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VHE QAZETTE-TIME8, HETPKETI, ORE THURSDAY, JULY S, 191U. PAGE SIX Greater Farming Efficiency Better methods in farming in clude the system of Harvesting. Get 100 per cent efficien cy from your harvesting machinery by using The McCormick Line of Mowers, Reapers, Self Binders and Headers New headers being assembled now. We carry a complete line of header extras. Peoples Hardware Company Heppner, Oregon. L MONTERESTELLI MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS PENDLETON. OREGON FINE MONUMENT AND CEMETERY WORK All p&rtiss interested in getting work in my line should get iny prices and estimates before placing their orders ALL WORK GUARANTEED At the touch of a match No waiting for fires to come up, no unnecessary work, no waste, when you use a good oil cook tove and Pearl Oil. Bakes, broils, roasts, toasts economically. Concentrates a steady heat on the cooking leaving the kitchen cool and com fortable. Pearl Oil, the Standard Oil Company's kero ene, is one of the most convenient and economi cal fuels you can use. Easy to handle. It is re fined and re-refined by our special process which removes the impurities. It is clean burning. Pearl Oil is for sale in bulk by dealers every where. It is the same high-quality kerosene es the Pearl Oil sold in five-gallon cans. There is a aving by buying in bulk. Order by name Pearl OIL W recommend New Perfection tad Puritan Oil Cooketovet PEARL OIL (KEROSENE) HEAT AND LIGHT 'STANDARD OIL COMPANY (CALIFORNIA) FALL? IS BIG PROBLEM n Interesting Symposium of State ments by Some of America's Leading Men. UfcO. W. M1LHOLLAJXD, Special Agent, Standard Oil Company, Ileppntr Issued by U. S. Dept. of Labor. By J. Ogden Armour. The greatest danger to our econ jinic structure today arises from the .ailure of many to recognize a new iud higher level of prices, based on permanently increased cost of labor, and high taxation. Those who postpone building or buying in the hope of materially low it prices, are speculating in the tu ure misfortune of the Nation. For .'ailing prices, when reaching the point where profit Is eliminated, mean panic, depression, unemploy ment, and other troubles. In the final analysis 76 per cent or more of the cost of most commodit ies consists of labor, and reductions .n the market price of commodities ire .therefore, inevitably reflected in .he compensation of labor. Nothing in the labor situation war rants anyone in expecting materially .ower cost of commodities in gen 3ral, and bulding in particular, .v'ages will not be lower for several .undamental reasons, viz: 1. The practical stoppage of im migration since 1914, depriv ing America of the several million workers who would nirmally have come to our shores. 2. The retention by the Nation's military and naval establish ments of nearly 2,000,000 workers which may contlnut for an Indefinite period. 3. The creation of new industries, such as shipbuilding, and manufacture of chemicals anu dyes, requiring hundreds oi thousands of workers. 4. The urgent demand for building and construction of ever) class, due to their having bee., held back for several years 5. The shortage of the world food supply. 6. The proportionately higher lev els of commodity prices ex isting practically all over Eu rope. On the one hand then, we are fac .iig a serious shortage of labor a. won as we approach normal Indus .ial activity, and on the other lian .here Is confronting us a tremeuu .us, unsatisfied demand for mauj ..ecessiiles which it was difficult o. impossible to obtain during the war. iNornially under such condition e could have expected a nooa o. .ow-priued goods from the Old Work A'hile now we find that prices in Eu .upe have risen proportionately muci.; .ligher than In America, and the de ; jiaud for commodities and labor, U .nake up for the wastage of war, it aven more keenly felt there thai, uere. Th manufacturer who now quote .he lowest possible price consisteu. .villi the high cost of labor, and guar untees this to be so, doing his buyiufc ueeiy on the same basis, ranks as ou. iiighest type of patriotic citizen. A uew level of prices has been estab .ished, from which there can be ni material recession until inventive genius succeeds in corresponding increasing labor's productive capau uy by mechanical means. Statement by James B. Forgan, first .National Bank, Chicago. While it is my belief that the gen eral trend of prices during the nex. jecade may be downward, I do nu. -uuicipaie any sudden or violent tum jie In the near future beyoud Uk jiiLQiuaiion of war prices made neces oury to stimulate production in higu cost piants. We cannot "eat our cam. and Lave it." We cannot immediate ly have low-priced products win. i.igh-cust labor. At no time was honest labor mor. lndespensibie than during the wa,, and during that period the avera0, weekly wage of all workers wa greatly advanced. Out of the war has come a strong realization of the value of labor u civilization, and we must accustou. ourseives to the evident fact mat t, permanently higher scaie of wage, or compensation has been estabusiiei. for the world's worker, both sklae. and unskilled. In all lines of Industry, to make . fair profit, selling prices must be l. proportion to the cust of production including the enhanced cost oi lauui This fact Bhould be recognized in buy lug as well as in selling. There exists in the world today. and tliers will exist for sometime ul come, a tremeudous latent uemanx for goods and service and a reiaii shortage caused by the war. 1m high cost of living has not yet begV to recede, and it would be an errun eous policy at present to attempt) -k cut prices at the expense of labor"' Stutement by Ma J. General Gooirgi W. Uoetlials. J The immediate problem that aon fronts us is the resumption of bust ness, including particularly building constructon, manufacturing anil mln lng. .i Business is being retarded because we are hoping for, or fearing, I6wei prices. Whether these tears, or hopes, are ever going to berealized, no one can say, but aboreth maze of conflicting arguemnts thatare be i lug applied to the situation, tone fact tands out preeminently: We can return to neither pre-wai 'onditions nor pre-war prices. Every thoughtful employer of labor ealizes that the wage earner is en itleJ to proportionately more of the oniforts and convulences of life than oil to his share before the war. Ev ry thoughtful buyer should realize .hat the price he pays for goods must e in proportion to the increased cost jf labor. Also that labor, in broad est sense, constitutes over 75 per cent f the cost of most products of farm, forest, mine, factory and laboraory. The manufacturer, employer, or in dividual who is selling his own labor, brains, or product at a high though easouable price should not expect to ouy cheaply from others. Let us be areful, in our cry for lower prices, aot to forget that permanent im provement of living conditions is ef- ected only by Increased efficiency of he forces of production. And exper ience shows such Increase of efficien cy is at best a slow process, a process f years and perhaps decades. Builds Concrete Garage. M. L. Case has under construction at the rear of his furniture store on ..lain street, a concrete garage. It vviil be thoroughly tire-proof aud win jo used by Mr. Case for the housing jf his hearse and undertaking car-.iage. Mrs. Lawson Is Recovering. Mrs. C. W. Lawson, who was se ereiy Injured a week ago last Tues aay when she and Mr. Lawson were .hrown from their bufcgy while on .heir way to town, is recovering sat- .sfactoriiy according to the report oi aer physician, Dr. C. C. Chick. Mrs. ..awson was badly cut on the heau .iid her body was severely bruised. Board Walk Disappears. The old board walk heretofore ruu .ing along the hospital property on aain street has completely disap peared and it is rumored that its ...ace will be taken by a substantial oncrete walk. The city is condemu ag a lot of old board walks which ae not only unsightly in appearance, jut a menace to the health and pub ic safety of our citizens. Installs Huge Tank. Bert Bowker is getting ready to .audle the big increase in the gaso wie business which will come when he summer months bring through ue thousands of automobile tourists, jy enlarging the capacity of his fili ng station wth a 1000-gallon tank, .lie local demand for gasoline is be coming so great that the gcrages and aiing stations are having a hard time o keep a supply on hand. Ruder Killed By Cow. George Rader, the pioneer Grant county stockman, was killed by a cow. according to" Coroner M. L. Case, who .eturned from Long Creek the first o he week. It appears that Mr. Rader :ad gone from his home in Long Jreek to his ranch near the edge of own to look after a cow with a ;poiled udder. In attempting to tie he cow up to a post, he was knocked iown by her and his chest badly crushed. The funeral was held at Long Creek. Butter Creek Highway Next. At Umatilla at 10 a. m. on July 3 n the big Chautauqua tent there is o be held a big meeting, which has or its purpose the working out of ilans for the opening of the Butter Jreek highway from Lena through his city and on to Umatilla. It is :xpected that every good roads man n this part of the county will be in ttendance, and it is further expected hat a committee will be elected con lsting of one member from each road listrict that is crossed by this pro osed highway, and that they will mmedlately organize and begin an ctive campaign looking to the secur lg of funds for the building of this teeded road, Hermiston Herald. IMPORTANT TO AUTO OWNERS "AVING leased the mechanical Department of the new McRoberts-Cohn Auto Company Garage, we are prepared to assume the care and upkeep of your car in a satisfactory manner. The shop is being rapidly equipped with the latest models of machinery and no job will be too intricate for us to handle. We have had years of experience in this work. Will make.promptjf delivery. , s The season is fast approaching which permits the use of your car. Bring it in and let us look it over. We will tell you what it needs and you can rely upon our advice. We stand behind our statements and guarantee our work. 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