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THE GAZETTE-TIMES. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 16, 1924.
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FARMER HELPED BY
PROTECTIVE TARIFF
Republican Policy Maintains
Higher Prices Here Than
Abroad.
PUBLIC CONTROL OF
RAILWAYS FAILURE
Chairman Patterson Recalls
Costly Venture During
World War.
Portland. Or. (Special.) That th
feople of the United State have been
twice hurt by experiments in govern
ment ownership ol transportation
means, once with the shipping board
Poniard, Or. (Special.) Th Ore
gn farmer, who went through defla
tion in the closing months of the last
Democratic administration and was
brought face to face with ruin ia
nnamiiAnr hfii hMn wnnrierinff
more or loss during the difficult years "uu am,a aur government control
ci railroads ana trial tnese expensive
adventures should not b repeated waa
the gist of a statement Issued her by
I. L. Patterson, chairman of the Re
publican Stat Central committee. Mr.
Patterson said:
"LaFollette proponents for govern
ment ownership of railroads forget,
no doubt, the shipping board's pro
longed and costly attempt to operate
the nation's vessels at a profit. Tha
experiment cost the country many mil
lions. "They must have forgotten, too,
government operation of railroads dur
ing the war period. This waa an ex
periment in socialism and was a co
lossal and extravagant failure.
"Government operation lasted li
months. It gave the public the poor
est freight and passenger service it
had ever known and the most expen
sive. Although cost was increased,
nothing was given the public in re
turn, either in upbuilding the rail
roads or in service.
"Railroads of the country had been
adding to their equipment at an aver
age rate of 100,000 freight cars and
600 locomotives a year. The govern
ment operr.ted the lines a little more
than two years and turned them back
to their owners with 204 fewer loco
motives and only 1300 more freight
cars than when it took control, while
more engines and cars were out of
order than at any time in railroad
history.
"It might be Baid that the railroads
went through an emergency period
the war reriod, and that is true. Fig
ures show the lines carried 1.8 pei
cent more freight than under private
operation, but to carry this heavier
load, the number of employes was in
creased 11 per cent and the operatinp
expenses by over 40 per cent.
"Within six months after the gov
ernment seized the roads, all passen
ger rates were increased to a basis oi
3 cents per mile and mileage passen
ger books were discontinued. Ali
freight rates were increased 25 per
cent. When the democratic adminis
tration took over the roads, it guar
anteed the owners, as compensation
an annual Income equal to the aver
age of their annual operating income
during the three years ending June 30
1917.
"Despite the 25 per cent increase in
freight rates and a 20 per cent in
crease in passenger rates, the rail
roads the first year of government
operation failed by 1240.000,000 to
earn the amount of this guarantee
That is to say, they failed by that
sum to earn a much as they were
accustomed t earn under private
ownership.
"The difference had to be paid out
of the public treasury. During the
second vear of government operation
the deficit was $360,000,000, and in
the two months of the third year be
fore the lines were turned back to
private ownership, the deficit was
$103,000,000.
"Long before the railroads were
turned back to their owners, it was
realized that government operation
was a fiasco. The public had never
before known such poor service and
such high rates. Shippers were serv
ed in miserable fashion and the situa
tion became intolerabl.
"Te government was In dire straits
In handling the problem. President
Wilson dreaded to hold on to the
railroads, yet be could not let go
since if possibly the tariff is not re
sponsible for some of the ills b has
Buffered. In fact, he is being told
that h sells his wheat and other
crops in a tree trade world market,
whereas the things he has to buy are
kited upward in price by the tariff.
Senator I. U Patterson, chairman
of the Republican State Central com
mittee, in a statement given out her
s.id the farmer needs only to be told
to facts In order to see where his
own interests lie.
It was the emergency or farmers'
tariff, enacted by the Republican con
gress in the spring of 1921 that stop
ped th ruinous decline in the price
of all farm products, he said, and the
Fordney-MeCumber tariff act that fol
lowed brought about materially higher
price for farm crops in the United
States than in world markets. The
figures speak for themselves and the
truth of this can b demonstrated by
examining the facts.
Wheat, dairy products, beef, pota
toes, sheep and wool, indeed all prod
uct of th soil, were helped by the
emergency tariff to a great extent.
The act checked the agricultural im
ports that were breaking the price to
the American producer. Before it
went into effect, prices here were low
ir than prices elsewhere. Following
th farmers' tariff bill. American
prices for farm crops became the
lighest in the world.
It is true that prices of the farmer's
crop have declined in this country
tlaoe the present tariff bill has been
perative, but the point is they have
not declined in anything like the de
free or with anything like the rapidity
which marked the fall of farm prices
in other agricultural countries of the
world, such as Argentine. Australia,
New Zealand and Canada. While
arming conditions and prices are not
what they should b today in the
United States, they are Infinitely bet
ter than agricultural conditions and
prices in other countries.
Chief reliance, too, of the American
farmer for his market is not abroad
but in the United States Itself. Here
the tariff has worked distinctly to his
advantage. Under the protective tar
iff policy of the Republican party, our
wage-earners are better paid, batter
fed, better housed and better clothed
than those of any other country in
the world. Their prosperity results
In maintaining th best markat in our
own country for the products of th
American farm.
Cattle prices ia th Argentine, for
Instance, are one-third those in the
United States. The tariff, too, oper
ates to maintain wheat prices for the
American grower at a higher level
than those in Canada and Argentine,
for example, the different price last
May, as an Instance, being 11.22, 11.03
and $1.02 respectively. Creamery but
ter and other products show a differ
ential advantageous to th Americas
producer.
As to the argument that the tariff
raise the price of everything the
farmer buys. Chairman Patterson de
clared, it is without foundation. Th
farmer buys agricultural implement,
for one thing. They ar oa the fr
list under the Republican tariff. H
buys binder twine. That, too, is on
the free list.
The farmer buys fertiliser. All sorts
of fertilizer are on the free list under
th Republican tariff.
The farmer buys building materials.
Lumber, brick, cement, shingles,
staves, stone, and similar articles ar
on th free list under the Republican
tariff.
Boots and shoes, harness, leather r.meA, control could not continue
gloves and all sort of similar leather ' witB0Ut the nation well nigh bank
articles used by the farmer are on th pg luelf and yet the owners
free list. Whetstones, hones, horse-1 woul(J not receive the roads back in
pads, etc., are admitted duty tree. tne ,jepiorable condition to which they
Barbed wire is used by the farmer be(!n rejuced by government con
fer fencing It Is admitted free of tro Tbt public patience was ex
duty. Coal Is duty free and the tariff jmu,,.
has not increased th farmer' fuel i "prejident Wilson told congress the
bill, nor his furnitur bill, for wood, ' roaj, .hould be returned to their own-
the basl of furnitur, Is fre of duty. I , but ,ald B, ai not know Just how
It could be done. No specific advice
was offered, solution of the problem
being left to the next Republican con-
Coolidg en Taxation.
For seven years the people have
borne with uncomplaining courage the act lll!0 kn0WB
tremendous burden of national and
local taxation. These must both k
reduced. The taxes of the natloa
rust b reduced now as much as pru
as the Transportation Act of 1920,
prescribed the manner of giving back
the railroad properties to their owners
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dene will permit and expenditures "Q,J.",',Zmih,mTr tleT the
. i. I a ..,.-,!;.,. ui.k period of six month oniy auer me
must be reduced accordingly Hah v Qwn
taxes nam ei j uc. . .u. ...v.rnment cnaran
m, mn, -- "
p ui ta.
everybody. They bar most heavily .
upon the poor. They diminish Indus
tee that ws for the purpose of tiding
the lines over the period of readjust
try and commerce They make agrl- j men d t0 allow the properties to
cuuur. u0.iU.i..u... ' i j recover somewhat from the mows
the rates on transportation. They are - government control,
a chargo on every necessary of life. . ,.. ..,,.,. oni. on
Of all the services w'tlch the congress , ,t wa un(l8r g0Yemmcnl
can rvaufl liv vuumij i ww
tat Ion in declaring this one to be para
mount. To neglect It, to postpone It,
control and it ended In six mon'h
This was about the best bargalB thai
could be made to get out ot an un
to obstruct It by unsound proposals Is , situation
to become unwortuy ot puunc conn- The lt)lroa0, C1T never recov
dence and untrue to public trust.- fc )BmM1,4 burden of ex
Message to Congress. Dec. , 1ZJ. tH(1(11.d upon tbtn during th
period of government control and th
Economy Promi Kept. public has had a tremendous bill to
Boonmnyln government was not an pay as t result of the experiment. On
!(!! promise with the republican ad- trial of this plan should be enough,
ministration. Application of th bud- W had aU wa anld at that Urn
tt lsw brought real relief.
FAME OF NEW BREED OF HORSES,
DEVELOPED BY SWAGGART, SPREADS
The "Creamolines" Are Attracting Attention Over All the Country;
Hoot Gibson Among Purchasers and Large Demand Has
Been Created; Were Sensation at Spokane Fair.
From a Spokane daily paper we
have the following item that is of
local interest:
'As a result of the splendid show
ing made by his horses at the Inter
state fair this week, William Byers
has been en (raped to furnish much of
the entertainment on the program
for the Lewiston, Idaho, fair this
fall.
Mr, Byers, well known to Spokane
fair fans as a result of his 'cream
colored' chariot race horses, has been
part of the entertainment program
at the Spokane fair for several years
and while always receiving good ap
plause from the grandstand, his acts
this week have been more appreciat
ed than ever before. The chariot
race and the Roman standing race
have been features of the afternoon
and evening programs.
"An added attraction of real in
terest was the horse jumping through
fire and 'Mamma the horse walking
on his hind legs. Included in the
stables of Mr. Byers are also several
running horses. He also has a relay
string running in the mens relay
and a string running third in the
women's relay. As he has a high
jumping dog, his entertainment is
almost a circus in itself.
Not only the Byers' horses, but
the Byers' family are entertainers as
Mr. Byers drives and rides in the
chariot and Roman standing races and
is his own jockey in the running
races. Mrs, Byers rides their mounts
in hurdling and fire jumping events."
The "cream colored horses, as weli
as the string of thoroughbreds used
in the second chariot race by Mr, Py-
ers, who appeared on the program at
the recent Round-Up in Pendleton
and captured prizes, are irorn the
Eastern Oregon Stock Farm of B. F.
Swaggart of Lexington, and Mr. Swag-
gart was over to Pendleton to see the
e.nmals perform. These horses were
placed with Mr. Byers five years ago.
There were 8 head 4 head of the
creamolines for his chariot team and
4 head of the thoroughbreds for the
second chariot team. Mr. Byers low
ered the world's record for chariot
time with his two teams; the thor
oughbreds holding the world's record
for the mile race and the creamolines
for the half mile race. The creamo-
1 n?s are UBed in various other speed
contests, in the standing Roman race
and many other ways as jumpers
hurdlers and trick horses. Two of
these horses were recently sold to an
eastern party for $1000.
Mr. Swagpart further states that
the advertising the horses have re
ceived from their showing in Canada
and as far east as Chicago, has erect
ed a great demand for this new breed
and type of horses. He has steadily
refused to offer the animals for sale
and will not make sales of them until
the breed has been thoroughly estab
lished. It has taken 40 years of
breeding to bring the type up to u
present standard and Mr. Swaggart
has guarded the breeding very close
ly; there are no horses of a simi'ar
type in existence, so far as he is able
to learn.
Hoot Gibson and his troupe of mo
tion picture players were in Pendle
ton during Round-Up time, and these
horses were taken in his pictures of
the events. Mr, Gibson has also pur
chased one of the Swaggart creamo
lines for his own U3e, paying $1000
for the animal. Gibson handled the
Swaggart horses in 1913, and it wj
his efforts that brought Byers to the
Round-Up for the chariot races; he
was under contract with Gibson that
the creamolines might appear in the
pictures that Gibson was making.
During this time Gibson also visited
the Eastern Oregon Stock Farm and
purchased several young creamolines
for himself and hired two for riding
at the Round-Up, one for himself and
the other for the queen of the big
show.
Numerous admirers of fine horses
were at the Round-Up from the east,
Mr. Swagart further states, and he
entered up several orders for the.e
horses to be delivered when he can
get them ready. He can not fill the
orders now without cutting his herd
down, and will not sell any mora this
year. Mr. Swaggart states, MI waited
four years for Mr. Byers to introduce
this type and breed; now I shall wait
one more year for Hoot Gibson to
show his creamolines in the movies
before I will take further orders, and
I shall register this creamoline breed
in a new register."
W. T. Matlock of Alderdale, Wash.,
was here the first of the week. He
had just returned from Plains, Mon
tana, where he has his sheep and re
ports the stock in fine condition.
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ETC., REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF
CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912,
of The Gazette-Times, published
weekly at Heppner, Oregon, for Oc
tober 1st, 1924.
State of Oregon, County of Morrow,
SB
Before me, a Notary Public in and
for the State and county aforesaid,
personally appeared Vawter Craw
ford, who, having been duly sworn
according to law, deposes and says
that he is the editor of The Gazette-Times,
and that the following
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belief, a true statement of the own
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by the Act of August 24, 1912, em
bodied in section 443, Postal Laws
and Regulations, printed on the re
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1. That the names and addresses of
the publisher, editor, managing editor
and business managers are:
Publishers, Vawter Crawford and
Spencer Crawford, Heppner, Ore
gon. Editor, Vawter Crawford, Hepp
ner, Oregon.
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ford, Heppner, Oregon.
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ford and Spencer Crawford, Hepp
ner, Oregon.
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ers, owning or holding 1 per cent or
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this 14th day of October, 1924.
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ALFALFA TRACTS FOR SALE
Cutting up my 1500 acres alfalfa
land In small tracts. Will sell on
ten-year plan with very small pay
ment down, provided man is equipped
to farm. Can take small trade as
first payment if desired. Write for
full information. E. P. DODD, Her
miston, Ore. o!6-2.
For Sale Cheap 16-disc Kentj.ky
drill. Young's Second-hand Exrhp.nee.
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