THE GAZETTE -TTHtS. EETTVEll, ORE, THTHSPAV, ACO. 14. 1919.
THE GAZETTE-TIMES
a-j to Boston and all the bush
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and nifie.i at the I'usiolVe al Hepp-
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MORROW CO V STY OFFICIAL PAPF.K
H'HY NOT DEEPER?
Now that the administration at
Washington, through the attorney
general's oif.ee is so
Nh has been built up in Oregon
noulJ be ic?:royei.
Yet absence of water competition
in earning wool results from the ac
tion of the sane government which
uses it as the ground for raisins the
rate. Wool is here ready to ship by
water. Ships are here, able to carry
it. Men are here ready to buy or ;
charter the ships. But the shipping
board does not allow them to be used
for that traftc. Dozens of ships lie
idle in the Willamette river, but none
os ; of them is allowed to carry wool to i
rhe Atlantic coast. ater competi- i
:ion is thus decidedly potential. The I
onlv reason whv it does not become
o
Whatever the facts may be and
whatever adjustment shoull be made
n matters affecting the farmer, the
appeal to prejudice and to class an
tipathies is not the way to get things
lone, nor is now the time to secure
relief except by the slow process of
better methods of doing business,
.hich ought to engage our undis
:urbed professional attention.
Organized labor has succeeded in
purifying itself from the irresponsi-
! ble extremist, and hopefully agricul
1 ture can do as well. Farmers do not
i.-tn'il is triflt tht hinr!na hnar nrp.
vents. Then the railroad administra-1 Pess the same strong national or-
:ion a department of the govern
anization as does labor with which
o resist spurious and dangerous
"'ing
nr a Tfar Vi A nrt Aie icKn u-siit.4n t
b, ... .w . ,the govemment-as a reason for ac-
it be a good thtng to get at the bot-! ;ion wnjch wou!d destrov the Port.
torn of the whole business a good
deal quicker by going back to the
wholesaler? As usual the retailer j
is coming in for his round of knocks
and some of the boys who are getting
the cream are standing back laughing
up their sleeves. We would not at
tempt to say that there is not an in
stance of profiteering to the discredit
of the retailer, probably there have
been a number of instances. But the
prices of the retailer are based upon
what he has to pay to the wholesale
man, and it seems to us that right
there is where prices are apt to be
boosted, if anywhere.
However, the retail merchant has
stood close inspection before and
we imagine that he can do it again,
and that is more than some of the big
boys have been able to do. Some of
the big boys who have made millions
the last two years. Come to think
about it, from glancing around near
at home, we can't see where the re
tail man is getting rich very fast and
what holds true in a town of this size
is pretty well duplicated the entire
country over.
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Is it possible that Shantung has
been "ShanghaieJ' by Japan?
A GREAT DEAL OF PURE BUNK.
"Armour can't afford shoes."
What do you think of that? But it
must be a fact, because Mr. Armour
says so, and he is one of those big
meat packers in Chicago we hear so
much about. So, of course, it must
be true. And he says only the work
ers can afford to buy shoes now,
since shoes are so high. Can you
beat it?
Of all the bunk that has appeared
in the press lately regarding the high
cost of living this latest dope from
the lips of Armour and some of those
other highbrow millionaires is the
greatest bit of humor yet.
Yes, it was only last week that Mr.
Armour bought his first pair of shoe--in
three or four years. He says, "1
never like to buy when prices are
'and wool business.
There may be valid reasons why
no ships are available to carry wool,
but they arise from the abnormal
conditions created by the war. Water
competition first ceased to be actual
ind become potential when at the
outbreak of the war ships were with
drawn from the Pacific coast. The
situation thus created was aggravat
ed when the United States went to
war and withdrew American ships
from the Pacific. It is now continued
by employment of ships built on this
coast to carry food to Europe and
ties to the Atlantic coast, to the ex
clusion of wool and other commodi
ties. From the beginning it was ab
normal, and never warranted with
drawal of rates based on water com
petition. Within a few months it will
end when all American troops will
have returned from France and when
the extraordinary demand for ton
nage on the Atlantic will have abated,
also when tonnage now under con
struction will have been completed.
Mr. Rosseter of the shipping board
predicts that within a year the gov
ernment's merchant fleet will have
passed into private hands. At that
time assuredly, probably before, ves
sels will carry wool from Portland to
the Atlantic coast and make water
competition actual.
The purely temporary, abnormal
nature of present conditions does not
justify a change in rates. The great
injury to the wool business and wool
?n manufactures of Oregon forbids
rt. Before another wool clip can be
marketed those conditions will pro
bably have passed and the time will
have arrived to undo what is now
iroposed. Then why do it? Ore
Ionian. By letting the crews off on week
days (some one diy in the week
other than Sunday) the farmers are
iving their men a chance to do what
hopping they may want to do while
he stores are open. It works to an
'dvantage all the way around.
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DID YOU KNOW
That the proprietor of the Hotel
Crillon, Paris, occupied by the Amer-
. . -i ..in?nt nsfi mis arnnn nf trt chin.
ms. i.i .ii.w w t rirAnv, iron. 14 Mif n-ril. thoir la.'L. n
board another department or . "
jiuttuuuuu utcy suuum supply iu
common sense.
There is coming out of the North
west a powerful and aggressive
movement, amounting almost to an
agrarian revolution. Hopefully it
will spend itself before reaching the
rank and file of American farmers.
We da not want an agrarian revo
lution, particularly just now. The in
terests of all classes of people are in
volved alike in the stttlment of great
corld questions in which we all have
a common interest and it ill behooves
us to fall to fighting among ourselves.
Besides, as we settle down and re
solve our differences by peaceful
methods and succeed in ironing out
our difficulties, we shall find, quite
'o our surprise in some respects no
doubt, that after all we are pretty
much in the same boat, and that in
general the farmers' interest is not
much different from that of others
Anyhow, we have had quite enough
of quarreling and excitement in the
world. What we need now is to set-
'!e down a while, work hard daytimes
ind sleep well nights. "Get ac
quainted with your neighbor; you
night like him." In any event, let us
keep cool and leave something to be
settled next year, and perhaps even
something for the next generation to
work out, for they will be wiser than
we and hopefully not so agitated as
we may be and probably are at this
larticular moment.
Yes. let us keep cool, lest we get
'he political jimjams before we know
it. Country Gentleman.
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So long as we are without a hotel,
ve might at least put our attention to
iroviding a more comfortable and
convenient camping ground for the
hundreds of auto tourists who are
nissing this way. Tourists say that
'here is only one town in the North
vest (Pendleton) which has a worse
wiping ground than Heppner. Its
"id odium and could very easily be
eliminated.
THE NEW ORDER.
The world surfers from incom-
crcasinj their number or ad'ing to ght for it on the floor. tiling in this respect, but its scope is
their di.l'.culiy; and besides, people, Incompetent leadership has caused not as large, and the attendance is
are agitated already as much as is ' every great war, and competent lead- much smaller. But both are two
pood for them or safe for the country. ; ership has won every peace, and be- growing institutions which everyone
cause we have in the United States of us should foster and encourage at
such virile leaders, we have less rea- every opportunity.
son to fear the prevailing world-wide j
unrest than any other nation. W e
have passed through similar exper
iences and know what they mean. Ex
perience is the best teacher, and the
ourned child alone dreads the fire.
The Master warned us twenty cen
turies ago that "He who taketh up
.he sword shall perish by the sword,"
out that w arning will go unheeded as
long as human nature is what it is,
rlague Conference and Leagues of
Nations to the contrary notwithstand
ing. There is deep significance in
.he cabled statement of Secretary
Lansing, printed in his reveiw of the
League of Nations, that the world is
it ill in danger.
And we shall continue to have ex
periments in government at the de
nand of an insistent and clamorous
ninority, led by conscientious ob
jectors to the prevailing order of
hings, and we shall ly for these ex
periments, just as a good citizen pays
'or the custody and care of the crim
inal, the pauper and the insane. The
Aeak are always the burden of the
strong, the sick of the healthy, and
he improvident of the thrifty.
We are trying Socialism in North
Dakota under the guise of a farmers'
movement. We tried the same ex
periment in 1892 under the name of
:he "Populist Party." That party
jlected a substantial representation
in Congress, but where are Senator
sockless Simpson and the Populist
Party now? We are having the rule
of the anarchist in Russia, and the
ippeal of the I. W. W. here, and a
demand for the recognition of a po
litical labor party.
We had the threat of a political la
bor party magnified many fold in
1870 to 18S0, when the Knights of
Labor appeared to be so formidable
that it was the bugbear of both the
reat political parties. Where are
"Sand Lots" Denis Kearney and the
Knights of Labor now? The Prohi
bition Party carried New York in
1854, and elected its governor by a
fair majority. Last year in New York
it polled 37,000 votes out of the 2,-
200,000 cast, and Governor Clark,
the Prohibition leader, is a forgotten
figure in this dry land.
The clamor for a new order of
things has been heard since the world
began. The tribes of Judah were per
petually at war. Moses, reviled by
the mob, in despair, cast down the
tables of stone and broke them to
pieces. The Greatest Teacher of the
World, when tempted to express an
opinion with reference to the then
existing order, did not hesitate em
phatically to respond: "Render to
Caesar the things that are Caesar's."
The old order has stood the test of
time, while new orders have come
an1 nnna a n . ., F. . t Mr4 ,. in.
. . i , i .,. I uw lilvUIIIIUi a IU I1UI IHI-
:etent leadership, and the public' j ,.,.;., t . ,
lL . ,, ... ... . posing procession of false prophets
-ays the price. Without the men of A Z.Lt. j... t .....
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Remember now that your oppor
tunity is here to help make the 7th ,
Morrow County Fair the best yet. !
Boost for it and prepare your ex-
hibits, as they are the biggest boost ;
that you can give. Then after the !
Fair has passed on into history you
will feel gratified in the thought that
you also had your part in making it
that big success. When everybody is
hosting there is less time for kicking. '
The successful passage of the fleet
of dreadnaughts through the Panama
Canal is a striking illustration of the
utility of that waterway and of its in
calculable value to this country, says
Harvey's Weekly. Amid the natural
exultation over the achievement
'here should be an appreciation of
the need of retaining absolute posses-
ion and control of that Canal, as one
of the territorial waters of the Uni
ted States, instead of surrendering it
to an international and alien control,
is we should of course be obliged to
io under the Covenant of the League
of Nations. i
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LOSE FAITHFUL OFFICER.
Oregon's National Guard loses a
faithful officer in the withdrawal of
Col. John L. May after thirty years
of loyal service. It is unfortunate
hat his resignation was brought
about by intemperate criticism such
is some of our dailies lent them
selves to before and after his re-
urn from service abroad. Undoubt
edly Col. May made mistakes, even
is every other colonel made mis-
akes, but no man was ever more
patriotic, more unselfishly loyal or
more devoted to his duty to his coun-
ry, his state and his regiment. While
his thoughtless critics have wounded
him deeply, they cannot take from
him the consciousness of duty well
done nor deprive him of the affec-
Mon in which he is held by thousands
if Oreonians who know how faith
ful he has been. Oregon Voter.
high," so it is quite evident that the lcan Peace Commissioners, is ex.
packer has not been eating very
much of that silver-lined beef in the
blue label. But why shouldn't his
shoes last him two or even three
years? He saves the sole leather
by wearing out rubber tires. Proba
bly he has spent enough on tires dur
ing those three years to have bought
foot wear for his entire family the
rest of their lives, and auto tires have
been going up along with everything
else.
Here is a president of the Corn
Exchange Bank who says he has not
bought a pair of shoes since 1916.
Having had his hand on the pulse of
business trend, he probably saw what
was coming and laid in enough shoes
at the before-the-war price to last
him till prices come down again.
But the final wind-up of the whole
laughable business, laughable if it
wasn't so serious, is the statement of
H. H. Merrick, president of the Asso
ciation of Commerce and the Great
Lakes Trust Company, "that it is the
working man who is buying shoes at
the top of the market and keeping
prices high."
We wonder what kind of low down
propaganda this is anyway? Do the
old boys smell a rat since Uncle Sam
has decided to go after the profiteers
rough shod, and are they now trying
to tie something on to the workine
classes? Who in the deuce wears
out shoes, anyway? It isn't the old
boy that rides to and from his office
in a big limousine, of that we are
sure.
A BLOW AT THE WOOL BUSI
NESS. The proposal of the railroad ad
ministration to raise the rate on wool
from the interior to Portland is a
beautiful example of the effect of
government management of indus-
pected to present a bill to this gov-
mment of $1,000,000, and that at
Peace Commission dance given last
month the waiters opened hundreds
if bottles of champagne.
That the common pleas court at
ittsburg, Pa., refused to grant a
-harter to the No-Tobacco Corpora
tion, which plans a nation-wide anti
'obacco campaign.
That in India only 12 women out
of every 1,000 can read and write.
That Heppner is the only town of
;ts size in Eastern Oregon which has
in exclusive shoe store.
That the war increased taxes in
'he United States by 20007c, in
Great Britain about 1100 and in
France and Italy about 6.
KEEP COOL.
The agitator is abroad in the land,
agitating. He is not trying to settle
things down but to stir them up. He
is engaged principally in finding
fault and in telling how bad things
ire. He talks a great deal about
"abuses" and "rights"; about "priv
ileged classes" anl the "downtrod
den"; and he hints darkly about
"doing something." He talks most
ly in generalities, but his illustrations
ire concrete and there is just enough
truth in what he says or seems to
say to make the whole thing dan
gerous, particularly now when noth
;ng is as well established as most
'hings ought to be.
The agitator himself has seldom
succeedel, but he asks and usually
lets a following because he is his
own demonstration of the seeming
'ruth of what he says. Besides, there
's a queer psychological kink in us
'hat leads us to react sympathetically
o the one who tells us that we have
been abused; and so It is that the agi-
ator, if he be ready of tongue and a
ays the price.
Yon, the world would lapse into an
irchy, and perhaps into barbarism.
It was so at the beginning, and it will
be so at the end. I
No army wins without a general;
no ship sails without a captain; no
and quack doctors. Liberty of the
1776 brand still survives, and the no
ble statue in its honor still lights up
our splendid harbor. Leslies
The Seventh Annual Morrow
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An Accredited Training School
for Nurses
Pendleton, Oregon
Young women between the ages of 18 and 35 who can
be credited with one or two years High School or
equivalent of same will be received as pupil nurses.
For further information
Address Sister Superior
Sell Your Wheat
Having arranged to repre
sent the H. W. Collins Grain
gency, we want our friends
mi clients to know we are in
'he market to buy.
FARMERS' EXCHANGE
F. R. BROWN, Manager
Heppner, Ore.
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H mu 4 1 IfW Mi n Wi immii W" '" -El
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"Surest Thing You Know,"
says uie uooa juage ttp
It's a cinch to get a real
quality chew and save
part of your tobacco
money at the same
time.
A small chew of this good tobacco
gives real lasting satisfaction.
THE REAL TOBACCO CHEW
put up in two styles
RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco
W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco
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revolution succeeds without a strong County Fair is just a month away,
nan at its front, no political party Its the one time of the year when the
wins a lasting success without a per- peonle of the county come together
manent policy and aggressive lead- in a genuine sociable way.. The Far-
ers to plead for it on the rostrum and mers' Picnic held annually is a good
DOJfT THROW YOUR
OLD HOES AwAY!
After
n
Before I rJgmt I
We can make them as good as new and our
prices are reasonable
THE BOWERS SHOE REPAIR SHOP
C. M. BOWERS, Prop.
tries which are normally in the hands -ood mixer, usually succeeds in
of private enterprise, also of the ' rounding up a respectable number of
effect of conduct of government injidmirers who follow him, and gen
watertight compartments. The pres- erally to disaster, for his "true things
ent rate was made to compete with j ire not new and his new things are i
water lines. It has stimulated hand-; not true. 1
ling of wool at Portland to the point ! The agitator's stock in trade is dis- E
where this city has become the sec-'content, and there are always enough
ond wool market in the United 'llustrations that mav be used in such E
States. It has also stimulated woolen , a way as to excite if not to make des-; s
manufacture in Oregon. Because oerate a certain and not inconsider-
water competition with the railroads j able proportion of our fellow men.
is potential, not actual, and because i But this is no time for agitators.
the railroad administration needs There are enough troubles necessar- s
more money to make good its huge ily on hand without hunting up more. s3
deficit, it is proposed to raise the rate .There are enough puzzling questions
to much that wool would go east-j to be decided without needlessly in-
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Poultry and Fish 1
Peoples Cash Market i
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We're Off Again
Full of cheer and that optimistic American spirit.
Peace-time industries must soon be going full swing speeded up
for delayed peace necessities and luxuries, creating a job for every
home-coming fighter, reabsorbing every loyal munition worker.
Now '8 the time. Start things going,
buying and selling all along the line.
Buy what you need. Start
If you buy you deplete the goods of the merchant and he must buy,
and he in turn depletes th surplus stock of the fnanufacturer, who thuB
is forced to buy more raw materials, produce more goods, employing
more workmen.
BUY NOW Start the ball
LET'S GO! BUY NOW!
a-rolling, headed for prosperity
U. S. Department of Labor
KOGER W. BABSON, Director General; W. B. WILSON, Secretary,
Information and Educational Service.
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