TIIE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEITXEB, OREGON, THUBSD AY, AUGUST 16, 1917.
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OFFICIAL PAPER FOR MORROW COUNTY.
Hei-pior, Oregon, Thursday, August 16, 1917.
A BILLION-BUSHEL WHEAT CROP.
David W. Houston, Secretary of Agriculture has outlined
the war agricultural program for 1918. However, the program
has already been initiated, and through the press, press bulle
tins, booklets and other publicity matter sent out by the depart
ment, America's 'great agricultural army is in active training.
The program calls for a production of one billion bushels of
wheat for 191S.
This vastly increased production of wheat, needed in any
event, will be absolutely essential to prevent a serious shortage
of breadstuffs next summer should the growing corn, now be
hind the season, be much damaged by early frosts.
The plan is to plant 47,337,000 acres to winter wheat and
f,131,000 acres to rye this fall. Before putting such a plan in
operation, which will necessarily increase to a great extent the
acreage given over to these crops in former years, scientific re
search was made into conditions in each state. Other questions
determined were that there would be no shortage of fertilizer,
no general shortage in the supply of seed or of farm machinery,
and that transportation facilities will be provided, as well as a
fair price for the wheat. (
In this big program of increased production every farmer
will be expected to do his full share. And it is expected that no
farmer will fall short of his duty. The government will fix the
price and the price will be a big inducement to many who will
not be inspired through a knowledge of patriotic duty.
THE FUEL SITUATION.
A local fuel dealer has made the statement that consumers
in Heppner will be paying $U per cord for wood before the
winter is over. At first thought it sounds like a hold-up, but
upon later reflection and consideration we can plainly see where
the fuel man has sound reasons tor making sucn a statement.
At the present time there seems to be a woeful shortage of
both wood and coal. One cause for this is probably due to the
fact that the past three years there has been an enormous drain
upon the coal output, without an appreciable increase in pro
duction. War has had its effect on the fuel situation, and es
pecially in coal. England has had her great fleet of dread
naught's under steam constantly for three years. The amount
( f coal consumed has been enormous.
So far as wood is concerned, the local fuel dealers say they
have no trouble in placing their orders, but to get those orders
filled is an entirely different problem. It is a big question right
now, and fuel dealers are free to admit it, that Heppner is
facing the worst fuel shortage in history. The same condition
seems to prevail over the entire Northwest. The shortage is
noticeable even now. As the months go by the situation will
become more acute. Its time that drastic measures be taken to
prevent real hardship and suffering, to say nothing of the in
conveniences in industrial lines.
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Senator Borah of Idaho would establish a .joint purchasing
"encv at Portland and would make that city the main channel
of trade for all food supplies and other necessities purchased
i'or the United States and allied countries in the Northwest.
His reasoning would seem logical from the standpoint of ship
ping facilities. He sees a car shortage ahead which he fears
will hamper transportation to the Atlantic seaboard. From
Portland, he would make the Panama canal and the high seas
a channel of trade to eastern ports and to Europe.
Portland is, by its geographical location, the ideal as well
as the most equitable outlet for the vast trade of the Pacific
Northwest, comprising for the most part, the Inland Empire of
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and even
Utah . One of the most pleasant features of Mr. Borah's sug
gestions is the fact that he is able to recognize Portland as she
really is. And agan, it woud be putting the Panama Canal to
the use for which it was built.
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TORN 'TWIXT NEED AND DUTY.
A large portion of the Atlantic seaboard is keenly interest
ed these drafty days by a touching case of extreme hardship
that has come to light with the operations of the selective ser
vice law. The case in jHunt illustrates how the exigencies of
the high cost of living mav operate to thwart patriotic impulse.
j It is a noteworthy example of how a man may be torn between
desire to serve las country in the tented field and the grim
necessity of staying at home to keep loved ones from starring.
Among the men called for service in a New Jersey place
not far from the city of New York was a young man of 30, of
good family a grandson, in fact, of Jay Gould, who is said to
have been quite well to do and to have left a fair amount of
money to his children. But apparently this modest competence
has disappeared, for the grandson who was drafted told the ex
emption board that he must stay with his wife, as she is entirely
dependent upon his labor for support. He was married a little
more than a month ago. :
New York and environs are really distracted over this case.
They dislike to see a young man like this, so. eager to fight for
his country, forced to stay at home, and yet they realize that it
would never do for Kingdoii Gould to go to war and leave Mrs.
Kingdon Gould in danger of becoming a public charge. They
hope that the exemption board which will pass 5n the claim
may take into consideration the young man's distinguished
family connections and his apparent lack of resources. It
would be greatly regretted if this excellent youth were to re
ceive only the scant consideration that ordinary people will
get. Spokesman-Review.
HOOVER'S POLICY.
Obviously Food Administrator Hoover does not intend to
ride rough shod over the food business of the country. He be
lieves in the moral force of the federal food laws, for he says the
very existence of corrective powers will tend to check specula
tion and price inflation. :
The Telegram likes the spirit of Hoover's first public ut
terance after he received his appointment, and it "believes the
country will approve the way he approaches his task. Says
Hoover:
"The business men of the country, I am convinced, as a re
sult of many hundreds of conferences with representatives of
the great sources of food supply, realize their own patriotic ob
ligation, and the solemnity of the situation, and will fairly and
generously co-operate in meeting the national emergencies."
Of one thing we may be certain: So long as Hoover is on
the job, the price of no food is going to be fixed by the meanest
and most grasping man in the food business, nor by any set of
men who have the means to corner food. In these war times
"fair and generous" is a good motto. Of course, there will al
ways be a certain percentage of lawless speculators and dealers
who may need discipline. Whenever such a case arises, Hoover
may be entrusted to administer it. He has the reputation of be
ing just that kind of a man. Portland Telegram.
FINANCING THE WAR.
The United States is financing itself in this war by loans
and taxes.' It obtains funds from the people, some by taxation
and some by the sale of bonds, and then it goes into the markets
and buys from the people what it needs. The people supply the
government with money and the government with this money
buys from the people what it needs for the war.
There are three sources from, which the United States can
draw the sinews of war. First is the fixed property of the na
tion. This represents our farms, factories, mines, railways and
all other property including accumulated savings. From the
corpus or body of none of these, except the accumulated sav
ings, will the government obtain war funds, and even from the
accumulated savings it will draw a relatively small portion.
These accumulated savings are invested in industries ami busi
ness which are necessary to the country's welfare and prosper
ity and it is only that portion of these savings which are seek
ing investment that the government will receive in exchange
for bonds.
The second and great source from which the government
is to derive its war fund is the, wealth produced during the war.
Part of this it will obtain b taxation and part in exchange for
bonds. The annual production of the United States, from its
'arms, mines, factories, and other sources, amounts to fifty bil
'.ion dollars a year and out of this fifty billion dollars will come
the funds, part from taxes and part from the sale of bond's, with
which the United States will finance itself during this war.
By taxation this generation will pay for its portion of the
cost of the war. By the sale of bonds the next generation is
called upon to pay its portion, and this last portion will be paid
from the wealth production after the war.
By this method the capital of the country, its resources of
income and w'dth, are unimpaired. It is only the yearly incre
ment of ill.-; property that is called upon to bear a portion of the
cost of the war. Th us despite the waste of war and the destruc
tion of property involved the country may emerge from the con
flict stronger financially, more efficient and even wealthier than
before. What the government receives it receives from the
people without impairing the sources of wealth of the country,
and passes it back to the people in exchange for the produc
tions of the country. It is in a way only a shifting of credits.
The government collects the current taxes and by means of
bonds anticipates taxes of the years to come, and all the money
thus acquired passes back into the hands of the tax-payers.
This is why governments which follow sound economic meth
ods not only are not impoverished by wars, but sometimes
emerge the stronger as England did after the Napoleonic wars
and the United States did after our great Civil War.
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YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER.
Your local newspaper is in no sense a special child of char
ity. It earns every dollar is receives and is second to no enter
prise in contributing to the upbuilding and betterment of the
town and community. Its patrons reap far more benefits from
its pages than its publisher and in calling for the support of the
community, it asks no more than what in all fairness belongs to
it. Patronize your home paper as you would any other enter
prise, as a matter of business, because it directly or indirectly
helps you, and not as a matter of charity. C. E. Miller in
Apache '(Okla.) Review.
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Mr. Slade, State Bank Examiner,
accompanied by W. G. Scott and W.
O. Hill drove up from Lexington on
Wednesday und spent the evening
with Hugh E. Bran, of the First Nat
ional Bank.
The Misses Bernice and Elaine
Sigsbee returned home Wednesday
from a visit of several days with
Miss Cleone Andrews at The Dalles.