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Friday at Hermiston, Umatilla County. Oregon, in the heart of Eastern
Oregon’s great irrigated alfalfa fields, by the Herald Publishing Company.
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Entered as second-class matter, December ». 1906, at the postoffice at Hermiston, Oregon
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MIDDLEMEN SEEK GOAT
City Attorney Mackay on the prof
MILK PROBE IS BIG JOKE
iteering scoundrels!
The distributors charged, and the
The profiteers are laughing in
their sleeves. A red herring has league has not denied, that the far
been drawn across their trail, and mers sell milk to the condenseries
the authorities and the public are in for less than the distributors have
to pay. It may be true. What of it?
full cry on a false scent.
To have enough milk to supply
We forgot to gnash our teeth
when we pay 8 cents for a 5-cent the public’s need, the farmers must
ride on a street car. We forget to produce at times, more than enough.
cuss when we pay $16 for a $5 pair That is obvious. The P. R. L. & P.
of shoes, or 15 cents for a 5-cent which sells electricity, likewise has
.
piece of pie, or $75 for a $30 suit of a “peak load.”
But unlike electricity, milk that
clothes.
The public rath has been cleverly is not consumed does not return to
diverted. The finger of accusation its source. It sours. It must be sold.
points at—whom do you suppose? And a thing that must be sold loses
hat patient, hard-working, long- its value in money. That is a nat
ural law.
offering soul—the farmer!
The News holds no brief for the
The farmer Is profiteering in
milk! The Portland distributors say farmer. Our first concern is for the
consumer. That being so, we’ve got
so!
You can understand that the pow- to remember that the farmer isn't
erful distributors do not welcome a going to keep his herds unless he can
co-operative movement among the make a decent profit. If he sends
farmers.
It might succeed! For his milk cows to the slaughter house
for the first time the milk producers we’ll be In a pretty fix.
As for the distributors, they per-
are having, through the Oregon
Dairymen’s League,'something to say form but a trivial service for which
as to what they shall be paid for they are vastly overpaid. If you
don’t believe it, consider Seattle.
their product.
The Portland distributors get 3
This talk of a federal grand jury
cents
a quart more than the Seattle
investigation is a joke.
If it is true, as the Portland dis distributors get.
The Seattle distributors pay the
tributors charge, that the league is
guilty of price-fixing, the pot is cal •farmer 8 cents and take a profit of
5 cents.
ling the kettle black.
The Portland distributors pay the
When the league was re-organized
last spring, it was shown that the farmer 5 cents and take a profit of
farmers were losing money on their 8 cents!
The Oregon Dairymen’s League’s
herds. In May the league notified
the distributors that the price must books are open to show the cost of
be increased, and. the distributors production.
The Portland distributors can’t or
asked that the rise be delayed until
after Shrine week and the Fourth, in won’t show the cost of distribution.
order that there might be no suspi —Portland Daily News.
cion of profiteering. To this Presi
dent Katz of the league agreed.
THE MENACE OF LAND
On July 1 the distributors raised
MONOPOLY
Single Tax would eventuate is a
the price to the consumer 1 cent a
quart. Neither this increase nor any gigantic government land monopoly
part of it was passed on to the pro and hence is highly socialistic.
It proves state and federal land
ducers.
Yet, when the farmers asked for a lordism, and like state ownership of
better price from the distributors the railroads and industries, is purely
socialistic.
Beyond parks and reserves for the
benefit of ail the people, the tenden
cy in our country is to establish
Phone Your Orders ,
small holdings.
for all kinds of
The accumula! ion of large tracts
is .entirely due to the opportunity for
land monopoly created by govern
ment ownership.
Stand at Siscel’s. Phone 262
Land grants, Spanish grants, great
We are ready at any time to go any
cattle ranges, and land script trad-
where or haul anything.
ing are all due to government oper-
at ions.
By putting nil the taxes onto
W. B. BEASLEY
land, as proposed by the Single tax,
land monopoly by the government
would be inevitable.
Cement Brick
For Chimneys
MANUFACTURED BY
Hermiston Cement Products Co
HERMISTON, OREGON
WANTED LISTINGS
Of good tracts of land at Her
miston, 5 to 40 acres. I have
buyers for several farms at a
reasonable price.
George W. Elder
Pendleton, Oregon
818 MAIN ST.
993
HERMISTON,
Published every
CEMENT PIPE
phone
HERALD,
This is Panama Hat
Weather
We have some new styles $3.50 to $6.
The better grades are genuine panama.
THE NEWEST THING
Transfer Work
Medium Priced Parasols
$2.25 to $3.50
The City Transfer
SEASONABLE
MERCHANDISE
Phone 404
ORON 0,
We have about 100 sacks of
FELTHOUSE
Shell Corn at 4c per pound
The cheapest feed on the
market now
has the most complete baled
hay transfer on the project.
Large and small contracts
taken at conservative prices.
Hermiston Produce
& Supply Co.
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Prudence on Broadway
“Prudence on Broadway” is a rat
tling good film for Olive Thomas,
who first won fame and fortune atop
the Ziegfeld Roof, It is not only far
above the ordinary in plot and rapid
action, but is filled to overflowing
with humorous moments. It is at
these times that Miss Thomas is at
her best.
Francis McDonald, who did "such
excellent work in Miss Thomas'
“Toton” is admirable as the success
ful lover, while the supporting cast
of usual length includes a list of
well-known Triangle players.
"Prudence on Broadway will be
shown at the Auditorium, Wednes
day, July 28.
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Notice
Phone 404
Modern Woodmen are requested to
be present at regular meeting. Macks
| hall, Saturday evening, July 24.
W. R. Longhorn, Clerk
J. S. West, Consul.
Or wish you had next Winter
Proposed freight advance means
$1.25 additional cost. This ad
vance liable to come before
September.
Telephone or Call
Letting us know your favorite
coal. We will get it for you for
July and August delivery.
How many tons?
Let us know
Inland Empire Lumber Company
Phone 331
“The Yard of Best Quality”
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SATURDAY, JULY 24
Prudence on Broadway
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OLIVE THOMAS
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a demure little Quaker
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Full Line of Girls’ and Boys’
and Small Children’s Sh es.
WHEN YOU ARE IN TOWN DROP INTO OUR STORE AND LIS
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