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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR Uedford Mail Tribune "Ciwrsna te ;c.:.ff OrtfM rut IM Mill fllkaM" Dalit sept Saturdu Podium! 01 UIDFUtm PK1NTING CO. gt-ir-ii n. ri t PMn it ROBtUI KUHL, Editor l i tuner aunu An LndrpwxJtol Neaaparjer Bound M Meood lUn milter it Uadford OragoD, tumor AM ol Marco I. 18T9. SUrWl'ttir'TlOa ItATRS Br Mall to Adranee Oallr, rear Dalljp, ouotll f Br Carrier, la adianftt Medford, Aiqum. lacisoorllle, Central Point, fboenli. Islent. UoU fllll aod oe HIcMWS. Dtllr, siooto e ' Dallj, as. jar 6g AU terna. ears In aflraoee. Official paper e U Cll 01 Mrtforo. Official parwr o' Jacfcaon txiunty. MEMHHU Or TUB A8B0CIATICI PBtaU Itcttlrlnf Full Leued Mr. bcrtlet lea AKOCUKd Pre l aiellnttelF rtltlod to tbe Ota for pufilleatloo of oil om dUptlitw credited u It 01 olnacwue eredlled irj tbls oeoei .Dd also to tbe local n puhlUhod herein AU rllhta for publlcaUoe at cpee'al aupeUDas ocrelo are alao fawned. MEMBEH Of UHITED PUIMi MEMRftK Or AUDIl BUKBAU or ciucnuTioNB AdTertlslns Heprwentatlm J. 0. MUtlBNHBN A COMPANY Office! In No fori, Chlouo. Deuoll. leo rrancHeo. U Anaelea. Beallla Portland. Ye Smudge Pot By A it tint Perry . iddv nimTATMAS. and no A JMEa" w-- more MERRY HELL, lor everyoou,. a people the coming year are expect ed to recover from the Olvio Grouch and Blue, and ieel their oat and gaaollne and dig up the baking pow der can, that haa been doing' yeoman service as a bank It the gophers have not got It. a a A letter waa found on the etreet last week, urging 2 coualna to hurry out from No. Dakota, aa Jack. Co. beam were plentiful and the bacon lean. Co. Com. J. Barneburg has a new suit of clothes, and looks nice. a a Dewey Hill, the Prospect hired man, ii much better since he busted a rib at play. . The United Brethern of America are going to pray for "sanity In the nation," and will be asked to say a word about weeding out the paranoiac liars. Ping-pong la gaining In popularity sre. The game Is played with paddles which are used to threaten the young when they do not keep out of Papa's way. a a Young Erne Mohr la back from h campus, where he Is gaining knowl edge how to use the capitalistic knife and fork, how to shake a shin, on which esr to wear his Freshman cap, and how to distinguish good-looking maids from the plain ones. Snow adorned the cool hills Prl. anu. causing many to wish it would come down on tne floor of the valley, and be Yule slop and slush. The Qleemen are getting ready to present another concert when no pain will be spared. a a a Pictures of the hunger-marchers, who marched on Wash. D. O. were ahown at the shrine of the movies last week, and no wonder Europo ob jects to the lot returning home. P. Bybee, the J'vllle serf wa In town Thurs. and figuring on buying a horse collar. He Intimated he might save to wear It. a a The dastardly banks are still hang ing onto their spondulicks, and If you borrow some, by any chance, insist diabolically that It be paid back, in accordance with the rule u iarr uu honesty. a a . Skiing will open soon, giving the outdoor girls a chance to Dress; nocso, Slmbs and other vital accessories. Michael Hanley of Lake Crk. was a week-end visitor. He says everything Is all tight but don't tell anybody. a A budget meeting was held Prl. Slashes were urged for everything and everybody. Some thought nothing ahould be spent. A lady wa asked who "la the federal government." and waa stumped. A district with the moat roads, opposed roads any place else. Bill Orleve of Prospect, declar ed he "loved Ashland." There waa a urplua of talking and not much ac complished. a a a Prlday night it poured cats and dogs and water. a a a The Christmas spirit was out 8at but owing to the Depression was rather dlgnlllcd. The Yule cheer was also sheepish. The old bon savalre. or acting up like Hlney Flewher, was absent. a e Peoria Bill Gates and Old Tom Wntermkn h"4 an argument Tues. As It was not about the economic situa tion. It did not amount to much. Both apparently had a good grasp on hi subject. a Butte rails and Oold Hill have ask ed Uncle Sam for tome money. It will do them no good as they will spend It. In another week everybody will Have to start living through a New Year, MOVE CONFECTiOWERY WEST OF GOLD HILL OOLD HILL, Due. 3V (Spl) Delta Confectionery, one of the old Ml bulnuM In Oold Hill and owned by Misses Nellie tod Yyndall Jacob la being moved to their ranch on the highway west of Oold Hill and the building being torn down and rebuilt at ths ranch wnere they win hare a store and confectionery nd in up-to-date auto camp. The Best Christmas in Years! IS THIS the worst Christmas in your memory t A subscriber has just informed us, it is the worst Christmas in his. We know what he meant. He and bis Christmas trade this year all time. His experience, however, was by no means universal. One of the leading merchants in Medford told the writer yesterday that his trade this year compared very favorably with a yar ago. Others say business was better than they expected. As a whole, sales in worth while articles and necessities were good; sales in high priced articles and e ""HRISTMAS, however, should not be judged solely by the V volume of trade, or the amount of money spent. How about the true Christmas spirit, for example, the volume of good will, the amount of kind acts and good deeds put in circulation. From mis angle we have instead of being the worst in our TRUE people have had very little money to spend. Some have had none. Probably at no Christmas in recent years has there been as much actual suffering and want abroad; as many children, in danger of being forgotten by Santa Claus ENTIRELY. But that is only one side of the picture. The other side is cjuite the reverse. In fact, we believe that comparing what the people have HAD to give, and what they have GIVEN, this Christmas here in Southern Oregon, has broken all records, on the right side of the ledger. We could cite instances by the score. We know people and probably our readers know many more who have actually given up things for themselves and Christmas customs of years so wood and clothing for those THEN there was the anonymous Santa Claus mentioned on the front page of this paper Friday. This man, outfitted an ontire family he didn't know them,-they didn't know him he told the merchant to give them what they needed and he would return and pay the bill. He had planned a holiday trip with his own family to California, but upon second thought he decided it would "be more fun to make someone else happy for Christmas." Try to match that anonymous Santa Claus, with any we had around here in the golden days of 1928 a'nd 19291 Try to match that practical demonstration that "it IS more blessed to give than to receive" with the pious purrings of similar senti ments, when trade was hitting on all six cylinders and life went by like a song. IT CAN'T BE DONE. Look about you Brother Scrooge, keep your head up and your eyes open, Mr. Lugubrious Blue. Junior may not be as surfeited turkey and all the trimmings, as he was a few years ago, but as a matter of fact isn't he having a better timet Isn't everyone having a better timet Hasn't this Christmas demonstrated that Uncle Sam can not only give it, but can take it; that in spite of the knockout rap on his bulging pocket book, he is sound at heart, and strong in limb in faot a better and a finer man than he ever was before f : We think so. And so this Christmas, instead of being the worst in recent history, has, from the standpoint of the things that really count, been the best and SHOULD be the merriest in many years I Make it a THAT the citrus growers of frfticrht. rattan, -iimt na An tVio gon, is clearly shown "by the Chico. (Calif.) Enterprise i The railroads may be hard hit but California deciduous fruit growers are hit harder. Gross sales of fruit by the Newcastle Fruitgrowers association for the past season dropped to $1,305,104, for the 1220 ears of deciduous fruit. Of this amount $684,812, or more than 50 per oent, went to the railroad companies for freight and refrigeration, according to the annual report of Manager Charles Werner. The report of the manager continues: "Although a desperate effort was made to bring about relief on these items, we met with no success. Freight and refrigeration rates, which constitute the major item of expense, are manifestly out of line with the commodity price levels now prevailing. Unless the railroads them selves realize this necessity they will lose traffic, both through reduction in total shipments and through diver sions to other means of transportation. The railroads will suffer equally with the fruit industry if this un balanced condition is allowed to continue." It is thus threatened that unless the railroads are enabled to make lower rates for deciduous fruit, another industry will next year be going truck. UNDOUBTEDLY the fruK growers of Washington and northern Oregon feel just the same about it. The Rogue River valley can do something alone perhaps; but we are sure that far more can be doue, by joining with tbe fruit growers of the entire coast. With a united demand from San Diego to Seattle for freight rate reductions to conform with we feel certain the railroads would decide that in their owr. self interest, concessions should be made. Evans Valley EVANS CREEK, Dec. 34. (Spl) Edward O'Brien and Miss Newman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. BUedge of Medford, were quietly married In Medlord Deoember 30. It was the culmination of a romance begun In school dsye at Evans Valley. John B. Palmer and John Jr., took load of Christmas trees to San J one, Calif., last week. Paul Pit man went along and he and John Jr., returned early this week, Mr, rtlmw remaining In Ban Jose. They report sale for all their trees. Indi cating th-.t times are better In the south than last year. Morris Edelmutft sold tbe balance MEDFORD MAIL happens to be a business man, happened to hit a new low for luxuries were poor. a pious buncb, this Christmas memory, has been the best. for their own abandoned their they might provide food and less fortunate than they. with toy", or as overstuffed with Coast Drive California feel about present npnr ofnwrt flmitiai. Hr. following editorial from the see present economic conditions,! of his turkey Wednesday, making a total of around two hundred birds. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stevens helped the Morris Edelmuths dress the'. turkey Tuesday. Lynden Hatch family art, conval escing nicely from Influenm. George Martin la bark on hi mall route after a sever attack of flu. Lyndon Hatch family attended the Christmas program at Wlmer school Friday. M. Pitman la reported very Hi at this time. Reeves family of Myrtle Creek Is spending the holidays at J. R. Smiths ranch. It snowed In ths fool hills. Patronise hums Industry. Buy Wbttetaw's Chocolates, Keep that money at homo. TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, Personal Health Service By William Signed let ten pertaining to penonal health and hygiene, not to dlwaaa dlagnocln.or treatment, will be a nattered by Or. Brady If a tamped, self addreaaed envelope u encloaed. Letters thou id be brier and written In Ink. Owing to the large number of let I re received only a few can be answered here. No reply can be made to queries not conforming to Instructions. Address Dr. WlUlaro Urady In care or The MaU Tribune. A BOIL IS GREAT FCN COM PARED WITH A CARBUNCLE. A pimple or pustule Is a trial size suppuration produced when hair fol licle or sebaceous glands are Infected with the common pus -producing germs. A boll or fur uncle is a house hold size suppura tion produced when the same types of germs penetrate thru the hair follicles, sebac eous or aweat glands and Invade the subcutaneous tissues. A carbuncle la a hospital Bite sup puration produced when the same pesky microbes destroy enough tissue to cut off the local body supply or nutrition, so that gangrene or death of the tissue occurs, with sloughing. Pimple, boll or carbuncle, it la an abscess. The old timers held that there was a lot of humor In a boll and still more In a carbuncle. Even today the peas ants commonly regard any abscess, from trial size to hospital size, a throwing off, breaking out or getting rid of bad humor of some kind. Char latans who appeal to the peasant In tellect have a more snappy term for It; they tell their dumb customers that the body Is trying to throw off "toxinaM or "poisons." It la not the size or extent of the swelling or inflammation that de termines whether the abscess la a pustule or a boll. If it has a core it's a boll; no core, no boll, no matter how large and Juicy and ripe the pimple or papule gets before It rup tures and drains spontaneously or la opened and drained surgically. Some bona fide bolls seem to get ambitious aa they come to a head, or a neck, and branch out, 'so to speak. giving a good imitation of a carbun cle. For that matter the only differ ence between a boll and a carbuncle Is that the gangrene or death of tissue is confined to one area in the boil the gangrenous tissue la the core of the boil, whereas in the carbuncle the gangrene Is not limited and that is precisely why carbuncle is more dan gerous than boil. The common pus-producing germs reaonslble for all these forms of ab scess, as well as whitlow, run-around. felon, and inflammation of any cut, scratch or wound, may be present on any soiled or unwashed skin, but it la probable that the source of such infection la contact with the pus from some similar Infection, or contact with a medium that has been con taminated within a few momenta. Communications Freight Rates and Orchard Problem. In re Colonel Gordon Voohhles let ter of December 19th among the In numerable causes assigned for the present status of the fruit business are our production and price; under consumption, poor orchard practice, soil depletion, high cost of orchard- lsts necessities, high freight rates. the gradual losing of "the fight of man versus bugs and plant life dis eases;" continuing long period of buyer's Instead of a seller's market. Inability to finance, Inability to ob tain at a reasonable distribution cost 'a wide market", etc., etc. Our ob jective is to obtain the highest price for the producer and lowest price for the consumer under the nearest ap proach to correct equation for supply and demand. Unless more cash is di verted to the orchard 1st In return for his products he cannot continue to operate. As In all problems the pri mary and really important causes are few. The railway la a middleman in the wholesale chain. Its function Is well defined. It is entitled to a rea sonable profit. When I came to the valley In 1908 the freight rate, I be lieve, was 91.35 per hundred; In 1930 the Esch-Cummlngs rates went Into effect, bringing the rates up to 93.08 per hundred. The present rate is 91.73 per hundred. The only facili ty to enable the orchard 1st to con tinue Is to lower the present freight rates. Everyone In the valley, wheth er he is directly or Indirectly Inter ested In the orchard business should voice his protest and demand lower iruit rates. C. S. NEW HALL. Central Pilnt, Ore. Dec. 34, 1933. Has Faith In Communion To the Editor: In an editorial entitled "The Truth About Ruala" our editor accepts the Impressions of Will Durant in refer ence to those of Geo. Bernard Shaw, Lady Astor, and many others who are enthusiastic over the progress being made there under the Socialist form of government. Dire all disputes whee the evidence Is conflicting we find it very difficult to reconcile the opposing sides. It 's rather rude or even worse to accuie one of deliberately falsifying. How Vfr t do knev that aitch things occur. Ws are reminded of the not able case of Mark Antony In his re lation to the great Caesar. About the time wo were being Injected into the world war we wet toU. terries tales of German atrocities that hare since been admitted to have been false but were told to incite our hatred so ho world could be made safe for some thing or other. Such experience ahould tesch us to apply a careful analysis to what Is set before us. The bedtime story of the shepherd boy who cried "Wolf, wlf" still lingers In our memory as well as around our door. We see no reason why this "noble experiment" ahould not succeed over there. Rxuala went to the lowest ex treme under the old ngime; natural ly we could not expect to se sam standards that exist In our own land. Fifteen years is a very short time to undo the evils that were brought about by hundreds of years of oppres sion. Consider the turinoll that fol lowed the "French devolution." Xduoatloa Is one of the most Im OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1932. Brady. DA. D. Such infection, at least to my mind, explains why minor scratches, cuts or abrasions "always fester" or heal poor ly In certain individuals. In their work or play or social activities they come into contact with the pus-producing germs from slight Infections of other persons. We kuow this ia the explanation for the pimples, pus tules and Inevitable scratch Infect ions of machinists, for example whose hands, arms and body are necessarily exposed to infection from the circu lating oil or cutting mixture, which Inevitably becomes contaminated if any man Is permitted to work while having such pustules or even a slight scratch Infection. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS The Old Sink Argument. A friend and I have an argument. I say you printed a suggestion that dumping the coffee grounds down the sink Urods to keep the sink dram cleared out. My friend aays she doesn't brieve It. (N. I. O.) Anawei Many correspondents have told me they have found the practice does prevent the drain clogging. Some plumbers say so, too, while others aay they sometimes find coffee grounds clogging a sink drain. Per haps It depends on the amount of flushing with hot water and on keep ing grease out of the sink drain. We Can't Agree I have been a Brady fan for years and never before have I questioned anything you said, but now I must disagree with your assertion that massage can't reduce locally. I have reduced five inches around my hips by treatments in this machine des cribed In the folder . . (Mrs. O. B. N.) Answer Scores of others have fail ed to reduce, or have actually In creased In alze under such treatment. Actual exercise and Intelligent re striction of diet account of any re duction obtained while such mechan ical massage, rolling pounding or pas sive manipulation Is being used. Books to Read ' Please suggest names of some good books, not too technical for the lay reader, on physiology, biology, health and disease. (P. C. H.) Answer Mottram's "Physiology," published by Norton, New York. Hag gard'a "What You Should Know About Health and Disease," publish ed by Harper's, New York. Fisher & Flak's "How to Live." published by Funk & wagnalls. New York. Can non's "Effects of Fear. Pain and Hun ger on Animals and Man" published by Appletons. New York. Darwin's "Expression of the Emotions In Man and Animals," same published (I think). All these books are obtain able from any library. portant factors In any movement this can not be accomplished In a day. Too severe criticism should be withheld until ample time has been given them. It Is our humble opinion that In time they will succeed and that system or form of government will be universally accepted simply because there la no Alternative. The capitalistic system has run Its course. In our land of many wonders some of our most valued institutions are of a Socialistic nature yet we un wittingly maintain the whole thing Is Impractical. Observe the humble man In grey uniform as he delivers your mall to your door. For his services which are efficient enough he receives a living and there are plenty of men that would welcome his Job today. Then there Is the city firemen who leis urely turns out In a hap-hazard fash Ion to extinguish the fire that threat ens the public welfare. Fire depart ments never declare a dividend, why not turn this branch of service over to some private business? X would like to point you to one other illus tration altho U may border on se dition. When we are threatened 'with I invasion or our dignity seems tremp- led upon, individualism for the com mon good Is called upon and It reg isters with a bang. It is considered a pleasure to render thla kind of serv ice Including hardships aplenty, free gratis, or practically en. In fact one of the conspicuous argument against granting the bonus is that It des troys that patriotic flavor and puts this kind of privilege on a Pay'n Taklt basis. Of course there are a few capitalist!- p'r.fcsthcrs etlkUig in ail ihese birds. For the sake of efficiency it Is considered necessary that what we humorously call the brains of the Institution must receive a gnyter re ward for his services; via, more food, more clothing and more of everything than he can use. Aside from being the direct cause of depressions we can find no other Justification for this foolish custom since we under-, stand there are no pockets In shrouds. i BERT HARR. Jacksonville Dec. 33. j Editorial Comment Warning In "Flu" Outbreak. ! Although the present outbreak of Influenra In Oregon la sllglit com- ) pared with the great epidemic of war time, it should be taken aa a warn- I Ing. Dlwaae la a well established by- j prodxict of wars and depressions. 1 Unless adequate measures are taken to guard public health during this ' period of trouble, more serious out- , breaks ere to be expected. Influenra Is th. common cold In partlculsrly contagious and aggravat-t ed form. Neglected, the flu" leads straight to pneumonia snd other ser- j lous complications. The "flu" sttscks ! when resilience Is lowered by Im proper eiitlng, lack of food. Insuffi cient hret or clothing. Ice. of sleep and worry. Brcauae these conditions are preT- ' slant In times of war and depression "flu" epidemic show at periodic In tervals In public health histories, but there Is always some "flu" present. The remedies, now a slways. sre sim ple. On to bed till fever sbste.. Wstrh the diet. Keep the ayatem open. Call a doctor rather than lake cbancet, but remember teat proper care la more important than aU the medicines in resplrattry duwues. The feUow who keeps oa with bis work afur the "flu" hits bun la not a hero. He's Just a foolish chap who squints down the gun barrel to see If the thing Is loaded. He's flirting with his own pall bearers Worse still, he's menace to more sensi ble people. The walking "flu" case Is the breeder. , If you've got it, stay home. If you haven't got It yet. try to keep from getting It by being sensible In your eating, sleeping, exercise. The "flu" outbreak Is a warning that the depression Is beginning to exact Its toll. When millions are out bt work, undernourished, unclad and frantic with distress, disease steps In as a reminder that the more properoua members of the commun ity cannot Isolate themselves from danger. It. answers the question: "Am I my brother's keeper?" Eugeue Register Ouard. Flight 'o Time (Medford and Jackson Uouot; History from tbe Kile of rht Mali Tribune of uj and 10 year AgO TEN YEARS AGO TODAY December 0, 192S t (It Was Monday) Ten "owb and a bull loss In a fire In the George B. Young barn In the Orchard Home district. Financiers declare America on the eve of the "greatest prosperity In his tory" Armour fe Co., form $100,000, 000 packer merger. Warmest Christmas In history of country celebrated. Business houses do a rushing business after two-day holiday. 100 children attend Gates & Lyd tard Christmas party, and a large crowd attends the community tree. Valley View farmera organize a unit of the Farm Bureau. AAhlani wftltrsi rAfiitu atnnt tii she looked through a keyhole on a houseboat at Portland and aaw a murder. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 26, 1912 (It Was Thursday) Santa Claus bestows many and bounteous gifts upon the city and valley, and there were no empty stock ings. The Elks brought yule cheer and food to 33 needy families. Another year before work start on new federal building. Citizen writes to editor demanding "end of fuedal power In Jackson county." Convict stripes are discarded at state prison at Salem. Mercury drops to 33 degrees, and sky Is clear as crystal. "Windy Bill" well known local character caught by police robbing a ware nouse. AL SMITH SLATED PLACE IN SENATE (Continued on Page Pour) ioua that M. Clsudel has gone to th. state department about It. M. Ciaudel claims the newspaper man makes It a point to misquote him. The peculiar part about It Is that the newspaper man usually turns out to be right. For Instance he misquoted the French ambassa dor as saying they would not pay blelr debt and they didn't. That did not stop M. Clsudel from weeping on Mister Stlmson's shoul der about the situation. He com plained that tha newsman waa "arotesque." Stlmson decided there was nothing the state department could do about grotesque newspaper men. The case was dropped. The newsmen was recently 111. A group of his friends obtained some odorous weeds. They sent them to him with the following Inscription: "Msy your recovery be slow and painful. M. Claude!" Heavy lobbying activities were be hind the delay on the Philippine in dependence btll. The opposition wsa weak. It decided on the strategy of getting th. majority fighting within Itself over details. That was exactly what happened. - The lobby for the bilk was very strong. It waa led by a prominent New York sugar man and lawyer encouraged by a bank with sugar Interesu. They wanted to put" a stop to Philippine sugar Importa tions. They hsd all the farm boys working wits them. The bank will get more then the farmers. Half a dozen patronage rows are going on Inside among the Demo crat.. The only serious one will csuse announcement of a new doIIct shortly. Bute chairmen claim to have received the Idea from National Chairman Farley that they are In charge of patronage. Senators got that idea slso and are up In arms aooui it. They want to be In con trol of handing out the local Jobs. What probably will result Is that senators and state chairmen will be given equal authority In making recommendations. Any other course would be suicide for rarley. You csnnot buck the senate on patron age. They do the confirming for all federal appointments. That give, them thu Mat word. Th. Jspsnese embassy hss gone loclel. It ws the most iltlrlng dlptomstlc mission In town until the Msnchurlsn question got hot. Now It holds two or three psrtles each week. All Influential people In Washington are Invited. That la an other ev'dence of a recent change In Japanese attitude. They are sup planting roughshod arrogance and militarism with a warmer method of approach. It only goes to show you can get further In Washington with a cock tall than you can with t pistol. Optimistic Note in Pear Industry Justified; Main Need Lower Frieght Rate To the Kdltor: Your very timely editorial regarding tbe fruit business, published In Thursday's paper, strikes the bull's eye, at time when there is a real necessity for the orchard 1st to real ise that their properties are attll of great value and will ultimately make good returns upon the investments. In terms o bj-.W6ue box of fruit today Is In far better position than It was during the time when we were receiving higher dollar prices per box. One hundred boxes of pears in New York can be exchanged for more suits of clothes, other foods and all actual goods than in the heyday of our pros perity. You brought this out in the case of other laud commodities. There Is, however, one outstanding excep tion to this statement and that Is the present freight rates. The rates which we are paying today in tha terms of barter, amount to 93.89 per hundred as compared to 91.73 per hundred during the year 1926 and aubsequently, and as compared with rate of 91.35, existing from 1913 to 1918. During what period of highest prices could our pears have paid such a rate? The perishable freight Income of the railways has been held at pre depression levels on the theory that growers on the Pacific coast must ship their products to the Atlantic seaboard. No thought is taken as 10 the ability of the growers to pay these rates and remain In business because the theory is held that the land will continue to. produce regardless of the number of owners who go bust. The attempt to keep the outgoing rates at this high level has forced perishables into other transportation fields such as trucks and steamers and has cut down the Incoming freight revenues to the vanishing point. For the past four years the three Pacific coast states have been seeking ! redress but the railway officials have i never seriously undertaken an un-; prejudiced survey of the situation. Jenkins' Comment (Continued from Page One ) they're getting back in Washington as bad as all that? nrHB beer bill, passed by the house and now the talk of the country, carries a tax of $6 on each 81 -gallon barrel, and Its friends claim It will produce an annual revenue of $300, 000,000 which would mean annual consumption of SIXTY MILLION barrels. Xhe treasury department, somewhat more conservative, estlma'vses that It will produce 1135,000,000 to 130, 000,000 on a probable consunfp:ton of 25 million to SO million barrels. Y GTS see. " Annual consumption of 60 mil lion 31-galton barrels of beer would mean that each man, woman and child In the United States flrya and wets, babies and octogenarians, sick and well would drink about 16 gal lons of beer per year, or around a gallon and a half a month. That's a lot of beer. THERK was a time In this country when the BIO turkey was the fav ored turkey. People wanted to see on their tables a lordly bird whose size brought gasps of admiration. Now the favored bird Is the LITTLE one, weighing from 10 to 13 pounds. The little turkey, you see, coats a lot less money. Suoh are the effects of depression. fDDLY enough, the records show v that the health of the public is holding up admirably during these depression years. One reason possibly, Is that over-eating Is less prevalent. Eating too much Is the cause of a lot of our physical ills. PRESIDENT -"ELECT ROOSEVELT dec'lnes to accept any Joint re sponsibility with President Hoover In the settlement of the war debt prob lem. He prefers a free hand to go his own way. Fair enough. He will have to take tehe responsibility for what is done. so he should have unhampered leeway in the doing. A S FOR the final results, the proof of the pudding will be In the eating. If be does a good Job, he should have ALL the credit. And he can't do a much . WORSE Job In the way of collecting these debts than has been done so far. - ITERS Is a published definition of t,Y.a word "technocracy" that has been filling the papers of late: i Lowest RatCS TRCY E. H1MMELMAN ArUjnatjvr The railroads have their troubles with their equipment deteriorating and their revenues shrinking; with the producer seeking to cut down the unbearable burden of freight rates on the one hand and their employees determined to maintain the present wage scale upon the other. It is -now time. In truth past time, for them to meet the issue squarely and In stead of ruining the profitable busi ness originating in Medford and oth er perishable producing centers, grant a rate commensurate with conditions? The dtfflcult.perlod through which we have been passing haa had some advantages which will be reflected In the coming years. First, the actual cost for producing pears is certain to be lowered still more which la well evidenced by the new set-up of the Medford Irrigation District, by more efficient labor and the lower cost of tools and supplies for the orchards. Second, the efficiency of the pack ing houses has been very much Im proved and the cost of doing busi ness haa beeen considerably lowered. K would seem that no one would advocate greater production of pears per acre in view of the stand which has been taken by the farm board but it will be necessary for the grow ers of the valley to further Increase their production per acre, thus low ering their costs; to raise a better quality of fruit and to discontinue shipping Inferior fruit. We have allowed too much time to slip past while other food producers were extolling the pleasurable and medicinal values of their products but through the efforts of the Oregon-Washington p t bureau real progress has been made which will raise the status of the pear from a luxury to a necessity. Your editorial should help to give the pear growers in this valley "A Merry Christmas," and the combined efforts of us all ahould give them a "Happier New Year" in 1933. LEONARD CARPENTER. Medford, Dec. 33. "Technocracy Is the name for a new system and philosophy of gov ernment, In which the nation's in dustrial resources should be organ ised and managed by technically com petent persons for the good of every one Instead of being left to the man agement of private Interests for their own advantage." pHlS definition, like so many others, Is full of big words. Here, apparently, is what It means when reduced to language that common, ordirujy people can understand: "The government will run every thing, and tell all of us Just what to do." 11TELL, the government has been doing that increasingly for the past 20 'years, and a lot of people are Inclined to think that under this system of government wet-nursing business has gone from bad to worse. p J. FLANAGAN, county commis "sloner up in Yakima, Washing ton, Issues an order that hereafter employees of the county living with in three miles of their jobs must walk to work, instead of having trucks pick them up, as in the past. Hard-boiled, Isn't he? IJUT haa he stopped to think that a man who .has walked three miles to work isn't anywhere near as frith and efficient as one who has ridden in a truck, and that the coun ty, which employs him, Is therefore not getting anywhere near as much for Its money? It's quite possible, you see, to be TOO ;r5-bcllci for your csm good. 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