BEDFORD SOCTC TRTBTINT5, MEDFORD OftECION, FRTTUY, .TTJNtt 2fo 19'5
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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
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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
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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,,
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SCREENS
ORFISHES
THROUGHOUT STATE
RMMaAfHH!
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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
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for it here. We make it a point to
give you what you want.
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