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LET UNCLE SI
TAKE CARE OF
Just Think What 22,022 Miles
Without Stopping Means ! ,
OF FLOUR AT $1
THAN 'EXPECTED
JfEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OliEfiOX. SATURDAY, AUdlTST 10. 101
WASHINGTON', Aug. 10. A mil
lion barrels of flour at ?1 a barrel IB
the fascinating bargain the govern
ment has just picked up.
The millers of the country are
obliged to sell this amount at tills
price because they have been prof
iteering. It was arranged many
months ago that the millers should
havo a certain margin of profit for
their milling. Including the sale of
the bran and middlings. It is found
that very large prices were extracted
from farmers tor these by-products
usod to feed cattle, so that in some
caseB the millers get as much as
$3.00 a barrel profit on flour. All
this profit must now be distributed
In the form of flour at SI a barrel to
the government.
Advertised Flqur
. The war, with its government reg
ulation of many lines of Industry,
has brought to light some peculiar
things In the economic world. For
Instance,, the federal trade commis
sion finds that as much money is
spent for advertising flour and sell
ing It as for converting wheat into
flour and putting it into barrels.
At present all advertisements of
flour represent money Invested in the
hope of profit after the war. All
flour made by the mills today Is
alike. It Is all one grade and con
sists of 95 to 100 per cent wheat.
All brands specially advertised
wore special refinements of ordinary
flour. Their makers hope to preserve
the value of the trade mark by keep
ing It in the public mind, and plan
to make their profits after1 the war
permits them to resume their spocial
refinements.
Ilye Flour lHlutnl
: Some peculiar happenings were
caused by the government regulation
of the price of flour while leaving
the by-products of flour and other
articles unregolated. For instance,
in Minnesota it was found recently
that rye flour, w;i:ch was soiling at
$12 a barrel, was being diluted"
with wheat flour, which was selling
at $9 a barrel. .
ltiitlsll I'liin Dost
In England the price regulating
business has been more succossful
than In the United States. Instead
of naming a fixed price for wheat
alone, the British government fixed
prices on the five principal food pro
ducts for a period of five years. One
result in the matter of wheat has
been the addition of four mllHou
acres to the British wheat fields, so
that the Britiou islands are produc
ing 73 per cent of their food pro
ducts, where before the war they pro
duced less than 28 per cent.
Substitutes Costly
. Substitutes used In making bread
In many cases cost more than flour.
This fact was brought out recently
by a case brought beforo the fcdoral
trado board by the food administra
tor and one of tho principal bakers
of Omaha, Neb.
The food administrator ordered
the price of a pound loaf reduced to
(Hy OiUon Giin.i.cr.)
WASHINGTON', Au. 10. A bitttM
fight is now being waged between
the employing mtorrsU mid tho wage
workers over the fixation by govern
ment authority of n minimum living
wage. The wage Is proposed by the
war labor board as the least on wliieh
a man may live in health and reason
able comfore, and bring, tip a family,
is !fl,7.")0.
In opposition lo these et'forls in
beha'f of labor the employing inter
ests huve tried to get an act of eon
gi'uf fixing a maximum wage. This
statement will eanse general surprise.
Nothing has been said of such a
proposition. It is, however, n faet.
The joker is part of II. It. 12,441,
wbi"h is tho Sundry Civil appropria
tion bill, passed July 1, li'18. At the
instanec of Senator Tnderwood of
Alabama, a paragraph was inserted
in the labor section which reads:
"Provided that no money now or
hereafter appropriated for the pay
ment of wages not fixed by statute
shall be available to pay wages in
excess of the standard determined by
the war labor policies board."
"The war labor policies hoard" is
a newly created sub-division of the
department of labor, headed by Kelix
tVankfurter. Its supposed purpose is
to standardize labor conditions, ren
dering uniform hours and wages for
simitar kinds of labor in the war in
dustries. Frankfurter co-operates
with the shipping board, the quarter
master's department, the purchasing
department of the navy department,
the labor placating bureau of the la
bor department, and in fact with all
branches of government which have
use for labor and pay wages.
A literal reading of the amendment
to the Sundry Civil law would seem
to give the war policies board power
to fix a maximum wage. That this
was not the intention of the amend
ment may be inferred from the fact
that it was put in secretly by Sena
tor I'ndcrwood, who it is understood
was moved in the mutter bv the K rec
tors' Association of America. This is
the largest organized body of employ
ing interests in the world. This as
sociation is always opposed to labor;
to any. increase in wages, to unions;
to the A. I' of L. ami in general to
anything which would limit the pro
fits of the employing classes.
FIGHTING PARSONS
JOIN BRITISH ARMY
LONDON, Aug. lit. More than fiO
fighting clergymen in the London dio
cese have joined the army.
7 cents, and when the Bakers' asso
ciation refused to obey, called on tho
Washington authorities to revoke the
bakers Hccn-ses,
The latter appealed and nuked Tor
fin liwinlrv an In tfin nul if iii'iblmr
iwii ui uiiuu, nuiiu anunuu unit nil
increase in the cost of substitutes
used made the cost of the bread lz
cents. The baker did not lose his
license.
(By Milton Bronner.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. "What
shall I do about my life insurance
policy and its premiums?" is a ques
tion many drafted' men have been
asking.
The answer is if certain things
do not bar it let Cncle Sam take
up the policy for you, if you are un
able to keep up the premiums.
The Soldiers and Sailors Civil lie
liof act. often referred to as the mor
atorium act, gives liberal relief to
the soldier with an insurance policy
or membership in a fraternal insur
ance organization, provided:
First The sum does not exceed
$;,ooo.
Second The contract wa made
and premiums paid thereon prior to
Sept. 1, 1!H7.
Third The policy does not become
void if the insured is in military ser
vice. Fourth -The policy does not re
quire for men in military service the
payment of an increased premium.
If the soldier or sailor policy hold
er can meet . the restrictins, he
makes out an application to the War
I.isk Insurance bureau, and the gov
ernment then takes care of him.
The law says no such policy shall
be forfeited for the non-payment of
premium during the period of such
military service, or during one year
after the expiration of such period.
A conv of the soldier's application
goes to the insurance company or
fraternal organization, and a dupli
cate to the War liisk Insurance bu
reau. Kach month the secretary of
the treasury turns over to these con
cerns bonds tfi secure the payments
of the unpaid premiums. To indemni
fy the government against loss, it
holds a first lien on the policy tjius
protected.
In the event of the death of the in
sured person, the amount of unpaid
premiums, plus the interest provided
for in the policy, is deducted and the
balance paid to the beneficiaries.
If Ihe insures docs not within a
year after expiration of his service
pay up all past premiums with inter
est, the policy will lapse.
The policy holder, iu. his upptica-
liou lor (he benefits of the net, signs
an agreement that he will reimburse
the government wilhin a year alter
the war ends for all trie premiums it
pays for him, plus ." per cent inter
est. If he fails to do so, the gov
ernment is reimbursed out of the
cash surrender alue of the policy.
The policy holder is protected by a
watchful government; the insurance
company is prolected by government
bonds; the government is protected
by lirst lien on the policy.
Within 12(1 days after enlistment
or draft each soldier or sailor may
procure insurmice from the govern
ment itself at much lower rates than
from the insurance companies.
WASHINGTON, Auk. 10. The
Riant task of building a brldito of
Bhlps across the Atlantic for Persh
ing is coming along belter than even
the most optimistic liud figured pos
sible. The totals for tho month of June
nro not yet avuliiibio, but for the
first five months of the present your
IIS steel ships, aggregating so:.. mm
deadweight tons, wuro put into tho
f water comploto. And of tlieso UGIl,-
000 tons were completed In -May
alone. '
According to Charles Schwab, dir
ector general of shipbuilding, the
country Is just beginning to get Into
Its real stride
. The biggest hopes are pinned to
Hog Island and two other fabricating
yards. In theso thrco It Is hoped to
turn out In a single year more than
tho great shipping nation of Knglund
has cvor turned out in a similar per
iod.
When ling Island Is completed
there wlllSied launching every other
day.
To give an Indication of tho steady
progress tills nation has made in ship
building, consider these figures:
in 1915 we produced 215,60'.! dead
weight tons of ships.
In 191(1 we produced 520, 857 dead
weight tons.
In 1917 we produced 901,223 dead
height tons of ships.
In 1 91 S the shipping hoard expects
to produce about 3,000,1100 dead
weight tons. '
And in 1919 ships will tumblo Into
the water so fast they will make tho
kaiser's head swim.
There are now MO ships ways in
tho United States. Whereas one year
ago not quite1 45,000 men wcro en
gaged In building ships, today there
are over :100,000. ,
The tremendous number of lnunch
Ings on .Inly Fourth was very Impres
sive, but prior to that 181 steel re
quisitioned vessels with n total dead
weight tonnage of 1,180,817 were
launched. ,
PALESTINE SOUVENIR
GIVEN TO CATHEDRAL
A receiver lias been appointed for
Nut (ioodwin. Tho last time wo saw
Nat ho looked as tho ho was in need
of a hair receiver.
LONDON, Aiij;. 10. HoclicMer ca
thedral has been iCM'iiteil with a
magnificent baptismal shell curved in
mother of pearl from IScllilclii'iu li.v
Col. Konald Storrs, governor of Jerusalem.
It's In llio Air
Windblown pollen, carrying ihe
bacteria that inflame noso and throat
and cause hay fever. Is abroad In the
land. Ono remedy is known to give
relief and comfort from choking,
gasping nstlima and tormenting hay
fover. That rellablu remedy Is Fo
ley's Money and Tar that spreads a
healing, soothing coating on tho In
flamed membranes, stops Irritating
coughs and summer colds. Any one
who has oiico used this standard
cough and cold remedy will accept
no other. Sold cvorywhoro.
'More Miles per Gallon"
"More Mile on Tiret"
Maxwell
Motor
Cars
Sfimmtf Car
Ruditir - - -S-P....n.r,
with
All-Waalh.r Tod
RQ.d.ttr, with
All W.th.r Top
5- Pa.a. 8dan - -
6- Paaa. Town Car
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1275
AI!r-riMf..b. lMtnit.
You have read of course, that the "life" of the best
aviation motor is ISO flying Ibours.
And you must know that anlaviation motor repre
sents the highest developmunt of gasoline engine
building.
Must be to withstand such) strains for so long
for when you consider all the conditions, that
150 flying hours constitutes a terrific feat of
endurance.
Figured in miles at the rateiof speed our own Lib
erty motor has shown 144 . miles per hour it is
21,600 miles. '
And in order to sustain its load in the air that
motor is working to capacityall the time.
Now consider the performance of that Maxwell
motor which, in 44 consecutive days and nights
running never stopped, and covered, with its pas
sengers, 22,022 miles! . ......
It is a strange fact but true as any metallurgist
will demonstrate for yon that a motor, like a
man or an horse, will do better with a rest from
time to time.
For motors and the metals of which they are made,
are also subject to "fatigue."
So the crucial part of that test was in its constant
running not a moment's relief allowed from the
heat to cylinders or the motion of reciprocating
parts.
Our records show many cases where, according to
owners' statements, motor cars have gone 100,000
miles 150,000 and even 200,000 miles.
But we don't consider those cases exceptional.
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A. W. Walker
Auto Co.
Medford
Oregon
Any Maxwell motor car will live to do that if kept
oiled and given reasonable care.
And we are frank to concede that some other
makes of cars can show similarmileages for, as
indicated above, intermittent service with rests
between, is what the car is intended to do.
That is normal service.
But to withstand the terrific fatigue involved in
that 44 consecutive days and nights "non-stop"
test; and to cover, with four passengers, 22,022
miles; and, doing that, to average 25 miles per gallon
of gasoline too that car must bo a Maxwell. ..A
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Now Is the Time to Order Your
FRUIT BOX LABELS
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Every box of pears or apples leaving the valley should be made in the valley as well
as grown in the valley .and bear a label made in Medford
We print labels for the Rogue River Fruit and Produce Association, for the Bardwell Fruit Company, for
Guy W. Conner, and other shippers, as well as many growers any and all colors.
Let us print yours. We have the plant for the job
MEDFORD PRINTING COMPANY
27-29 North Fir Street
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