tfTTCDFORD MAID TTinUTNK. MEDFORD. PRECOX. TIU'RSDAY, MARCH 1, 1917
FACE THREE
HUG
E
PROFITS
OF FOOD KINGS
PI BY PEOPLE
Part of Money Is Made on Foreiyn
Trade, But at Least Three-Fourths
Is From United States Consumers
Many Firms Making Millions
Have Not Contributed a Dollar.
HISTORY AGAIN
REPEATS ITSELF
PRESENT RISIS
WASHINGTON', 1). C, Maivh 1.
To a certain extent tin increase in
prices of foodstuffs, the cause of the
food riots in various parts of the
untry, may be justified by the fail
ure of practically every important
crop, but the prices which have been
in effect since last summer are out
of nil reason anil are actually yield
ing greater profits for the short
snips' than were rcillized when half
as much aj;aiu wiif produced.
Kvcry corporation report that is
published proves the prices are un
notified. Here, for example, is Armour &
Co. with a stock dividend of 400 per
cent; Swift & Co, with a cash divi
dend of $2:,0nu.O(lH; American liect
Snjinr with net. earnings of 40 per
cent; National Iticuit earning near
ly 10 per cent on common stock that
is all water; Sears-Kocbuck with
earnings of 'J(i.," per cent mi its com
nion stock, and mi mi in every line of
business activity connected with the
production and distribution of food
and clothing.
Kiom Our Own Pockets,
-A part of these .ureal profits have
uihUetionnhly been secured by Imld
iiiiT up Kuni)e. but at least three
fourth'i cante direcllv from the pock-
Parallel Furnished by Conditions of
1798 With Those of Present Break
With Germany President Adams
Assailed for Attitude Towards
France by Pacifists of That Time.
SEARCH WORLD'S BIGGEST CITY FOR MISSING SCHOOL GIRL
BY CILSON" GAHD.VEK.
WASHINGTON-, March 1. In ask
Ing congress Tor authority to use
moans to protect Aimirican rights
without, howevor, asking for a tlecla
ration of war. President Wilson lias
followed a precedent set In 17t)S when
the Vnltcd States waged near war
with France.
Tho text of tho resolution convoyed
to congress by Secretary of Stale
Lansing at tho instance of the presi
dent Is a peculiarly worded document.
It carefully avoids the usual forms of
a resolution declining war, but asks
authority to use the navy or army in
defense of American rights.
In Adnin's Adiii;illstintioii.
At tne tunc reterreu to. which was
during Mr. Adam's administration,
France was under the so-called direc
tory and our diplomatic relations
were severely strained as a result of
the treaty which our Ambassador .lay
had negotiated with Great Urltain.
Talleyrand, acting for France, sent
homo two American ambassadors, the
second being IMcUney, and trifled
with three special envoys, Gerry
.Marshall and Pinckney, .whom Pres
ident Adams sent to adjust matters
Meantime, American vessels were
attacked by the French on the high
seas and sunk or captured. Congress,
when appealed to. refused to author
ize tho arming of merchant ships
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w,! ,. ' iii ... ,lThis apparently made matters worse
ol the (Miwcrns which have lirotitcil; ... ,, ,. ,
mo-t heavily have not sold a dollar
worth nl' nml-. abroad.
Kvery indication points to the ex
istence of a cmiilition as scandalous
ns that which the federal trade enm-
until tho insults became unbearable
and Pinckney made his famous speech
containing the declaration "millions
for defense, but not one cent for
tribute
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0. A. C. SPECIALIST
COMMG 10 TALK
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Ruth
NEW YOKK, Feb. 28. Kvery nook
and cranny of Greater New York is
being searched for trace, of Ruth
Cruder, 17-year-old high school grad
uate, whose mysterious disappearance
on one of the coldest Jays this winter
has aroused the city authorities.
What makes the girl's disappear
ance so mysterious is tho statement
of her father, Henry D. Cruger, n
public accountant, that seh was quiet
and home loving, had no "romantic
notions'1 and had shown nothing to
warrant her sudden disappearance.
On the night- of her departure, she
was supposed to have left with a
young man to go skating. Nothing has
been heard of her or tho young man.
Theories of elopement, adventure
seeking ihid murder are scouted by
the girl's father. The one left is ab
duction, for which detectives say
there is a possibility.
The t.'ruger apartment is in a quiet
neighborhood, dotted with many gar
ages, at any one of which (,'ruger be
lieves his daughter may hnvo been
bundled into n whiting automobile nnd
spirited away.
mission found to exist in the paper
imlust ry.
The (Icpi'rtmenl of justice for near
ly a year has announced that its
sleuths were on the trail of tin food
monopolists and speculators, hut so
far these investigations have produc
ed n more rc.sult than the decade of
trust baiting, which did nol reduce
the price of nil, steel or coal a single
penuv and resulted simply in en
trenching the trusts more solidly than
ever in their monopolistic positions.
The federal trade commission is the
only government institution that has
secured results. Now that its mem
bership has been strongly re-enforced
by appointment of W. II. Culver of
1st, 1'aul, its effectiveness will be
greatly increased and real results
may lie expected if it is given the
munitions with wliich to attack the
problem.
m Paper Trust Cited.
The n-fusal of the houe appropri
ations committee to report favorably
the fund of $10(1.0(1(1 estimated by
the federal trade commisMoii to be
necessary lor the investigation of the;
cost of ' ing recommended by Presi
dent Wilson, comes in striking coin
cidence with (he outbreaks of food
riots.
The coinuiis-ion, by forcing an
agreement to reduce the price of pa
in. i- I'l-rim Kill Mil I'm r-t nrir U'llri lull! ill-
histed at the start of the investigation
1hat they had not unduly increased
'ruiees, has just shown what can be
jjone.
r unai nas aiieaoy neeu aecoinpiisu
ed in (he paper industry will pay the
proposed cost of the investigation
about ten times mer. and the results
t'vtt are sure to follow any real probe
i$ hih prices in other lines would re
pay the cost a thousand times.
Congrcs-nicn who vote against the
lippropriatiou are going to have a
hard time explaining why they voted
(t billion and a half dollars to pay for
other legitimate and illegitimate pro
jects, and refused an iufinitc.-imally
small part o! that sum for relief of
the people from the burden of high
prices.
EXPOS!
Federal Party's Lead.
Thereupon the Federal party in
congress took the lead, and while war
was not formally declared, trcatten
with France were declared to be no
longer binding, the president was au
thorized by congress to create an
army with Washington as Lieutenant
(leneral and Ilamiltonas second in
command, and was further authorized
to appoint a secretary of the navy and
to build twelve new ships of war.
"Before these were ready," says T.
W. Higgenson, the historian, "naval
hostilities had actually begun and
Commodore Truxtun, in the U. S.
Frigade Constellation captured a
French frigade in West Indian waters
Feb. 9, 1 79 ft ) and afterwards si
lenced another which, however, escaped.
"Great was the excitement over
t h esc ea r I y naval k u crrssi a of the
young nation. Merchant shins were
authorized to arm themselves and
some three hundred acto1 upon this
authority. The result of it all was!
that France yielded. Talleyrand, the
very minister who had dictated the
insults, now disavowed them and
pledged his government to receive
any minister the I nited States might
send."
lAcitcnicnl General.
There is a parallel to present con
ditions also in the fact that at this
time there was much excitement over
what might result from the action of
foreigners living In the United States.
and there was also an effort by the
militarists to curl) newspaper crit
icism. This resulted In the passage
WANTS RULE OF
The medals received early this' WASIII.VliTON, March 1. In a
week bv a number of local agricul- brief filed In the supreme court of
turists and horticulturists, who ex- i the U. S. today, replying to the gov
hihited premier products of the soil lernnient's recent brief, the Interna
tional Harvester company asks that
and sunshine of the Koruc river val
ley at the big show at Han Krancisco,
are already wearing shiny, although
when first taken from their cases,
they were of dullest Roman gold.
A gold medal received in such a
way is a curiosity deserving the clos
est scrutiny. Then too. there is a
remarkable picturizatlon of tho beau
tiful Tower of Jewels that sent its re
plendent glows over all the exposition.
lint somehow those who take, the
medals In tholr hands cast only a
fleeting glance at tho tower and
abruptly turn the medal over. Tt may
be thaf the phiasc In old Latin Im
printed thereon catches their eye. No
little speculation was raised as to the
meaning of the prliaso "Divine Dis-
It be judged "according to the rule
of reason, rather than the rule oi
size," and according to the language
of the Sherman law rather than any
supposed purpose of the law makers.
It Is charged in effect that the gov
ernment, having failed to make the
facts In tho case rit the law Is now
trying to make the law fit the facts.
Arguing In conclusion for tho ap
plication of (an "rule of reason," the
, brief asks:
j "Is It logical, is It reasonable or
Just, to urge the ronrl to dismember
la corporation that possesses ViO unfair
or exclusive advantage whose record
;by the undisputed testimony of a
thousand witnesses, has been helpful
ivnrta Ivnxit Homo." Some of the alld nol njuriol,s t0 thc public, whose
local Latin students v l;eu asked to j tl.Patm,,llt of competitors, by thc find
translate, shook their heads. Finally. :,nR of ,,, ,ow.er r0rl ha(i h,.,.
however, the phrase was found to o ilorlot all, clean and fair.' for fear
of the oldest vintage and to signiry, i lhal Konl(. oUll.r combination that has
".Man has divinely Joined disconnect- !actl,aiv restrained trudo or Is at
ed things." The figures of man and lcniptnR to do so, may escape pun
woman, above, then signify the At- i,,,,,.,,.
lantic and I'acll'ic, divinely Joined by
the agency of man.
j Hut even the phrase holds t lie eyes
j but a moment, a subtle Invitation cen
i tering the gaze upon the symbolic
or the so-called alien and sedition figures. A movement has already
laws, which were subsequently ad-j been started, locally, to collect, all the
milled to be a tremendous blunder. medals and have some form or drap
In .1. S. I.andon's Constitutional ! ery attached before the heads of the
History of thc Tnlted States It is re-jmale population be entirely turned,
lated that: "The outrages which we For thc benefit of those lucky
suffered from the Injustice of Kng- enough to have these medals In their
land and France gave additional bit-; possesroln, and who have not had
terness to thc strife between parties an assay made to determine their
at home. The Anti-Federal press was I formation, It is stated that they arc
immoderate 4n Its assaults upon the i made or a hard wear n ristlng com
admlnlstration. It so happened that ! position warranted to withstand the
several or thc Anti-Federal papers j Kae and handling of admiring citl
were conducted by foreigners. In- zens for years to come,
deed, there were many foreigners in The medals are a fit subject for the
the country whose sympathies werejw, ('. T. r. and our local Anthony I
with the French and their hostility ; Comstocks to take; action upon.1
to the administration was open and ' Doesn't California know that Oreaon '
as dry? The ,
', came too late
but there is op- 1
The brief contends that since the
evidence showed that the. harvest
company had not committed any act
I forbidden by the language of the law-,
jthat the ense against it must rest en
tirely upon Its alleged violation, not
tof what congress put into tho law, but
of what the government counsel now
' asserts congress had in mind when it j
enacted the law.
j This course, it is declared, upseti.
,the rule express!;.' followed by the
supreme court Itself in the Standard
; Oil and tobacco cases, that the pur
pose and prohibition of a statute j
must bo ascertained Horn lis language.
j l!y W. W. WATSOX, Secretary,
j Southern Oregon Poultry u-socin-
lion's regular meeting- on Saturday
j afternoon was adjourned, when culled
i to order by Vicc-rresidenl .). I. Ueui
I iner, to enable the members to ut
! terd l'rofessor If. C Hcimer's lecture
j to the Tanners across the corridor in
j the public library. The lecture was
1 ot:c ol' great technical and practical
j value hi the local fanning commuui
I tics. The profcs.sor presented ,n word
j analysis of (ho several tyes'of soil
) of this valley and named the produc
i tions most profitably ndaptcd to each
: type. The fanner and orcliardist who
attempt to earn money by tilling; the
soil without knowing to what Hint
type of soil is best adapted tire going
il blindly. Kvidoneo may bo found all
over the valley that many farmei'b
have been going- it blindly for many
yenriu l'rofessor lteimcr's lecture
was primarily intended to help them
to enjoy the maximum production on
j every type of soil, -thus bringing llicir
labors up to tho highest point of el
ficieney. Without this knowledge, in
this day of intensified farming with
its high costs nttiiehcd, farming is
comparatively n failure. With il, to
gether with market wisdom, farming
ought to he made thc most attractive
industry in the world.
Poultry .Meeting Sntiirdny.
The l'oultry asoscialion will meet
in adjourned session next Saturday
to prepare, among other important
tilings, for l'rofessor C. C. Lamb's
visit on Tuesday of next week. Pro
fessor Liimb is n specialist in llic ex
tension work of the poultry depart
ment of the Oregon Agricultural col
lege. He will be in this valley on
business of that nature for five days,
extending from and including Tues
day, March 0, lo Saturday, March It.
His introductory lecture will he deliv
ered in this city on March ti. He will
lecture at Ashland on a day to be
named later; at Gold Hill, Kagle Point
and probably otic other place during
his stay.
At each' place he will take up one
of the important poultry projects in
the department hi' represents. The in.
struclion he will deliver will be just
what the ambitious poulterer of lliis
valley desire and will probably include
fecdirg, both for eggs nnd for market
condition of the fowl; hopsing, treat
ing Uie variou- poultry ailments and
whatever else he may deem of special
importance to us.
Last Lecture Here.
Through the good offices of Pro
fessor Claude ('. Cale, county path
ologist, Professor Lamb was induced
to conic to the valley at this time.
Thc season at which lie comes here is
peculiarly opportune, for the South
ern Oregon l'oultry association lias
become the nucleus of a big develop
ment in the poultry industry in tins
part of the slate. The good work ac
complished by the organization dur
ing the year past, under extremely
unfavorable conditions in sonic re
spects, exposed to the enterprising
farmer the opportunity of turning his
farm flock to profitable ai unt -
not metely for pin money, but as an
important asset in farm economy, lie
has already begun to pay taxes, buy
additional implements ami make nee.
cssary improvements out of his poul
try money, and that, loo, with n mere
smattering knowledge ol' how to do il.
In this manner lie has practically
demonstrated the great value id' a
well-kept flock on the farm. Others
arc preparing lo go into poultry hus
bandry more extensively for larger
profit. The association and its pro
posed egg circles will help iiilil to buy
in ss;try t' 1 tlii. year at a more
reasonable figure than he can obtain
il alone, and it will show him why he
should not horenllcr import hi- feed
at all. I'.y producing bis own feed
and having it manufactured into its
vai-ious forms for 1111x11111.'.- (uiixiii'.'
it hilii-elt) he will add a snug .-11111 to
iiis iinuual profit.
They let you know
you are smoking
they ''SATISFY"!
20orlOo
hesterfield
CIGARETTES
of IMPORTED and DOMESTIC iohaccos-BUM
LONDON, March 1 A hostile air
plane dropped bombs today on Hroad
ttairs. It is announced officially.
The announcement follows:
"Today a hostile airplane bombed
rroadstalrs. One woman was slightly
injured."
passionate. The Federal leaders de-,ts purified as
termlned to crush out by the strong medals,
arm of the law these publishers of fcr legl
llroadstalis is a watering place on
the Island of Thanet. off the Kentish
coast. It is one of the towns shelled
ly German riestrovers Monday.
slanders and fonientors of discontent.;
Hence the famous alien and sedition
laws were passed. The remedy ad-j
vised was far worse ttian the disease, j
It hastened the federal party to ItSj
tomb." !
well
unfortunate!
dative action.
least two of whom will die, was the
toll of an automobile accident here
last, night. Twenty two homeward
bound employes of the Ohio steel
foundry were hurled through the air
and beneath train wheels when a Cln-
I.I.MA. O.. .March. 1. "even dead cinnnatl, Hamilton and Dayton
and twelve Inlured In the hospital, at I freight struck the bus.
SEVEN DEAD, TWELVE
INJURED AUTO WRECK
poriunity for a special session.
I
SEATTLE TIMES RAISES
PRICE OF ALL EDITIONS
Funeral Notice
The funeral of the late W. Hiimpli-! ,.,111.
rev. well known mining man. vho mu'nv
dled Wednesday, will be held Friday;,.,,,
afternoon at three o'clock at the
Weeks and .Mcfiownn chapel
SKATTI.K. Wa-h..
attic Ihii'y Time-.
per. bu- incrca-cd tin
to 2 cent-.
.Mardi 1. -.The
1
nil evening pa- j
price id' all it - ,
'flic Time- lor;
ar- has chinked "lie cent per!
i.p.v.
With Medford mule is Medfoid made
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ALL
AH that love can glve for cheer.
All Hint setence can give for relief.
1'rlHifl" t alleviate imin ninl rrmler il 1
pnt'rdinr, nut) nt cuiiflrifinriit. nnt
it; I ii re in jirr)nrinc for rapid rrruveiy
nmT ftMiiriiif lite motliT and rtiild per
cne. Oft !t at your dmirrUt, and write for Tree Ux.k on Motherhood.
El erf imillitr aiioiiM tu n rttay. Addrt-M
Hi HntdltHd (W.rlntnr l o., in? I.nir Bid . Atlanta, fla.
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WHY NOT INCREASE YOUR PAY CHECK?
The Medford Commercial College ,
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Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Gregg nnd l'ltinnn System, Civil Sorvlco, .
Typewriting by Touch System, individual Instruction. . r
Now is tho tlmu to enroll ns students nro admitted nt any tlmo,
Graduates are assisted to positions. ''
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Phone 15-L
31 North Grape St.
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Sold by
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ROGUE RIVER FRUIT DISTRIBUTORS .
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