1 T ilV lt.MDAY, MAY PAGE TW O THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS Published Every Thursday at Springfield. Lane County. Oroguu bjr TH E W ILLA M E TTE PRESS M IR E SURPLUS EXPERTS REPORT 1 i SLXs H IN C TO » m Il K MAXKY. Editor Enterad a* ■•vend clase matter. February 24. 19«S at tha poatottU-e. Springfield. Oregon m a il s u b s c r ip t io n r a t e WASHING ION. l> l May Id Perhaps not tin* most ItuporUul 12 50 Three Mouths but in political circle» one oi the most luleresltng th in g . b. lug talk THURSDAY. MAY 10, 1934 «•it about here Is the dlscorery that the repeal of Prohibit lou has not WHO FOR GOVERNOR'’ 1 pul the bootlwggera out of business, T h ere a re seven ca n d id ates on the R epublican ticket and that the new taxes on whiskey to r th e n o m ination to r governor. All save tw o a re politi­ and other liquors are not yielding cian s who have been before voters in this s ta te m any tim es. the rcveitues that were expected W ho to pick as th e best can d id ate (or governor and also The l» o tacts are d o ely COUUec w ho h as th e best th a nee of beatiug th e dem ocratic nom inee • ted. th is fall is a difficult problem to even th e closest stu d en t Joseph 11 i (route. Jr., director of of politics. llie hVdvral Alcohol Control Ad E. P. Dodd. of U m atilla, is th e first an d least know n ministration, reports I bat two- of th e candidates. He Is not likely to be nom inated. ibirds of all the liquor being sold S am B row n, of M arion, is expected to ca rry his county iu the I utled Stales Is being made b u t we would place him about fo u rth in the race. He is a iu illicit stills, built In ITohlbltiou progressive and calls him self a 'plain m an. P robably is too days and never lleeused. so that i only a third of all the liquor con­ 'plain* fo r th e office. C harles Hall, of C lackam as. Is ag ain a can d id ate for sumed pay taxes to the govern- governor. We m ight say he is a “ h as been" in politics. I iiienl. The enforcement uuit has T h ere Is little difference in his ru n n in g this tim e th a n last j been so reduced that It is lmpos except he h as ch an g ed his residence from L oos to t lacka- stble to ferret out all these illegal m as county. He served in th e legislature from Coos co u n ty sources of liquor and stop the flow several P rie s. from those sources. Their business J o e E. Dunne, of M ultnom ah, who calls him self “ fa th e r thrives because the high tax on of th e $5 license fee,” is one of th e leading contenders. T he liquor makes It profitable to laku re g u la r R epublicans a re said to be flocking to his sta n d a rd s chances ou making and selling a s th e best m an to beat th e dem ocratic nom inee. He h as stuff which pays no tax. One Year In Advance Two Years In advauce $1 50 Six Mouths in k ) 60c had a long service in th e legislature as joint s e n a to r from F ifty -F ifty Figuring C lack am as and M ultnom ah He is probably the best poli­ The remedy proposed for this tician in th e lot but no doubt he has the capabilities of m a k ­ slate of things Is to reduce the lux ing a good governor. on whisky and gin. to a point where R ufus C. H olm an, s ta te tre a su re r, who has kept things there would be no profit commen­ stirre d up th e last tw o y ea rs at the s ta te house is a n o th e r surate with the y s k . In making It of th e leading candidates. From th e stan d p o in t of experi­ Illicitly. If Mr. Choate's figures ence he would likely handle th e office of g overnor m ore are correct, and two-thirds of all efficiently and econom ically th a n any o th e r can d id ate so the alcoholic beverages In the mar­ fa r a s th e fu n ctio n s of governm ent are concerned. Our ket are paying no tax. then a re­ fe a r of H olm an is th a t he has som e d an g e ro u s bonding duction of the tax to one-third of schem e to build pow er p lan ts and transm ission lines which what it Is now would bring in just we do not need. O regon now is loaded dow n w ith debt. I as much money. If It were collocted O therw ise o u r personal friendship for H olm an would cause I on all the liquor manufactured. The us to indorse him. question under discussion here Is everything which Is nut directly consumed but Is used Io make or house or transport consumer g.toils llusluess lias not Increased In those tine , because there has been no l,. w capital available with which Io liuy Ihein Such Ihliga need add I Ih mil capllal on the part of the Increase In Oregon Estimated Industries using them At 150,000 Head; 44,000 This condttloii Is having an of Are Milk Cows Im-t tipou consideratlou of such things as easing up restriction« ou »'acts tending Io show that the new capital slock and boud Issues, aud upon the looseniug of long beef cattle urpliis probit in aud tin- dairy cat lie surplus problem .an- so term credlla. closely related that all' pmgiuni Foreign Trade Attention Much greater alteutiou Is being of adjustment for one will have Io given to means >>( Increasing aud take Into account the oilier, were iccapturtug America's foreign brought oul at the flral general trade When Secretary Wallace, conference on the cattle slluailoii Iu his clear thought-out booklet, held In Chlago receutly by the agri "America Musi Choose," pointed cultural adjustment administration Though report on the rouclus out that If we went Iu for econo­ mic uutlouallsui we would have to i Ions reached ns a result of the con take fifty mllllou acres of land out i ference has uot been receiv 'd by of cultivation and find new em­ ¡the Oregon Slate college exteli-lon ployment for many millions of peo­ , service, details of the problems laid ple, but that if we removed arti­ j before the producers, dealers and ficial barriers to foreign trade we government officials em phasise the could sllll find and rebuild world gravity of the surplus problem fac­ markets for our surpluses, he at­ ing the beef Industry. tracted wide attention and general commendation. That line of think Ing st ems to have been adopted by the Administration. President Roosevelt's request for authority to readjust tariffs Is a re lilt of the determination Io try to recover our loet Interiiallonul com­ merce, and probably will be grant- d. Il does nut seem likely (o meet with much opposition, even from Republicans. Iu view of I be support given it by Col Heury I.. Rtlmaon, Mr Hoover's Secretary of Stale Indeed some- such a move was contemplated by Mr Hoover him self, had he been re-elected The President's Position It looks to an Impartial observer here as If the Administration were trying to give a negative answer te the question, often asked: “la Mr. Roosevelt a Socialist?" The answer Is the cryptic one: "Yes and no." Personally and at heart he Is a conservative with liberal and humanitarian Impulses. But he was elected by and Is surrounded by many groups and Individuals each of whom has some Socialistic cure-all which he Is constantly be­ ing urged to try out. He has selec ted som e of these for experimental purposes not only to pacify theii proponents but In the sincere hop«- that, if they work, they muy check the widespread tendency toward out-and-out Socialism. Only a skill­ ful politician uould handle such a situation us Mr Roosevelt finds him self in. and he Is one of (he most skillful. Meantime. Congress wants only one thing; that Is re-election next fall Postmaster-General Farley wants only one thing; that Is a strong Democratic party machine for use In the 193« campaign. F ra n k J. L onergan. of M ultnom ah, is th e sixth candi­ whether or not all liquor eogld be d a te and no doubt he will ru n a stro n g race. He is an successfully taxed, even at a re­ ex -sp eak er of th e house of re p resen ta tiv e s an d has a very duced rate. Il would Involve good record. He is capable and corageous, a shrew d and spending a lot more than has been able law yer. His religion, which should not be an issue appropriated for the enforcement in th is cam paign, will no doubt beat him if he is b eaten of the revenue laws. In any event. Ulysses G. M cAlexander. of Lincoln county, is th e last The real problem, many think. Is ca n d id a te an d probably th e finest perso n ality in th e list. how people can be induced to drink His fine reco rd as a soldier, his appeal for good governm ent more whisky, though the president ra th e r th a n factionalism is m aking him one of th e s tro n g ­ has a plan to let liquor from abroad est can d id ates w ithout any o rganization behind him. D unne come In free of duty in the hope an d H olm an m ay be stro n g e r th a n G eneral M cAlexander that it can be sold so cheaply that on p rim ary day. but if he w ere nom inated th ere is no doubt , people will prefer it to the bootleg in o u r m ind th a t he would be th e stro n g est can d id ate for stuff at the same price. th e R epublican p arty in N ovem ber, for he is th e only ca n d i­ All In all, official Washington is d ate th a t th e whole p arty could unite behind. All o th e rs waking lip to the fact (hat the liq­ have som e factional difference th a t will alienate a |>ortion of th e p arty stren g th . W hen th e w hite light of publicity uor problem is a real and serious is cen tered on but tw o can d id ates this fall we are going to I problem, as much now as It was 1 under prohibition find out th in g s we have not know n before. A New Order Dunne, H olm an and M cAlexander. to o u r m ind, are Another major topic of conver­ th e th re e stro n g est candidates, with L onergan and Brow n fig h tin g for fo u rth place. T he th re e leaders re p resen t th re e sation is the marked change that d ifferen t view points in governm ent. Most ,»eople will find has uddenly come over the atti­ o p p o rtu n ity for expression of th eir p artic u la r brand of ,>oli- tude of th administration in the FILM STARS COMING tieal econom y in one or the other. W hatever we m ight say public utterances of Its representa­ tives ou the general subject of so- TO MEDFORD PAGEANT would have little effect so we refuse to endorse anybody. ---------------• --------------- A Filipino stu d e n t told a local audience th a t if his co u n ­ try w ere free from th e United S ta te s it would not be a n ­ nexed by th e Jap a n ese because th e world would be against it. Well, th e world w as ag a in st th e Ja p s ta k in g M anchuria b u t th ey are there. And besides th e Philippines are tro p i­ cal while M anchuria is cold. T he Jap an ese do not like th e cold b u t th riv e in th e w arm er clim ate. T hey sw arm over th e so u th ern islands of th e ir ow n country and look for an outlet while th e n o rth ern islands of th eir em pire a re thinly settled. -UÊ ßOQK tnt fint line o/ u h rh reads. "The Holy Bible,** and which con tains F<*ur C * • . v r n ...................... • • • PRO VERBS, POEMS AND PR O PH E TS T eu tairly rep resen ta tiv e people were asked, “ W hat do you know ab o u t Solom on.' ’ F our of the ten answ ered, “ N o th in g .’' O ther an sw e rs w ere: lie had tw o th o u san d w ives; he was the husband o f the q u e e n of S h eb a; he built S o lo m o n ’s T em ple; he w as tn e w isest m an th a t ever lived. T h e sta tistic s re g ard in g Solom on’s m arria g es as given in th e Book of K ings are “seven hundred Alves, princesses and th ree hundred concu b in es.” T he Q ueen of S heba was n o t oflieiaily am ong this distinguished com pany. A m o n ­ a rc h in h er ow n rig h t, she was so im pressed by the stories o i S olom on's splendor and wisdom th a t she m ade a long jo u rn ey to visit him and a fte r a series of receptions and b an q u e ts re tu rn ed to h er hom e. T he p resen t kings oi A byssinia claim th eir descent irom Solom on and th is queen, if they a re justified in th eir proud boast h er visit was n o t wholly P latonic. It m ay have been tru e of her, as she said of Solom on th a t “th e h alt has no t been told.” All th a t we know certain ly is th a t she never ap p ears in th e Bible again. Solom on did build the tem ple an d it rem ained the pride a n d glory of Jeru sa lem until the d estru ctio n of th e city by rln Baby lonians in 586 B. C. B ut th e m ost en d u rin g m o n u ­ m en ts le it by this g re a t ru ler w ere n o t in sto n e or bronze, but in w ords T he IToverbs, a rich m ine of wisdom w here­ in every n u g g e t is solid gold. One can only m arvel a lte r read in g th em how a m an so wise in o th e r w ays could have been so unw ise ab o u t w om en. lie m ade a fine s ta rt as king. T he Ixird ap peared one night in a dream , ask in g him to nam e his h e a rt’s desire, bit olom on answ ered: Thou ban made tliy servant king instead of David my lather; and I am lint a little child; I know not how Io go out or < ome i n ............ Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judgs thy people, that I may discern between good and hail; tor Who Is able to judge tills Illy o great a people? To which the Lord replied: Because this was in thine h art, and thou hast not a i 1 riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; hut hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thy »If. that thou mayesl judge my people, over whom I have made thee king: Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have hud that have been before, neither shall any after thee have the like. W ith o u t this wise choice on (lie part of Solom on we probably n ever should have had the P roverbs; but som e­ th in g m ore th a n inspired know ledge went Into them . T hey b e a r evidence of co m p reh en siv e experience with every phase of h u m an n a tu re and conduct. Som e of them , as m ight be im agined from S olom on's own record, contain w arn in g s a g a in s t th e u n rig h te o u s wom an. < fal reforms Criticism of the pro­ gram under which suclal regenera­ tion was being emphasized far more than economic recovery, and realization that some of the most highly publicized recovery projects are not working as had been ex­ pected. is slowing down the social program and setting officials to hunting for new means of bringing business back. The indications now are that less stress will be put upon (he demand for higher wages and more upon getting men back to work at any wage the industry or business can afford to pay; also that there will be less inst tence upon higher prices for commodities, and more tolerance of price competition. The report of the NRA commit­ tee on durable goods has been re­ ceived with some concern Under this heading of durable goods come such things as locomotives, power l-la’-t . steam-shovels, buildings. Medford, Ore.. May 10 — (Spe­ cia l!— A number of well known moving picture stars of Hollywood will help Oregon celebrate Its 75th anniversary of statehood during Oregon's Diamond Jubilee Iu Med­ ford next June 3 to ». Will Rogers is expected In the group which will be present for the week’s acti­ vities. "Bkeets” Gallagher, and "Spec" O'Donald have already made pre­ liminary visits to Medford. O'Don­ ald is still In the city and has an nounced he will remain until Ju­ bilee week. He plans to take an active part. O'Donald reported considerable Interest has been aroused lt> the picture colony In Oregon’s birth­ day party. Visits from Marcols— O. K. Page of Marcola was a business visitor in Springfield Saturday. er they want to stop with reniov mg a few thousand diseased cal tla and a million or so for relief purpoaes. or go Io Ihe heart of tha problem No program could sue ceed without their combined and effective «upporl. lie concluded The AAA la not contemplating further attempts at control ul this time Business st tslsm — Joh l I >1" made a business trip • • “■»»«» | Mouday I JOHN D. GOSS for o im o c r a t ic AB u. • Senator Goss M a forceful speaker and an experienced leg Istator. lie has had llfe-loug Cuts Leg W ith Aas— 1. T Hallie, coniaci wllh lumbering, ntaiiu of Pleasset Hill cut a severe gash I taciurlng, ranching» mining and general bualnegs na owner and In Ills left I g Monday while work attorney, aud la peculiarly quail Ing in the woods lie received no’ J fled lo represent the first dis ill.ul cure her« Monday uiglil at . n u t , Will work for economies and I ho office of a local physician (ax relief; estahllahlng a n d tlualiclug of settlers; federal die Irlhiitlou of Bonneville powerj Return from Trip— Mrs. W E lluell. Miss Evelyn lluell. ami M ’ contributions by V H to conn Ilea In proportion Io federally- C Kirkland returned Friday even owned land, and flood control of Ing from Moro. In Eu tern Oregon Willamette valley. 100 PER CENT ROOBBVBLT where they visited with Mrs l aid Adv. Buell's daughter. Mrs Paul Alley 1 HOP PRODUCTION FOR 1933 SEASON GIVEN The Pacific coael produced In 1922 a total of 3«.440.000 pounds of hops from 2«.500 acres, of which M arkets T a Get More Meat 4600 acres were new plantings, at- From 192» to 1934 numbers of I cording Io the federal crop re­ all cattle, beef and dnlry. Increased , porting board Although official In the United States from about Information Is not available, trade 57 million to about «7 million head reports Indicate that Ihe hearing Milk cow numbers Increased by hop acreage In 1934 will be much about 22 per cent and beef cow larger. Indications are (or 31900 numbers by about the same per­ acres of which approximately 5000 centage In Oregon the Increase Is acres will be new plantings eatlmuled by federal men at from 702 000 bead of all kinds of cattle YOUR CO NG RESSM AN In 192k to »62.000 head In 1934 Milk cow numbers are eallniated ____ to have accounted for 44.000 of this Increase and beef cal lie 100.000 Annual cattle slaughter may be expected to rise from about 21.000.- 000 head per year to about 24.000.- 000 head In the next several years unless prompt action Is taken, al­ though the number of finished cat tie coming to market has not yet ; begun to reflect fully the Increase In the number of breeding stock, say the federal slallatlclans l ì iIM FLV B A C K M eA K lN û » »'M G 0IN Ö TO ÚBT A CAN o* FOIL H V I’X ffiH lf FOR LINOLEUM EASY TO APPLY DRIES IN 4 HOURS • m a k e s l in o l e u m LAST LONGER f.- • Surplus O f Breeding Stock Harry Petrie, chief of the beef cattle and sheep section of (he AAA. told the conference that th»‘ producers’ trouble la chiefly due to a surplus of breeding stock, both dairy and beef cows For the past six years the cattlemen have pro- | duced from 1 to million more rattle than they have marketed A constantly expanding surplus can not continue Indefinitely without glultlng markets, he said To the argument that there would he no surplus If people could buy whal beef they needed. Mr Petrie suvs that relief purchases for all those not able to buy would care for only about 15.000 to 20.000 head per month While this and disease control would help, the sur­ plus problem Is more fundamental than that, he says. Control Program Nseded Beef cattle are now listed under the farm set a basic commodity, making producers eligible to re­ ceive benefit puyments fur produc­ tion control If a program Is put Into effect Mr Petrie told the con ference It Is for producers of beef cattl- and dairy cuttle to look the facts In the face ami deride wheth JA M E S W . M O T T He is a l his post bonergan-For-Governor Committee. 618 Morgan building, Portland. Oregon. in W a s h in g t o n p r o t e c t in g Y O U R ia la r e s t s . H e has m a d s o e o e f th e e e l - s t a n d in g E rs t t e r m r e c o rd s e f th e 7 3 r d C o n g re s s . W e ash y o u to r e a d th o d ig e s t ef th is rec o rd ie th e V o te rs ' P a m p h le t P d . A d . M o t t f o r C o a g ro e s C oes., S a la m . * r TAKES THE RUB OUT OF SCRUBBING QUARTS * 1 .1 9 p in t s 99* Wright & Sons Hardware — Furniture Radios — Paint Mothers’ Day SUNDAY. May 13th, In th e TIME. W ithin your heart 1« th e PLACE . . . anil MOTH EH In th e G IR L . . . So there'» th e settin g for a p erfect rom ance. . . . "T h e I’uiii-, (he l ’la< i- and Hie Girl." If you thrill to thin opportunity then you'll w rit« I Iu- perfect love »lory . . . a gift to M other on »Mother’s Day. A big box of E g g n m u n n 's candy Is a m ost ap p ro ­ priate M others' Day Gift. F G G I M A N N ’S “ ■4 Anyone desiring a copy of the poem "Mothers of Men.” (suit­ able for framing) printed else­ where In this Issue may obtain It free by sending their name and address to «1« Morgan Building. Portland. Oregon This tribute to mothers will be delivered by Frank J. bonergan. via KGW next Sunday on the Antler's Mothers Day program. 11:30 A. M and later on the vesper hour program sponsored by Oregon mothers over KOW choice -REPRESENTATIVE W here the Service Ie D iffe re n t U s e M aid o ’C rea m B u tter a n d M ilk F o r th e sak e of th e h ealth of y o u r family and for th e fu tu re prosperity of th e dairy in d ustry in o u r com ­ m unity. use Maid O’C ream b u tte r aud pasteurized milk B u tter is so cheap (hat th ere is no reason why an y o n e should use a su b stitu te. Help your neighbor »ariiier and y o u rseh by using the hom e-product. Ask your dualer in Eugene or Springfield for Maid O' Cream B utter Springfield Creamery Co. MdKGi*s oF M qi \ Nolkers o f Mer\, lo day we salufe y o u A nri hum bly before you pledge you o u r love O r\ earlh. a»r\d in. tesaver\, ye Mother» now bear u b , And aceepl o u r p ro ffe rs both, here and above x Mothers of Men, has Itere ever been hero Amonq Ite creation, or God’s miqhly hand; V Vvo near you sould sfard and say.l’m an equal. In ttve strife and Ite ah-ess o f fhis bailie-scarred land ? Holters o f Men, Io y o u has been g iv e n An honor unfold by lorsque o r by pen ; for nexl lo Ite aimy of uod’s consecrated March vaJiarJIy on Ite Moltei*s of Men. Molhers o f Men if Ihe artnv moves o n v a rd . If Ihe hear! and Ihe W rd bring solace renowned, If Ihe v/isdom of Aqes brings liqhf te Hie’ niqhted» Then, Molhers o f Men, te you qoes ite cro