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Mnll, Tlin Mrilford Tribune. Tli South
crn Oiricoiiton. Thn Anhlnnil Tribune
orflco MaII Tribune UulMlnc. 3B3?-S9
Norlli Kir street; phono, Mnln 30X1.
UnOHOi; rUTNAM, Editor and Manager
Holered ieeonrt-lM8 matter nt
Medfnrd, Oregon, under tlitt act of
March 3, is7.
OfrietM Paper ot the Pity of Medfonl.
Official Paper of Jankson County.
THE REAL FOOD PROBLEM.
BOBBCKtrriOK XATSS.
One year, by tnntl . ............. .,15.00
On month, by tnAll ...... .50
per in nn Hi, delivered by carrier In
Medfonl, Jnckoonvlllo and Con
trol llnt.. ... .SO
Pnturday only, by mall, per year.... 1. 00
Weekly, per year - l.tn
BWOKK CIXCTCATXOK.
Pally ftyrmiro ff eleven months end
ing November JO, 1011. J"51.
Tlio Mnll Tribune Is on le nt tha
Perry News Stand, Fan rrnnclnco,
Portland Hotel News Stand, Portland.
Portland News Co., Portland. Or.
W. O. Whitney. Seattle. Wash.
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HILL INTERESTS
10 PUSH RAILROAD
10
CALIFORNIA
(Oregon Journal)
From ftnnnclal circle In Now York
conies a story of an nlllauro between
Hill nnd Goultl Interests thnt Indicate
early on try of the Mil railroads Into
California. The combination was of
fected some IS months ago, It is said,
for the purposo of admitting the Hill
lines Into California territory in ex
chango for allowing the Western Pa
cific to meet its competitors on an
equal fooling in Portland and Oregon
According to this information tlio
Touto from Portland Is to bo by way
of the Willamette valley and up the
McKnnzlo river to the low pass
through tlio Cascades, thence along
the high plateau and debouching into
tho Sacramento valley through tho
Pitt Illvor pass, making tho connec
tion with tho Western Pacific a short
dlHtanco north of Sacramento, sweep
ing the entire length of tho Sacra
mento valley from somewhere In tho
vicinity of Red Bluff southward.
In Oregon this would probably in
dicate that the announcement mado
to Hugeno people by an official ot
tho HIM lines that the tracks extend
ing to that city would not stop there,
had a pretty definite translation In
plans or the system. It would open
tip a great timber district on tho Mc
Kenzlo and reaching the cast side of
the range would tap additional tim
ber in tho corners of Douglas and
Crook counties and form a junction
with tho Hill lino south of Dend.
where a contract has recently been
announced for its extension.
Slay Menu Itlght of Wny War
Southward It would for a dlstanco
or somo CO or 70 miles follow the
Klamath Falls-Medford line, nnd tho
route would necessarily continue in
u southeasterly direction toward tho
Pitt Illver pass, bisecting tho Klamath
valley, skirting a rich region of tim
ber nnd itosslblo of agricultural de
velopment Just over tho California
lino, and tho PJtt lllvcr pass Is de
clared by competent engineers to bo
tho most dcslrablo of all tho northern
gateways Into the Sacramento valley.
In seeming confirmation of tlieso
plans are facts gathered from various
fcotircea In Portland, though no ono
teems to be authorized to confirm tho
details, it is asserted thut tho Hill
Hues' general offices In St. Paul havo
been in possession for moro than
thrco years of detail maps of surveys
through tho Pitt river and McKcnzio
pusses and that tho California plans
wero incubalod even before tho lino
was piiBhud south of tho Columbia
rlvor.
Tho Southern Pacific company, pu
tho other hum), bus filed mups show
ing tho plana of thut company contain
plated tho building of roads through
these Bamo pusses, giving thereby In
dications of auothur railroad war
ovor rights of way In tho defiles of
these gateways.
Southern Piulfiu Hastening Work
'Another fuct that seems to have a
boarlng on tho situation Is tho con
struction of tho Modoc Northern from
Fearnloy, Nov., to Susanvlllo, Cal., tho
contract on which was awarded only
about a year ago. Now It is stated
that tho lino will be oponod for traff
flcJune 1G, and that It will then be
unshed through to Klamath Fulls, to
which the survey has been completed
and tlio right of wny acquired for
about two years.
This lino when completed becomes
u link in tho projected Pitt river line
of tho Southern Pacific, forming the
Bouthoru lart of tho Nutrou cut-off,
giving the route of eusfest grades Into
Cullfornlu from tho north and would
connect with tho present main lino
at Chlco, It Jh claimed. Apparently
tho Southern Pacific Is hastening com
pletion of the lino from Kournley us
the cut-off from Klamath Falls to tho
Central Pacific because It forms the
part of tho now California line plac
ing It within striking dlstnnro of thff
VW, lUver pass.
THE New York Stale Vootl Investigating eoiniuiion
lm.s issued n report- of its eonuniltoe on markets, prices
nnd costs, of which this very interesting resume lias been
prepared by W. 10. MeKeium for "Tho Public."
This report deals with the food problem in some of its
aspects, but not in all. For example, it explains that
combinations to fix prices, whether of scud's or buyers,
have only been examined incidentally as part of the eco
nomic inquiries into cost." It may be noted that the
report adds little information to that branch of the subject.
Nevertheless, nianv of the committee's findings are
interesting.
The consumer will no longer be able to lay the flatter-in"-
unction to Iris soul that he himself is entirely blameless
for the high cos,t of living. Consumers buy in packages
wlien they could buy cheaper m bulk; they want choice
cuts of meat and insist on eating steaks and chops, al
though those things. are becoming extinct; they run up bills
and sometimes neglect to pay; they have a weakness for
iiading stamps, and they want small packages scut home
instead of carrying thein. One flagrant instance of the
last-named offense is related, which aroused a grocer to
rebellion and caused him to declare that he would deliver
no order of less than three egss or of one pint of milk. It
is partly owing to these mental and moral imperfections of
the consumer that the retail business is so expensive; Tor
the committee finds that while the retailor adds an average
of jJ3 l-:i per cent to the price of goods! only 5 per cent of
this is profit. The rest is cost. So, from n economic
standpoint, the retailer is n failure and must go. "The
high operating costs of tho individual retailer," says the
report, "make his elimination inevitable." When ho docs
go, it may be some consolation to him to remember that he
will lose only five per cent, and be in no further danger of
hearing over the 'telephone a soft soprano request for an
Ogg and a half.
"Wholesalers and jobbers also have their troubles. They
are hampered by inadequate market, trucking and storage
facilities; and this, of course, does mot help to solve the
problem of the high cost of living.
What of the producer t
A visitor from .Mars might imagine that in this era ot
High prices tlio producer is rolling in prospentv and work
nig overtime to increase his output, lie might be if the
high prices were going to him. Rut the committee does
not find this to be the case. Hero arc some quotatiqus
irom its repert:
The producer sconu to be receiving about forty er cnt of the retail
price. This Is absurd. Ho should receive from sixty to seventy per cent.
The failure to secure good prices and fair treatment for producers U very
Injurious to our food supply. Tho producer (of milk In this cun) Is placed
In a position where he must either submit to the prices fixed by these
Interested dealers or go out of buslncts. Many farmers have chosen tho
latter alternative.
The failure of the producer to realize an adequate price
the committee ascribes largely to lack of organization and
to the fact that goods have to be shipped to commission
merchants whose methods are not alwavs above suspicion.
The fault is that
producers aro restive and Indignant, nnd nearby sources of supply ure dry
ing up. Albany does not receive one-quarter of her butter, eggs, chickens,
or veal front tho excellent farm lands nround the city. Now York gets It
rrcsn vegetables from the most distant points, lluffalo Is mostly fed from
the west.
The only prosperous farmers mentioned in the report
are certain able agriculturists of Long Island, who sold
ineir larnis to suouroan homes development companies,
and have retired to live on the interest of the money. Land
monopoly doesn't seem to hurt this kind of farmer, if ho
may be called a farmer.
But suppose we had a substantial slice of the millen
nium. Consider the retailer as eliminated, the consumer
and the commission man reformed, the producer organized
and market and trucking iacilitics unproved up to date.
Undoubtedly there would result great economies in the
business of producing and distributing food. Rut who
would get the benefit of the saving?
Tlio producer?
The consumer t
Or would they devidc it between them?
Or would someone else step in and see that nrices wcro
kept still high to the consumer and low to the producer?
aim; rviiiniiLu:e uusiiiiuu.v JCCUglllZCS U11S posSUJIlllV WIIOll
it observes in its report that "the problem of cbeap"cr food
supplies is only in part a matter of facilities, for the saving
from improved facilities might be alworbed by tho han
dlers and the price paid the producers might be so meagre
as to reduce production of food."
Apparently it was not within the province of the com
mittee to investigate this problem. Tt is the real food
problem nevertheless. And if it were investigated, other
interests than those of food handlers might bo disclosed
as the probable absorbers of savings from improved facilities.
IN
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lioiixu mi next
Friday, Feb. 7, in liu- mlo of "(Inm-
ilium" in "A Nilit Out." She not
oply rejuvenate her (laughter but
Inn. the Mime effect upon everyone
in lior audience. It in to Imili mid
llioro U nut u luuali mlshetl by iiuy
one. Hlii i u nwvut hi-renm iiuil iik
clmrminj: iih Jmr gown of In vendor
ml old lace. Tlicro is not n siiiglc
solitary problem in the whole piny,
juxt one luxurioiih, long Imili, with
Just u xplt-o of quaint, olil-fnnliioiicd
fceliiij; thrown in hero anil there.
Medfnrd theatergoer, will piobnh
ilv irconJI tho injury xiintiiined ly
1-linH Itob.-on at the old Medford t hu
ll I to Hovcrnl monlliH ngo, which oc
curred just us the curtain wu goln
up on the firt net, nccehhitatiux tho
dismUHal of tho large audience. ,'
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Legal blanks tot sale at the Mnll
Trlbuue office. tt
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KKW YOKK, Feb!. 1.Ciircij
hioual investigation of Oregon nnd
California laud fraud, provided fur
in a 'ronoliiliou introduced in the
hoiito by Hcireoiilutivo JVirix, in
welcomed by" Uotootivo Win. ,1.
Hum, iiccorditu; to hit dcclii ration
hero today.
"1 niohi enruextly liopo mid pray
that tho resolution in paxhod," aid
liunis,
Master mechanics at tlio various
navy yards havo received substantial
wago Increases.
John A. Perl
Undertaker
28 fi. UAIITLKTT
I'liones M. 471 nutf 47.1
Ambulance Servlco Deputy Coroner
(liy Prof. P. J. O'Uiun.)
Press reports regarding tho danger
which routrnnU fanning on arid
lands havo cnusott people to wonder
If the stntcmentH that havo been inuilo
hnve any bearing on tho ltugue Illver
vulley. It may bo stated emphatic
ally thnt tho reports sent out by tho
department of agriculture havo no
reference to this district, but rather
to tho nrld Intermountuln and other
districts, principally where largo rec
lamation projects havo boon under
wny tor somo time, lit these districts
the difficulty alt lies In tho Met thnt
alkali Is tho real menace. Uesldcs
"wearlug out" of tho soils by "sat
uration" Is duo to tho character of
tho soils nnd subsotU.
The soils In question aro what Is
usually called "volcanic ash," contain
ing practically no humus and only n
small quantity ot nitrogen. Tho min
eral salty, though sufficient for the
needs ot agriculture fur n number of
years, aro largely In tho available
form and nro easily carried away by
tho uso of too much water. In many
raxes tho subsoils are sandy or are
underlaid with roaro gravel, hence
percolation of tho water from tho soil
carries away plant food. Ouco the
water from tho surface soil reaches
tho gravel it cannot bo brought back
by capillarity, hence tho plant food
carried lit It Is tost.
Of course, alkali Is, after all. tlu
groat "soil poison." Wheroer It Is
present. Booucr or later, all lands ly
ing at lower levels aro ruined by It,
duo to tho seepage and washing which
takes place, unless sufficient drain
ago Is secured. In tho earlier days
of reclamation only tho lower levels
wero Irrigated: now the higher
benches aro being covered with wa
ter, with tho result thnt nil lands ly
ing below nro being moro or less In
jured. The moro alkali In n region
tho moro tho ultimate damage.
Tho peoplo of Hofitie Itlvor valley
little rcallzo tho heritage they have.
Hero wo have a district ot moro than
n quarter of a million acres of avail
able agricultural Innds, nnd when
these acres hnvo been settled upon
thcro will bo fully 'another quarter of
n million acres which may bo opened
up. - -
Hut tho most wonderful nnd Inter
esting thing Is that In tho entire val
ley thcro Is no nlknll. Tho country
docs not belong to tho "arid class"
or even tho scml-arld class, so far as
Its soils aro concerned. The soils nro
varied, thero being about eight gen
eral types, and about fifty-four vari
eties, all of which nro areablc.
Tho soils aro not ot tho typo which
will readily wear out. Tho structure
ot the soils nnd subsoils Is such that
"wearing out" by saturation will not
bo so likely. Tho Irrigation of tho
higher levels cannot nffeol tho lower
lovulH by uddlng or bringing down
dolntorlous salts, because alkali I
unknown In Itoguu Jllvpr valley.
Tlio rational uso of water could
thuroforo only produce good.
Thoro is an old ndugo which miya
"it llmo country lit rich country."
If this Is true, thu lloguo Illvor val
ley Iiiih wealth beyond tho dronniH of
a Croesus. A rational system of ag
riculture would maku this country
richer and moro productlvo twontji
flvo years from now than It Ik today.
In tho orchards tho growing of cover
crop, whleh may bo so easily accom
plished, will provldo for humus and
nltrogoii; tho addition ot mlnornl fer
tilizer, such as phosphates and fwt
ash, may bo accomplished without dif
ficulty uiul lurgo cxpoudltiiro of cap
ital. "When many of tlio arid and sonil
nrld districts havu (caned to support
civilization, this country will bo In
Its prime It will feed it largo part of
tho world which now sloiiih to bo get
ting along without our help, but
which, In tlmo, must cotno to uh for
aid. Tho resident of the Itoguu Illvor
vulley need only go nwuy from homo
to rcallzo that after all thero Is no
country quite Ilka Uil.
WHERE TO GO
TONIGHT
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Flash lights
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Pictures of tho llt'll ANDKIISO.V
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FRIDAY, FEB. 7
d. s. .sum; A.m.ci:s tiii: inti:nthii, cumkdicn.m:
May Robson
IS III it LAI'l-sT lOMU
"A Night Out"
Dlnct from ll(nl Ituin, nt Sen New York and lliwtuii
America' li trident Comedienne Mlu Dale. X Y. Amvrlcun.
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