MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, BEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY. MARCH 20, 1938
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ON FARM WAGES
LONDON (UP) English firmer
re being fined n average 120 apiece
for not paying full "legal wagea" to
farm worXera they employed.
Wagea of farm workers In England
and Wales are fixed once a year In
eacn county by an "sericulture
wagea board" made up of an equal
number of farmers and of farm
workera. plu a handful of "Impartial
persons" appointed by the ministry
of agriculture In London. When the
wagea for the oirlerent classes of
agricultural laborers have been fixed,
they are sent to the "agricultural
wagea board" In London, which ap
prove or dissent. Wages vary In the
different counties, and the board
tries to see that the variations are
not excessive.
Then placards In big type are
printed containing the wage rates for
the county and are posted In every
post office tn the county. At the
bottom. In the biggest type of all,
Is the name and address of the local
"Inspector of agricultural wages,
with an invitation to aend him any
information regarding alleged vlola
tlona of the wage scale. There are
alao periodic advertisements of the
rates In the local press.
And not only this, but the farmer
Is required to keep a full record In
book of the wagea he pays and
the local Inspector haa the right to
demand the production of this book
at any time.
It sounds like a law with "teeth
In It, but experts on English farm
ing condltlona declare that hundreds
and bundreda of farm workera are
cheated every year.
The cheating, It Is alleged, takes
two forms. An agricultural laborer
may be hired to do one sort of work
at a low rate and be coerced Into
accepting (he same rate for work In
a higher classification. Or he may
b forced by economic necessity to
accept the farmer's suggestion that
be sign the wages book at the legal
rate while actually receiving several
ahllllngs a week lesa.
TU chief complaint la that the
agricultural wagea board haa only a
few Inspectors to cover the 62 coun
ties of England and Wales and check
Up the wage relations of 380,000
formers and 715.000 workera.
There la a perlodlo agitation In
parliament to get the number ln-
r-inrknri Marth 20. ( AP-U8DA)
Hogs 7000, active. 89 18c higher
than Thursday's average; mostly 10c
up; top. S10.88; bulk, UO-260 lbs.,
aiO.50-85; 260-300 lbs, 10.00-eo:
sows mostly, ao.40-80; smooth light
weights to 97D.
nATTT.ii! laoo: calves 800: steer
trade generally steady; very uneven;
light steers ana yearling ...
higher late In week and thla tending
to slow down week-end trade on
moderate supply, 87.00? 8.00 aino.
but all steers here fully steady If
i,inv,A t.vrnn week ago, having
regained early downturn; bulk 879
8 today; beat, eiu; cow ,-..-.
,...,. m,i hitrher: bulla strong
and vealers fully steady at 00
down: best sausage nuns. n
SHEEP 9000: fat lambs alow, most
i nelshtv kinds weak to
shade easier; other killing classes
lully steady: aheep ana
lambs absent: early bulk choice fed
western lambs. 810.00-25; best held
higher; good wooled yearlings, 8935;
shorn 80-lb. offerings. 8825; best
around 115-lb. ewea, 88.75.
creased.
JAB V. WEE
James V. McAbee, well-known resi
dent of the Phoenix district, where
he haa lived for the psat 20 years,
passed away at a local hospital Wed
' nesday evening after a very abort Ill
ness. He had been In good health un
til laat Saturday, and his unexpected
death came aa a great shook to his
family and many friend.
Mr. McAbee waa born at Sweet
water, Texas, July 8, 1808. He waa a
man of fine Christian qualities,
good neighbor and friend, and will
be missed by many.
He leaves to mourn his loss, hla
wife. Mrs. Margaret McAbee; two
daughters, Pauline and Janette, and
one eon, Harold, all at home; one
brother, p. J. MoAbee of Eagle Point,
Ore.; alx sisters, Mrs. B. A. Montgom
ery, Phoenix; Mrs. Dona Craig. El
Paso, Texas; Mra. Jack Blythe, Pacoa,
Texas; Mra. W. H. EJUS, Abilene
Texas; Mrs. 0. H. Moore, Crossvine,
Texas and Mra. J. R. Lynch of Sweet
water, Texas.
Funeral servlcea will be conducted
from the Perl funeral horn Saturday
afternoon at 3:30, Rev. w. A. Dawes
of the nrat Baptist church officiat
ing. Interment will take place In the
Phoenix cemetery.
COOLING IS FORECAST
Livestock.
pnnTT.AWn Ore.. March 30. (AP-
nan l H rnrelnts 200. Including
388 direct. Market strong, extreme
top drlvelns 18 cents higher, uow
to choice 170-250 ID. weignia, iv
A in itn. n ntiextandtntf lot 810.78;
286-37" lb. butchers, 89 JO 9 10; 120
to 146 lb. weight mostly iu; pac
ini aowa mostly 88.26 9 10.50; feed
ers quotable 810 10.65.
CATTLE receipts 25, Including 8
.11..... .iia. OR Including 19 direct.
Scattered sales steady Good long-
fed eteers quotable to vim,
..if... ..i.hi to 88.60 or above;
a,M Anwn to 88: low
cutter and cutter cows, 82.75 a 3.76;
medium to good, 84.75 . '
ouotable 84.60; few good vealera, 89.
selecta to 810.
SHEEP receipt 25. Including 3 di
rect, Market nominally steady. Oood
to choice trucked-lns salable 80.269
9.75; load lots eligible to 810; gocd
to choice ewes salable around 85.40
G 6.00.
BAtrm dim FRANCISCO. March
M .ADrmnA Hoes 75. Steady,
load 175-226 lb. California, 810.90.
top; few 140-170 lb. weights. 810.85;
package around 260 lb. averages,
!,.. .., r,-ltlnir sows, 88.60;
late Thursday, three loads local
butchera mostly 810.409 10-66.
CATTLE 100; slaughter steers and
heifers active, fully steady; two od,
medium 1025-1050 lb. California
steers, 87.25: good under oo 10.
. .hunt nnntMl to 87.78. 0T
ameers ow,,, t - .
slightly above: load medium-good
760 lb. belters, ao.io; guuu
range cows, 86.76; low-cuttrs-cut-
. nn A QK; ffood bulls,
uers an" . .
88.00: calves 20, all direct: nominal,
.ni.o traaira miauia tf.uuur .
Buvim nn Nominal: cood under
85 lb. fed wooled lambs and spring
lambs quoted arouna 9v.douw
.i,o. MTU dnwn: late Thurs-
8HMswaw
I day package medium gooa 01
r. tnrn 8 BTlf llnsT limDI. .w wwx.-
age medium 118 lb. uamorni owe-.
$5.25; common, aa.
Portland Produce
The mercury shot upward yester
day afternoon to reach a maximum
of 70 degrees for the day. This was
only one a-rree below the 80 mark
recorded on March 0 and 10, 1934, a
maximum that remains an all-time
peak for early-season warmth.
At noon today the temperetuxe
stood at 67 aa against 63 at the same
time yesterday. It was thought prob
able, however, that Increasing cloudi
ness would hold the mercmy below
yesterday's maximum. Low thla morn
ing waa 86 aa compared with SI yes
terday. The meteorological bureau predict
ed coier weather tomorrow.
nntiTi v n ore.. March 30. (AP)
vTTTTwin Prtnta. A rade. 84Ho lb.
In parchment wrapper, 36o lb. In
carton; a graae, pnrcmnwuv wiwi
33V40 lb.: cartons, 84c lb.
BUTTERF AT Portland delivery: A
grade, deliveries at least twloe weekly
34-300 lb.; country routes, 33-35o lb.;
B grade, 82-330 lb.; O grade at mar
ket.
B grade cream for market buying
price, butterfat basis, oa'feo id.
wrcna Biivino- nrlce of Wholesal
ers: Extrsa, 18c; standards 16c; extra
mediums, 16c;' do medium firsts, ioc;
under grade 13c; pullets 13o dor.cn.
Country meats Selling price to
retailers: Country killed hogs, best
butchers, under 160 lbs., 140 lb.:
vealera, No. 1, 1414-160 lb.j othera
unchanged.
ONIONS Oregon, 8100 per 100
lbs.
WOOL 1936 contracts, nominal:
Willamette valley, medium 300 lb.;
coarse and braid, 38o lb.; eastern
Oregon, 35-280 lb.; southern Idaho,
30-33 So lb.
Cheese, milk, live poultry, potatoes
and nay, steady and uncnangea.
Corn, No. i yellow, 830. .
Mlllrun, 817.60.
Today car receipts: Wheat, 13;
flour, 17; oats, 3; hay, 4.
Chicago Wheat.
Chicago Wheat,
CHICAGO, March 30. '(AP)
Wheat: Open High Low Close
May S .98 H 91 .9774
July .89 'i 9!4 M .88
Sept. .87 Xl 81
Wall St. Report
NEW YORK, March 20. (AP) The
atock market made a feeble attempt
to resume Its forward push today, but
profit taking obstaclea Intervened.
Only scattered mines, olla and spec
ialties were able to flourish plus
signs at the Irregular cloae. Both
buying and selling was comparatively
dull, however, and transfers approxi
mated only 1,950.000 ahares.
News from abroad seemed more re
assuring, but brokers aald a little
more selling had cropped up aa the
result of flood developments.
Today's closing prices for 33 select
ed stocks follow:
Al. Chem. It Dye 193
Am, Can 134
Am. At Fgn. Pow - By,
A. T. It T. 1631,1
Anaconda 36
Atch. T. & S. F. 78
Bendlx Avla. . 34'A
Beth. Steel 56K
Belgian Premier
m ' I
California pack'g. ,
Caterpillar Tract.
Chrysler ..
Coml. Solv. ............
Curtlss-Wrlght
DuPont , ,,,
Oen. Foods
Oen. Mot. .
Int. Harveat. ,
I. T. & T.
johns Man. .
Monty Ward .
North Amer.
Penney (J. C.)
Phillips Pet
Kaaio -
Sou. Pac. .
Std. Brands
St. Oil Cal. .
St. OH N. J.
Trane. Amer.
Union Carb.
Unit. Aircraft ..
0. B. Steel
83
r 70 V,
954
31H
' 7
148
36V4
64H
87M,
16
MY,
40(4
. 36
. 48
I3?i
33
1614
484
69
13
. 84
. 37
. 64
San Francisco Butter
SAN FRANCISCO. March 30. (AP)
(AP-USDA) Butter: Score 83, 33c.
SACRAMENTO. March 30. (AP)
Butterfat, first grade 8714c second
grade 36V40,
sliver-
NEW YORK, March 30 (AP) Bar
silver quiet and unchanged at 44 o.
Premier Paul van Zealand of Bel
glum (above) holds an important
position In relation to developments
in tha European oriel following
Germany's rsoecupatlon of tha
Rhlneland, (Associated Press Photo)
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OF UT. FALLS DIES
Nathan Anderson died at the home
of his daughter, Mra. Deaal Oum
mlngs, on the north Midway highway,
Thursday noon of heart trouble and
dropsy. He was born, at Astoria, Ore.
July 1, 1869, and had been a resident
of Butte Falls for the. past 34 years.
For yeara he wa employed In the
forest servloe.
lie leaves hla wife Roele and two
daughters, Mra. Dessle Oummlngs and
Irene Anderson of Medford, and two
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the
grave aide In the Butt Falls ceme
tery at 3:00 prn. Sunday, Rev. Smith
officiating. Funeral arrangement In
change of the Perl funeral home.
100 MUCH STRESS
PUT ON VITAMINS
SAYS DISCOVERER
LONDON. (UP) The man who
dlsoovered vitamins, Sir Frederick
Oowland Hopkins, criticizes people
who pay too much attention to vita
mins.
Sir Frederick says a large propor
tion of the prospective ermy recrulta
rejected a unfit Buffered from de
fect which might well be due to
faulty nutrition In childhood or adol-
eacenoe. In a considerable proportion
It almost certainly contributed to
their unfitness.
"The public." he said "Is rapidly
assimilating, though not always to
It profit, the fact that a fault in
quality of food may be a deleterious
aa a failure In supply. Indeed, one
section of the public i o perverse In
Its views concerning food thst It la
almost necessary to remind It that
quantity still counts.
"We oannot live on vitamins lone.
"A more Intelligent section of the
public aeoma to assume that so much
scientific talk about food may lead to
lndlvlduala being dragooned regard
ing what they ahall or shall not eat.
It la unthinkable that tne:e ahould
b any such dragooning. The Intelli
gent public will learn to apply the
new knowledge of nutrition without
dlscomMt to Itself.
"I am tempted to add that what
the English housewife needs most to
be taught la -tha rt of tlmple but
gocd conking. In thla co mtry more
than ptubapa In any othc, 1 good
food ruined and It nutritional valu
Impairs! by unintelligent treatment
In the oome."
4
Snow Plow Leaves The btg nsw
snow plow for service In Crater Lake
national park waa taken under Its
own power to the mountain resort
today by Martin Palmer, chief me
chanlc. It will be given its first trials
tomorrow under Mr. Palmer's super
vision. The new plow will replace the
present one In clearing the road from
park headquarters to the lake nm.
The old machln will be utilized In
clearing a parking area near head
quartera In preparation for the win'
ter carnival scheduled for April 36.
TITHE IS SOUGHT
BY GREAT BRITAIN
ON TSARIST DEBT
LONDON (UP) British private
creditors of Tsarist Rusala will bo re
imbursed to ths extent of 10 per
cent of their $1,250,000,000 claim. If
plana reported aa now under consid
eration by tha British government
materialize.
A majority of the creditors arc
holden of bonds of companies which
owned railroads before the Russian
revolution. Others possess Russian
municipal bonds.
The plan to pay to creditors 10 per
cent on their claims depends upon
the fste of the proposed British loan
to the Soviet government. Moscow,
however. Insists that part satisfac
tion of British creditors shall In no
way be connected directly with the
proposed loan and must not Involve
Soviet recognition of demands of
creditors of the Tsarist regime.
In the face of this, It Is proposed
that the British government Itself
pay 9126,000,000 to these creditors.
Financing of the project, as contem
plated, would be to grant a loan to
the Soviet of from $100,000,000 to
$200,000,000. The Interest fate, not
definitely fixed, would not exceed 6
per cent. '
In return for this loan it la pro
posed that the Soviet renounce Its
claim to $6,0000.000 to $75,000,000
which belonged to the TsarlBt royal
house and which was deposited In
British banks. One London finan
cial house holds $35,000,000, and an
other $40,000,000 is distributed
among other London banks. There
Is an Informal understanding be
tween Oreat Britain and the Soviet
that this money may be disposed of
only with the consent of both gov
ernments. 'J
Besides acquiring - these millions
for the twofold purpose of financing
a loan to Moscow and giving 1 per
cent compensation to British credi
tors of the Tsarist regime, the British
treasury would float a public loan
Internally, probably at 2 per cent.
If the Soviet government pays 5 per
cent Interest, the difference could be
applied to creditors' claims.
These proposals are still in their
formative stages here. It Is learned,
and have not been the subject- of
Joint governmental discussion. Mos
cow is known to be reluctant to per
mit any explicit reference to Tsarist
debts. The Soviet government's ob
jection is based on a precedent that
might be established that would per
mit American, German and French
creditors to press their claims.
It is recalled that In 1824 the
Soviet ambassador to London, Chris
tian Ravovsky, offered to satisfy
British claims to the extent of 20 per
cent. The government declined.
GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore., March
20. (AP) Skiing conditions were fair
here today, forest rangers reported.
The temperature was 36 degrees. The
highway wss clear.
Portland Wheat.
PORTLAND, March 30. (AP)
Grain:
Wheat Open High Low Close
Mny iavt .B3 M
July .71 .17 .77 .77
Sept. 76 .76 .78H -7HH
Cash: Big Bend bluestem, IS per
cent, 1 31a: do 19 per cent. S1.18W;
dark herd winter, 13 per cent,
Si os'i: do 11 per cent, 06(40; soft j
white, western white, 84Hc: northern t
spring, hard winter, 83v,c; western .
red. 84c. I
Out,. Nv 3 white, 633 50 to 3S. I
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MORGAN'S HAND, tight
on her wrist, couldn't hold her
back now. Nor his pleas.
"Listen to me, Iris," he was
saying. "You've been .brought
up here in an atmosphere of
the nineteen hundreds with a
sort of fairy tale belief in hon
esty, simplicity and romance.
"The world your aunt's tak
ing you. to isn't like that.
You're going to meet hard cold
people, who want to get where
they're going and don't care
whom they wound to get there.
You won't be equal to them
you'll be gobbled up in a
month."
"You sound as if I were go
ing to darkest Africa among
the savages," she protested. "I
can take care of myself and
that's all there is to that!"
You'll like Iris and Morgan and the other characters h
Qolde
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Margaret Wiiitmer't story of the girl who had to discover tht
world's "pteasures and palaces" for herself even at the risk of
upsetting some staid old family traditions.
Starts Thursday, March 26
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