MEDFOTCD MXTL TRIBUNE. NfEDFOTiri. OTtEflpy. FTTTDAY. AUGUST 27, 1937.
PAGE SEVEN
. CRUSADER STATES
Public Becoming Disgusted
With Drinking, Minister
.. Avers Failure Of Fte
peal To End Evils Cited,
The tide of public opinion In the
United States 1b again definitely turn
ing toward the prohibition of alco
holic liquor, an audience In the
Methodist Episcopal church was told
last' night by the Rev. Sam Morris,
anti-rum Baptist minister from Del
Rio, Texas, who Is known to millions
of radio- listeners as the "Voice of
Temperance."
The church was comfortably filled
and the audience was responsive.
murmuring frequent "amens as Mr,
Morris flayed the liquor traffic. The
Rev. Joseph Knotts, pastor of the
Methodist Eplsoopal church, presided
Several other Medford ministers were
In the audience.
30 States Visited
"I have traveled In the past four
months over some 30 states, speaking
against the evils of alcohol," said Mr.
Morris. "I have talked with many
people on both sides of this Issue.
The public Is becoming disgusted
with women drinkers, road houses.
highway drunks and the prevalence
or arunKs everywhere.
"Sentiment of the people Is being
shown In local option victories. In
Illinois recently there were 300 local
option elections In one dav and more
than 200 voted liquor out. There
nave Been 54 local option elections In
Kentucky since repeal and 47 of them
went dry. There have been 46 local
option elections In Mississippi and
41 of them resulted in dry victories.
These are examples o( the swing In
timer states DacK to prohibition,
The wisest social legislation ever
passed in the United States was the
18th amendment, the most foolish
Its repeal, the speaker declared.
Revenue Is Small
.nnti-pronioiMoniBta advocated re
peal of the 18th amenfment as a
revenue -producing move to balance
tne national budget with liquor rev
enue, Mr. Morris recalled. In nearly
iour years or repeal the government
has received less than two billion
dollars In liquor revenue while last
year alone the national deficit was
w.aoo.ooo.uoo, he added. Thus the
government has not received enoutrh
revenue in four years to balance the
DUdget for one year, he declared.
Repeal was urged as a temperance
move, advocates declaring there
would be less drinking among the
youth. Mr. Morris pointed out. Re
cently, however, the Northwestern
Life Insurance company stated It is
now rejecting 162 per cent more noil
ciea to persons under 30 because of
alcoholism than during the life of
in mtn amendment, h asserted
The speaker quoted J. Edgar Hoover.
chief of the FBI, as stating on last
june ii that more men are arrested
for drunkenness than for any other
single cause while more women are
arrested for drunkenness than for
any other cause excepting only petty
stealing.
Crime Increased
Repeal has failed also as a crime
deterrent as was claimed by oppo
nents of the 18th amendment, Mr.
Morris said, crime commitments hav
ing Increased 35 per cent in 1935
over those in 1934.
"It Is on the highways, however.
that liquor is making Itself felt the
most keenly," he emphasized. The
traffic death rate has been mount
ing yearly, he asserted, and 25 per
cent of the deaths in 1935 Involved
liquor. He quoted David Lawrence,
newspaper editor, as saying that traf
fic deaths Involving drunken drivers
and pedestrians have doubled since
repeal while deaths Involving sober
drivers have Increased only 11.5 per
cent.
Mr. Morris stated that authorities
gave a solemn pledge that if the 18th
amendment was repealed, dry tern
tory would be protected. Vet, he as
serted, the federal government Itself
Issued permits for the sale of hard
liquor in dry states.
"The old saloon Is not bock." Mr.
Morris said. "Instead of the 177.000
old-time saloons of pre-prohibition
davs we have today 450.000 beer par
lors. cafes, filling stations, hotel bars.
drug stores, etc.. In which liquor Is
sold. We do not have tne oia saioon
but we do have the old booze and
something must be done to save our
Children, our homes ana our nation.
Average Oregonian Finds
Cost of Living Mounting;
Income Tries to Catch Up
Rents in One Town Double Those of 1 933
Ten Per Cent Increase in Foods
And Clothing Claimed Here
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Every cloud has its silver lining, of course, but Oregon's Mr. Aver
age Man might say today there Isn't enough silver to offset Immedi
ately the ascendency of living costs.
He feels pretty well satisfied that i
It Is true prices sag first and then
wages follow cost on the trail back
from the depression lows.
The privilege of living in a state
and nation coming out of an eco
nomic slump began to squeeze the
family pocket book last yor. Rents,
food, clothing and luxuries rose from
small percentage increases to two
figured Jumps this year.
Rents Going High
There are cities, an unofficial and
and Informal survey reveals, where
rents have mounted 30 per cent and
In one town they are double what
they were In 1933.
Virtually all types of clothing cost
more and meats, vegetables and bread
are up generally. In several in
stances the 1929 or pre-depresslon
level Is In effect.
Wages- are rising- In sympathy and
closing the gap.
Business itself doesn t universally
cheer the trend. A private survey
said this:
Business Is encountering the vi
cious circle of higher wages, rising
raw material costs, increasing prices
and an upward trend in the cost of
living. The dominating factors point
to a trend of higher living costs in
the future, which will probably be
offset by higher wage rates and
larger payrolls."
Survey In cities
Briefly, here Is what these post-
depression days mean to representa
tive Oregon cities:
THE DALLES. General living costs
up 25 per cent over 1933, 12 per
cent more than 1936, but 18 per cent
below 1929. Farm costs 15 per cent
above 1936 but still under 1929
Farm Incomes top last year's figures
by 15 per cent. Rents advanced 10
per cent since last year anr 20 per
cent since 1933. Trade volume slight
ly under year ago chiefly because
bad weather destroyed 70 per cent of
cherry crop.
MEDFORD. Ten per cent increase
In food, clothing in last 14 months,
5 per cent of the Jump coming In
the past eight months.
KLAMATH FALLS . Rents on
shacks 60 per cent above 1933 and
30 per cent for quality dwellings
Quality dwelling rents are up 20 per
cent since a year ago but still under
1929. Wools and silk goods are 16
per cent more than 1933 and 10 per
cent under 1929; cotton material
rose 20 per cent from the low de
presston point but fell 10 per cent
under 1929. Food Is generally 10 per
cent above last year and 30 per cent
above 1933.
LA GRANDE. General prices per
haps slightly higher than 1929 level
and about 35 per cent above 1933.
Wheat prices, a good barometer of
conditions, are 25 per cent under
1929, 60 per cent greater than the
depression low and 3 per cent higher
than lest year.
BAKER. Hogs Jumped from four
cents a pound In 1933 to 12 cents:
wheat from 33 to 87 cents. Hay Is
back to 97 and 8 per ton after the
1933-'34 low. Barley Is $1, about the
same as 1929. Feeder cattle are sell
ing for 8 cents per pound, rising
from 6 last year and practically noth
ing In 1929. Farm crop prices arc
not as high aa In pre-war days In
relation to purchasing power, but are
near level In dollar values.
GRANTS PASS. Clothing prices up
less than 10 per cent since 1933 and
about 6 per cent since last year
Rents show little fluctuation. Man
on street gives plenty of assurance
cost of living mounting.
ROSEBURG. Building costs are 10
per cent over last year and 1929,
and 35 per cent over 1933. Rentals,
general living costs are back with
the 1929 level, IS per cent more than
last year and 25 per cent above 1933.
Clothing and food prices are around
30 per cent more than 1933. Cloth
ing is 10 per cent under 1929 but
food Is about the same as the "pros
perity period."
EUGENE. General retail prices
have advanced about 15 per cent and
wholesale prices about 15 per cent.
Meats have risen 10 per cent and
bread about 5 per cent. Cabbages,
tomatoes and corn are up 5 per cent
but other vegetables are about the
same as a year ago.
SALEM. Food prices 10 per cent
aoove lest year, 15 per cent above
1933 but 15 to 20 per cent below
1929. Clothing 15 per cent above last
year, 15 to 20 per cent above 1933,
is per cent under 1929. Rents 6 per
vent, uoove i&si year, aouble 1933,
slightly higher than 1929,
PENDLETON. Rents 30 per cent
higher than two yaers ago. Staples
and meats sharply up. tome Items
double. Men's clothing has advanced
more than women's, suits Jumping
about 910 each.
PORTLAND. Portland Incomes are
regarded about 34 per cent more than
the pre-war level but 17 per cent
under 1929. Rent are back at a
place 6 per cent under the 192B
point, food is over the level 80 per
cent, clothe 30 per cent, fuel 42
per cent, house furnishings 68 per
cent but none has hit the 1929 mark.
BEND. Food has risen 30 per cent
In the past year to 32 per cent above
1933 and only 5 per cent under 1929.
Rents are double 1933 and equal to
the 1929 high. Clothing 38 per cent
greater than 1933 and 3 per cent
under 1929.
CORVALLIS. Merchants report
costs 5 to 15 per cent or more higher
than a year ago. Meat 10 per cent
and many major vegetables rising.
Rents up but due to level off In the
autumn.
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PORTLAND. Ind. Farmer Joe
Bryan twirls a radio dial and gets
more milk.
Bryan has a radio In his barn for
bis livestock. He says when It la
turned on the cows give more milk,
the horses are gentler and all the
animals crowd into the barn to listen.
ROGUE RIVER. Aug. 37. (Spl.l
Rogue River high and grade schools
open the fall term Monday morning.
September 6. High school student
will register and purchase books Wed
nesday and Thursday. September 1
and '3. The superintendents' office
will be open from 9 a. m. until 4
p. m. both days,
Walter V. Dennis, who graduated
from Rogue River high school in 1923.
will be superintendent of the school
system. Delmar Ramsdell and Leslie
Smith will be back for a second year
at Rogue River. . Myrtle McOregory
of Rogue River has been employed
to fill tbe vacancy left by the res
ignation of Miss Schmltt.
Grade school teachers of last year's
staff are Nettie B. She Icy. first and
second; Alios McLaren, third and
fourth: Frances Schilling, fifth and
sixth, and Mtunle Guy. who will each
music In both high and grade schools.
D. R. Sloan wll fill the vacancy left
in the seventh and eighth grsdes
by the resignation of Hugh Hartman.
Superintendent Dennis has an
nounced that Rogue River high school
DUGDALE WILL HEAD
PORTLAND SCHOOLS
PORTLAND, Aug. 37. jP) Ralph
E. Dugdale. former school superin
tendent at Toledo. Ohio, has signed
a five-year contract at S10.000 annu
ally with the Portland school board.
He will become superintendent here
September 7. '
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