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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,.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Gold HiUMhr
Suffers Injuries
OOLD HrLL, Dec. 34 (Spl) Jim
Clement su Tiered painful Injuries to
his back Monday when .he and his
partner were on their wav tn thir
cinnabar mine near Greyback moun
tain. The truck in which they wer.
rlilrig c.it v,vt tho grade. Mr.
Clement's partner was not hurt.
t
Old Navy Garments
To Clothe Civilians
WASHINOTON. Dec. S4. (API
President Hoover late todsy signed
the resolution authorizing the sec
retary of the navy to sell obsolete
and surplus clothing at nominal
prices for distribution to tfie needy.
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