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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1956)
In TKe Day's News By FRANK JENKINS ' About 100 miles west of Tuc son, traveling, east on Highway 80, one runs into the western edge of the Arizona-New Mexico cotton belt. Thereby hangs a tale. It is a tale of what happens when sup ply and demand agriculture is abandoned and political agricul ture is substituted therefore. All in all, it is a sad tale. THIS desert cotton country, judged on visible evidence, is a highly prosperous country. Its soil is deep and rich, and it is beautifully handle. Every few miles there are fertilizer ware houses, offering their testimony as to heavy use of fertilizer. The machinery in use is obviously the very last. word. The farm steads are modern in appear ance although uniformly far apart, thus bearing witness to the fact that corporation farm ing, rather than individual fam ily farming, is the rule here. THE towns, without exception, are prosperous. Their busi ness districts are clean and well kept. The streets are parked full of glittering new -automobiles. The used car. lots are stocked with recent models, in dicating that people trade in their cars on new ones every two or three years. Cadillacs and Lincolns and Chrysler Im perials are by no means the rule, but they are by no means the exception. The windows are full of new and modern, merchan dise. The school buildings are new, indicating large recent growth in the population, with a con sequent need for new schools. There is every possible sign that this desert cotton country is well-to-do and up and coming. WHY is that bad? " Well, it is a long story. I can sketch only the rough outlines of it here. To begin with, this beautiful long-staple desert cotton, per haps the finest in the world, doesn't depend primarily upon DEMAND FOR USE. It isn't sold basically on open bid and take market, where users of cotton vie with each other in their of ferings. .- : Its primary customer is the federal government of the Unit ed States, which buys it NOT for use in industry but for STORAGE IN GOVERNMENT WAREHOUSES. The govern ment guarantees a price that is attractive enough to keep peo ple growing cotton, regardless of the state of the . cotton mar ket. ' : Let's take is bluntly. This high guaranteed price isn't offered to stimulate the production of more cotton to meet the consumptive demands of the United States and the world for cotton fiber. It is of fered to induce, cotton farmers to VOTE RIGHT. That is the long and the short of it. T ET'S take a look here at two tragic facts: -1. The American cotton indus try is a slowly dying industry. That hag come about because high parity is slowly pricing American cotton out of the world markets. Foreign cotton growers not only CAN undersell us at a profit to thernselves but ARE underselling us. Our cot ton exports are shrinking dis astrously.. ; - ' ' , r 2. This desert cotton'is made possible ; by PUMPED water. The water to grow it is pumped out of underground basins that took thousands of years to fill. These underground storage ba sins are being depleted fabu lously faster than they are being replenished. . If and when they are exhausted, this now lovely and prosperous country will re revert to desert. Either that or billions of dollars must be ex pended to . bring water here from the Colorado and the Rio Grande rivers. SUCH are the consequences of POLITICAL farming. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name, or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves vhe right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The Abernaihy Kids To the Editor: One of the most heroic deeds accomplished by two young brothers named Aber nathy, one twelve, the other nine years old, chose to ride horses to Oyster Bay, N. Y., from their ranch home .near Tulsa, Okla., to meet their famous hero, Teddy Roosevelt, then President Not being dismayed from their long trek, it' Was after returning to their home, theV outfitted two saddle horses and faced west to Los Angeles in 1911. , .. This journey ended safe, yet was filled with horror and sleep less night under the shining stars. After several months on horse back they reached their city of dreams Hollywood. After' a short rest the two youngsters ap peared on a movie theater stage. It was one of the most interest ing talks of adventure ever listened . to, from two young scouts riding along the old Santa Fe Trail. The younger one was more realistic, telling how the wolves howled around their camp at 'night where the two were in their sleeping bags on the ground near their horses to assure their safety and protec tion. It was a regular routine at night for the wildcats, coyotes and wolves roaming the moonlit planes to howl their shrill chorus for many weeks in the wide open spaces. The two young travelers never did get reconciled to a band of ravenous varmints that followed them so closely f or ' weeks on end. We have wondered if the two brothers are still living, and re telling today's youth about their exploits on their trip far from their old home and across the vast prairies that spanned the west two score and five" years ago. The spirit of adventure in their young lives then to dare, to do, and avoid danger was a marvel. ' v; Bert' Kissinger, 520 Boardman, ' -MedfordOre; - Synthetic fibers in 1950 ao counted for more than one out of every five pounds of textile fibers used in the U.S., a new high mark at that time. - As We Live By ELIZABETH HURIOCK, PH.D. D. Hurlock Possessive Men Are Not Good Husband Material Most women of today resent being told what to do and how to do it. For such women, the possessive type of man makes poor husband material. (Q) "My father died when I was still in high school, and my mother felt she could not afford lo send me to college because I have two younger broth ers. So, when I g r a d u ated from high school, I got a job and helped support the family. As my mother has not been wen laiely, I have had most of the responsibility of the home and my brothers on my should ers ac well as my work. "Now, my problem is this. I have been going with a man who has wants to marry me. He is kind, considerate, and will be a good provider. But, he is very possessive. He wants me all to himself .and has said my family will have to get along the best they can after we are married as he won't share me with them. He talks that way about my girl friends, also. Lately, he has been telling me what to do and how to do it, as if I hadn't had lo make decisions and carry them out by myself for years. Do you think this is just his way of showing me he loves me and wants to take care of. me, or does it mean he is a jealous person?" B. R. (A) I am sure this- man loves you or he would not have asked you to marry him. ; And, he doubtless feels sorry for such a young person having such heavy responsibilities. But, I am afraid there is more to his possessive ness than just that. From what you have said, it sounds, very much as if he were unsure of . himself and his abil ity to hold your love. This feel ing is being expressed in . his jealousy of your family and friends. That is why he wants to keep youall to himself. Are ybu sure you could be happy with , such a possessive man? . You are disturbed by his possessiveness now, but I " can assure you it will not get better Monday, February 13, 195$ MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE should you marry him. Think seriously whether you want to cut yourself off from your fam ily and friends and be at the beck and call of one person be fore you say "yes." (Copyright 1956, Y General . Features Corp.) Terry Moore Weds Insurance Broker ' Hollywood (U.R) Actress Terry Moore was married secret ly, last. New Year's day in Las Vegas, Nev., to. Eugene C. Mc Grath, 33-year-old insurance broker ojt Panama City, Panama, her mother said today. Mrs. Lamar Koford, mother of the 26-year-old actress, said the marriage was kept, secret until now because "my new son- in-law is not used to Hollywood publicity." She said the newly weds are now honeymooning 'in Caracas, Venezuela. Miss Moore reportedly- pulled off "the big surprise" by signing her real name, Helen Luella Ko ford, in obtaining her marriage license in Nevada. ' The brief ceremony was performed by Las Vegas Judge A. S. Henderson at his home. Mrs. Koford said her daughter met McGrath, a Navy lieutenant commander in World War II, when he was here ,on business three months ago. Two U of O Professors Edit- Source Materials Eugene Two books of pri mary source material for fresh man English published recently were edited by Roland Bartel and Ed wiii R. Bingham, Univer sity of Oregon faculty- members, -. Bartel and Bingham were co- editors of "America Through Foreign Eyes 1827-1842." Bartel edited "Johnson's London." Both books are intended ' to provide research material for freshman composition papers. Morse To Seek Restoralion of 90 Per Cent Parity Salem (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), has promised to fight for' a restoration of 90 per cent parity on farm commodit ies when he returns - to Wash ington, D.C. Morse told the Oregon State Farmers Union convention Sat urday that the policy of Secre etary of 'Agriculture Ezra T. Benson of lowering support pric es had led to a "depression" among a. large segment of "the farm population. He said the "difficulties that you face as farmers are not yours alone. It would be. serious enough if they were but your perplexities are of vital impor tance to ' every, businessman, ev ery working man and woman and every consumer in the coun try." W ' - -, 'Delegates returned Harley Libby, Jefferson, as ; president with Dewey Cummins, Dallas, reelected vice-president. Darrel Shepherd of Scio won a place on the executive board as did Joe Bernt of Mt. Angel. , The delegates debated for near an hour on whether to endorse Morse as a candidate for reelec tion.' A motion to that effect was once passed then recalled for reconsideration. A substitute motion endorsing th.e' senator's "action on our farm policies" finally was adopted. Other resolutions passed by the session included: Recom mendation of a lieutenant gov ernor for Oregon, reiterated the organization's objection to a sales tax and approved the buil ding of' a federal dam at Hells canyon."; . Explosion Rips Packing Plant Toledo, Cv (U.R) An ex plosion and fire ripped a mid town meat packing plant today, destroying four buildings. Police said one man was known dead and that two others were missing and' presumed dead. Officers said all others in volved in the blast had be'en ac counted for. The body of Paul Borcherd ing, 54, was recovered from the heaped' rubble, that once was the three' story Beagle meat packing plant. He was a plant employee. James Libhart, 41, and Mel' vin Kegelman, was missing and presumed dead. They also were employees of the company. Stanley Damschroeder, 40, was blown clear of the collap sing building by the blast. He said he lighted a cigarette at the door of a refrigerator and "everything went haywire." . . Fire Chief Arnold Papenhag- en estimated total damage- at more than $1,000,000. Also leveled, besides the pack ing plant, were the St. Louis restaurant, the Lutheran Book shop and the unoccupied Stan ley J. Brown building. Portland (U.R) .' Jan Har man, Vancouver, Wash., school teacher, won the women's title here yesterday in the annual Rose City bowling classic with a score of 1128. Pocatello, Ida., won the team trophy ' with a score of 2878. ' Cairo', Egypt (U.R) Twenty- two school children drowned Sunday when a ferry boat cap sized in- a canal near Mansoura on the Damietta branch of the Nile.' The victims included 12 boys and 10 girls, who took the ferry because an old bridge spanning the canal was closed for repairs. There are about 15,000 banks in the U. 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