Tilt GAZETTE-TIMES. HEITNER. OREGON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1922
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Thus, periods of prosperity are marked
by increases in commercial as well as sav
ings deposits. Periods of readjustment,
with their accompanying problems of un
employment, show themselves in a de
cline of commercial deposits and a slight
change of savings deposits. And as
times become better and the future looms
big with possibilities, bank deposits grow
again and business comes to life.
As we look ahead the best advice that
this bank can give is: "GET YOUR
FINANCES WELL IN HAND.
BUILD UP YOUR CHECKING AC
COUNT. PREPARE YOURSELF TO
MEET OPPORTUNITY WITH A
CASH RESERVE AND CREDIT POS
SIBILITIES." FARMERS & STOCKGROWERS
NATIONAL BANK
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NATION'S industrial situa
tion shows itself, as a rule,
in the statements issued by
the banks of the country.
Oregon
1 riity uiousana uoiiars ror a trawperry nam
fry.-, V y&re fix ftTT itWl
Frank E P.Mttv. of Three River.
HockhilL of Connd, la., $50,000 tor an everbearing plant which has taken fourteen years to develop. The
mes grown on this plant are gigantic Mr Beattyhas named it the Rockh.ll berry
COOPERATIVE MAR-
By R. A. WARD, President, Oregon
Cooperative Council, in Ore
gon Voter.
A group of the nation's leading
business men who have recently been
lending their assistance to farmers'
marketing activities in the South and
Middle West have termed this form
of marketing the greatest economic
advance of a century.
Cooperative marketing has made
substantial progress in Oregon. It
has its problems, the same as any
other type of business but these pro
blems are being met as they arise. For
fear that your comment on coopera
tive marketing in The Voter of Nov
ember 11 may raise doubts and fears
which are without foundation, we
desire to set forth a few facts con
cerning the marketing movement that
may be helpful in a discussion of this
important phase of agricultural en
deavor. Unfortunately, but comparatively
few of our business men are aware of
the real progress that has been made
or the fact that for the most part,
the cooperatives are being conducted
successfully along sound business
lines. It is only fair to state that the
state-wide commodity cooperatives
now doing business in Oregon have,
through the channels open to them,
adopted distributing and accounting
systems which fit their needs fairly
well and which have been adopted
from older cooperatives and private
business with such improvements as
the exigencies of the local situation
required. There is an erroneous opin
ion which should be corrected, to the
effect that the state-wide farmers'
cooperative organizations are not
conducted along sound business lines.
This has no doubt been gained from
the fact that one of the Oregon co
operatives did fail about a year ago,
perhaps for this reason, but there is
no more reason why this insinuation
should be cast on cooperatives than
that we should conclude the banking
system in Oregon to be a failure be
cause of the failure this past year
of several banks, one in particular
of long business experience. We know
certain banks who are only too fami
liar with the failure or near failure
in very recent years of several large
private concerns engaged in the cann
ing, lumbering, wheat, wool, and live
stock loan business. From a perusal
of the record of business failures
during the past twelve months, it ap
pears that the mortality in the ranks
of private businesses is larger than
among cooperatives. On the whole,
the Oregon cooperatives have had as
low an operating expense for the
commodities handled as in the case
of private concerns.
The Voter's comment on credit
and finances being extended to coop
atives by banks on very liberal terms
with resultant loss to said banks
I does not square with the facts as they
exist among the cooperatives doing
business in Oregon today. We are ac
quainted with the financial career
of three successful cooperatives do
ing an annual business running into
the millions of dollars, and we have
been informed by leading Portland
bankers that not a cent has been lost
in extending these cooperatives cred
it facilities. As to that phase of
financing dealing with the issuance
of commercial paper by cooperatives
in a form that will meet with the
standards required by banks from
private concerns, it should be stated
that the Portland Clearing House As
sociation and its leading member
banks have formulated plans for fin
ancing which are being followed by
these cooperatives. The War Finance
Corporation and one of the leading
Portland banks have perfected a
form of financing for one of the coop
erative associations that is consider
ably better and of a higher stand-
Wins Highest
Scout Honor
In impressive ceremonies, .V'm.
Cannon, of Los Angeles, Calif., has
been awarded hiEhest scout honors,
the National medal of Honor. Des
pite a terrific tide and high waves,
he plunged into the sea at Honolulu
last year, saving two women from
drowning. Shown here, he i wear,
ing bit medal
Michiran. has Set a record Drice for
ard than that required of many pri- I
rate business institutions.
Human nature and sentiment have
played no part in financing the coop
eratives as at present carried on.
T'.ie collateral has been of the best,
chiefiy warehouse receipts and in the
case of one cooperative, U. S. licenced
warehouse receipts. The amount loan
ed against such certificates has been
extremely conservative, leaving a
very ample margin for protection
and this amount has also been pro
portionately less than in the case of
private businesses.
The foundation of cooperative mar
keting in Oregon has been well laid.
The cooperatives now in existence
were not formed until a very careful
and searching investigation of the
most successful of existing coopera
tives had been made. In this connec
tion, advantage was taken of the ex
pertnee of the foremost marketing
experts both in and out of the U. S.
Bureau of Markets, the various agri
cultural colleges, and the coopera
tives now functioning. The Oregon
cooperatives adopted the famous
California contract plan with those
improvements which years of experi
ence in California had indicated
should be incorporated in new coop
erative associations. In bringing this
about, Aaron Sapiro, nationally rec
ognized legal expert on cooperative
marketing, the late Harris Weinstock,
formerly state marketing director of
California, as well as other authori
ties were employed and gave largely
of their time to inaugurating the
movement in Oregon.
Oregon cooperatives now in ex
istence have developed themselves,
and have paid their own way. They
have not leaned on outside support,
nor have they received any consider
able amount of external aid. They
have made use of the educational as
sistance offered by the Extension
Service of the Oregon Agricultural
College and the U. S. Bureau of
Markets, in much the same manner
that private concerns can use. the
same agencies, and are using the
services extended by the Department
of Commerce. There has been no
special privilege extended to coop
eratives. The Oregon laws as we in
terpret them do not give cooperatives
special privileges or advantages over
private concerns. About all they pro
vide is the right to organize and use
enforcib'.e delivery contracts them
selves. This is a fundamental nesess
ity of farmers' non-profit organiza
tions, and is not a special privilege.
' Leading business men and states
men of the nation have seen fit to en
dorse the Capper-Volstead Coopera
tive Marketing Bill which was passed
by the Congress of the United States
and which provides substantially the
same features as are contained in
the Oregon Cooperative Law. Presi
dent Harding saw fit to give the mat
ter personal attention, and express
ed his recommendation and approval
of this form of marketing.
I note that you infer in your open
ing paragraph concerning the article
by Director Maris which follows your
"Comment" that the chief encourage
ment desired is that which will make
it easier for them (cooperatives) to
obtain credit with banks. I must con
fess that I do not draw this conclu
sion from Mr. Maris' article, nor
have I conversed with a single reader
who arrived at such a conclusion. To
me his article is an appeal for the
sympathetic moral support of busi
ness men to this important activity,
and the suggestion that cooperative
marketing be given a prominent place
in a state development program. Two
state-wide marketing associations
have not used over fifty per cent of
the lines of credit extended to them,
and oi.e association has not been able
to fulfil requests for commercial pa
per made by banks in Western Oregon
who have found cooperative associa
tion notes secured by warehouse le-
ceipts very satisfactory investments,
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So after all, the business end of
our state-wide commodity associations
is not in bad shape, and why should
it be? The personnel of the boards
of directors of these associations is
composed of men of high standing and
equal in business caliber, resources,
and native ability to the boards of
some of our successful business cor
porations. Besides being composed
of the leading farmers of the com
munity, a goodly number of country
banks are represented by their offic
ers and directors. Many of these men
are graduates from our University
and our Agricultural College.
This statement concerntng our co
operative associations as they now ex
ist does not mean that the millenium
has been approached or that there
is not a great work still to be done.
The movement is young, and is beset
with many obstacles because of its
youth. These obstacles take the shape
of a decided lack of knowledge and
information of cooperative principles
amongst producers, members and non-
members alike, and the opposition
of country business interests who be
lieve the cooperative association en
croaches upon their field and who
use their influence to create doubt
and suspicion among association mem
bers. It is in this sphere of work
where the assistance of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce is badly need'
ed, and where there is the opportun
ity for service which will bo of last
ing benefit to tht state. The fict that
Ex-Governor Lowden f Illinois sign-
ed a nve-year contract with a coop
erative association covering the de
livery of cotton from nineteen thous
and acres on one of his southern
plantations, is significant of the in
terest taken by our prominent men in
this useful work. Cooperative mar
keting in America is a wide-spread
economic movement for marketing re
form that is destined to more vitally
affect the financial status of more
people for the better than any other
single factor that has.come to light
in. the history of agriculture.
Handkerchief Sale Dec. 15, Fed
erated church parlors.
THE CURSE OF GAMBLING
Have you sometimes wondered at
the spirit of extravagance which
seems to have tiken possession of
the people? It is one of the results
of the gambling wave that has swept
over this country.
The desire to gamble seems to have
entered every breast.
The evil of gambling is seen every
where. Its dirty fingers are on nearly every
garment.
It has invaded the church socials,
and has stained the very robes and
liveries of heaven.
The fiends who gambled on the Sav
iour's garments are still polluting the
aisles of the church with their dirty
feet and nimble fingers. Raffles, lot
teries, games of chance have pollutted
certain religious circles, have become
tho social features of clubs, societies,
and organizations.
This gambling spirit has ruined
the youth's ambitions, and has caused
thousands of girls to sell their all.
Homes have been sacrificed and
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Many Ways in Which I'sera of Tele
phone May Promote Its
Efficiency.
From the viewpoint of the persun
desiring to talk, good tlephone service
consists in being able to reach
promptly and without confusion any
person desired and to talk satisfact
orily and without interruption. It is
seldom appreciated how important a
part the subscribers themselves play
in the giving of telephone service.
The person desired should answer a
call promptly and courteously. He
should have sufficient telephone facil
ities ao that his lines will not be
busy an undue portion of the time. If
he has a private branch exchange, he
should provide himself with compe
tent operators, and if he does not
answer the telephone himself he
should make provision for someone
else to answer it properly.
The calling subscriber should know
how to make his calls, he should give
the call accurately and clearly to the
operator, and he should pay attention
to her repition. He should know how
to use the transmitter and receiver so
as to obtain the maximum efficiency
from those instruments. He should
know the significance of such signals
as the audible ringing signal, and he
should know how to signal the opera
tor. Subscribers on party lines should
refrain from interference with other
persons on their lines who may be
talking. If there is failure in any of
these ways, the subscriber cannot re
ceive satisfactory service although the
telephone company does everything in
its power.
The functions of the telephone com
pany in giving service which are most
commonly recognised are the provi
sion of adequate plant carefully plan
ned by competent telephone engineers
and properly maintained; the work
of the traffic department which op
erates the plant to connect one sub
scriber with another and the import
ant work of the commercial depart
ment which handles the business rela
tions with subscribers and which aids
them in providing themselves with
proper facilities to handle their tele
phone business. It must also provide
adequate directories so that the sub
scriber may know with whom he can
talk.
HOMEY PHILOSOPHY for 1922
Here's the housing problem. Nothin'
but high rents, high taxes an' cares
but why kick? Let's get back to the
ways of our sturdy ancestors and
live in caves. Still, we've got to face
all this marital discontent. Everybody
getting married, gettin divorced, get
tin' married, again, gettin' divorced
again, an' the whole trouble could
be stopped by nobody gettin' married
at all. Then we've got the trouble
with children nothin' but care an'
sacrifice well, let the people decide
not to have any children. Really,
there isn't a confounded thing right
with the whole world, so why not
stop it? Can't be done? Boy, we're in
a fix. Maybe we'd better not waste
time grouching. Then we'd have time
to fix things up.
by
IvMA. MATTHEWS
D.D. LLD.
beautiful parlors have been turned
into dens of vice at the suggestion
of the avaricious beast the gambler.
There was never a greater curse
sweeping a land than the gambling
spirit. It has turned cigar stand,
restaurant, club table, and places of
amusement into a gambling center.
Men disregard city, state, and na
tional statutes to ply their game, to
throw their dice, and to gratify their
desire to get something for nothing.
Thousands of young men are in the
penitentiary today at the dictation
of this awfui curse.
Is there no way to stop It?
Can't the business men call their
girls into their offices and talk to
them about honesty and frugality?
Is it not possible for the ministers
of the country to preach against this
evil; the Sunday School to teach the
danger of such a practice; the courts
to enforce rigid penalties, and thereby
bring America to see this awful men
ace? The gambling curse is costing this
nation hundreds of thousands of dol
lars every year.
CRITICS
I wonder if man's alive, that's got a
perfect score, in pleasin' all the critics
that his life is fiasnea oeiorer in
true our dear Redeemer lived a short
though perfect span. ... But critics
pierced his lovin' heart, as brutal hu
mans can. . . .
ThiB land of our'n has shed its
blood, that peoples might be free. We
seised our swords an' bayonets, an'
sed. "It's cot to bel" We sent our
dashing boys abroad, an' crushed the
monster s might, and now, we near
J. 0. Turner and wife of Swaggart
Buttes, spent Thanksgiving with the
folks in Heppner. They were in town
again on Saturday, also to attend
the farmers meeting, and were accom
pained by Harvey Miller.
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Overland Cars
WILLYS-KNIGHT
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We have taken the Morrow County Ag
ency for the OVERLAND and WILLYS
KNIGHT cars.- Let us give you a demon
stration. RAY M. 0VIATT - DICK JOHNS
At Universal Garage
Heppner, Oregon
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Journey of equal interest In
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Agent, Portland, Oregon
fncle folut
the critics howl, "They never done
it right!"
Facts is a lot of Dervishes, in ed
itorial guise, that spends their time
promotin' all the politicians lies. . .
They occupy a velvet seat, an' shake
their loaded dice they'd criticize the
angels, if the devil had the price!
Dr. C. C. Chick returned from a
trip to Pendleton on Sunday. He was
accompainrd by Mrs. Chick, who re
cently underwent an operation at the
hospital in Pendleton, and is slowly
recovering from Its effects.
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