THE GAZETTE-TIMES. HEFPNER. OREGON. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 28, 1922
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Mary Katherirle Campbell, of Columbus,
Ohio, was crowned National Beauty Queen
for 1922 in the Annual Pageant at Atlantic
City. She is 16 years old, 5 feet 5 inches in
height, and weighs 133 pounds. She swims,
rides, dances and goes to school. She tri
umped oyer 170 other American beauty win
ners from as many different towns and cities
in the U. S.
Secretary of Agriculture
Points Out Reasons and..
Gives Farmers Views.
FARMER EARNS LESS
Brunt of Cost Borne by
Others Than Strikers
and Employing Capital
By HENRY C. WALLACE,
Secretary of Agriculture.
Editor's Note: Henry C. Wallace,
secretary of agriculture, knowa the
work and the reward of the farm
both from a personal viewpoint and
from a viewpoint gained by national
dealings with agriculture. He holds in
the following that the majority' of
.farmers are weary of the industrial
unrests that make trouble for every
one and he also shows that the agri
culturist has woes of hi own that
strikes would not benefit.
At this time when everyone is pon
dering over questions of wages and
conditions of employment in the or
ganized industries, there is much food
for sober reflection in contemplating
the wages and the conditions under
which about one-third of the Ameri
can people, namely, the farmers and
those who live on farms, are work
ing. Let us consider first the matter
of wages, or income. The value of in
come, whether it be in the form of
wages, or of money received for sales
of the products of labor, is represent
ed not in dollars and cents but in
what that money will buy, in other
vords, by its purchasing power. It I'
rather startling to thinking people to
compare the wages paid the workers
in the organized industries with the
vages received by the farmer, as re
presented in the price he gets for the
things he grows. A few specific illus
trations indicate clearly the position
in which the American farmer finds
imself in relation to workers in
- .ese industries.
Take for example, the average wage
eceived by the coal miner for mining
a ton of coal. In 1913 this wage per
ton would buy 1.1 bushel of corn in
Iowa; in 1921 it would buy 2.5 bushels
of corn in the same state. In 1913 the
ton wage would buy .7 of a bushel of
wheat in North Dakota; in 1921 it
would purchase .0 of a bushel. Ir.
1913 it would buy 4.7 pounds of cotton
in Texas but in 1921 it wouid pur
chase 8.5 pounds of cotton in the
same state. In 1913 the miner' wage
per ton would buy 7 pounds ol nog
in Nebraska; in 1921 14 pounds. In
1913 the miner's ton wage purchased
.8 of a bushel of potatoes in New
York; in 1921 it would bring him 1.2
bushel. In 1913, 11 pounds of sheep in
Wyoming; in 1921, 18 pounds. In 1913
1.6 bushel of oats in Illinois; in 1921
3.1 bushels. In 1913, 2.4 pounds of
butter in Missouri; in 1921 3.2 pounds
of butter in the same state.
Some Figures.
If we take the average yearly earn
ings of railroad employees, we find
that in 1913 the wage for a year's
work would purchase 1492 bushels of
corn in Iowa, but in 1921 the average
yearly wage of railroad employees
would buy 4112 bushels. The average
yearly earnings of railroad employees
would buy 1028 bushels of wlsat hi
North Dakota in 1913; in 1921 it
would purchase 1466 bushels. In 1913
it would buy 6449 pounds of cotton in
Texas but in 1921 it would purchase
13,934 pounds. It would buy in , 1913
102 hundredweight of hogs in Nebras
ka; and in 1921 237 hundredweight.
It would buy 148 hundredweight of
sheep in Wyoming in 1913; and in
1921 296 hundredweight In 1913 it
would buy 1087 bushels of potatoes
in New York; in 1921 1918 bushels.
In 1913 2174 bushels of oats in Illin
ois; in 1921 51U9 Dusneis. in ivm
3309 pounds of butter in Missouri; in
1921 5285 pounds.
In 1913 the freight revenue per ton
mile received by the railroads would
buy 14 bushel of corn in Iowa. In
Is 13 1 bushel of wheat in North Dak
ota; in 1921 1.1 bushel. In 1913 6.1
pounds of cotton in Texas; in 1921
10.5 pounds. In 1913 10 pounds of
hogs in Nebraska; in 1921 18 pounds.
In 1913 1 bushel of potato in New
York; in 1921 1.5 bushel. In 1913 14
pounds of sheep in Wyoming; in 1921
22 pounds. In 1913 2.1 bushels of oats
in Illinois; in 1921 22 pounds. In 1913
2.1 bushel of oats in Illinois; in
1921 3.9 bushels. In 1913 3.1 pounds
of butter in Missouri; in 1921 4 pou
nds. Price Go I'p.
In fairness it must be taken into
account, of course that before the
corn, wheat, hogs, sheep, cotton, but
ter or other farm products get to the
consumer' table, a good deal baa
been added to the price which the far
mer received. This margin betweeen
the farmer or producer and the con
sumer has greatly increased during
the past eight years. At the same
time it is also fair to note that a good
deal of this increase baa been due to
the increase in the wages paid the
people who handle these products in
connection with their marketing and
distribution. The foregoing compari
sons show, however, that the wages
of the farmer as represented by the
prices paid for his crops are lower
than his wages were before the war
measured in purchasing power, while
on the other hand, the wages of the
workmen in organised industries, are
considerably higher than they were
before the war, whethter we measure
them in dollars and cents or in pur
chasing power.
The fact is that the farmers of the
country, numbering almost one-third
of our entire population, have borne
altogether the heaviest burden of de
flation. They have endeavored to get
relief by all lawful means. They have
appealed to the Administration, to
Congress, and to every other agency
which they thought might possibly
help them, but while making these ef
forts to avoid their heavy losses, they
have not stopped working. They have
kept on producing and in the face of
extraordinary low prices they have
this year grown one of the largest
crops in the entire history of our
country.
I Believe M Law.
The farmer believes in law and
order. He believes firmly in govern
ment He believes in fairness and jus
tice between man and man. He be
lieves in working hard and producing
efficiently and he does all of these
things in which he believes.
The farmers' wages are not paid re
gularly every week or every month.
Instead he must receive his compen
sation at irregular intervals varying
from three months to a year or more
depending upon the nature of the
crop. Neither the rate of wages nor
the hours of labor are agreed upon in
advance. The consuming public pays,
but It makes no agreement whatever
as to the amount it will pay.
The farmer is urged to produce ab
undantly, but the price he receives
for what he raises is determined after
the amount of his production is
known. The buyers naturally drive
the closest bargain possible. The more
the farmer produces, the less the buy
ers want to pay, and thus, strange as
it may seem, we have large produc
tion actually penalized. Very often, in
fact it is the general rule, a large
crop brings the farmer fewer total
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BOBBED HAIR
My little niece ha bobbed her hair
which make her look a trifle queer
about her upper story. . . . For the
was mighty well supplied with what
we call th woman' pride, in fact
her crownin' glory. ... I couldnt
say that she's improved, by whackin'
off tbe curl I loved it mak her
look so sassy I But when she' had
'em off a spell, she may look sweeter
who can tell? or, mebbe, twice a
elassyl I'm shor-an-certain now that
I could never be induced to try to
wear luxuriant tresses. ... I would
n't want to face a gale, with skypiece
like a hoss's tale, or hooked up in
long dresses. . . . An' so that little
niece of "mine can occupy the flrin
line in front of my affections. .. . A
fairy-neck an' dimpled knee can shell
my works, an' captur' m, in spit of
all objections! But still there's
drawbacks to the game, and little
resk about the same, it's useless to
deny it . . . Therefore if I wa
Teeny' Ma, or other dame that I
have law I dont believe I'd try it)
pest and plant and animal diseases. '
He must plant enough to make sure
that there will be food for all with
the certainty that at the same time in
unusually favorable seasons, the re
sult may be a large surplus and that
this surplus which cannot be hidden
probably will cause price lower than
the actual cost of production. The far
mer must be willing to accept these
low prices with the best grace possi
ble and adjust his living expenses to
meet his reduced income.
If other national groups would
work as the farmer has don our ec
onomic troubles would soon be over.
Price would soon be adjusted to
their normal relationships. There
would be work enough for everybody
and just wages for all. But there are
many people and groups of people
who think only of themselves and
how they can profit the most at the
expense of the community at large
and especially at the expense of the
farmer. The farmer is sick and tired
of this sort of business. He sees no
reason why such disputes cannot and
should not be settled in an orderly
and lawful way without the interrup
tlons of service which cost him, and
in fact all the rest of us, so dearly.
Brig. Gen. C. E. Sawyer, personal
physician, to President and Mrs.
Harding, 'and Dr. Charles Mayo,
prominent Surgeon of Minnesota,
photographed as they left the White
House after ministering to' Mrs.
Harding durmg her serious illness.
dollars than a small crop, and what is
more, often a large crop sells at less
than it cost the farmer, on an average
to produce it The energy and the in
telligence with which the farmer pro
duces his crops, the number of hours
he works, the expense he incurea in
producing crops none of these is
considered in determining the price
he receives. The farmer, therefore,
works on faith. He carries all the
risks of weather, heat and cold, of
flood and drought, of storms, of insect
PEAKING OP TUA4ES
Vg LIKE THE "TUN"
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by
IevMA. MATTHEWS
D.D. LLD.
W. W. Howard, Butter creek stock
man, was a business visitor in Hep
pner on Monday.
HOMEY PHILOSOPHY
for 1922
When you get a sliver in your fin
ger it's likely to cause trouble if it's
left there. As a matter of fact, after a
er will force it out whetber it likea it
or not It just don't belong there One
way or another it's got to get back to
where it came from.
When it doe then both sliver and
stick are better off. They're itronger.
The chances are both liver and tick
must pass through all sorts of ching-
e before they unite again, mats
the price they pay for getting away
from where they fit.
It's always best to find out where
we fit an' not try to break in where
we don't belong.
Mr. and Mr. Frank Lieuallen, Rhea
creek farmers, were in Heppner for a
short time on Monday.
SUPREME BENCH
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Former Senator George Sunder
land, of Utah, is the new associate
Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court
time old mother nature sooner or I at-' ' ed Justice J. H. Clarke.
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FALSE HOPE -Sin
on every side is growing bolder,
and the very delusion contained in the
statement, "The world is growing bet
ter," is of satanic origin, and is for
the purpose of putting to sleep the
forces of righteousness.
Human nature is incapable of moral
improvement by any process known to
mankind. The only thing within the
power of God that can change human
nature is regeneration. Reformation
cannnot affect its character. Regene
ration must precede reformation.
Those who have been regenerated are
of course growing better; they are
progressing; they are growing more
Godlike.
The good are getting better, but the
bad are getting worse. The ungenerat
ed, the unwashed, the unsaved are
more skilled, subtle, and powerful in
the practices of sin than ever before
in the history of the world.
The corrupt are becoming more sci
entific in their corruption, and more
determined to practice corruption.
There are three great stubborn
facts confronting us.
FIRST The fact of sin. It is the
most stubborn fact, the most awful
fact, and the most destructive fact in
the universe.
SECOND The fact of salvation.
There would be no salvation if we
were not lost. You can't save some
thing that hasn't been lost. The sal
vation provided by the blood of Christ
is the ony fact that is constructive,
redemptive, and recreative.
THIRD The stubborn fact of de
praved, lost human nature. This great
entity known as sinful man cannot be
improved by external processes; he
cannot be redeemed by education, or
evolution, or any other of the delus
ions. He can be saved only by the re
generating act of the Holy Ghost.
It is the duty of the church and of
every minister of the gospel to preach
the awfulness of sin, the absolute
certainty and power of salvation, the
judgment that awaits the unrepent
ant, and to denounce with all the pow
er possible the hellish delusion that
the world is growing better.
Awake! Strike! Preach! And reach
the unsaved, for they are growing
worse not better.
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speaking of quality
Every few days a Hardeman wearer tells
a Hardeman dealer how well Hardeman
Hats wear. Many have been worn every
day for two years and still look fine. How's
that for quality, just try one on.
Made on the Pacific Coast
D. A. Wilson
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I Reduced Cash Prices I
1 After August 1st, our prices will be:
1 Cleaning Pressing
$1.50 -Men's Suits $ .75
1.50 Overcoats " 75
I 1.00 Coats , 50
.75 Pants 25
1 1.50 Ladies Suits, plain '.. .75
1.50 .rrr. Coats .75
1.00 Skirts, plain 50
1 1.50 Dresses, plain .75
125 up Pleated Skirts .75 up
1 Hats cleaned and blocked... : $2.00
Fancy Dresses, 25 percent lower than city prices
I See our line of Fall and Winter Woolens at I
J $30.00 $35.00 and $40.00 J;
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