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MCDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
TUESDAY. APRIL 17, I9E2
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Far East vignettes:
In the New Territories area
of Hong Kong, on the main
. land or Kowloon side, you see
working in the fields many
women wearing odd-looking
hats. The brims are wide and
from their edges dangle
fringes not unlike those that
adorned the horse-drawn sur
reys of Grandfather's day. The
fringes serve a double pur
pose. They help to shade the
face from the hot sun and at
the same time they help to
keep the flies and other in
sects away.
They are the women of the
Hakka people. The HaKka
people came out of Central
Asia about the beginning of
the Christian era and settled
in Central and Southern
China. When the Manchus in
vaded China in the 17th. cen
tury, many of them fled to
the island of Formosa, where
they still make up a consider
able part of the population.
They want no truck with the
communists, and thousands of
them have fled to the British
crown colony of Hong Kong.
They have a curious nation
al custom. The women work
in the fields and the men stay
at home.
how long you Want to stay
and make your hotel reserva
tions accordingly for at the
end of your reserved period
somebody else will be waiting
to step into your quarters as
soon as you get out.
IN HONG KONG, the people
who have fled from com
munist China are called by
various names - "people of
no fixed abode," unemployed,
residents of an unnumbered
house, street sleepers, and so
on.
In Hong Kong's busy down
lown back streets, away from
the fashionable Nathan Road
shopping area, you see them
sleeping by t h e hundreds -under
arcades that fend off
the sun and rain, in discarded
packing crates, even right out
in the open. It's rough, but to
, their way of thinking, it's bet
. ter than life in communist
Cl'ina.
They aren't bums. They are
just toughing it out until they
can get a job - and to the
everlasting credit of Hong
Kong be it said, they find
. jobs of some sort with aston
ishing rapidity. They aren't
choosy. They will do ANY
kind of work that is available,
and in this amazing mush
room community that is one
of the present-day wonders of
the world - a community
where there is as yet NO auto
mation, where everything is
done by hand - a LOT of
work is available.
11HIS Hong Kong community
just has to be seen - it
can't be imagined. There are
many places where as many
as 2,000 people are living on
an acre of ground. It isn't un
common for as many as ten
people to share one bed. Ten
' people, of course, can't sleep
in one bed all at the same
time. They sleep in relays.
Somehow or other, they get
the bowl of rice that is a meal
for them.
Surprisingly soon, they find
a job. Some kind of job. ANY
kind of job. Wages are low.
But living costs-if you can
call it living-are low. And bet
ter jobs open up as higher
.skills are acquired.
These refugees are good
workers. They WANT TO
WORK. The acquire skills sur
prisingly soon. The products
they turn out are GOOD
products, in their way. They
aren't shoddy.
And
It all contributes to a low
cost economy. Because costs
are low, prices are low. The
low prices bring cutsomers.
The customers come from all
over the world drawn by the
magnet of good goods at low
prices. Hone Kong is now the
No. 1 tourist mecca of the
vast Pacific Basin. The hotels
are crowded with tourists ON
THE WAY. If you want to go
to Hong Kong, you must make
your reservations well in ad
vance. Otherwise, you won't
be able to get there. If you
want to STAY in Hong Kong,
vou must know in advance
T'HE scenery in this last little
corner of the once vast
British Empire in Asia is
beautiful. The life that is lived
here is unique and interesting.
The climate is pleasantly
warm at a time when in much
of the rest of the world the
weather is inclement.
But
Basically
It isn't the unique life of
Hong Kong that is drawing the
thousands upon thousands of
tourists from the rest of the
world. It isn't the climate of
Hong Kong that is bringing
the tourists in droves.
What is it?
It's the LOW PRICES, plus
glamorous and unusual merch
andise that is bringing the
crowds. Everybody takes a
tour, of course. Several tours,
probably. But on the Kowloon
side it is Nathan Road, which
is the center of the shopping
area, and on the Hong Kong
side it is the shops of the
city of Victoria's business dis
trict, that get the big crowds.
IiHE British crown colony of
Hong Kong has much to
interest the business men of
the rest of the world. It brings
out startlingly what good
merchandise at LOW PRICES
can do in the way of bringing
customers from all over the
world.
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Salem-iL'PD-Gov. Mark Hat
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paint green welcome mats on
highways at her borders to
help cash in on tourist traffic
en route to and from Seattle's
World's Fair.
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at any of 11 locations will get
this message in green: "Wel
come to Oregon." Traffic lanes
taking motorists out of Ore
gon will have painted mats
saying: "Hurry Back."
Special roadside plantings
are planned, too.
Hatfield said the welcome
mats are the first in a series
of events making up an ac
celerated program of industry
- tourist - convention attractions.
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national forest lands has be
come more important with
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est supervisor of the Umpqua
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There just isn't enough land
for each group of users to
have all they want. The mul
tiple use plan is administered
with the objective of provid
ing the "greatest good for
the greatest number of people
in the long run," he explained.
These users are limber busi
ness, watershed management,
soils, recreation, and wildlife
and range management.
The Umno.ua national forest
was named for the Umpqua
Indians and is about one mil
lion acres in size. covering the
headwaters of both forks nf
the Umpqua river and in the
north end includes drainages
which flow into the Willam
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The forest furnishes a wood
supply for a large number of
manufacturing plants which
in turn provide employment
to a substantial number of
residents in Douglas. Lane and
Jackson counties.
The iob of thp forest servirp
is to continue development of
the transportation svstpm nnri
to manage these wild lands
under the multiple use con
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IT'S AN ERA OF PRICE STABILITY
The unexpected boost in steel prices, now rescinded,
would not have set off a new inflation spiral. We are still
in a cycle of sustained price stability, a rarity in modern
times.
If the steel price hike had stuck and spread-by no means
a certainty in this era of fierce competition at home and
abroad - and if infuriated labor leaders now vow to fight
to the finish for big wage increases, the picture would
change. But this is not the outlook as of now. The pros
pect remains: a continuation of relative price stability.
A whole generation has been born, grown up, married,
begun raising new families in a period of relentlessly rising
prices. Inflation, mild or virulent, is all this generation
knows and stories of what it was like before World War II
are ancient history.
But the post-World War II inflation phase started fad
ing some time ago. In the past year, the cost of living, as
measured by the government's consumer price index, has
increased less than 1 per cent and in the past four years,
the rise in the prices of goods has been less than ZVi per
cent.
During these months, wholesale prices actually have
declined and for four years the government's wholesale
price index has held in an exceedingly narrow range.
Prices of many raw materials around the world are near
or at lhe lowest levels in a decade.
What are some of the less obvious implications of this?
One implications to the U.S. businessman is that he's
into the toughest battle of his life. No longer can he bail
out mistakes, cover up sloppy management, offset rising
labor costs by simply hiking the prices of goods he sells.
What Big Steel tried to do is not to be interpreted as
an indication of what other companies will dare do. Mar
ginal producers are facing almost certain death in this com
petitive phase. What is to happen to the inefficient manu
facturer or cash-shy retailer is signaled by the current fail
ure statistics, showing bankruptcies at the highest rate since
the depression 1930s.
At the same time, though, the stability of most raw
materials prices gives manufacturers a chance to concen
trate on top-notch productioi rather than on the problems
of price gyrations. The stability of wholesale prices gives
retailers a chance to concentrate on aggressive marketing
and better services rather than on speculating about price
swings. This is the way it was before the anything-gocs-at-any
price philosophy took over during World War II; this is the
way it is again.
One implication to investors is that it's going to be
harder to make money either in stocks or in real estate
or in land or in any other risk venture. Those who buy
slocks on lhe basis that inflation will push up prices
across the board as it did in lhe 1950s are in for some
rough shocks. A corporation's management, control of
costs, efficiency of operations, research into development
of improved or new products will make its stock "hot."
not inflation. This cycle will separate the men from the
boys in the investment sphere.
One implication to the thrifty American is that saving
in the traditional ways is going to pay off for the first time
in decades. Interest rates being paid on cash in savings
accounts are at the highs of this generation in areas from
coast to coast. Returns of 4Vi per cent and more can be
obtained on a savings nestegg far more than will be ab
sorbed by rising living costs or taxes. In this cycle, the
saver who docs it the easy way will conic out ahead.
These are only three of the less obvious implications.
To us all, as consumers of goods, the obvious message is
that we're back in a buyer's market and this market could
last a long time. We can buy as we need, confident we
won't be penalized if we return to prewar purchasing pat
terns. We can demand and expect to get increasing quality
in goods. We can shop around, bargain on prices of big
ticket items.
We have lived through so many years nf inflation that
the immediate reaction to the attempted steel price rise is
"here we go again." But this era of price stability has been
real; It isn't over yet.
Increases in Population
Stress Importance of
Multiple Use of Lands
to the most logical uses fcr
given areas and resources.
Besides the sale of timber
the forest service also made
22 other sales in 1961 for such
products as Christmas trees,
cones, cascara bark, and ferns.
Other Projects
The 5,700 acres of cutover
land were planted, 2.700 acres
seeded, 4,000 acres were gone
over for blister rust control,
and 60 acres of sugar pine and
white pine were chemically
treated.
Cultivating and other main
tenance work was done on the
seed orchard near Dorena
dam. Approximately 30 acres
have been planted to western
white, sugar and Ponderosa
pines and fenced. It is expect
ed this acreage will be dou
bled within the next two
years. It is anticipated the
Dorena Seed Orchard will be
come a centralized location
for most of the work on white
and sugar pine rust resistant
tree breeding in Oregon, Mil
ler explained.
Increased emphasis is being
placed on watershed manage
ment, because practically all
forest activities affect the two
basic resources, soil and wa
ter. Improvement in logging
and road construction tech
niques and practices are con
tinually being made to hold
soil in place.
A forest recreation plan is
being prepared for the Ump
qua, which will delineate in
detail the management and
development of recreation re
sources. This plan is expected
to be completed late this year.
Recreation Development
R e c r e a tion development
during 1961 included prepara
tion of a new campground at
Lemola lake called Poole
Creek camp which will be
open to the public for the
first time this summer. Poole
Creek campground will con
tain 20 family camp units and
an electric pumping sta t i o n
will furnish camp water. Wa
ter systems are also being in
stalled in Bogus creek, Eagle
Rock, and Fish lake camps.
Big game estimates by dis
trict rangers indicate 17,000
deer, 930 bear, and 250 elk
on the Umpqua national for
est. Miller said. The large
deer population has caused
damage to the newly planted
trees. Last year an either-sex
deer season was extended into
the Umpqua national forest for
the last two weeks of the deer
season. It is thought that this
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might be a move in the right
direction in controlling t h e
deer population and reducing
deer damage to reforestation
projects.
Some 573 cattle grazed a
total of 3,696 animal months
on the forest last year and
five stock water developments
were installed on cattle
ranges, he concluded.
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young man
in Holiday!
Our Pacific Northwest is even more exciting
today than when it captured the imagination
of frontiersmen years ago. This month, Holiday
tours our rugged land to get the inside story on
its vigorous surge forward. You'll visit lonely
places like Heceta lighthouse, which sits ghostly
white on Devil's Elbow. You'll dine 600 feet
above bustling Seattle in the incredible Space
Needle. You'll see magnificent views in more
than 15 full-color photographs. Portland . . ,
Arlington . . . Olympic Peninsula . . . Mt. Ranier
National Park . , . Juan de Fuca Strait . . .
Vancouver . . . Victoria . . . Garibaldi Provincial
Park. They're all in the May Holiday . . . and
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HOW OFTEN
DO YOU
PHONE
YOUR FOLKS?
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TELEPHONE QUIZ
YOU'LL DIAL LAUGHING!
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"No, sir. I haven't called my folks
since they sent me this awful hat."
(Bury the hat and the hatchet and give your
folks a ring. How about a peace feeler some
evening or on Sunday when the rates are lower?)
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"I only call Mummy when 1 have a
fight with that big rneanie I married."
(Your "Mummy" would like to hear what you
sound like without the sniffles. Call her when
you're happy and she'll shed tears ot joy!)
Aft
mar . rvr
" call my dear mother every hour on
the hour, seven days a week."
(You're overdoing it Space your calls so your
folks get a little sleep. They'll appreciate hearing
from you even more.)
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"Listen, I write lotsa' long letters
and send pictures of the kids, too."
(Fine. Write often. But give them a call long
distance occasionally, too. No pictures or long
letters can ever convey the friendly warmth of
hearing their grandchildren's voices.)
" call long distance on all national
holidays and Mother's birthday."
(Admirable! And very patriotic. But why not
call in-between just to share the news? It's the
next best thing to being there, people tell us.)
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" 7 wait and wait, my parents get
real worried and call me."
(Oh? Shouldn't you be doing the calling once
in a while? The rates are lower than you think,
and their budget could stand a boost, too.)
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"Why call now! We plan to have a
big family reunion here in 1965."
(Family reunions are fun! But to keep the family
together, why not have an interim family reunion
every few months by phone? It's easy, inexpen
sive, and you don't have to clean up afterwards.)
" call my folks about once a month
and on special occasions. Or just
when I feel like it."
(Ah, that's our girl! Your folks probably appre
ciate you as much as we do. Yours sounds like
very happy family - keep up the good work!)
CALL YOUR FOLKS TONIGHT. YOU'LL BOTH BE GLAD YOU DID.
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