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BEDFORD SOCTC TRTBTINT5, MEDFORD OftECION, FRTTUY, .TTJNtt 2fo 19'5 it PSGE THREE C00PERAINTO UNITE PEOPLES WHEN WAR O'ER Russell Tells of Prosperity Brought to Ireland by Co-operative Socle ties Movement On to Spread It Among Fighting Nations When War Is Over. NY CIIAllLKS KDWARI) ItlJSRKLL (Copyright, lOlfi, by the Newspaper Enterprise nsoeintion.) DUBLIN', Jlnv HO. In' County Limerick, Ireland, is a plnoo called Mecnnhela llritlxc. IJ is a poor, lnonntninoiiH dint net, land agricul ture linn uIwn.VH been backward Ihoro. Also, unprofitable. In March, 10121, agents for the Irish Agricultural Orguiiinitiuii soci ety induced seventeen fnnncrs of Alccnuhchi lliidfje to start n co-op-erativo association. In U"s than two years the co-op-erators had much more than doubled their area under tillage, their milk supply to the district creamery had increased from 188,000 to 1117,000 fjalhm.H, the producers were trotting more for their milk than thev had ever had before, the society's npenU had taught them unsuspected thing1 about the capacity of their soil to produce. Life, Ito-Mitdo for Thoso Irish Tropin There is nuother region in north west Donegal, ii place called Temple crone. "It waH one of the most wretchedly poor districts in Ireland," says nn eyewitness. "The farmers were at the mercy of the gombeen traders and the agricultural middle men. Then a dozen years ano co operative society was formed. I am sure the oldest inhabitant there will agree, that more changes for the bet ter for fanners have taken place since the co-operative society started than he could remember in all his previous life. "The fanners control their own buying and selling. Their organiza tion markets for them their eggs and poultry. It procures seeds, fertiliz ers and domestic arrangements, (t turns the members'' pigs into bacon. They have a village hall and an allied women's organization. They sell the products of the women's industry. They have a co-operative hand, social gatherings and concerts." Life lius been remnde for the peo ple of this district mid in hundreds of others by the simple substitution of co-oncratiou for competition and of fraternity for the distinct that leigned in the jungle. Looking upon these astonishing and joyous results, the supporters of co-operation in Ireland begin to see what they have in hand is a revoht tion nnil nobody can goons how far it may go, nor how much good it may do. Among the developments of the movement is a co-operative wholesale plant at Dublin for the purchase at wholesale prices of goods and sup plies for co-operators. It is just an American mail, order house, e.xpcet that it is run for the benefit of com- munities instead of the private prof its of a few rich partners. Ittmil Credit tu Ireland Co-operation grows and widens in nil of its activities. Take mral credits. It is a big problem, as we in the United States are beginning: to find out. In the old days in Ireland, when a benevolent government had enabled a tenant fanner to buy his farm, the result of ten showed that the government might as well have left him alone. If he had no money to buy seed or to feed his cow the farm wasn't much good to him. You would hardly believe the des perate tricks a fanner was some times driven to. Most often he put himself into the hands of a local tradesman (gombeen) and became for tho rest of his life that, trades man's bound chattel. The tradesman let him have jaoney nominally at 10 per cent, and really jit worst than that. 1'art of the bargain was that the borrower should buy everything at the trader's store, nnd of course in such conditions the trader hardly did a thing to him. Co-operation began to kloek out this plensiuj; device, It lent money to tho fanner at W and 3 per cent. This brings me to another good les son for us in this story. Kvery inch of the way co-operation liu been fought in Ireland bv the powerful re aotionnr yinfliiences icpreonted by the traders. The real trouble about endins: com petition, the real trouble about ending war nnd bringing about ponce and a good understanding among the chil dren of earth, is always the jKiworful influences that make money out of the other thing. In other words, the interests. In Ireland the trader is n bigger man in politics than a saloonkeeper in the Twelfth ward of Chicago. The government stands in awe of him and politicians lick his boots. Emancipation from Money Interests Under these conditions, to emanci pate the people of Ireland has been n hnrd job. Every phnso of the new movement has been covered with lies nnd fought with political tricks. Horace I'lunkctt was for years the efficient head of tho Irish ngneul tnral deimrtincnt. Tile trading inter ests made war on him beenuse of his work for eo-ocration, and finally they got him. Then they put into his place a man opposed to co-operation. He is still there. Yet, in spite of official opposition, it goes its way, turning poverty into comfort and giving oppott unity to people who never had opportunity be fore. Hut it is not morcly its better ma terial conditions nor oven improved nnd increased production that the backers of the movement make the most of. Co-operation is changing the life of tho farm household from isolntion to a rational state of human associa tion with a ehanco for knowledge, relaxation and amusement. As soon us a co-operative society is started anywhere it must have n meeting place, for everything is de termined by tho vote of tho members. They get n hall. It becomes a social center. Having a social center they use it for lectures, conceits and dances. The women stnrt organiza tions of their own. Tho young peo ple hnvo a club. The next thing you know tho somnolent community has awakened to social life. People got acquainted with one another and leant that after all they're a pretty good sort. The Irish Agricultural Organiza tion society is the name of tho central body Hint inspires these momentous changes, pushes them along by send ing nut organizers and publishing tracts and pamphlets. In nunkott House, Dublin, where it has its head quarters, it maintains a steadily in creasing library for the benefit of the co-operators. I'lunkctt house, by the way, is named in honor of the persistent mnn who on a wholly un selfish impulse gnvc to tho movement its stnrt. Jlooiv Central llody Woiks Ouo of the labors of this central body is to keep tho thine plumb to the original plan, this sought to avoid tho reef that has wrecked so many co-operativo societies in Amer ica by ruling out the joint stock idea and the soulless corporation. I he or gauizntion is always very simple. No matter how much money a member puts into the, venture he has hut one vote. I ho use of a. part of the pro ceeds for educational work is usually insisted upon, lleyoiul tins and a certain percentage, all of the net re turns are divided among the custom ers in the proportion of the business they have furnished. Tho co-operators are constantly entering new fields; there seems to bo a reasonable basis for the predic tion that in comparatively few years all tho agricultural hus'moss of Ire laud will bo done co-operatively. I en n't .stop here to enumerate the ramifications of the idea. 1 can only instance tho fact that some societies are making electricity and furnishing it to members for power mid ilium inntioti, and old houses that never before knew anything but a caudle now glitter with incandescent bulbs. The thing: grows because in at least two ways it is fundamentally sound, progressive nnd wholesome. First, it stops wnste and secure i the greatest results from human ef forts. Hardly a farmer in Ireland could afford to farm with traction engines, gang plows mid power ma chinery. Co-operntion puts all these things into his bauds, and now with far less labor his fields produce a far greater yield, Co.OKTatlon Opposes War Ideas Hut beyond nil these considera tions is the other phase of it. The co-operative movement grows be cause its last foundation is a won derful nnd unassailable truth. It is based upon the great fact that tho earth produces enough for all its inhabitants mid there is no need and no excuse for the scramb ling fight in which under competition men tear bread from one another's lips. There is bread enough for nil. Tho lying excuse is made that war must be, because this nation or that is cramped and crowded in its own land nnd must expand to live. Co-operation demonstrates that there is not a country on earth that cannot produce far more than it pro duces at present, nor one in which the ambition of its people may not well be satisfied at home. Perhaps it is because of this Riont, noble, humanizing truth that the co operative movement is always found in practice to spread fraternity, good will and n better understanding. What men in Ireland are naturally tho most antagonistic Nationalist and Orangemen. Yet in the co-oper ative movement nationalists and Or nngenion work most amicably ide by side, Father Finlay is one of the great nationalist leaders of Dubliu m T HIP HOW IHEY GET THEM IN THE TROPICS lJV' yY!rflP ?HrS ki 1"? flfllwMi(uB &rWitf.M fa" lR!Lifc fln jVs; flHilWlrJ?,'-Wb-iv v'Mt MtM'UOTtt T-L "i H B QkSr!9lp 1 1 'i Yfe t .&tV4 JV t -l JfcMk - taw-HaAIV r HH Ku-'f3 iMPr Hfl lHiK4&4rt 4 ? (TJ7A7I. HI I ' Stnff Special. MAN'ILA, P. I., Juno 2 1 In com petition with Alaska, South America, Australia, and other lands beckoning to enerpotlc joung Americans to come and help them develop their resources by winning a livelihood, what can the Philippine offer? Public lands, with maximum home steads of 200 acres, on which can bo grown practically all tropical pro ducts. Tho licit of these crops for tho nverage white American settlor to tackle Is abaeu (hemp), says Direc tor of Agriculture Harry T. Kdwards. "How many Americans realize," ho speculated, "that of tho 70,000,000 acres embraced In tho Philippine archipelago, only 10 per cent Is un der cultivation? White men now In the Islands are dlHprovlng.thc lazy man's excuxo that only tho natives enn work In tho tro pics. In Houthcrn Mindanao, espec ially, American pioneers are cultivat ing hemp and coeanutH, Just iir they would operate farms In the States. "Abaca (hemp) has tho advantage over coconuts for tho settler of aver- TO CONSTRUCT ROAD TO LAVA BEDS ....,......, . ' PAIUS. Jiiner. -Inrormiaion haB KI.AMAlll IALL.s, Or., June . ,,,.,, rm.veil from Constantinople, At a meeting .ondn, held nt HeiirHays a Ilavas despatch from AtheiiH, Paw enve, in'the lava beds, the Klani-'that after It became appaient last nil. and Modoc count v deleualioiis completed urrangoinoutH for the eun meneemonl of woik on the lavu beds road project. The Modoc county delegation. i ready to go to work July " mid ex pects to have its petition of the high way completed by August I. Klam ath county will begin soliciting ub serjptioiis nt once mid make the other ncceskiirv arrangements for the completion of its portion of the load at the earliest possible date. It is proposed to hae another good road day, when all tho worker nwiilnhlo will help on tho project. ovoial dio, according to a Con It is expected that this road will jstnntlnople despatch received at I.on be extensively iimmI in connection with (, ion by the Pouter Telegram com tho Columbia highway and central liny ,lH( nKht, Oiegou routo betweou California and . north Pacific coast points. county. You can eo him going ami in nun with a leading nrangeinait to a co-operative meeting. Son then, bore i the Brent sign of hope that I haxe kept for thu last. There nre 10,000,000 eo-oHinitors in England, Scotland and Wales. Thorn are millions mid millions moro in all the countries of Europe. A move ment bus now begun to bring all those together at the close of the war in nn offort to spread co-operution through every lino of human en deavor, that all men may bo friends. I do not know how far Uiis mute- muni umy co, but thu fuel that it exist is ennutfh to fill u all with joy. For competition broedx enmities und eo -operstiuu friuiuUbip. Com petition make war nnd oo-oiwi'HtJou makes peae. CuiMelition produce hnto und co-opumtiott hive and goodwill. PLANTATION? ngo mentis, because It comes Into ma ture bearing at from 2 ' to ." years, On tho other hand, It requires bettor poll and n more evenly distributed rninfnll. "J.arRO areaH of excellent hemp land are available for settlers. The almca plant, from whoso flhro tho hemp Is made, laplunted 10 On ml r.00 to (ho acre. In npienrnnccB It Is like the banlinii. Under normal condi tions an average yield should bo one halt ton of drjr fibre, per ncre. Aver age quality, termed 'good current at normal quotations brliiKR about $220 per ton at Manila. The net Incomes per acre will bo mound 4G during normal times. "The fact that Manila hemp Is pro duced In commercial quantities only In tho Philippine Inlands Is of cnor- moiis advantage to tho Insular far mer. "Prospects for the further develop Siont of tho hemp Industry were never moro favorable than they nro today. Largo areas of public laud, In every way suitable for this crop, nro avail able In .Mindanao, Satunr, Mludoro and other Islands. Tho present hemp fields occupy nearly a mllllon-ncro nrea. "The moflt Important factor Is that within the past year the Philippine government 1ms placed this Industry under Its supervision, providing n system of grading and Inspection un der which all hemp must bo exported. "The Ilureau of Agriculture In tho Islands Is eager to aid any settler In lolvlug his farm and stock problems, and through Its scattered branch sta tions mnlccH available thu best scien tific assistance. "I must, however, again ndvlso any American Immigrant not to enmn to the Philippines as a stranger and ox pect to go Into hemp or coconut grow ing oven on a moderate scalo with out some funds. In my estimation, 'he should hnvo at least 'SHOO." iSULTAN'S ILLNESS OF ' week that the Illness of the sultan wns of a serious nature, tho royal princes met nnd decided Hint Yus sof lzedlt, eldest son of tho Into Sultan Abdul llnmld, should assume the regency. This proposal was vig orously oppoMod by tho commltten on union nnd progiestt, resulting In a doadlock, the volution of which has not yet boon found. An operation for the removal of n stone In tho bladder has been per formed upon the sultan by Professor Israel, tho (ieriiiuu specialist, who has been at the aultan's budsldo for FRECKLES Vow Is the Time to Ret llld of These 1'Rly Sisits There's no longer tho slightest need of feeling ashamed of your freckles, as the proscription othlno -double strength Is guaranteed to lomovo thebo homely spots. Simply got an ounco of othlne double stiength from any druggist and apply a llttlo of It night and morning and you should soon see that even the worst freckles have be gun tp disappear, wbllo tho lighter ones have vanished entirely. It Is holdom that more than an ounco Is needed to completely clear the skin and gain a beautiful clear com plexion. ' Ho sure to nsk for tho doiiblo strength othlno as this Is sold under guarantee of money baok If It fails to remove freckles. REGENCY SUNDRY TO INSTALL F SALKM, Ore.. Juno 25. Tho state fish and game commission Thursday appointed It. L. Kelly of Oregon City, master fish warden to succeed It. 13. Clantou, who wob chosen superinten dent of state hatcheries. Carl D. Shoemaker, of ltoseburg, was elected state game warden, on account of tho resignation of A, II. Lea of Portland, who was appointed by tho commission nt Its last meeting. L. L. Jewell of Ornnts Pass was appointed deputy gntuo warden for Josephine county. He replaces Fred Merrill. J. II. Drlscoll, also was ap pointed a deputy gamo warden to succeed Sam L. Sandry, who wbr named superintendent of screens and screen construction throughout tho state. Tho board elected M. 8. Panics of Paisley, deputy for Lnko county. In tho future tho commission de clared, that all aspirants for positions with the state gamo or fish depart ments would be given examinations to test their fitness. KOSEIll'HO, Or., Juno 'J.,. Cntl I). Shoemaker was born nt N'apolcou, ()., June 20, 1 882, und graduated from the public schools there in 1000. Ho graduated from the Ohio State university in 1001, in the II. A. de gree, mid graduated from tho law de partment in 1007. He practiced law in Columbus, (),, until 10)1, when he came to ltoseburg nnd purchased the ltoseburg Evening News, .laimary 1, 1012. His paper, republican, has taken active part in local politics, nnd led the dry campaign in this county. Ho is seorelnry of the Douglas county republican ccutinl committee, mid is u member of the Oregon bar, Odd Fellows, Masons, Elks, is it Presby terian, is married mid has two chil dren. Shoemaker is a thorough sports man and has s)cnt much time in tho game districts of this part of tho stnte. His appointment meets general ap proval here. Mr. Shoemaker was indorsed bv the Medford sportsmen, when it was learned that Mr. Ewing would not bo appointed, because the republican county committee refused to indorse his candidacy, although the commit tee ut once indorsed Mr. Shoemaker, tho ltoseburg candidate. Local sportsmen felt southern Oregon was entitled to the wardeiislup mid when Mr. Ewiug was rejected got behind Mr, Shoemaker, n sthe latter had sup ported the Medford candidate us long as there was u possibility of his ap pointment. The objection to Mr. Ewing is said to be duo to the fuel that he voted for ltoosevelt in 1012 instead of Tuft. Mr. Kelly Is well known In Jack son county whoro for three years ho was lit charge of hatchery opera tions at Klk creek for the U. 8. Ilur eau of Hatcheries, leuvlng five years ago to take charge of hatchery oper ations for tho Argentine Itopubllc Whllo thoro ho stocked all tho streams of tho country with Itoguo rlvor stoolhend, which hnvo thrived wonderfully In their now homo. Mr. Jnwoll wiih formerly an em ploye of tho Ilureau of Hatcheries at Elk creek and also on tho lower river Recently ho has been In the employ of tho state butcheries,, STANDIShVz ROW COLLAR 2for25 I ClutU PtoJy &Ca.lnc Mflkrt WESTON'S CAMERA SHOP E08 East Main Street Medford The Only Exclusive Commercial Photographon in Southern Oregon Negatives Madu any time- oi place hy appointment Phono 147-J We'll do the rest X. D. WESTON, Prop. SCREENS ORFISHES THROUGHOUT STATE RMMaAfHH! I Tho high cost of Retting their coffees to tho consumer mokes It necessary for tho ex clusive coffee house to do one of two things- -get more for the same qunllty or turn out n cheaper product. Wo buy our raw coffees as cheap as any concern In the country Wo opornto our factory on a scientific basis Ol'K SHLLlNO COST IS 40 TO CO PKU CENT LESS THAN TIJK EXCLUSIVE COFFEE HOrSEH. 11 ,, ,n hi ' ' 1915-16 Blue Book . Now on Sale C. E. GATES i - - You always get it when you ask for it here. We make it a point to give you what you want. Em VJjkW MjUAlHtaUUMHMMMMHHHHMag ALL ESSENTIALS FOR TRAVEL nre found in u Fiuueisco viu tho OGDEN ROUTE1! (SOUTHERN PACIFIC-UNION PACIFIC) Hi ff COHFOKT. Three Iriiiiut with every modern convenience home, hotel or office for the Iiimiiosh man or tour ist. Hiienery uiihuipuhei on the Aiuoriofin continent. SKKVin:. No belter lo bo hud. Courteous, oflieient employes, tho host dining ear service. Trains pro tected day and night by Automatic KU'otric Safety Illoek Signal. Stop-overs at San Francisco On onjvwuy tiekets if JO dny4 to vinit. (ho l'niiamn 1'aoifiu Interna.' tionttl K.pnitinu. Auk for HU'lIouIui, tstopovei-H and Ijtnmturo via this routo JYom any agent. SOUTHERN PACIFIC John M. fieotl, Clouoinl Passenger Agent, Portland, Orogou. El3 The consumer Is reaping tho benefit In our now reduced prices, as shown ha lo w. X-lirTln'l.OO llegularly $1 75 Each Lb. 32c i - - - a LA NO & CO. ltoynl Club Food Products, Portland - ; - - - H No ninth')' how pai'ticulni ,ou hit, you'll enjoy Cainphell's Tomato Soup. And tho whole 21 kinds nro "juhI rights" Look for the red nnd white lahol. Marsh & Bennett Second door east of Kirst National J3nnk I n trip Kust from Suit