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LOOKING
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 AG
COUNT. PREPARE YOURSELF TO
MEET OPPORTUNITY WITH A
CASH RESERVE AND CREDIT POS
SIBILITIES." FARMERS & STOCKGROWERS
NATIONAL BANK
Heppner
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Oregon with Connections in Portland
AHEAD
NATION'S industrial situa
tion shows itself, as a rule,
in the statements issued by
the banks of the country.
Oregon
Iowa Girls Win Trip Abroad
Boelah Rodger
mad Kathnrn Boli
baugh ol lows
art two country
misses from Iowa
who won the can
orof contest at
i The International
Livestock Show
at Chicago. Their
prise is three
enonths trip to
, Europe with .all
expenses paid.
iThey 9 competed
against farm girls
from erery state.
(They win demon
strata their ability
'in csoning in de
vastated tones of
France.
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Campaign of Misrepresentation and
VilliBcation in Connection With
Proposed Picking Rouse Merger
Launched to Arouse Farmers
Against Wallace and Administra
tion Given Quietus by Publication
of Facts.
Washington, Jan. 3. A campaign
of propaganda for the purpose of
misrepresenting facts and attempting
to arouse criticism of the adminis
tration has been completely discred
ietd by a statement issued by Secre
tary of Agriculture Wallace relative
to the proposed merger of the Armour
and Morris packing house corpora
tions. For the purpose of getting for
themselves considerable publicity
and demagogic credit for guarding
the rights of the farmer, certain rad
ical members of the Congress aided
by radicals outside of Congress, have
been charging Secretary Wallace and
the Harding administration with ap
proving a proposed merger of Ar
mour and Company and Swift and
Company.
It was charged that Secretary Wal
lace and the administratiqn were
guilty of usurping power and author
ity in giving their approval to this
proposed merger. It was charged
that the merger would be a violation
of anti-trust laws and that the ad
ministration was playing into the
hands of big business by giving its
consent in advance to a consolidation
that would be in violation of the law.
The radicals first assumed and
then charged that Secretary Wallace
and other administration officials
were conniving with the interests
that were desirous of violating the
law. The radicals then proceeded to
use their own assumption as a base
for a campaign of villification for the
purpose of arousing agricultural in
terests against the administration.
That the whole propaganda was false
from the beginning is clearly shown
in a formal statement which Secre
tary Wallace has issued. This state
ment sets forth that while the Sec
retary was apprized of the desire of
the packing concerns to form a mer
ger, the Secretary did not give his
approval of the merger, neither did
he express any opinion regardnig the
legality of it. His statement sets
forth the fact that Mr. Armour did
not even make application for an ex
pression of opinion by the Secretary.
Secretary Wallace's statement fol
lows in full:
'Mr, J. Ogden Armour came here
and stated in an informal way that
his firm had under consideration a
proposal to purchase the physical
assets of the packing plants owned
and operated by Morris and Com
pany. The full details of the pur
chase had not been worked out, but
it was expected that the purchase
price would be paid part in cash,
part in preferred stock, and part in
common stock, approximately one
third of the amount in each form.
Mr. Armour submitted an extended
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statement prepared by his attorney
dealing with the law and facts ap
plying to the proposed transaction
and containing certain arguments.
This statement contains a discussion
of the Packers and Stockyards Act.
as well as of the Sherman anti-trust
law, the Clayton act and the Federal
Trade Commission act, as they bear
on the proposal. He submitted an
other statement which is in fact a
brief on law points. He submitted
also a mass of detailed information,
compiled mainly from public records
and showing the purchase and
slaughter of animals by the various
packing concerns, the volume of the
business of each over extended per
iods of time and indicating the points
at which there is competition, both
in packing and in the distribution of
meats, between Armour and Company
and Morris and Company.
"Contrary to what seems to be a
general opinion, Mr. Armour did not
present an application for the priv
ilege of merging these two plants.
He came to me with the frank state
ment that by buying the business of
Morris and Company he expected to
be able to add largely to the volume
of business of Armour and Company,
and thus effect large economies in
the administration of the business.
During the war when there was most
urgent demand for the largest possi
ble amount of meat to maintain the
allied forces overseas, most of the
large packers made extensive addi
tions to their plants at large expense.
Under conditions which have prevail
ed since the war the volume of busi
ness has not been sufficient to enable
them to run their plants at full ca
pacity, and, as is the case with many
other business enterprises, this has
left them with an overhead expense
out of proportion to the volume of
business being done. By adding the
business of Morris and Company to
that of Armour and Company, Mr.
Armour stated that they would be
able to effect economies running in
to many millions of dollars each year
and believed that because of such
economies they would be able to serve
the public more efficiently than at the
present time. He said that he would
like me to make a careful study of
the proposed transaction and of the
papers submitted, together with any
other conditions which might seem
pertinent to me, and that he hoped
( that such study would lead me to the
conclusion that the action he pro
posed would in fact result in benefit
both to producers of live stock and
consumers of meat and that I would
not oppose it.
"Such authority as I have in the
matter is found in the Packers and
Stockyards act, which carries also
the authority which the Federal
Trade Commission previously had
over the packing industry. There is
nothing in this act which specifically
prohibits the purchase by one pack
er of the physcial assets of another.
The question to be considered, there
fore, is whether the purchase pro
posed would bring about conditions or
actions which would come within the
prohibitions of the act.
"From time to time unfounded
statements have been made intimat
ing that there was disagreement be
tween other government officials and
myself with regard to this matter,
On Monday, November 27, I had a
conference with the President and
with the Attorney General, At this
conference the proposed purchase and
sale was considered. There was no
thought on the part of any of us that
anyone connected with the govern-
ment would, or -could be expected to,
approve in advance such a transac
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tion as has been proposed. Such a
suggestion hat had no sanction. The
question discussed was whether the
purchase by Armour of the plants of
Morris might in and of itself consti
tute a violation of the law, or wheth
er it was a transaction of a sort
which would warrant any of us to
take action in advance of its consum
mation. In response to an inquiry from me ;
the Attorney General transmitted to i
me an opinion dealing with this mat-1
ter. j
From the time the matter was
first suggested, I have been making
investigations and accumulating in
formation which might serve as a
basis for reaching an opinion as to
the probable effect on competition if
the proposed purchase should be con
summated. "There seems to be no occasion for
ction at the present time."
Accompanying the statement of
Secretary Wallace was copy of cor
respondence between him and Attor
ney General Daugherty in which the
Attorney General was asked his op
inion regarding Mr. Wallace's author
ity or power to take any action re
garding a merger which was not an
accomplished fact. In response to
this letter of inquiry, Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty in a lengthy opinion
set forth Secretary Wallace's powers
under the "Packers and Stockyards
act." He stated that this act author
ized the Secretary to interfere only
when the law "had been or is being
violated," and in the opinion of the
Attorney General "to constitute a
violation of the law within the mean
ing of this act there must be some
thing more than a mere statement of
what a person or a corporation con
templates." The history of this incident is par
allel with the history of countless
other incidents which are taking
place in connection with the radical
movement to breed a spirit of unrest
among the people and to create among
them a suspicion of the integrity of
their public officials, particularly the
present administration. It is well
within the bounds of truth to state
that at no time in the history of this
country has there been such a wide
spread and well-organized campaign
of false and malicious propaganda
directed against the government,
against public officials, against the
courts, against law and order, against
thrift and industry, as is now being
conducted by political demagogues,
who seek not the public's good but
merely their personal aggrandize
ment and free publicity.
Campaign Against Bad Stocks
The world-wide wave of crime is
not confined to the strong-arm frat
ernity. Swindlers who prey upon inexper
ience were never before so active or
more successful, the most usual me
thod employed by the sale of stocks
promising fabulous and immediate
returns. State blue sky laws do not
stop it.
Salaried women art especially
sought for by this cult. During the
last few years billions of dollars
have been raked in by these people,
whose victims have nothing to show
for it.
The favorite time for special acti
vity is dividend periods, when much
money is being distributed, and es
pecially the end of the calendar year,
when the crops have been harvested.
The safest thing for the inexper
ienced is to buy only from local
banks or welt-known bond houses.
Beware of any investment which
purports to assure or make probable
returns of more than 6 or 7 per
cent if bonds, or 8 per cent if per
ferred stock. The Manufacturer.
FOR SALE 19 head of mules, 8
coming 3-year-olds; 11 2 year-olds.
R. K. DRAKE, Eight Mile, Oregon.
Phone 23F3.
Grand Champion Hereford Weighs 3100 lbs.
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in,, w i ;Z i. L V "nuiuig ins nonors at the Amer-
K. I Livestock show in Kansas City this month. He is the heaviest
I'u.l cvtr shown, weighing 3100 pounds.
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IT WAS NEW YEARS
DAZE"
FOR FOLKS';
The new tariff on small soods will
mean better prices on clover, grass
seeds, vetches, etc., and should stim
ulate to a considerable extent the
seed business in Oregon. O. A. C.
Experiment Station.
Inquiry in considerable volume is
reaching the experiment station
about how to grow alfalfa in western
Oregon. Grimm alfalfa has been
very successfully produced on the
college farm and it will be profitable
when the acreage is increased to 50,
000 to 100,000 acres in western Ore
gon. O. A. C. Experiment Station.
Cabbage that is unfrozen and
therefore available for marketing is
found either in a storage warehouse
or buried in the field at this season.
Cold air storage is a satisfactory
method of keeping cabbage, although
some shrinkage must be expected.
Refrigerated storage is naturally su
perior to air storage. Crops of cab
bage in home farm gardens or In
commercial gardens may be stored
by plowing out a furrow in which the
cabbage is placed, upside down, and
the head and the greater part of the
stem covered with soil. Cabbage
thus buried on well drained land will
keep well until the opening of Bpring.
0. A. C. Experiment Station.
Seed for Bonny Best tomatoes
the variety of tomato usually grown
fur maturing a crop in May in green
house hot beds is sown about Jan
uary 1. Five months are required
from seeding to harvesting. Most
growers use (ice inch pots for grow
ing the plants in their final stages
previous to transplanting to the beds.
The market is strong for fancy hot
house tomatoes through May, June
and July. March 15 is the best time
to set the plants permanently in the
beds. -O. A. C. Experiment Station.
Experiments at the station at Cor
vallis have shown that hay put into
storage in the summer months in
creased several pounds per bale dur
ing the winter and usually reaches
its maximum in February or March.
It takes up moisture from the moist
air and the bales are considerably
heavier at mid-winter than they are
at mid-summer. The hay generally
goes back to nearly its original
weight the following summer.
Grading Means Money.
Grain grading and the grading of
other crops will be a special feature
of the farm crops work of the winter
short courses at the agricultural col
lege. This work will briefly review
th edevelopment of grades and stan
dards themselves and how to apply
them. The principle of grading grain,
hay, and potatoes will be outlined
and several laboratory periods will
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ACE iUST WORWim
JoL Poem by
JANUARY.
Though she's fickle and contrary,
there's a charm in Janooary, to the
feller that's accustomed to her curves.
With a north wind skallyhootin' and
her temperature pirootin' in among
a feller's sensitory nerves! And,
when she fights a duel with the lit
tle jag-o-fuel, that's waitin' out-o'-doors
to keep ye warm, O, it takes
a cheerful giver, and an optimistic
liver, to demonstrate old Janooary's
charm
But wen the neighbors gather in
defiance to the leather to taste the
joys of settin' by the fire, there's
an institute of learnin' where the
home-fires is a-burnin' where pa
triotism is parent of desire! Then
we find in Janooary, not a bandit
gaunt an' bleary, but a bosom friend
be devoted to actual grading work.
This will be but a part of the gener
al farm crops program which includes
some of the most important phases
of grain, seed, forage and potato
production.
Several farmers growing potatoes
on Weston mountain this year got a
121-a per cent increase in yield by
using landplaster on the cut potatoes.
This treatment appears to preserve
the seed pieces in the soil and Is es
pecially effective in rather cold,
damp soils where sprouting is slow.
I
1 601 FOREVER
(Sunday Oreffonian.)
The most that can be expected from
the pending project to revive the old
pony express, designed as a means of
invoking interest in a memorial to
Mark Twain, will be a feeble and fu
tile simulation of the real thing. It
would not be possible, even if it were
desirable, to reinstate the conditions
that made the pony express the ro
mantic and peculiar Institution that
it was in the decade of the fifties in
Oregon and nothern California and in
the sixties on the great western
plains. It would be even more dim
cult to recruit the human material
essential to the enterprise. From
Ben HollidflY, the executive spirit of
the first exprvns between St Jo and
the Pacific coast, down to the hum
blest hostler in his employ, these
men were sui generis. They were not
created by accident. They were the
product of a searching process of
selection which ceased to function
when occasion for it had passed.
Yet the comparative modernity of
this now almost forgotten phase of
our history is apparent from the cir
cumstance that the early files of The
Oregonian contain the practically
complete annals of the inception, the
romantic fulfillment and the final de
cline of the pony express. Almost a
decade before it achieved its larger
notoriety and became the theme of
frontier saga and fable, it had its be
ginning in the necessities of the min
ers of California and southern Ore
gon. Prior to discovery of gold in
Jackson county a very rudimentary
means of communication had sufficed
for the needs of the people. The tele
graph was not realized until some
time afterward. An agricultural pop
ulation, dwelling in its Arcadia, put
small emphasis on rapid transit. Ef
fective development of commerce be
gan with the gold era, which created
demand for fast mail and particular
ly for a means of transporting treas
ure far in advance of any which then
existed.
The pony express out of Roseburg,
by which mails were carried between
that point and Gardiner on the coast,
where they were taken by schooner
to San Francisco, contributed an
epic to the history of the west long
before Ben Holladay as the right
hand man of Russel, Majors k Wad
deli organized the longer route across
plain and desert. The latter stands
out in the kaleidoscopic drama of the
period because of certain striking cir
cumstances. The story of the J0,000
wager involved in the first mad race
across the continent is still a classic
It was doubtful then whether con
gress would consent to granting an
overland mail contract or instead
would vote a subsidy of 910,000,000
to the steamship company then oper
ating by way of Panama, which would
have meant a delay of twe weeks to
the people of Oregon and Californi
The promoters of the pony express
bet that they could send a mail sack
from St. Joseph to Sacramento, 1950
miles, in ten days. In the literature
of close finishes there are few stories
that compare with this news account
of the arrival of the first pony rider,
taken from an early issue of The Ore-
gonian:
DEMOCRATIC CHURCH.
You are frequently presented with
the statement that the church is com
posed of classes. There was never a
greater falsehood uttered. The most
democratic Institution on earth is the
church.
Tho Bible says that we are all in
cluded under sin. Thore isn't any
mun who is not classified as a sin
ner. Home may lie about it and say thoy
are not sinners and some may lie
about it and say there is no such
thing as sin. Hut both of those state
ments are infallible proofs of tha ex
istence of sin and of the fact that we
are all included under sin. That is
democratic.
Those who are saved are saved by
Christ! therefore all Christians re
liaidless of their name, are sinners
:iaved by grr.ee and all Christians are
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beneath the wintry vest. ... V here
we find congenial labor, swappin'
ideas with our neighbor, and adopt
in' the conclusion which is best.
While her breath is mighty search
in' where the naked trees is lurchin'
and there ain't no hint of mercy in
her grip, yet the maple-sap flows
sweeter, and the spring shall dawn
completer, at the final crack of Jan
ooary's whip. Then, rally all ye
merry, to the call of Janooary.
Awake, an' taste the real joys of life.
No season more entranciu' with fid
dlin' an' dancin' Brace up, an' get
acquainted with yer wife!
At 4 o'clock the went-bour.d ex.trcwa mUnt
be In tine rumen to. The nix in ha patmtil
and th minute are beinv counted. Hiilf
paxt S. Will the brave ritler be on hnnd?
Aa yet there in no lUrri. With thirty min
ute to s)re, Kuttiiell want to double hii
bet. Then a cloud of dutit U seen ; it grows
into a pwk. The riiier wivex hi hat.
The ,Klle nhout. The pony ex prow ban
croued the ureal American deitert. Vic
tory I There are atill twenty minute to
pare.
Those were the times of the great
open spaces, mostly appropriated to
the uses of motion picture actors
nowadays. On the eastern trip one
rider missed his way in the snow of
a canyon for four hour "Then he
started with desperate vitror, on find
ing himself, to regain the time that
he had lost." Another was caught in
an eddy on the Platte, his horse was
drowned, the rider swam out, recov
ered his mailbag, and trudged to the
next station, from which, says the
annalist, "his flight was taken up
again." Flightl We ahould say it
was one. The schedule had been so
closely estimated in advance that it
was adjudged a prime feat of horse
manship to gain an hour in 60 miles,
but a rider did it. Buffalo Bill once
covered a stage of seventy-six miles
including several crossings of the
North Platte, when he found that the
rider beyond had been killed by In
dians, so he kept on for eighty-five
miles more and then returned, mak
ing a record of a round trip of $22
miles without stopping except to
change horses and to eat his meals.
Another rider's performance of 116
miles in eight hours and ten minutes
with eleven changes of mounts, long
stood as a record hardly likely to be
excelled now.
With less concern for dramatic
particulars, the pony service had
been maintained up and down the
Willamette valley since 1862. It re
ceived new impetus, notwithstanding
the growth of stage transportation,
when the transcontinental route was
opened by Holladny. Esprit de corps
was stimulated all along the line.
The Oro Fino gold excitement gave
Portland express connection with
Idaho and eastern Oregon in 1KC1, by
way of The Dalles.
The riders were an especial breed
of men, such as we are not going to
be able to recruit for any fancy ex
hibition of fast riding, though the
hippodrome be as big as all outdoors.
They had a rider on the southern
route, as a writer in The Orcgonian
then related, "who got too big to sit
on a pony, but he proved exactly the
right build for holding up stages."
When he worked for the pony ex
press he was the acme of honesty.
But men were chosen for certain
ponderables of character which ad
mitted a queerly mottled bunch to
the ranks. One who had to "kill his
own Indians as he went along," as
said another Orcgonian correspon
dent, was apt to develop a complex of
some sort. Of such were the men
who for the pure glory of achieve
ment cut down the distance between
the coasts from more than 2 months
to less than fourteen days.
Mary stopped milking the cow to
tell the hired man she had found a
real friend in her girl chum who has
alt the good things in life. "I used
to think she was awful mean," said
Mary, "but she's the kindest creature
In the world. When nho bought four
diamond rings and had three others
given to her It seemed to me she
might have given one to me. We went
to the red school together. But she
learned not to give, and I learned to
be envious. Then I went to school
again among the daisies and along
the hedgerows and they taught me
the truth. My friend had let mo seo
those rings and enjoy their beauty
and thnt's all she got out of them
herself. She kept from me the wor
ry of guarding them.
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by
evMA MATTHEWS
D.D. LL.D.
under grace. That is democratic.
There is only one qualification for
Joining tho church; namoly, belief In
Christ.
The rich and tho poor, tho hlh
and the low, tho learned and tho ig
norant, the wise and the foolish, the
good and the bad, tho young and tho
old, the pretty and the ugly, are all
members of the church.
Christ Is tho Savior of all. And
we meet In thb common place to wor
ship Jesus Christ. Thero In a com
mon worship, and a common prayer.
Tho man in overalls, and tho man
In broadcloth, the woman In satin
and the scrub woman In her apron,
can sit down In the same pew, sing
the same hymn, repent tho same
prayer and worship tho samo Christ
who died to savo all.
The most democratic Institution on
earth is the Church of Jesus Christ,