PAGE SIX
MEDFOKD MAIL TRITIUM, MEDFORD. OIlKCiOX, THURSDAY, AUflURT 8, 1018
I
CUT YIELD OF
Wheat Lose; 13 Million Bushels and
Corn 171 Million Bushels Through
Unfavorable Weather Conditions
but Bumper Crop Still in Prospect
Other Grain Yields.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. Lobs of
171,000,000 bushels of corn and 13,
' 000,000 bushels of wheat from tho
prospective production of this year's
important food crops as Indicated a
month ago was shown today In the
department of agriculture's crop re
port resulting from a canvass made
August 1.
Corn and wheat are bumper crops
hls year despite adverse weather
conditions which have curtailed
somewhat the heavy production Indi
cated early In the growing season.
Estimates of Yields
Production of winter wheat this
year was announced by the depart
ment of agriculture today In Its pre
liminary estimate at 55(1,000,000
bushels.
Spring wheat production was fore
cast at 322,000,000 bushels from
July 1 conditions.
Production of all wheat was estim
ated at 878,000,000 bushels.
Corn production was forecast at
2,989,000,000 bushels from August 1
conditions.
Other forecasts of production bas
ed on the August 1 canvass were an
nounced as follows:
' Oats 1,428,000,000 bushels; barley
2:12,000, 000; rye 76,700,000 (pre
liminary estimates).
Other Crop KNtlmntm
lluckwheat 20,000,000 bushels.
White potatoes 391,000,000.
- Sweet potatoes, 81, .'.00, 000.
: Tobacco, 1,228,000,000 pounds.
Flax, 14,800,000.
Itlco, 41,000,000.
illay, 99,300,000 tons.
Sugar liocts. 6.360,000 tons.
Apples, 100,000,000 bushels.
Peuchos, 40,900,000 bushels.
Condition of Crops
The condition of the crop of A Hu
tu t 1, wan announced hh follows:
,', Spriiijr when!, 7(Ui: com, 78..);
ooIh, 8:2.8; hurley, B'J; buckwheat,
88.(1; white potatoes, 7!.!l; MVect po
tatoes 7H.:i; tobiwco, Hll.li; flux, 70.0;
rice, 8".7; liny, 8'J..'I; Mtynr beelH,
8r.(l.
SPECIAL CALL FOB
BED CROSS W0BKERS
if
Another call is mailc for Hed
Cross workers nt headquarters,
ill the Sparta building. It is nce-
issary to liuish all hospital uar-
mcnts on hand before Hie liOlli
of this month, as the shipments
must be made on that date. And
to accomplish this, then must
be extra workers.
GROPES
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CORN
HEAVILY
ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT
SATURDAY OUR BIG CLEARANCE SALE ENDS
Our sale prices which in many cases are away below wholesale
will be withdrawn
Tires, Tubes, Oils, Greases, Robes, Tire Covers, Spark Plugs everything in fact that
you will need for your car
ASKS
PACKING PLANTS
BY UNCLE SAM
Federal Trade Commission Becom
mends to President Federal Acqui
sition and Control of Meat Monop
oly Which Continues to "Unfairly
and Illegally" Ue Its Power.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. Govern-'
tnent acquisition and control of all
the principal stockyards, cold storage
plants and warehouses and both re
frigerator and cattle cars has been
recommended to the president by the
Federal Trade commission to destroy
a monopoly which It declares "Swift
& Co., Armour & Co., Morris & Co.,
Wilson &Co Inc., and the Cudahy
Pucking company exercise not only
over the meat industry or the coun
try but of other necessary food sup
plies. ,
The commission's report was made
pulllc today thru the white bouse.
It bas been in the bands of the presi
dent since July 5 and had not pre
viously been Issued "because the
president first wished to be In pos
session of full information.''
Basing its statement upon a great
volume of evidence examined, the
commission said the power of the five
packing companies "has been and Is
being unfairly and Illegally used."
Illegal Practices
Manipulate livestock markets.
Restrict Interstate and interna
tional supplies of food.
Control tho prices of dressed meats
and other foods.
Defraud both the producers of food
and consumers.
Crush effective competition.
Secure special privileges from rail
roads, stockyard conipunlca and mu
nicipalities; and,
Profiteer.
"Whilo wo have found," said the
commission's report, "an
Intrlcato i
fabric of 'monopolies, controls,' com
binations, conspiracies and restraints'
which would seem to Indicate legisla
tive or administrative remedies, we
beliove that an adequate remedy may
be more simply arrived at.'
"We beliove that If the fundamen
tal and underlying evils are rooted
out, llio wholo structure of conspir
acy, control, monopoly and restraint
must fall.
"If these five great concerns own
ed no packing plants and killed no
cattle nnd still retained control of
the Instruments of transportation, of
marketing and of storage, their posi
tion would be no less strong than it
Is."
The commission then recommend'
ed: i
1 1 . M
Iteromiiicniliitions fever. That reliable remedy is Ko-
"(1). That tho government ac- ley's Honey and Tar that spreads a
quire, thru the railroad admlnistru- healing, soothing coating on the lo
tion ail rolling stock used for the . flamed membranes, stops irritating
transportation of meat animals and
that such ownership bo declared a
government monopoly.
"(2). That the government ac-
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You can't
C. E. GATES AUTO
quire, thru the railroad administra
tion the principal and necessary stock
yards of the country, to be treated as
freight depots and to be operated
under such conditions as will Insure
open, competitive markets, with uni
form scale of charges for all services
performed, and the acquisition or
establishment of such additional
yards from time to time as the devel
opment of livestock production may
require. This to Include customary
adjuncts of stock yards.
"(3). That the government ac
quire, thru the railroad administra
tion all privately owned refrigerator
cars and all necessary equipment for
their proper operation and that such
ownership be declared a government
monopoly.
I'. N. to Acquire Itranchos
"(4). That the federal govern
ment acquire such of the branch
houses, cold storage plants and ware-
houses as are necessary to provide
facilities for the competitive market
ing and storage of food products In
the principal centers of distribution
and consumption. The same to be
operated by the government as pub
lic markets and storage pluces under
such conditions as will afford an out
let for all manufacturers and han
dlers of food products on equal
terms. Supplementing the market
ing and storage facilities thus ac
quired, the federal government estab
lish, thru the railroad administration
at the terminals of all principal
points of distribution and consump
tion, central wholesale markets and
storage plants with facilities open to
all upon payment of just and fair
charges."
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MEET, ME ROCK
An all-day meeting of tbe Union
Sunday schools, north of Central
Point, will be held near Table Rock,
back of the Nealon ranch, noxt Sun
day, August the 1 1th.
The morning hours will be devoted
to Sunday school work. In the after
noon there will bo a few short talks
interspersed with good singing, after
which Rev. Ml ram Boozer of Grants
Pass, will address the people.
This will probably be the largest
gathering of the year, and as the
place of meeting is comfortably lo
cated along the river, it is hoped the
people will come forth with their bas
ket dinner and enjoy the program of
'the day, These services are for the
benefit of all poople and a cordial In
vitation Is extended to all.
G. O. GRIFFIN,
Missionary.
It's in tlie Air
Windblown pollen, currying the
bactorla that inflame noso and throat
and cause hay fevor, is abroad In tho
Innd. One remedy Is known to give
relief and comfort from choking,
Hasping asthma and tormenting hay
coughs and summer colds. Any one
who has onro used this standard
cough and cold remedy will accept
no other. Sold everywhere.
NIAGARA FALLS
HARNESSED 10
WIN THE WAR
(By Frederick M. Kerbv.)
I NIAGARA FALLS. X. Y.. AuK. 8.
The Imrncsr-cd power of the Niagara
river, which when the I'nitfd States
entered the war, was beintf used for
purposes of peaceful industry, has
I been turned into one of the principal
! factors in production of wur neces
sities.
The federal government hud to step
in to secure this result.
The treuty enacted by Great Brit
ain unit the United States in 1910 lim
its to oti, 000 cubic feet per second the
amount of water which may be di
verted for power purjKises from Nia
gara's 220.000 cubic feet. Of this,
'lunula is entitled to take 3(1,000 cu
bic feet, and the L'nited States 20,00(1
per second.
Three companies operate on the
Ctiiiadiuii side, and two on the States
side the Niagara Falls Power Co.
and the Hydraulic Power Co.
When the l'nited States entered the
war the Hydraulic Co. was delivering
an average of 145,000 horsepower per
day to users in Niagara Fulls nnd
western New York. The Niagara
Falls Power Co. was delivering l'.U,
000 horsepower per day.
I'ncle Sam's Irblcin
A prcut part of this was going- to
concerns whose product could not he
used in war work. In Niagara Falls
and Buffalo are plants of the utmost
value to the government for war work
some of them producing materials
made nowhere else in the United
States.
Without the abrasives, such ns car
borundum and graphite, manufactur
ed in plants here, the machine shops
of the nation could nut run. Ferro
silicon, phosphorus, chlorine all vi
tal necessities of war are produced
ill (he Niagara Fulls plants, dependent
upon water power .
These concerns could not he enlarg
ed because the power available was
being used to its maximum. Hut the
,mi,.r.,m..nt .;,lv 1 t l.v ,
,liti,..,l ,.,ln,.i;..'r, ,.f iiuu. ..
sentiuis. Furthermore, it was imper
ative that it take over the electro
chemical works which dot the Nia
gara river bank, to turn them into
factories fur producing deadly gases
and smoke bombs. ,
So the sccretarv-of war npHinted
a commission, composed of Robert J.
Hulkclev and Hrig. (Jen. Charles Kel
ler of the corps of engineers, to study
the power situation. Thev recom
mended that the . government take
control of the Niagara power, cut off
power irom non-essential industries
and switch it to those essential to
winning the war. Secretary linker
approved the report nnd designated
the two men to take control.
On December. 28, 1917. the commis-
sinners issued orders lor me rem-I
tribution of power, and both conipu
nics have obeyed to the letter.
I'Xseutials Arc- Afdeil
One-eleventh of nil the power be
ing distributed by the two companies
are cut off from non-esesential in
dustries and re-assicned to cscn-
and buy for
afford to miss
tial. KIrven tho.Uiiiml, five hundred
nnd eight-four horsepower was taken
1'romM'ive conipnnies beinr nerved bv
the Hydroelectric Power Co. and re
iiKMijmed to five other companies.
Twelve thousand, five hundred and
eiyhty-fonr horsepower was taken
from three compantcK beim: served by
the Niagara Kulls Power company
und redistributed to six concerns.
Two concerns tile Defiance Paper
Co. and the International Paper Co.
were deprived of at) power. Thev
put in furnaces for the production
of ferro-siiicon, their power was re- J
nt nred nnd thev- iirr nnu nrmliwimr
ferro-silicon instead of print paper, i
At present T.I.M per cent of the ,
Niagara Falls Power Co.'s ".juice"!
goes to direct war industries uiid an-
other 11..V) per cent to transport!!-1
tion. or the llvdrnnli,. IWer c, V
supply ilT.O.'i per cent goes into wur
ndustricH.
The war depurtment tins taken
steps to increase the amount of
power. The Niagara Power Co.
's not obtaining maximum results.
The, Hydraulic Power Co. on the oth
er hand, utilizes the full head of
water allowed it. For these rensons
the war department has brought the
two companies into n consolidation,
which will result in giving the Hy
draulic Co. all of the new allotment of
water to he taken from the river, nnd
which will develop 100,000 horse
power additional.
The commission lias also compelled
the Canadian companies to continue
the delivery of certain power on the
American side, which they liad threat
ened to cut off. This" was done
through the coal administration
bringing pressure to bear on the On
tario government.
Temjiorarv extensions arc also be
ing made at the Ontario Power Co.'s
plant on the Canadian side to provide
needed power for Canadian indus
tries. In addition enlargements to
be completed this full to the two
steam plants at I'uffulo will add 02,
000 horsepower to the available to
tal for war industries.
AMERICANS IN BRITAIN
REGISTER WILLINGLY
LONDON, Aug. 8. Consular au
thorities are liberal in their praise of
the spirit of American citizens resid
ing in' llritain. They suy practically
every man of military age has com-
pneu uu a regulation requiring reg-
istration in Britain. Thev are fewer
than 20,000 Americans in F.ngland.
ALLIES GO OVER TOP.
(Continued r-rom rage One.)
man success in this year's series of
enemy offensives. It was In tho first
(icrman blow, delivered against the
British front, between Cam Oral and
La Fere on March 21 that the enemy
broke Into the allied lines and was
not stopped until he had pushed to
the region of Montdidier. He swept
over a wide stretch of territory and
I established the vast salient that has
j since stood virtually Intact, with Its
! apex at Montdidier and its base
j roughly extending along the line
from Albert, near the Somme, on the
north, t0 xoyolli on tne Oiso on Its
southern side. ,
Marshal Foch's object in striking
may well have been based upon the
Idea of breaking up the enemy lino
between Montdidier and Solssons be
fore the Germans had time to stabil
ize the Solssons-Rhelms front.
a year,
this big
TO '
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ENTENTE ALLIES
(Continued from page one.)
shootings and constant arrests, the
power of the socalled soviet, of trai
tors and of criminals is past. The
representa"ves of the socalleiJ pc0'
ple'8 mment have fled.
"At the present momen'. the
",leresU of Rasla- we tako ,1)on
ourselves the duty ot governing the
country of the north."
Graves' Instructions
WASHINGTON. Aug. . S. Confi
dential instructions were handed to
Major General William S. Graves at
Kansas City Tuesday by Secretary
Baker covering the American military
expedition to Siberia which General
Graves will command. Baker on his
return to Washington today disclosed
that the object of bis trip west was
to confer with General Graves, who
had been summoned from Camp Fre
mont, California, to meet him In
Kansas City.
The secretary said he assumed
that a Japanese officer would be tho
ranking officer of the Inter-allied
forces sent to Siberia and would pre
side at any conference of the various
commanders. No step toward the
selection of a commander for the
entire army had been taken, he ad
ded. Information now available indi
cates that the Japanese will send a
lieutenant general in command of
the Japanese forces, which probably
will exceed slightly in numbers the
American contingent. The American
forces probably will number less than
10,000 under present plans.
"Wortl From Francis
WASH1.VGTON, Aug. S. Official
notice of the establishment of the
new government In northern Kussla
reached the state department today
in a cablegram from Ambassador
Francis at Kandalaska. Tho govern
ment was sot up A'ugust 2 by a con
stitutional assembly representing the
six districts of Vologda at Novogorod,
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saving
CO.
Kazan, Samara, Archangel and Vlat
ka. Mr. Francis stated that lie 1 had
heard nothing from Vologda or Mos
cow since leaving Vologda.
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but when dragged down with pain
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have found that there's one tried and
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Backing the Nation
Backing the Family
THIS Is just "lint you will
bo doing Sirs. Housewife by
taking advantage of each
season's fruit and vegetable
production and working
that "boiling pot' overtime
in canning.
With the money thus wiv
ed you can add materially
to your bank balance here
nt the First National,
Wm. G. Talt
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.President
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MEDFORD. ORE.
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