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Newspaper Page TextW ' vxom fOuji. Bedford mail tribune AN INBBPKNHKNT NEWBPAPKll ptifliiiHiiun nvicnr aitbiinoon BXCISI'T HUNUAT BY TUB MEOFOUU PniNTINQ CO. Offloo Mall Trlbitni) MulMlntf. Il-IT-ll Korth Kir tr(Mit: telephone 75. The DmocrMlo Tlmea, Tho Mcdfonl ICaII, The MeaTord Tribune. Thn South irn OroBOiilnn( Th Ashland Trlhunn. uBicaxraox iuxm ()b jcr. by mall 1.00 Ob month, by mull - Pm month. illlverd by carrier In Mcdfont, JnoVionvllls and On (ml Point .80 Halurday only, by innll, pr year i.00 (VccVly, pr yotir - . - 1.50 Official Paper of th City of Mdfor. Official f'aper or Jackson County. Knterod trcond.dai roatttr at Medford, Oregon, undr tk act of March 8, lilt. Subscribers falling to rocclvo imperii promptly, phone Clrcu- 4 lnllon Mnrincor nt STiOlf. ICA'S TRADE UOSTON. Dec. 15. Trade of tho United Stntea in 1915 with tho twen ty Latin republics both in sales and purclinses, exceeded in volume that of any other single country, accord ing to John Ilarrett, director general of tho l'an-Anicrlcan Union, in an nddrcss here before tho Latin-American Commercial congress. It was the first year, he said, the United Stnteu had over exported n greater valuation of products to Latin-American countries than did the United Kingdom. Mr, llarrctt'a conclusions were basod on statistics just compiled by tho Pan-American Union. He nald this was tho first time accurate fig ures of Latln-Amcrlcnn commerce in 1913 had been given. Tho figures showed that tho twenty independent countries south of the United States conducted a foreign commerco In tho calendar year 1913 valued at $2,BG4.S7C,22-I. of which exports were. J 1.539, 123,597, and im ports $1,323,752,627. In this trade, according to Mr. Bar rett, tho United States, contrary to general opinion, led the United Klnu dbm, Germany and Franco with large margins. United States exports to Latin-America wero valued at $325, 857,643; the United Kingdom at $322,228,073; Gormany $217,970,203 and Franco $1 10,484,385. Imports from Latin-America were: United States $477,C28,000; United King dom $321,358,313; Germany $189, 150,172; and Franco $12SS,329,0C8. These figures, Mr.' Ilarrett declared, would surprise American exporters and importers mid should encourago thoso who had believed there was little opportunity for them in Lattu American trado because of Kuropean competition. DEGENERAIE HELD' GRANTS PASS, Or., Dec. ID. On Saturday afternoon Sheriff Smith ar rested Orlandcr Smith, who recently camo to this community from Co qtitlle, and is still held In prison awaiting tbe nrrlval of nn officer. The urrest was made upon the request of Sheriff (luge, of Coo county, who Hinted that Orlander Smith was want ed In the coast city on a felony charge preferred by threo young girls. Smith recently came to Josephine county and with his family was living down Die river from this city. Ho was not very well known horo, but those few who have had business dealings with him put him down as a religious fan atic fter he wns locked up in Jail Saturday ho began to sing hymns and to pray, keoplng It up until Into nt night. Smith formerly lived nt Prosper, a little milling town on tho lowei Corjulllo river near Ilandon. Mo is charged with a- crime agajust throe little girls who reside In the place nnd whoso testimony was taken be fore tho grand Jury, A feature of tho caso is that mlth bocamo religious nnd his nctlons wero made known to tho com munity when ho got up at a religious meeting, at which a row wero in at tendance', and gave testimony telling of -what ho had dono, saying he hoped that by making- n confession of his nets ho would be allowed to Join tho church. Portland Livestock Market I'QHTLAND, Or., Dee. IS. Cattle Kecoints 7 ; filcndy to weak. Primo lislit stCi't-H, $7.25(0)7.50; prima heavy riteer, $77.S5; pppd, $6,!5(Hl.7.. lforseoeiptu 300; pttndy. ;( Blivop Keceiplrt 131; steady. IE I SOUTH AMERICA RA AI GRANTS PASS HOW TO BRING JOSEPH B13IFKL1). propriolor of the llotol Shcrnmn of Chicago, who claims to bo a disinterested observer, analyses the present financial depression as a business man as being due, in a large degree, to the tact that the railroads are hard up through over-regulation and that, the way to restore prosperity is to grant the increase in rates asked. There is undoubtedly lnerit in his plea, which reads as follews: "What then, is the concrete basic cause of the present business depression? f "The private citizen answers offhand that it's the war. "Out the distress dates back long before we heard the rumb lings of "Mars. Europe has simply added hardships to a business burden already heavy. Further, we are told that on the whole the big war is to be of great commercial ad vantage to the United States. "The wholesaler guesses that the tariff is responsible. But this is a debatable question in theory and in practice as applies to the present case because the new tariff was not in operation long enough to have a determining influ ence one way or another. We must go still further back. "The merchant being in direct contact with the people and their purchasing power, has his fingers on the pulse of business life. He is able to diagnose the trouble and point out one specific cause that overshadows all other complications. And his explanation follews: " 'The railroads are hard up. Therefore they do not spend the money they should. The lack of new capital prevents their making many needed improvements. Be tween this and reduced current expenditures tho effect permeates all down the line ... . ... . to retailer and iinally to the " 'The remedy tor this condition is to allow them tlie freight rate increase they ask for.' "An immediate objection is raised by the private citi zen. Tie arirucs that if we stopped the looting of the rail roads bv hiirhbinders of finance the roads would have all the money they need. This point is quickly disposed of by the merchant, vhr has studied the question from many angles. He is well fortified with facts and authoritative information. "The plight of the railroads should not be judged by a few conspicuous cases of flagrant abuse. True, the pir ates of finance have worked havoc among certain railroads. In doing so they have brought distrust and misconception on the whole structure of railway organization and man agement. The result has been a lot of governmental regu lation some wise and some decidedly unwise. 2sTo dis crimination is shown between honestly conducted railroads and the other kind. "In addition to federal supervision the states individ ually have taken a hand in regulating the railroads. Like wise the states have soaked the railroads good and plenty for' taxes the idea being that the more a state gets out of the railroad the less it will have to ask in direct taxation. "All this activity of tho different governing bodies has added great expense to the railroads. Wage increases have gone on apace. But the revenue lias been steadily cut by reductions in rates. The railroads have passed the margin of safety between income and outgo. "The number of employes js reduced wherever pos sible. Buying of supplies is curtailed. Improvements arc tabooed. 'Dividends are cut. Thousands of small investors suffer reduced income's. Thirty railroads are now in re ceivers' hands. Others arc passing dividends whilo some pay dividends out of surplus that should go for extensions. 1 ' The rich feel the effect as well as the poor, Passing of dividends and default of interest reduce incomes for the well-to-do. This brings curtailment of expenses, often rigid economy. Servants are laid off. Purchases at shops and stores are cut down. Bills are allowed to run. Build ing and business investments are refused. All this helps to cause dull business. "To settle for all time the exact status of railroad capi talization in this country, the government is now under taking a comprehensive work of determining the physical valuation of all the properties. "Capitalization has a bearing on rates. But wo don't want to wait until the physical valuation of railroads is completed some five years hence. We want prosperity now. J "When we bear in mind that tho railroads are owned by the plain people of the United States, a different atti tude can be assumed to this great industry. There are about one and a half million individm.il holders of railroad stocks and bonds, with an overwhelming proportion of them our own countrymen. One million more own stock in corporations depending on the, railroads, Vav tho most part they arc folks in ordinary circumstances. "Nearly two million are employed by the railroads. About one million more work for industries directly de pendent upon the railroads for business. "Since the average family consists of five persons, some fifteen million people look to the railroads for their daily bread. Railroad prosperity then vitally affects one out of every seven of the country's total population. "Selling transportation is like any other business. Suc cess requires a fair profit. Without a profit the railroad fails. When outgo exceeds income the road wipes out its profit and runs at a loss. To prevent this, rigid economies must be enforced. That is the situation today. Cutting down oxpeuses means laying off men and curtailing the supplies which in turn compels laying off more moiv cm ployed' by tho supply firms. "Vast improvements are needed. Extensions should bo added to develop important sections rich in their re sources. Steady increase in traffic requires more locomo tives, rolling stock, trackage, terminal facilities and other equipment. All of which requires a largo outlay of addi tion capital. " Wlierq to got that capital is now a problem that defies solution. Net earnings are steadily going down. They are already so small that dividend rates arc now below the market value of money used in other fields. Railroad credit is therefore undermined. Great projects for exten sion and betterment are postponed. Tho multitudo of 3lEDFOET5 MATT) TRIBUNE. - ' - ' ' ' ' r T i I .J BAC& PROSPERITY from manufacturer to jobber working man. amDFCteD, OttKOOX, TUKSDAT. workvrs are denied tliis chance of employment. iMntoriuJ eoncorUs are paralyzed until normal progress in railroad building is resumed. "This country is fundamentally sound, Cor we have had wonderful crops' and these are bringing good prices. Tho nation is at peace. Foreign trade opportunities are open ing up. Tho financial system has passed through the com bined war and legislative crises in fine shape. No na tional disaster has occurred and our natural resources are unimpaired. "The weakness of the business situation must therefore be of an industrial nature. "The American railway system is the great business generating dynamo of our commercial machinery. J t sup plies current that revolves many other industries. Speed up the railroads to normal capacity and you speed up all those industries directly or indirectly dependent. "We can rely on tho railroads working with the inter state commerce' commission to properly equalize the ad vance so as not to injure either localities, commodities or individuals. The day of unfair, willful discrimination is past. From some angles the rate increase theoretically may or may not be justified. But from the practical stand point it is not only advisable, but imperative and it must come at once. "So let us support the rate increase in a broad spirit of fair play and intelligent, co-operation for- the common good. "IT it is true that our legislation is deficient, by all means let congress change the laws at once. These should not only allow, but compel action necessary to the welfare of the people. "To that end you are asked to use your influence, by writing your senator or representative. Immediate con certed effort is necessary to secure results. So it will help materially to lay the fact's before your friends and ask their influence. "A business crisis is at hand may we meet it squarely and successfully." MAIL ORDER FACTraSSING AMONG PEOPLE OF MIDDLE WEST Old Style "Storekeeper" Class of Merchants Resoonsible fcr Mush room Growth of Catalogue Houses Education of Consumer Restores Vast Volume of Business. Ily David Powell. (Opvrijjht, HU I.) There i perlinpi no section of the country in which tho Inrse inuil or der houses of tho eastern cities- Imve enjoyed jrreater pntromip' tlmn in the territory I'ommonly enlled tho middle went. It was in that fertile field .some twenty years. ago that their" founder first Mitiphl to eMulilMi the habit of mail-order buying, and that tliev were rvninrknblv suceesifitl in so doiii is attested by the phenom enal growth they mnde, and tile rapid development nnd almost universal adoption of tho practice throughout that region. For a number of years mail order buying was the jwpular "fad," followed by everyone, rich nnd poor, regardless of the desolate trail of community disaster it wns bound to leave in ils wake. C'uro IVwl for Disease Having learned from various sources that the fnd seems somewhat to have, abated in that district during the past few years, and thnt there wero many commimilie's which seemed to evidence some signs of re turning life. I resolved on a trip throuirli the affected clmntry to learn as to actual eonditions. both at and ' present, and to find out by first hand evidenco what particular kind of medicine and what sized doses had been used in effecting a "cure." The firt thing that seemed most essential for me o determine was the primary cause leading up to the rapid development of the practice, I found it to have been due to con ditions that modern business meth ods no longer pennit to c.Nt there or elsewhere in the Tailed States. Cause of This Km! Up until twenty or twenty-five ycar ago, aiioiii mo time, quicwir mm cheaper means of eommunicatiou iimi transportation set tho people nil over tho country clamoring for more and more of the luxuries and conven iences of civilization,- the mercantile business in Hie. smaller cities nd towns of the country was conducted along lines and bv methods entirely different from IIiom. of today. The transition from the old oi'der to life new wits remarkably rapid, but' even so, it was many years before tho course of modern progress cleaned thoship of commerce of tho barnacled of deceit and ciooked dealing that had accumulated under tho' old, easy going seemed in voguo before the change. Followed Old Hut Owing to ninny conditions peculiar ly favorable lo llicir growth,, the old, John A. Perl TJNDERTAKim, Lid? AHliUBt m 8. nAiiTMcrr kmmnum rvU Vtvmtf Ontww i, of merchants more fittiu&ly de scribed as ''storckeeiters" who fol lowed the same old nit year in and car out ami relimouslv adhered to the good old ssem of taking "all the t raft n will bear." During the process of commercial evolution their narrow ision enabled them to lead the signs of the times and they drift ed along into the new order on the easy tide of a suffering iople' tol ernnee, refusing to admit there wus anv cause or reason why they should chance the methods they aiiir their commercial ancestors had followed so long. To these men and their methods was due the remarkable growth of the mail order business', and it is to their kind, a few of whom are yet to be found in ecry town the country over impeding the wheels of eomhior einl progress, that is due the diffi culty the repntnhle class of merchants find ill removing from the mind of the consumer the barrier of distrust so Carelessly built by their forebears iu thn past, and so zealously fostered by tho mail order bouse of the present. 1IIk J'or Innovation When the large catalogue houses first crfeeted their wonderful selling system and put itto work, conditions were ripe for just such au innovation and the people were iu just the mood to bo gathered by thousands l the banner of this new defender of "their Don't Merely "Stop" .Cough op he Thin that CnaaU ad lap Cough Will stop iifir vmGfmssGfSfa&tt&masxx. m A cough g mil? one of our bt .friend. It warn um that there n In llumiiiHtion or ohtructiou in a dnnscp oiik piuce. uirreiore. wiien vou uot a lind couuli don't proceed to dope yonine! wuri n lot oi iiniH iimi merely "iioti the cough temporarily by deude'iilnjrt) pt of drugs that merely "itop" II leiiilioriirliv liv flrai!cnlnf llm inioai nerves, lnllami-d men r. Trent'tlm rnuw lieil thn oniliruiief. Ileio in it hpniiv niitile remedy tliutevls rlulit ut the caiiHo and will iiiuke uii inuke an obntinutA roouh vaiiluli more ipilckly tliuu 3011 ever tnouulit pm- Hihlc. Put 2'4 oiiuqe of Plncx (.10 rmi l: worth) in a pint bottle' und fill the bolt wmi pia III lrilllllllltfd Kiiuar HVrun. Thin glvcByoti a full plat of tfiu mot pleaaunt unil cfieetlvij cough remedy you ever lined, at a tout of only fit renin. ' No bother to prepare. Full direction with Plncx. It, licaU the Inflamed membrane ho geniiv iimi promptly that vm wonder llOW It docs It. AUo loOHeim u ilrv. Iinurun Ioom'iis u dry, jipiirno !nnH tint fnrtmif Inn .if or tiitlit eoiiuli nnd stops tlie foriimtiori of phlegm In the throat and lirnnehlul tuhc. Hum ending the I'mnUtcnt Iooho eough. Pinex Is n highly eonccntrnted com- pound of .Norway plnu extract, rleh.1 xtnicl, rlcjc In Mia unrlrl nvr yuuiuioi, finii i inmoiiH tlie worm for its healing effect on the membraricH. Tn nvnlil disappointment, auk your druairlHt for "214 ounces of Plncx x," ami llfl. ,,.H ....... I. t...- .1... A ......i.... pf HMoluto M.il Infliction, or money prompt ly refunded, goes with thin preparation. ..' 1. .Mtvi'v '. mill" rie, n Kiuiruiiivti 1 ne rinvx co., 11. wuync, iin. Got Your Noxt Bult of T7"LOTHES J3LL E I N rrtiarts fafl.oo up Aluo Cleaiilnfe, Proaalug and Altering VM K. Main, liUlr DKOFiMnKR 11 'i a i u 5 i iCtW mil syslcin hud deVeloied u- Int'gu t'hts piUM sliingH, wTionh every prduttso glittered with the luve of gdhleu re lief. A is usual Iu all inoU'incnls of u Hprtlur nutilie, tho people went to .tho utmost e.Nlieme of folly in tlie use of their new-found power. The fad spread oyer hull' a ddcu Hinted like 11 prairie lire, ituil wrought irrepar able dauulge In all Hues of com merce, Injuring the reputable merch ant class ns well us those who wcio to blaniii for it all. Kdiiruilod Needed Although modern business methods hud by Ibis time been universally adopted by Ihe progressive merchant class throughout the affected district, for utility years they struggled along in the dark vainly groping about for some way to cheek till' never-ending stream of money flowing pilst their doors. Many were the schemes and pluiis they tried and discarded before the fact became apparent that only by educating the people to sec for themselves the truth about mail older competition, could they succeed in re gaining their lost business. Wherever this fact has been real, ized nnd the uieivhants have diligent ly worked along these lines, the mail order fad is on the wane and com mereial piosritv again established.' I do not wish to be undcrrtlood ns imylng that the mull order hUHluec . of tho country Is declining, for that would he untrue. What I do menu, ' In that there l no town nor city with ordinary nlilpplng fncllrtles, which still retains a spark or com munity pride mid n few live wire clt liens, hut thnt ran hold Its own against any commercial ndvernnry. 1 Quality considered, any up to date country merchant can meet mnll order competition. It Is simply n( question or getting the consumer to convince hlmceir of thnt fact by means of comparative Investigation. Mnoy Towns Klll.sl There are hundreds of towns, though, that 1 haw vlNlted thnt lack even thorn' two esuentlal features; they are strlekeii beyond nil hopn of recovery, and are steaoity dwindling In population and commercial pro Use, Their only excuHo for further existence Irf to serve ns cruiuhllilR relics of a by-Roin commercial one! their storekeepers prototype 01 thoHO whd, by their nnr'owncM nnd peuily-grasplnR buidr.oin methods paved tho wuv and made welcome the first catalogue sent to their town. Thoy present lo the eye a si lent, gvlin, array of empty store buildings and deserted streets that give mute witness to the apathetic Incompelenco of tho mcrchunu Iu IT THEATRE TONIGHT VAUDEVILLE Fredrik the Great Magician Also Photo Play Program unexcelled. "Our Mutual Girl," "Shorty's Sacrifice," two-reel Broncho. Seo the hand-to-hand fight with tramps, who almost take the train. "THOSE HAPPY DAYS" Unexcelled Koystono Comedy Children, 10c. Adults, 15c Monday nnd Tuesday Evenings, 7 o'clock The Judge's Wife A thrto'-ipart photoplay featuring Neva Gorvor, the delightful little leading-lady of tho "White Star Stock Company Through Fire and Water Two Another Box One On Professor fiiiggs Comedy Hear the Largo Page Theatre Orchestra ,', Admission, 5o, 10c, 16c r fholr reluctance to look th truth Hlialght Iu tint I life and thn uiiwlll luguesii of tlteli1 ninth lllto braliiH to put forth tho effort necoHsitry lo udapl their IiuhIuchs methods to the chiut(ed conditions of modern com merce. In hUphy contrast to silcli scenes of community desolation, and In con vincing phmf of tho potency of edu cation, arc tho ninny towitH, scatter ed hero mid there over the imnto ter ritory, whoso commercial prosperity clearly proves the fact that tho mail order fad Is pausing lo tho land of Itn birth. Their store buildings nro nil occupied! thulr people mo1 bust ling and happy; and (hey have tho general appenrauro of belli the com munity expression f pride, stability and contentment. CooKiathe Truth Telling I'pon 111 living lu such a city and noting these prosperous conditions that wore lu such marked, contrast to those prevalent elsewhere, my first thought would always be that the enjoyment of some exceptionally tContlitued on l.nut Pane.) STAR TODAY Fast IUm oiuliij; I'amous Hearst-Selig News THE JINGLE Will. George Nash Gail Kane Ami the Author Mr. Upton Sinclair 5 Bin Acts 230 Powerful Scenes A Tonsorial Leopard Tamer Selic Coined v THE PAGE Medford's Leading Theatre Acts. Offico Feature .' b ( ta,f