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About The Scio tribune. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1919-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1925)
< t A.*, J ■ • ■ s * <• • •* The Scio Tribune General News Do not deny your little on* The blessed ministry of i The days of childhood are so brief And after years are often long. Rut musk in the twilight bring» Sweet memories of long ago, And in our hearts ««■ live again Those happy times we used to know. The songs my moth« r King to me, Tlie song* I sang in later years. So doacly bind me t»> my youth I tin«! it tan Ml When now I hear tlieir oft refrain. How fine that »eni in. #nt that dint In wistful loyalty to h< me And memories Dial I lusic brings! FARM POPULATION HAS DECLINED DURING I!'«.'• The farm population of th« l\. Statua decreased appro»imalely 1» 000 during 1924, aceordiiu' to • ’ mate* based a survey of 20,000 t< ; r illative farm» made« recently b. : i I drvn living on th« farm* on th*t date. I I The movement from farms to cities, towns and village* in 1924 1* e»t.mat >• z ed at i,075.000; th- movement to ■< farms was 1,396,000, making a net fi. z movement from the farm population p of 679,000 p-rmiu, or 2 2 |-r cent Birth* among the farm population during 1924 arv estimated at 763.000 s —■ and death* at 266.000 l< aving a pl Q ural increase of 497,000 which reduc S ed th* loss due to the cityward move x ment to 162,00 or .0 p« r cent X A similar estimate made in 1922 a showed a los* in farm population of z 460,000 a* again.-t D>2.000 in 1924. Th* gross movement from farms to I cities in 1922 wa* 2.000.000 compared to 2.075.000 in 1924. a slight incrras<i. > The gro>-s mol <-m< nt i ick l<> tl < fum z in 1922 Was BbO.OOO compared to I,- 396,000 in 1924. a wry 4eeuM in crease. The net movement from farm* to cities in 1922 was 1,120.000 or 3.6 per cent and in 1924. 679.000 or 2 2 •- s> per cent Two geographic divisions, the New England and South Atlantic Stales, £ a. showed a net increase In farm popu X lation for the year 1924, of .9 p.r ... cent and .2 per cent respectively, Al! o z other divisions *how»-«l decrees**, the Mountain Stat»-* leading with a loaa of 2.H p«r cent. i The ileercaae in farm population i due to the cityward movement, not i taking into account births or deaths, wa* highest in the Mountain State«, 4.3 per cent; followed by th«- Pacific and West South (.'■•ntral 8tat< *. In ull other division», e»c--pt N<-w Eng- ' land, the percentage of i I iw sm - due iment of Agricul- to the cityward movement was equal >p of .ft per cent ■ to or l«m* than the average for the « estimated farm whole United States, 2.2 per cent January I, 1925, being New England alone showed a gain of «red with 31.316,000 .3 per cent, since more p»-ople moved 1924. Thia eatimate from citu-s to New England farm» only the agricultural than left farms for cities. The movement from farms to cities II own, wortlen and ehll- I INDEX PRODUCE CO. INDEX PRODUIT. CO. f z Q Index Produce Co t M 3 o o c n w BUYS- Veal Poultry 8 K Hogs Eggs > •z I z o P8 X We remit for all shipments on day of arrival. •s » o a o P5 Top Market Prices Paid 151 Front Street, INDEX PRODUCK CO. 8 K ------ • -o > Portland, Oregon INPEX PRODUCE CO. b z X | I was found to l*rsat tin highest rate in ■ i ■ • .tutiv»«». Instead it is owned by the Mountain*Slaks. 13.M per rent, th; .imis and hundred* of thousand* ft-'!«/*. I hi 11., i . i! X 1 ■ ■ •ft . American citiacn* who Midilie Atlantic, and Eaat North ( < n- i.iv.> a voice in its management. tral Stat»-» in order. In the move There Is no question but what this ment to farms from citiv», the Moun elm. i,. in ownership has been n-spon- tain Stales again l<*u<l, with 9.5 p»-r lible in a Ins«, degree for the change cent, foilowiil by the New England. in < it:i)unt toward business gener- Pacific, Middle Atlantic, and EaM ■ ally. North C< ntral State«. > N .tional consideration of business ■ prob!, m» ha* been brought about a* A LESSON LEARNED our p< • ph- have gained a better un- .1 i ‘ roll!.;- of the questions at issue. pro* In • v • •• that hort-sighted policies of parity in a land like the United State», • a few ihdut-trial leaders, which ig it i* neerssary for the peofile to rea* nored b. vic principle* of justice and I in* the advantage* which they enjoy fair play in business, arc not sufficient if they arc to fully appreciate them. ..•round« for condemning all "big bu»- Without this understanding and ap m< • " They have found that in or- preciation. the agitator, who if he ik-i to correct abuse* in special cases could would undermine the ideal* of > it ■ not necessary to apply the remedy, our constitutional form of goverumeiit to ull busmens alik? whether it need* with hi* socialistic doctrine* and cut» it or not. perimenu, ha* an easy Acid in which With e*p>trience has come under- to work. stambng. Today, the cry “big buai- The American people have paid for :i>- " aroure* no anxiety. The pub- aome dear lesson* in the school of i r ct . » not how big a business gets, experience, when they have permitted io long as it is conducted honestly thwmaelve* to l><- led astray from tin i and in the public interest basis principli * laid down by th* foun That our greatest industries are der* of Our Country. 'ully aware of their duty and obliga- During the past 30 year*, we have t.v>n to t v public is evidenced by the witnessed the passage of drastic le f:.e’. to it t • ir brightest executive* gislation which . verily hnnduapp I an- in charge of or devote a great the full play of privata initiative a>nji «ns:- of their time to the public rela- Such legislation scemasi 1 t.uw. work of th< ir companies, in or- enterprise, necessary to curb the grrcii and ra-i d> i mat the public may know of, and parity of the few who would tramph- if it so de'ire*, share in the ownership on the rights of the many. and management of such companies. But condition* improved—until to Henry Ford’* question can be safe day, gi called "big b . in ‘ is I < i ly ir iwer i ir. the affirmative—Am- few years ago was looked upon by er lean buxine«* ha* learned by it* past many a* a curse to the nation, b now i-xp-rienee And further, it can be coqsiden-d e-M-ntion to it- prop« r d<- ■a»d, the American people have pro velopm«-nL fited by making tin-mselve* acquainted Commenting on this reaction in wah bu n, » problems, and by ac- public sentiment, which i* ba.e.l on c. ptihg partnership in our leading in reason and understanding in.'tcad of dustrial companies, thus establishing blind prejudice, Henry Font, in a re- real public ownership on a sound foot cent usue of hi* Dearborn lrvi< i. rot ing free from politic*. ant, b »1 l » a question a» to wh«-th*r our business system has learner! it* levson T’■ in drainage of Oregon from past experience and will profit white land* are laid four rod* apart in th. experiment »la I ion plan of un from the same. drainage. The tile* have been it i* safe to say that it ha* learner! it ■ and it has also profited. A great in found to draw for two rod* on each dustry today I* no longer a one-man tide. Now is the tunc to have your Auto Tops Repaired or Made New Our favilli ics arc the best in Linn County. Rex Enckwujrcs inslailed ¡f you wish. Prices reasonably Another advance in tire nrii'c* -xj e< !• •! »■ on, Wc feature the C.T.C. (made in Portlajul) and th,- Miller Tire* none lietter <>n the market. Auto Accessories 11 immit g»t. Paint*, etc. Vulcanizing, Retreading, Oils and Greases F. W. HORSKY ALBA,N.Y',_°,R1CM Wool Carding Your own wool scoured for fir a ptMind, ui- i-ht of the wool before being scoured, and earded for g ad* «>r mattresse* ur made into comforter batts for 3«r a pound, net weight of the • lean wool. Wool comforters, mattress pad*, and mattreaae* made from your own wool. Wool bedding for sale. Write for ratalogue. Information or «hip ping tags. Send wool by |>arcel p>*t, express or freight. The largest and best equipped Custom W>«>l Scouring and Carding Plant ia the W est. Creacaat Batt h Bedding Co., Siaytoa, Oreg »•»••****<•000000 I