T H U R S D A Y , M A R C H 14. 1»»» T H B B P R IN O O T B L D NW W B PAO» TW O IV34 In Oregon, 630» persons were THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS WHEAT C ONIROl I’ubtletisd Kvary Thursday at ■prtngfteld. Lane County, Oregon by THE W ILLAMETTE PRESS M. K MAXKY. Editor C a le rail as 0. S, C. Economist Declares Small Wheat Crop Brings Greatest Returns second class mattar, February 24, l»03. at tba poatofflee, Sprtugfleld. Oregon MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RAM Oaa Yaar la Advance ...... »160 Six Months Two Years in advance — »2.60 Three Months ..»1.04 60c T H U R S D A Y , M A R C H l i . 1035 LET'S HAVE A PARK The two city lots partly improved on Fourth street op­ posite the Christian church stand as an eye sore and an un­ completed monument to CWA. The fact that the improve­ ment was started as a playground and then left to stand when CWA funds stopped shows lack of public spirit which no progressive city can afford to advertise. The city council has not the money to complete this improvement but it is far enough along now that civic bodies. Chamber of Commerce. Lions, American Legion, Civic club, and Boy Scouts, could make this property into a park. A committee from these organizations should meet and lay out a plan for a small park development. Then grass, trees, and shrubs could be planted in accordance with this plan and by each organization improving a certain section of the lots. Nearly everything necessary to build a pretty little park would no doubt be donated. In two or three years we would have an improvement we could all be proud of—a monument to public spirit. ------------ e------------ GET OUT AND VOTE! The recall election directed against Representative Howard Merriam will be next Tuesday. Although we think this election means $4000 of needless expense to the tax­ payers of Lane county, is uncalled for and without any practical benefits so far as legislation is concerned, we urge everyone to get out and vote. If Merriam is to be recalled or kept in office the result should be decisive and not by a light vote fluke. If recall elections are to be left in the hands of an interested few then democratic government by the will of the majority is a failure. Even if you feel more or less disgusted at this recall election it is important that you get out and vote. No mat­ ter whether its purpose is noble or ignoble minority govern­ ment is dangerous. Hectors should do their duty as they see it. ------------♦------------ POPITLATION PLANNING Why do not our economic planners begin their planning where it is most needed and where it will do the most good? asks Professor Thomas N. Carver of Harvard. In all the welter of economic planning, scarcely a w ord has been uttered on population planning. Yet, the popula­ tion problem, according to Prof. Carver, is the most funda­ mental and dangerous form of laissez faire in that it leaves the quantity and quality of our population to blind biologi­ cal forces which are cruder and more dangerous than the so-called blind economic forces. From now on for Europe and America, says Professor Carver, it is a choice of war for colonial and commercial expansion, population planning, or mass i>overty such as one sees in the Orient. Professor Carver suggests five methods for population planning as follows: Reduce all immigration quotas to the lowest possible terms and to extend the quota system to the Western Hem­ isphere and the Philippines. Provide either for the sterilization or the permanent segregation of the defective classes. Extend the knowledge of birth control to the poorer classes that they may plan their families as the more well- to-do classes have always done. Birth control and family building mean larger families among the highly capable and successful as well as smaller families among the less cap­ able and less prosperous. Lend every possible encouragement to industrial enter­ prise. This must include a frank recognition of our indebt­ edness to the man who can make two jobs to grow where one grew before. ________-? TAXES COST MORE THAN FOOD What is the largest item in your family budget? If you answer food, clothing, rent or similar expenses, on which you spend the bulk of your income directly, you’ll be wrong. Taxes are the largest item of expense carried by the American people— and they lead their nearest com­ petitor by a wide margin. Food the most vital of necessities, cost $7,600,000,000 a year. Clothing takes $3,600,000,000. Rent also takes $3,- 600,000,000 and automobiles dent the the national pocket­ book to the extent of $2,900,000,000. Electric service costs United States’ families only $650,000,000. The national tax bill, by comparison, is $9,000,000,000 —a billion and a half greater than the national food bill. That being the case, where is the most important place to start in to reduce the cost of living? A cut in the cost of government would be directly and Immediately reflected in a lower cost of living—and in stim­ ulated employment, investment and industrial expansion. No other cost weighs so heavily on individuals and business alike—No other family living expense is rising so rapidly. It is a historical fact that extravagant government pro­ motes depression and discord.—Exchange. "Why should the American farm cis uot raise less wheat when the consumers have persistently and regularly paid more money (or less wheat T" This question Is asked by K. L Potter, head of the division of agri- cultural economics at O. 8. C„ In the course of a discussion of some of the baric principles and current tallades heard lu connection with the agiicultural adjustment act. Light Crop Pays Beat Pi-oies-t ir Potter pointed out that ; every adjustment or reduction pro * gram put into effect had to run j the gaun let of a three-fold teat as i to whether a change In supply 1 would materially affect the price, I whether the reduction would still i leave as much or more of a com- j modify than bus been used regu­ larly in the past, and finally whether the physical needs of the people require more of the com modify regardless of price. Coucerning wheat. Potter ex plained that small supplies have consistently brought greater total returns to producers than large crops; (hat America will use ap­ proximately so much wheat (or hu- mau food, seed and feed regardless of price, and that dieticians are agreed that no good would come from try lug to force materially greater consumption o^ wheat In the diet. Q & FAMILY SMOKED SMELT PROVIDE HOME CURED DELICACY Surplus of the tnlld flavored smelt which now abound In Oregon coast streams can be preserved by curing, producing a food of real delicacy, says Ml»» l.ucy A. Case, nutrition specialist of the extension service al Oregon Stale college. t»he describes the smoke-cure pro­ cess as follows: "Select fresh males, wash well, but leave whole. Use 7 per cent dairy salt or 7 pounds of sail Io 100 pounds of fish for brining Lay fish in a stone crock In alternate layers with the salt. Stir with a wooden spoon after about 15 min­ utes. ss soon as the brine forms, to equalise the distribution of salt. "Let (hem stand in the sail four hours, then wash In running water five minutes, drain and Immedia­ tely spread iu single layers, not touching each other, on chicken wire in a smoke house, S feet above a smouldering hard wood fire, such as oak. The chicken wire may be nailed to cleats or suspended by wires front walls. Smoke (he smelt constantly day and night for three days, then cool and wrap In paper sacks and store In a cool, dry. ven- tlluied place. "To prepare for the table, sonk several hours in plenty of cold water if loo sally, then boll and finish rooking by frying, broiling, baking, rrvamlug or In any other way dertred. The more thorough the salt ng and smoking, the safer the product. Home cured flah are always boiled before eating." FARM LOAN AID STUDY LAND CLEARING; Injured and »10 were klllod CLASSIFICATION NEED Coat of clearing slump laud lu Oregon. Washington and California Is nearly four lliues as great aa lu uiauy other states, and In many Instances It has contributed much Bulk Of Mortgages Now Held to preseut distress In rural areas, By Government; 1166 Lane a recent report to the president by (he National Resources board In­ Growers Get Help dicates. Lane county farmers received In many Instances clearlug coat» lUbslantlal benefit trout the oper­ have averaged almost «300 an acre, ation of the Oregon farm debt ad saddling the settlers with an e i Jusltnent work, according to the pease greater Ilian the value of the annual report for 1034 Just filed cleared land, the report Indicates with Governor Martin by O. M, Rome such areas have no! proved Ulumiuer, l*or(land, chairman, and successful for agricultural for phy L. R llretlhaupl. Oregon Rials col steal reasons or because of lack of lege, secretary of the Oregon Agri fertility. cultural Advisory council. lofcud classlflcalluns of cutover The report shows (hat the vari­ areas lo determine Ihelr suitability ous county committees or their In­ for agriculture 1» now under way dividual members handled between by the regional AAA organisation HHH) and 7000 debt adjustment headed by Res K Willard, accord cases lu the past year. Of this total, Ing to A. 8. Hurrler, laud plauubig 3» cases were definitely reported consultant for Oregon stationed at from tame county, resulting In 1» O. 8. C. Work win commenced In adjustments. 17 failures, and 3 eight Washington counties and cases still pending at the time the similar studies are needed lu all report was made. other logged-off areas of Dregou "How many additional adjust and Washington, be says. meats were facilitated In Lane and Where old stands of timber have other counties through the Inform­ ation distributed wholesale through been removed along the Pacific the press and by radio. It la Im­ Coast the huge stumps can be re­ possible (o say." says Chairman moved only by use of sxpb-slvea Plummer. "There can be no ques­ or machinery, which are expensive, tion (hat because of the general or by burnlug. which la slow. Let’s take the ,0 tr a in CALIFORNIA because we can... RELAX while the engineer does the driving. READ or write at we speed over »esee»6 tleel rails. EAT la the dining car when­ ever we re hungry. Complete meals now cost ss little ss nO*. D R IN K cool, clean water whenever we're thirsiy. conciliatory lutluence of the com­ SLEEP in a cosy berth. A mittees. they were effective Indi­ 1934 AUTO ACCIDENTS Tourist Pullman •/»•*/W