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History from trie files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 30, 1953 (Friday)
Gov. Paul Patterson will be
the main speaker at the fourth
r-hamhpr of Commerce forum-
dinner Nov. 16 at the country
club.
Cattlemen of five counties will
meet here today in connection
with selection o( tne uatueman
of the Year from District 5.
20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 30, 1913 (Saturday)
Bob Watson scores all Med
ford points as Black Tornado
football team defeats Eureka, 13
to 0 in wet contest; win is "go
ing away" present for Mcdford
Coach Lome Arnold who is
scheduled to become physical
education director of Yankton
college.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Joe
Louis, heavyweight champion,
was here Friday and held forth
at Camp White. At one time
your correspondent was close
enough to kick him on the shins,
but thought better of it."
30 YEARS AGO
Oct. 30, 1933 (Monday)
Mrs. Oliver Overmeyer and
R. W. Frame head campaign to
get memberships for Mcdford
Gleemcn.
Frank Hull, general chairman
of Mcdford Community Chest
drive, speaks before Kiwanis
club.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 30, 1923 (Tuesday)
Dr. C. R. Kay scheduled to
arrive in Medford to sell out
Gold Hav property in Tolo area.
Commander C. Y. Tengwald
of Mcdford American Legion
post announced plans for 00
servance of fifth anniversary of
end of World War.
50 YEARS AGO
Oct. 30. 1913 (Thursday
Reginald H. Parsons of Hill
crest orchard leaves Medford
for month's visit in Seattle.
Bud Anderson, Medford, re
ceives "little credit" in Oakland,
Calif., for fifth round knockout
of Louis Recs, Los Angeles, in
lightweight boxing match.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. Is Flickcrtail Slate the nick
name of Wyoming, North Dako
ta, or Idaho?
2. Do cranberry growers de
termine the quality of their crop
by ils color, or bounce?
3. Addis Ababa is the capital
of which country?
4. The husband of a female
soverign is called what?
5. Into what sea docs the Dan
ube River flow?
6. Name the first Negro ever
to pilch in a baseball World
Series.
7. Which two composers are
most famous for fugues?
8. What transaction was nick
named Seward's Folly?
9. In what book is the proverb
found, "A house divided against
itself cannot stand"?
10. For which fall (lower is
mum a nickname?
Answers: 1. North Dakota. 2.
fticimie. X Ethiopia. 4. Prince
VtrM!l. . black Sua. , Satchel
filH. 1 Umh Ut tlBrUlul. ft.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 39, 1963
Au H2O
Oregon Republicans went slightly ga-ga over
Senator Barry Goldwater at the party's regional
conference in Eugene and were somewhat less
enthusiastic about Governor Nelsori Reckefeller.
The fact that Oregon Republicans are so en
thused about Barry is one of a series of events
that indicate they are, as a party, pushing
further into extremism and farther away from
the mainstream of the voters.
Among the other events was the departure
from the party earlier this year of veteran leg
islator Sam Wilderman, who became disenchant
ed with the controls exerted by right-wingers
over the party s destinies.
And almost as if they were trying to prove
that Wilderman was correct, the Multnomah
County Republicans last
wing extremist as their
WE DID not attend
gene: our impressions of it are based on
the televised speeches of the two candidates
and on press dispatches. But this is just about
as close as the average voter gets to the candi
dates anyhow. 1
On the basis of their TV appearances it is
difficult to understand why our state's Repub
licans favor the Arizona senator over the New
York governor. Although they appeared sepa
rately, there was a sharp contrast in the elec
tronic image.
Rockefeller came through as more capable,
vigorous and articulate. To some degree he
dealt in positive specifics.
Goldwater, by comparison, seemed tired,
worn and uncertain. The tone of his speech was
one of negative vagueness. His attempts at humor
reminded one of a second-rate comedian. How
ever, his partisan audience responded to his sal
lies at humor with frequent bursts of applause.
HIS REFUSAL to accept Rockefeller's debate
V a 1 1nn era 1 nfliiaf cxA Vi a la si Is-a i;l.af fVi a Knv.
ing fraternity refers to
seeing the two of them
plain that Goldwater s dodgng of a debate was
politically shrewd. He evidently remembers what
TV debates did to Dick
As a number of political pundits have pointed
out, Goldwater's popular appeal has derived
much of its foundation from the fact that he lives
in a simple world. His remedies for solving com
plicated domestic and international issues and
political problems are simple, pat formulas.
These have an immediate appeal to people grown
weary of trying to understand all the subtle com
plexities of modern life.
Goldwaterisms that appeal to the frustrated
and the simple-minded include: Get the U.S.
out of the U.N.; abolish the income tax; bomb
Cuba; give America back to the businessman;
outlaw the union shop, etc.
OOWEVER, since becoming a presidential
candidate, Goldwater has been trying to
hedge his previous extreme position on many
issues so as to make himself more palatable to
more voters. It is causing him no little discom
fiture to have discerning observers compare what
he has haid in the past with what he is saying
now in his effort to make the metamorphosis
from caterpillar to butterfly.
Goldwater is no demagogue of the Huey
Long and Joe McCarthy stripe. He isn't smart
enough. But he might become one under the
manipulation of Machiavellian advisors.
For proof of Goldwater's inability to grasp
the complexities of a problem and come up with
a workable solution, try looking up the legisla
tion he has authored in 11 years in the Senate.
There is none. And even the department store
in Phoenix was not his creation; he inherited it.
In the wake of the current Goldwater
groundswell many thoughtful citizens are becom
ing concerned almost to the point of alarm, about
the prospect of having Goldwater in the White
House.
THESE people disagree with those political
professionals who regard the merchant of
Phoenix as the Republican who'd be the weak
est opponent for President Kennedy in 1915-1.
While we can appreciate their concern, we
really can't take too seriously a man who feels it
necessary to rent a Univac brain machine to de
termine what he thinks on the burning issues of
the day. Goldwater recently did that to help
sort out his own contradictory statements on
various issues.
If his Oregon TV appearance is any indica
tor, we think Goldwater will, like many unla
niented picture tube personalities, succumb to
overexposure.
Then, perhaps, we'll see a realization of the
political slogan about Goldwater that we like
best, namely;
Rack to the store in '(54. j
Vacation
Patrick worked hard, saved his money and
finally took a long vacation in Hawaii. But in
the midst of his vacation Patrick had a heart
attack and died.
At the funeral home, two neighbor ladies
were exclaiming over their deceased friend.
"Doesn't Patrick look rested? said one.
"Yes," murmured the other. "The trip cer
tainly did nun a world or
$
in Oregon
week elected a right-
chairman.
the GOP confab at Eu-
as "moxie." But, after
in juxaposition, it is
Nixon.
Oregon Labi)!' Press
good.
CaUVolle Dl-rfj
I G-iVrf J
"You miss a vital point, young man. We cannot 'give'
anything. The constitution gives them their rights and
they are there to he taken!"
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paper, in fact the contrary Is often the case.
Word of Gciil
To the Editor: I have just
read that a minister believes
the story of Babel is "neither
a scientific nor a historically
true account of the origin of
different languages. That it is
a legend.
In Deut. 32:8, when the Most
High divided to the nations their
inheritance, when he separated
the sons of Adam, he set the
bounds of the people according
to the number of the children
of Israel.
God segregated the nations
and races, before the flood but,
as today, men have disobeyed.
Noah and his wife were white
and so were his sons. But
Japheth had intermarried and
so had Ham. Shem married a
white woman. Japhath had mar
ried a yellow woman, Ham a
black. This preserved the yel
low and black strains in the
Ark, and brought them through
the flood.
Gen. 11:1 says, "and the
whole earth was of one lan
guage, and of one speech." The
ninth verse, "Therefore is the
name of it called Babel; be
cause the Lord did there con
found the language of all the
earth and from thence did the
Lord scatter them abroad upon
the face of all the earth."
Doesn't this minister believe
the word of God? God did start
segregation.
"But as the day of Noah
were" (Matt. 24:37) so have
men of today disobeyed.
Mrs. Donald Turnbough,
Route 1, Box 79F,
Jacksonville, Ore.
Are We Ready
To the Editor: Once again the
little man from Ethiopia has de
livered his message to a world
of war-like nations who profess
a desire for peace, yet are arm
ing for destruction. Once again
he plead for the underprivileged
African nations, and that they
be not deprived of their natural
resources and that they be al
lowed their own rights to deter
mine their form of government.
The first warning came from
tne emperor, Halle helassi. in
.936. when he protested .he rape j
of his country by Mussolini with
his Legions from Rome. As he
stood before the nations of the
League, assembled, and assum
ing that they were Christians,
plead with them in the name of
Christ to call off the butchery
of his people, whom had harm
ed no one.
He warned Ihem also of a
swift retribution in their failure ;
to comply. Two major wars fol- j
lowed close upon their decision. I
Are those things mentioned in i
Scripture Positively! Read,
horn in the IHth chapter 0
L a.ah. "All ye inhabitants of
the world and dwellers on the
earth, see ye. when he liftelh ;
up an ensign on (he mountains:
and when he bloweth a trumpet. 1
hear ye. For so the Lord said 1
unto me. I will lake my rest."
(Isa. 18:3-4.1 i
The Jew is returned to .lorn-;
.-.,..... I''i'n- - "I -..,; in-
pared for the Zion. above
The Seventh Angel has been
sounding since that time (Rev.
10:6-7). God is not tired, physi
cally, but is tired of sin and sin
ners and the instiuator of all
rebellion, tne Devil and Sa-
lan, ana 1 nnsi is soon in come
to put an everlasting end lo this
world as we now know il.
He will save those that are
trusting in Him and will destroy
them that have taken another
course.
Friends, are we ready every
moment of the time '
James Williams
P. O. Box 441
Jacksonville, Ore.
Todav'g Teenagers
To the Editor: Weil, here I
am again, this time backing
Terry Bowles and his commit
tees for a Teonage Center.
I tun Mr a lot f yM, hoik
strengly as we r i
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD.
Teenage Center, so let's come
out and show them some sup
port.
Their meetings are being held
Thursdays at 4 p.m., Room 14,
Medford Senior High School.
And on Wednesday, Nov. 13, a
meeting will be held at the City
Hall. So please come and help
us support our group 01 teen
agers. They are striving for a Teen
age Center in Medford. Listed
below are few incidentals that
Terry and his group are very
much interested in.
1. Adults and teenager back
ing.
2. Adult supervision.
3. A building would be nice.
4. Financial help.
5. Moral support and boosters.
Let's get in and show them
that today's teenagers are won
derful. Their first money rais i n g
project will be held Saturday in
Medford at different locations.
Look for their signs. This is to
be a cake, cookie, pie, etc.,
sale.
By the way, anyone interested
in donating pastries listed
above, or Saran wrap, pie plates
or cash donations, I will be per
sonally responsible to see that
it is given to Terry or his com
mittees. You may mail dona
tions to my address listed be
low, or call 772-4462, 773-5580 or
773-3591.
Thank you for reading and
helping. Let's see our teenagers
reach their goal!!
Irene S. Kennedy
1417 Johnson St.
Medford.
New Device
To the Editor: The following
should be of interest to your
reading public.
Now being marketed through
franchised agents on a lease
basis, is a new fluoridation de
vice. Designed for simple installa
tion in the main water service
line of a residence, the leased
device will include continuous
maintenance at a figure now
set at $3.75 per month.
1 he issue of fluoridation which
T, " T ' T
a very great "bone of conten
tion." This device poses resolu
tion by assuring the citizens
right of personal choice.
Developed and tested over a
five year period, it is reported
ly approved by the U.S. Health
Service.
Ken Maver
817 Broad St.
Medford.
Hillmvcon
To he E;,ior. Thf. ,
written by mv son. is his own
idea and composi,ion No hc,
Mc , n.i(n . P
Po,.haps some o( vour $
rea(ors wolld ,ike (0 read i(
jrs 11 Krueger
'ox i-j
Eagle Point Ore
o
Boo. Boo, Boo. said the gob-
ijn. Rattle goes the spook. Trick
or treat, say the kids and thev
get ennriv
We have fun on Hal-
lowocn I
too
hope you have fun
I'm a spook. What are you?
When you get through going to
the houses why don't you give
some candy to other kids?
The old black cat is sittinc on
the fence. The Jaek-o-lantern is i
ail lit up
Meet me in a space suit or
a clown suit.
Philip Krueger
Eagle Point, Ore.
1 eight years old,
third grade)
Wasted on Frills
To the Editor: First, I want
to thank you for being fair
enough to let us all be heard
concerning this tax mess. I
don't think the state officials
really fear the people so much J
because they know how to han
dle most of them.
They say now, "As long as
rtu public keeps dflmading
OREGON
Foreign Policy Is Now Based on
Ability To
By
PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreljn News
Analyst
A world which for years
based its foreign policy on the
Soviet Union's ability to make
war now finds itself in the
midst of a curious reversal.
Lord Home and ffi
His Birth Defect
By Arthur Hoppe V. j
WILTON PARK, England
The burning question in English
public life today is: Does the
new Prime Minister have the
grit and fortitude to overcome
the one overwhelming handicap
to his leadership of the British
people? Namely the fact that
he was the 14th Earl of Home.
Personally, I doubt that,
strive though he may, he will
ever be able to rise above it.
For you know as well as I the
deep-rooted feelings the British
have toward the aristocracy,
their hereditary leaders the
deep-rooted feeling that they
aren't fit to lead.
Oh, I know Lord Home has re
nounced his title. But will the
public forget? Certainly the loy
al opposition won't. "A peer for
Prime Minister!" Labor party
spokesmen are chortling. "It
will cost the Conservatives a
million votes."
So while you must admire Mr.
Macmillan's hire-the-handicap-ped
policy it looks bad for the
Conservatives for flying in the
teeth of tradition a tradition
up-dated and modernized in the
new 19th Century English novel
I just wrote entitled: "Wither
ing Roots." It follows.
Pamela, the beautiful scullery
maid was sculling culls in the
scullery, her sweet beauty ra
diating from her pure soul,
when there crept up behind her
like the sly cur he was, Lord
Robert of Edward, the 147th
Duke of East Twyckham. His
face a mad mask of passion,
he attempted to seize her.
"Here, now!" cried our Pam
ela, dropping her cull sculler in
pretty confusion. "Keep your
hands to yourself, you. . . you. . .
you 147th Duke of East Twyck
ham, you!"
"Oh, Pamela," sobbed the
young Duke, dropping to his
knees. "Forgive me. I forgot
my station. But can you not
forget the defect I was born
with? Was it my fault my fa
ther was the 146th Duke of East
Twyckham? And that I was
doomed from conception to be
a member of the aristocracy?
Oh, say that you can overlook
this blot upon my escutcheon.
Oh, say that you will marry
me."
"Marry the likes of ?" sneer
ed our Pamela. "Ha, ha. 1 have
my pride. And I will never mar
ry a man who was not born to
be a leader!"
"But I will renounce my ac
cursed title!"
"People would remember."
"But we will fly away across
the sea to America and 1 will
adopt my plain old family
name."
"What's that?"
"Plain old Bobby or Teddy
more services it will have to
pay more taxes." But, the pub
lic keeps demanding less spend
ing, which naturally means, less
unnecessary services, "not
more." These stubborn offi
cials refuse to see where the
tax money is being wasted the
most. An unreasonable sum is
being wasted on unnecessary
and unedticational (rills
throughout the state in public
schools. They remind me of
cats, they have to have their
noses rubbed into the mess be
fore they can understand what's
wrong.
It's true that the state legis
lators shall lew sufficient taxes
to cover all appropriations it
makes. But. it's also true that
their obligation is to first give
the people what they want.
They are supposed to be the ser
vants of the people, not the ser
vants of college presidents,
school boards, big businesses or
any other pressure groups.
There's too many cooks who are
spoiling the broth.
If there must be a vote on
nmnthinn thon Ipf it h in o
if the nonnle want tn keen Ihese !
big spenders in their jobs to run
the people instead of the state
government. And it no clear
picture emerged from the over-
whelming defeat of the legis-
lature's tax measure, then we
haven't got the right men to !
handle the job of running the
state's business for the people, j
And the people are not all so I
stupid lo let them take the tax i
money from their left pocket
instead of from their right
pocket. We could say. "It's the
same thing, only different."
John P. Gascon
Route 1, Box 310B
Central Point, Ore. .
Make Peace, Instead
Policy makers now must con
sider the Soviets' ability to
make peace. The question is a
matter of serious debate and
already has had an effect
on U.S. relations with the U.S.
SR.
. For example, except for the
present seeming cold war thaw,
it scarcely seems conceivable
that the United States ever
would have considered lifting
its embargo and seriously nego
tiating with the Soviet Union for
Kennedy."
"I'll go," said Pamela.
And they lived happily ever
after, first in the Senate, then in
the Justice Department, then in
the White House.
Which all goes to show you
how times change. In Britain
these days, they've got aristo
cratic families who can't rule.
But in America we've got rul
ing families who can't be aris
tocrats. Because in Washington these
days it was never truer that a
man's family name doesn't
mean a thing. So long, that is,
as it isn't Kennedy.
Personnel Moves
At Star Noted
APPLEGATE VALLEY-Pete
Neyhart from Gifford Pinchot
National Forest, Lewis River
Wash., accepted a position at
Star Ranger station this month
as highway engineer.
At the same time Wayne Sed-
wick from the Quinault District
of Olympic National Forest be
came a member of the staff as
a forestry technician under re
source management.
Werner Bruckner is expected
to arrive this week from Penn
sylvania to become a forester
on the staff at Star, succeeding
Don Perala, who inlisted in the
Air Force.
Other new members of the
staff include John Kaiser, tim
ber management assistant, who
came here from Bly, Ore., in
the Freemont National Forest,
where he held the same position,
and Rodney Strahm, highway
engineer. Strahm is a graduate
of Oregon Sate university and
worked on dam locations in
California last summer.
Others leaving Star recently
are Logan Evans, resident en
gineer, who is with Ford Borth
ers in road construction at
Grants Pass.
Robert Reider, engineer, was
transferred to ProsDect District
of the Rogue River Forest dur-
ing the summer.
Sports Development
Application Denied
PORTLAND (UPI) - Appli
cation for a winter-sports de
velopment inside the Mt. Jeffer
son Primitive area on the east
ern slopes of Three Fingered
Jack has been denied by the
u. b. forest Service.
Regional Forester J. Herbert
Stone said resorts, roads and Bravery or cowardice are more
mechanized equipment are ex-la matter of childhood exper
cluded from primitive, wilder-: lences tnan an indication of
ness and wild areas of the Na- baslc character,
tional Forests. j Humanity has always respect-
The application for the winter ed physical courage, but high
sports development was made
by Western Star Development
Co.. Salem.
Proposal for reclassification
of the Primitive Area to Wild
Area status was announced by
the Forest Service in August.
School Custodian
Salary Tops That
Of New York Mayor
NEW YORK (UPD-The sal
ary of a Brooklyn high school
custodian last year topped that
of Mayor Robert F. Wagner, it
was reported Tuesday.
Eugene E. Hult, superintend
ent of design, construction and
nhvsiea n ant for New York!"""-" " "" ut'eii munu mat aui.uuu Kilograms. A Kilogram is
Citv. identif ed the hiBh-nnced
janitor as D. Paul Bishop, 66.
Hult said Bishop made $53,000
as against $50,000 for Wagner.
The onlv public official in the
nation with a higher salary is
the president.
Hult said it was reported last
week that Bishop supervisor of
a 15-member janitorial staff at
Bushwick High School made
$43,695. However, a d 0 u b 1 e
check of the contract arrange
ments revealed the higher fig
ure. A special commission appoint
ed by Gov. Nelson A. Rockefel-;
ler has been investigating the,
nign cost 01 custodian an as 1
the sale of $250 million worth
of wheat.
Wheat long has been on the
list of strategic materials
banned for sale to a potential
enemy.
And in the United States it
has aroused debate whether
such a sale and a revision of
U.S. trade policies furthers the
cause of peace or simply tides
the Soviet Union over an emer
gency from which it can emerge
to press still harder the cause
of aggressive world commu
nism. Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
tc) Field Enterprises. Inc.
KINDS OF COURAGE
In a recent issue of the Atlan
tic Monthly, I was interested in
reading an interview with Stir
ling Moss, the pre-eminent rac
ing driver of our time.
Among other things, Moss con
fessed that his great courage on
tne tracK does not extend to oth
er activities; for instance, he
would under no circumstances
dive from a 30-foot board into the
water, even though he "knew1
the water was deep enough and
sate enougn tor the dive.
We tend to do with the word
"courage" what we do with the
word "intelligence" we assume
that it is indivisible, when ac
tually there are many different
kinds of courage and many dif
ferent kinds of intelligence.
And those who possess one
special kind of courage or in
telhgence tend to think that
those who lack it (even though
possessing some other kind) are
wholly without the virtue.
Physical courage, for exam
ple, is most admired in our so
ciety; yet a good case could
be made out that not only are
there differing forms of phys
ical courage, but also that
there may be superior kinds
of courage that make the
physically brave man look like
a coward,
I was imprssed some years
ago listening to the rcbroad
cast of a BBC talk given by
Gen. Sir William Slim, former
commander-in-chief of the Al
lied Land Forces in South East
Asia, in which he began by
saying that "Moral courage is
a higher and rarer virtue than
physical courage."
He went on to point out that
no other army has ever pos
sessed "massed physical cour
age" as the Japanese did. The
Japanese generals, he added,
shared their men's physical
bravery, but lacked moral
courage. "Thus, we played on
this weakness and destroyed
their armies."
Moral courage must be taught,
he said, because so few, if any
! have it naturally, and "most
men with moral courage learned
it by precept and example in
their youth." The outstanding
impression of courage he car
ried away from the retreat from
Burma in 1942 "was that of In
dian women refugees, and not
of the fighting man."
One man fears heights, anoth
er speed, and still another wa
ter. One man will make the
most heroic attack and then
faint if a hypodermic needle is
! P'unsed into his arm. Physical
1 moral courage usually meets
with contempt or martyrdom
in its own time. How many men
have been "brave" in an unjust
war simply because they lacked
the moral courage to resist the
force of public opinion?
turned up several instances of
where custodians made more
than $40,000 yearly.
About 50 custodians have
been subpoenaed for Question-
i ln
the investigation in I
,tBM man.v Janitors earnea
at least $25,000 last year.
Although the custodians have
to pass civil service tests, they
are independent contracts who!
receive a flat sum to clean the
j schools. The amount includes
I salaries for helpers and for
equipment, lne contracts keep
the rest as salaries. About 850
custodians are under contract I
to the city.
The Board of Education ex
pects to begin negotiations Fri
day to readjust the amounts
paid for school cleaning and to
provide a limitation of about
$25,000 for the annual salary of
a cusioaian,
USSR's
of War
Less directly related but a
factor is the same question in
the reaction of West Germans
to the successful airlift of an
entire U.S. division to Ger
many. Despite U.S. reassur
ances to the contrary, it
aroused in Germans the fear
that the U.S. intends to reduce
its troop strength in Europe. .
Timing And Intent
Involved in the Soviets' abil
ity to make peace are matters
both of timing and intent.
On the matter of timing, it is
noteworthy that Soviet foreign
policy took on a greater degree
of caution immediately after
the Cuban crisis just a year
ago this month.
The question of intent is even
more important.
In the present thaw, did Ni
kita Khrushchev jump or was
he pushed?
The evidence is that he was
pushed, despite the fact that co
existence with the West has for
years been a proclaimed Soviet
policy.
Devious and secretive as are
the ways of communism, its
practitioners often are amazing
ly frank in discussions of inter
nal difficulties.
And recent discussions in So
viet publications indicate Soviet
planners expect Russian diffi
culties to get worse before
they get better.
Points Up Troubles
Khrushchev's announcement
of the Soviet Union's withdraw
al from the moon race has been
taken as a measure of the
country's economic difficulties.
Russian grain harvests are
estimated at between 15 and 20
per cent below average. New
dust bowls are threatened as
result of a policy which ordered
grasslands plowed up for plant
ing. Fertilizer and irrigation
programs will take years to
implement.
These are factors which
"pushed" Khrushchev into his
present position. They are no
measure of intent, and are but
momentary in any measure of
the Soviet desire to make
peace. 1
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
From Washington the other
day:
A license for export of 30,000
LONG TONS of corn to Hungary
has been granted by the Com
merce Department. This is the
first export license granted for
shipment of grain to Eastern
European nations since Presi
dent Kennedy approved the sale
of subsidized farm products to
the Soviet bloc a couple of weeks
ago.
QUESTION:
How much corn is that in
terms of bushels?
WELL, in this case the Com
merce Department figured
it out for us.
It says that 30,000 LONG
TONS of corn come to 1,200,000
bushels, valued at $1,929,384.
Dividing the dollars by the
bushels reveals that the price
obtained for the corn is about
$1.60 per bushel.
So that's that.
OUT
D
Suppose you were a Midwest
corn farmer, on a rather large
scale, and some foreign buyer
came along and made you an
offer of $1,929,384 for 30,000
LONG TONS of corn.
Just how would you go about
finding out HOW MUCH PER
BUSHEL the offer represented?
VOU'D have quite a job
of
research ahead of you.
First you would discover that
there are several kinds of tons.
pOR example:
" The ton is a measure of
weight and capacity in the Eng
lish system, upon which our sys
tem is based. In both Britain
and the United States, the ton
is equal to 20 hundredweight.
But
In Britain, the hundredweight
is equal to 112 pounds. So the
British ton is equal to 2,240
pounds. In America, the hun
dredweight is equal to 100
pounds. So our ton is equal to
2,000 pounds.
In practice, the 2.000 pound
ton is called a SHORT ton. The
.240 pound ton is called a LONG
ton.
THEN
Thero is fh MTTTRIf tnn
The metric ton is equal to
a unit 01 mass and weignt in
! the metric svstem. It is eaual
to 1.000 grams, or about 2.2
; pounds.
So-
A metric ton is approximately
2.200 pounds, give or take a
few grams.
THE point?
It
is this:
If you start selling your corn
or your wheat or your barley
in terms of tons instead of
bushels, you will want to be
very sure indeed just what kind
of tons you are dealing with.
Otherwise, you may lose your
shirt.
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