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Thursday, April 1, 1937 THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON. Records Help in 'Happy Bluebirds' Motifs for Linens Improving Sheep NEWS NOTES OF THE NORTHWEST 0 by William Bruckart Systematic Check Is Urged to Produce Better Wool and Mutton. A Brief Summary of Events of Special Interest to Oregon, Washington and Idaho Communities. By L. K. Bear. Animal Husbandry Special- ist. Ohio State University.—WNU Service. One Une of pencil work a year for each ewe in the farm flock may help materiality in improving the re turns from wool and mutton, as a written record is a great aid in culling inferior animals. Profits from sheep depend a great deal upon producing lambs and wool which will bring top market prices and that is impossible if the breeding flock lacks uniformity. Fine wool ewes should shear from 10 to 14 pounds of wool which will grade Delaine or fine combing, and coarse wools should shear 8 to 11 pounds that will grade as combing wool. Records kept at shearing time will furnish a basis for taking out of the flock those ewes which have light fleeces or which produce wool of a poorer grade than the flock average. The owner of the flock knows, at shearing time which ewes should be discarded but it is doubt ful if he can remember the fleece weights unless a written record is kept or the culls are marked. Many of the light lambs that are not ready for market when the oth ers are ready for sale are late lambs caused by shy breeding ewes or they are unthrifty lambs from ewes which are poor milkers. Ewes in either of these classifications should be discarded, and, again, a written record will help in identi fying the culls. Simple record forms that provide means for keeping a check on each ewe in the flock have been prepared by the departments of animal hus bandry and rural economics. One line across the sheet provides space for all the records needed on a ewe for a year. County agricultural agents can supply these flock rec ord forms upon request. “Benefit” Promises. Washington.—Immediately after the armistice in 1918, the country was suddenly awakened to the fact that living costs were extraordinari ly high. It was a Living condition that Cott» struck close home to e V e r y o n e. It was a condition that developed an un usual emotion. There followed, nat urally, a wave that engulfed hun dreds of thousands of people who felt that they were being subjected to high prices that were unjustified. Most people will remember how "H. C. L.” became an expression as common and one that figured in as many puns and jokes and wise cracks as the alphabetical agencies common now to the New Deal. It was a type of propaganda that came along spontaneously because the condition affected so many people. The reason I have recalled that circumstance is because we are again headed straight into another era of “H. C. L.” We have not reached the top of living costs by any means. It takes more than a fortune teller or crystal gazer to predict what is going to happen in the way of increased commodity prices. Suffice it to say, however, that a "vicious cycle” has started whirling and in the midst of the situ ation stands a very confused con sumer, representative of all of the people in the United States. There undoubtedly will be an in crease in the propaganda concern ing living costs again. Indeed, there already is a rather far-flung propa ganda which results from the in creased cost of living but it is di rected rather on a slant and not pointed accurately into the heart of the condition now confronting us. Undoubtedly a great many people have not thought of the frequent and recurring attacks on business and business practices as having any thing to do with the increased liv ing costs. But the truth is that this type of propaganda springs directly from the sporadic cries that are coming from many localities about the higher prices—complaints that the dollar does not go very far in buying food across the grocery counter. It seems to me that it is time for some calm thinking about this situa tion. It seems to me further that public officials everywhere ought to be honest enough to analyze the situ ation and tell the public what the real causes are. If this is not done, there again will be undoubtedly a perfect deluge of propaganda in pro test against high living costs and the bulk of the people who suffer from these increased costs will not know the reason any more than they un derstood the reasons that brought about a counterpart of the present outlook back in 1918 and 1919. • • • In any examination of an eco nomic condition, one must dig con siderably below Seeking the surface to find the Cause the factors that have operated to bring about the results visible to the eye. Such is certainly the case In the present situation. One can not fairly say that the present boom ing prices in food have just hap pened. In truth, things never hap pen; they are brought about. They have been brought about in the pres ent circumstance by factors that date back to 1933 and include nu merous governmental policies that have been initiated since that time. The trained economist will de scribe present conditions as due to inflation—which indeed they are. But inflation is such an all-inclusive term that the real story lies hidden. In an effort to spur and encour age production and aid recovery, President Roosevelt devalued the dollar. He reduced its gold value. During 1933 and 1934 there came numerous pieces of legislation in cluding the NRA and the AAA, each designed to foster increased prices and to build up the level of wages for industrial workers. Subsequently, President Roosevelt sponsored legislation which had as its end and aim federal control of wages for workers. This legislation sought to give the federal govern ment power to force business in terests to recognize labor unions and to accept labor union scales of pay—all to the end that labor should be paid a greater percentage of the returns received by business. • • • There came also legislation de signed to increase the price of sil ver and the United Then Came states Treasury Strikes was directed by this law to buy millions of ounces of silver and to use that silver in our currency. In the meantime and recurring almost constantly the New Deal adminis tration, from President Roosevelt on down, maintained a barrage of at tacks on business interests seek ing wider employment of labor at increased wages. Coupled with these attacks was violent criticism of banks and bankers. They were charged with being an obstacle to recovery because they were not lending money. It did not matter to the critics that no one wanted to borrow money; the criticisms were continued because loans simply were not being made and no exami nation of the reason why loans were not being made ever was under-1 taken. Next in the chain of events and still continuing came labor troubles. The New Deal avowedly was on the side of labor and against employers. Strikes followed in increasing num bers. The results of this combination | of factors and circumstances now 1 are showing. Considered from any angle, one can not fail to see why they constitute a cycle of events that lead to higher prices. When the dollar was cheaper by devaluation, more dollars were re quired to feed a family than had been required before. Workers felt this sting They demanded more dollars in pay for their work. Pres sure from the New Deal administra tion together with labor’s use of the strike weapon forced business to pay higher wages. But, jusiness must live. It can not live unless it gets back its costs of production. Agriculture can not subsist unless it receives a reason able price for its production. Nei ther agriculture nor industry will go ahead unless there is a reward in the shape of a profit. Conse quently, neither agriculture nor in dustry is going to absorb these in creased costs alone. The natural and the only way it has to get back those expenditures is by charging higher prices to the buyers of those products. Thus, we have the com plete cycle—and the consumer, as usual, is the goat. The consumer pays and if that consumer be not in a position to enforce a higher return for the services he renders, he is caught between the upper and nether millstones. It appears that the consumer is fast getting himself into the grip of that vise. * • • In connection with this increasing price level, and the dangers inher- , ent in the general Credit situation, I think I Eccles credit ought to be given to President Eccles, of the Federal Reserve board of governors, for the bold statement he made a few days ago. Mr. Eccles warned the country very frankly what the dangers are in a situation where labor continues to clamor for a greater share of the profits of commerce and industry and where labor’s leadership seeks to take advantage of the inability of employers to protect themselves. The Eccles statement took occa sion to link labor’s position with the general money market and the ef fect labor’s position is having on the country as a whole. He re ferred to the demands of some la bor leaders for a working week of 30 hours and while not completely discarding that theory, he gave the very definite impression that shorter hours do not constitute a solution for our present problem. "Increased wages and shorter hours,” said Mr. Eccles, "when they limit or actually reduce production are not at this time ih the interest of the public in general or in the real interest of the workers them selves. When wage increases are passed along to the public, and par ticularly when industries take ad vantage of any existing situation to increase prices far beyond in creased labor costs, such action is shortsighted and an indefensible policy from every standpoint. “Wage increases and shorter hours are justified and wholly de sirable when they result from in creasing production per capita and represent a better distribution of the profits of industry. When they retard and restrict production and cause price inflation, they result in throwing the buying power of the various groups in the entire econ omy out of balance, working a par ticular hardship upon agriculture, the unorganized workers, the recipi ents of fixed incomes and all con sumers. “The upward spiral of wages and prices into inflationary price levels can be as disastrous as the down ward spiral of deflation. If such conditions develop, the government should intervene in the public inter est by taking such action as is nec essary to corect the abuses. “The remedy for a price inflation when the country has unused man power, natural resources and capi tal, is through more, not less pro duction, through an orderly, bal anced use of these three funda mental factors and not by creating a needless, artificial shortage of any | one of them.” Thus we have brought into bold relief a criticism of the final factor | entering into the present increasing price level. I refer to the artificial shortage in food products that re sulted from the ridiculous crop con trol program that was accomplished . through AAA. We are now paying i the price for the destruction of I 6,000,000 little pigs. I said at the beginning of this | discussion that a calm examination of the factors involved was neces sary now if it ever were necessary in history. • Western Newspaper Union. Vale, Ore.— Eighty-five per cent of the 80,000 acres of new lands In the Vale and Owyhee projects has been settled. Settlers continue to pour in. Offices at Vale and Ontario receive between 500 and 600 inquiries a month. Moscow, lila.—Representing 75 of the county’s more than 100 school districts, Latah trustees met here this afternoon, talked school problems and conditions and re-elected last year’s officers. Superintendent Da vid Ross and Fred Gertje, president, led the discussions. Grants Pass, Ore.—The packed pear crop of the Rogue River valley for last year has been largely mar keted. All Boses and Cornice have been sold. Only 35,000 to 40,000 boxes of D’Anjous and 60,000 to 65,000 Winter Nells remain in stor age plants. Kelso, Wash.—Cowlitz county's ad- diton to its courthouse, for which Ray Weatherby, Longview architect, has completed preliminary plans, will more than double the size of the structure. It would be four stories in height Instead of three, as with the existing building. Grand Coulee Dam, Wash.—When concrete placing really gets under way, the company will be placing “mud” in the forms of the dam in what probably will be all-time world record speed, it was believed, when government engineers aid that the schedule will call for 400,000 yards of concrete a month. Lewiston, Ida.—Fire destroyed the second story of a downtown building and menaced other structures in the heart of Lewiston’s business district late last week. Fire Chief Marion Plerstorff estimated the damage at between $75,000 and $8 0,0 0 0. Origin of the blaze was not determined im mediately. Sandpoint, Ida.—Work will com mence next week on the Church street underpass, the district office of the bureau of highways reports. The underpass is a $24,000 project. A $40,000 road project at Turner bay calling for construction of fills and approaches will start early next week, the officials said. Tillamook, Ore. — Traveling de luxe—and part way in their own special train—17 of Tillamook coun ty's Guernsey and Holstein "infants” —average 10 days old—have been shipped to Malad, Ida. C. H. Berg strom, county agent, received the or ders, and the calves were shipped to County Agent D. E. Warren at Malad, who will distribute the babies to dairymen there. Grants Pass, Ore.—Wholesale mar keting of the approximately 14,000,- 000 gladioli bulbs produced In the Rogue River valley in 1936 is vir tually complete, as growers are pre paring to plant this month for the 1937 season. Value of last year’s crop is about the same as the pre vious year—between $250,000 and $300,000—it was reported by H. O. Plummer, president of the Grants Pass Gladiolus society. INDIANS MAINTAIN SUIT Lewiston, Ida.—Representatives ot Nez Perce Indians met here before District Judge Miles S. Johnson and signed a renewal of their agreement with Attorney F. M. Goodwin, Wash ington, D. C., to represent them in the $3,000,000 suit against the Uni ted States government for alleged violations of the treaties of 1855, 1863 and 1893. The case now is on the docket of the United States court of appeals. Goodwin was first assistant secretary of the interior under President Cool idge. SEAL PATROL LEAVES Astoria, Ore.—The coastguard cut ter Onondoga, watchdog of one of the largest families in the animal kingdom, the thousands of lazily trekking seals migrating to their mid night sun resort in Alaska, has gone on the seal patrol. For 30 miles along the Oregon and Washington coast, the migrating seals stretch out as they frolic on their way north. This year the Onondaga will escort the colony only to Juan de Fuca where another coastguard vessel con tinues the vigil against poachers which prey on the valuable fur ani mal if the opportunity arises. For- merly the Onodaga proceeded to the summer home of the seals at Pribi- loft island. Boise, Ida.—Lewis Williams, com missioner of welfare for six years, was appointed director ot charitable institutions.. Under provisions of an act of the last legislature, the govern or becomes commissioner of the de- partment. Yakima, Wash.—A month ago a baby elk was killed by a logging truck in the upper Naches district. The baby’s mother would not budge from the spot where the calf was struck. Last Sunday the mother elk died ot a broken heart. Bluebirds are for happiness—so runs the legend. This dainty pat tern in 10-to-the-inch crosses will add a cheery touch indeed to your towels, pillow cases, scarfs or cloths. Do these simple motifs in ANTA MONICA, CALIF — Maybe “benefits” are being overdone—indeed, some are rackets wearing the mask of charity—but even so, if a good trouper has promised to show up, you’d think he would prove he’s a good trouper by showing up. There have been cases out here when there were listed enough notables to make a whole constellation of stars, but what resulted was a milky way of amateurs and unknowns. S Those last-minute alibis for non- appearance are not always true ones. The real facts may be : A night club cutup has been unexpect edly taken sober and so isn’t funny. A darling of the screen thinks he did enough when he al lowed the use of his name, so he spends the evening congen ially posing for pro file photographs. Irvin S. Cobb An actor is busy trying to decide whether he’ll sell his yacht and buy a racing stable or sell his racing stable and buy a yacht. An actress suddenly remembers she has an engagement over the Arizona line to be married some more. Staying at home to post up the diary used to be an excuse, but dairy-keeping is now out—oh, abso lutely! • • • Talking Fish. PROF. ISAAC GINSBURG of the - United States bureau of fisheries solemnly vows he has heard those tiny aquatic creatures known as sea- horses communicating with one another by speech and he suspects other species do the same thing. Undoubtedly so. I can confirm this discovery by a story Drury Underwood used to repeat. Drury said a gentleman ordered whitefish in a Chicago restaurant. When the portion arrived the patron sniffed at it and then, in a confidential un dertone, began talking, seemingly to himself. The waiter ranged up. “Anything wrong, sir?” he in quired. "Oh, no,” said the patron, “I was just talking to the fish.” “Talking?” “Certainly. I said to him; ‘Well, how’re tricks out in Lake Michi gan?” And he said: ‘I wouldn’t know. It’s been so long since I left there I can t remember anything about it.’ ” • • • The Race to Arms. TALY sees Britain’s bet of $7,500,- 000,000 to be spent on war de fense during the next five years, and raises it by decreeing militariza tion of all classes between the ages of eighteen and fifty-five, which means a trained fighting force of 8,000,000 ready for immediate mobi lization, adding as a side wager the promise of “total sacrifice, if required, of civil necessities. . . for attainment of maximum. . . mili tary needs.” This means, of course, that France and Germany and Russia must chip in with taller stacks than before, and thus the merry game goes on until some nation, in des peration, calls some other nation’s bluff and all go down together in a welter of blood and bankruptcy and stark brutality. The world has been 5,000 years patching together the covering called civilization, but experience shows that this sorry garment may be rent to tatters in an hour. • • • Maniacs and Motors. ispatches ten of a slaying automobile which chased a cit izen clear up on the sidewalk and nailed him. This is a plain breach of the ethics governing our most popular national pastime—that of mowing down the innocent by stander. Among our outstanding motor ma niacs it has already been agreed that once a foot passenger reaches the pavement, he is out of bounds and cannot be put back in play un til somebody shoves him into the roadway again. Otherwise the pe destrian class would speedily be ex- terminated, whereas its members are valuable for target practice when an operator is building up to the point where he is qualified to sideswipe a car full of women and children while going seventy miles an hour, or meet a fast train on equal terms at a grade cross ing. By all means let us clarify the rules so that the sport of destroying human life on the highroads shall not suffer through the overzeal of amateur homicides. Remember our proud boast that we lead all the world in traffic horrors. Seeds Should Be Kept Dry While in Storage Crop seeds protected from damp ness in storage will have a better chance of germinating and produc ing strong plants even when handi capped by unfavorable weather. Dampness in storage has a tend ency to start the germinating proc ess, and this weakens the seed, ex plained Dr. R. F. Poole, plant path ologist with the North Carolina Ag ricultural Experiment station. Irish potatoes stored in banks should be aired frequently to pre vent decay. Corn, small grain, and other seed should be kept in lead-proof build ings with adequate ventilation to prevent the accumulation of too much moisture. However, this does not mean that the seed should be openly exposed to infestation by insect pests, Dr. Poole cautioned. Goats for Food In some sections of the United States many goats of the milk type, especially kids, are annually con sumed, states a writer in the Mis- couri Farmer. In some parts of the South kids are considered as a deli cacy and are in demand. They are sold for slaughter when from 8 to 12 weeks of age. The flesh of young goats, or kids, is palatable and has a flavor suggesting lamb. If properly cooked, the meat from a mature milk goat is also good eating, pro vided the animal has been properly fed and is in good condition. The prices of goats sold on the market for slaughter are always consider ably less than those received for sheep. Goats do not fatten and car ry flesh like sheep. I Salt for Asparagus IRVIN S. COBB. Fattern 1315 natural color, or two shades of one color. Pattern 1315 contains a transfer pattern of two motifs 5% by 12% inches; two motifs 6 by 7% inches and two motifs 512 by 7 inches ; and four motifs 3% by 5% inches ; color suggestions ; illustra tions of all stitches needed; mate rial requirements. Send 15 cents in stamps or coins (coins preferred) for this pattern to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept., 82 Eighth Ave., New York, N. Y. Write plainly your name, ad dress and pattern number. "Quotations" —v— For all the cruelty and stupidity in the world today, man has not done so badly in so brief a period.— Henry Morgenthau. There can be no permanence for a nation whose people have only a selfish interest in its welfare.— John J. Pershing. The people today no longer get their excitement from reading po etry—they get it from machines go ing fast.— John Masefield. The old-fashioned boyhood ideals are what will keep this country go ing.— Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is vain to trust in wrong; as much of evil, so much of loss, is the formula of human history.— Theo dore Parker. War’s Object in a Word When, in the year 1800, war be tween Britain and France was at its bitterest, an English statesman was challenged in parliament to define in one sentence the object of the war “without any ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ and special pleading ambiguity.” He returned this answer, an answer that might be given today: "I know not whether I can do it in one sen tence, but I can state it in one word. It is ‘security’—security against a danger.” Some Odd Tricks Once there lived an Austrian em press who drank mare's milk to en hance her ability as an equestri enne, an American clergyman who wore a heavy veil during the great er part of his life to atone for the accidental killing of a friend, and an English millionaire who put a horse in solitary confinement for life, in a pitch-dark stall, to punish the animal for losing a race.—Col- lier’s Weekly. %$+ In They pair 1 fords At one time gardeners felt that unless salt was applied to asparagus beds they could not look for best results, but it has been demonstrat ed beyond question that it is not necessary. Its application, how ever, will do no harm and it will certainly keep ordinary weeds from growing. As much as 500 pounds to the acre may be used, but whether this will kill couch grass I cannot say, says a grower in the Montreal Herald. Apply in spring. If rhubarb plants are lifted and divided i n spring, no stalks should be picked from them during that summer. D ©WNU Service. © Infant Artichoke Industry A plant for the processing of Je rusalem artichokes into food prod ucts and eventually (it is hoped) into power alcohol is being erected at Gering, Nebraska. Farmers and businessmen of the region are re ported to be interested in the pos sibilities of this crop because of its ability to withstand drought.— Country Home Magazine. | SLEEP SOUNDLY Lack of exercise and injudicious eating make stomachs acid. You must neu tralize stomach acids if you would sleep soundly all night and wake up feeling refreshed and really fit. Balanced Ration Pays A comparison of a herd feeding a balanced ration and one feed ing com alone was made with the following results in the Linn No. 3, Iowa, C. T. A., writes Otto Bruns, tester, in Hoard’s Dairyman. A herd that was fed a balanced ration was also fed according to individual pro duction, and produced butterfat at a cost of 11.5 cents per pound. The herd that was fed com alone had a production cost of 24.9 cents per pound, a difference of 13.4 cents. TAKE MILNESIAS Milnesia, the original milk of magnesia in wafer form, neutralizes stomach acid. Each wafer equals 4 teaspoonfuls of milk of magnesia. Thin, crunchy, mint-flavor, tasty. 20c, 35c & 60c at drug stores.
