that but
farm ers would become prosjierous and there would be more
employment on the farm s taking many out of work out of
the cities. As the farm ers prosper we in tu rn would become
more prosperous in the cities and soon conditions would
be good. There would be no farm problem, the millions the
government is spending through the farm board to buy
up surplus crops would be unnecessary and taxes would
surely be lower at least to that extent.
It is all right to say that “oleo is the poor m an’s
spread” and if he did not have that he would not have any
thing. But oleo is one of the basic reasons he is a poor man.
one of the reasons why we have depressed times. We are
too prone to support cocoanut trees instead of cows—for
eign made or outside products instead of home products.
Our money goes away and it gets harder and harder to m ake
a go a t home.
If people would be loyal to home products and indus
tries even to the place where it hurt to do it. then it would
be unnecessary to attem pt to curb the consum ption of
butter substitutes by law.
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thousands of dollars the last two years without even tell
ing anybody about it. Hoss is a newspaper man and not a
publicity seeker.
A Wisconsin woman defeated her husband a t election
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RICH MEN’S TROUBLES
One of the penalties of being rich and fam ous is that
one so afflicted has to set up a son of wall around himself
to avoid being importuned for money, for goodl causes and
bad ones, at every turn. That has never happened to us.
but we can easily understand it might become a nuisance
after the novelty of being asked for a million dollars had
worn off.
The rich m an travels on his own yacht or in a private
railroad car not so often because he does not desire to mix
with the common peope as because he knows from bitter
experience that they will not let him mix with them on equal
term s. One of America’s wealthiest men said, somewhat
sadly- not long ago, th at he did not know how to carry on a
conversation with a group of friends because they referred
to so m any schoolboy and college custom s of which he
knew nothing, since he had always had private tutors.
All of which is suggested by the rem ark of John D.
Rockefeller. Jr., that the six weeks he recently spent in
Mexico where nobody knew him was the happiest vacation
he had evler had. He did not have to be on his guard, but
was just another Gringo tourist. But because he did not
travel in the custom ary state of a multi-millionaire the
custom s guard at the border w ouldn't believe him when he
handed that official his card
“John D. Rockefeller. Jr.,” he read and looked Mr.
ckefeiler over appraisingly. "T h at’s what they all say.
bo!” Which, as Mr. Roc’ kefeller rem arked, gave him more
inward am usem ent and real satisfaction than any am ount
of kowtowing could have done.
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BLESSED ARE THE ASKERS
When I was younger I used to look at the G iant Cor
porations of the country with awe.
1 thought: “How wonderful to be president of such a
world-wide business. Million of capital and surplus in the
treasury; great plants which are turning out a stream of
products; the highest priced experts in every line to do tin
work! All the president lias to do is to sit in a nice big office
and watch the wheels go round.”
When 1 came closer to those Giant Corjxirations I
promptly revised my ideas.
Eor instance:
I happened to be in the office of the chairm an of the
board of one of the biggest business of its kind. The tele
phone rang. On th e other end of the wire was the president
of a railroad.
Said the railroad man to his friend the m anufacturer:
“ You have a subsidiary company in our territory. Its total
freight bill is only a le w thousand of dollars a year, but we
' an t th at business. Can v.e have it? ”
A few days later I t ailed on a m anufacturer of building
m aterials. The president’s secreetary said: “The boss
w ants to see you; but he had to go out suddenly. He has
ji.Bt heard that So and So (nam ing a banker) is going to
build a new house, so he jumped in his car and went down
to see if he could get the order.
I called at my bank. The president was not in his of
fice. His assistant reported that he had gone out to soli
cit a new account.
A friend of mine who is in a tough business has had a
very good year in spite of the depression. A com petitor ask
ed him: How in the world do you get so m any o rd ers?” To
which my friend replied simply: “ By going out and asking
for them .”
W hether a business be big or small, local or interna-
t.onal, m akes little difference. If It is to keep going it must
1 ave orders. And there isn't any president or chairm an of
t ,te board so famous or so rich th at lie isn’t a fter orders
« very single d ay !
( onditlons have been subnorm al now for a long time,
not only here but all over the world. Many predictions have
been uttered; m any remedies propsed.
My own suggestion for improving things is very simple:
L et’s all quit talking about how had times are.
L et's go out and ask for orders.
Blessed a re the askers!
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