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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1920)
tJTT' .! -IV KBSOAY, BUTT. M, 1M' fflE EVENING HstRALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON paom iwm .jit nr i The Evening Herald 9. 9. MCBBAY VBBB IOOLI CM Mate rahUahed daily, mnt Sunday. i ffM Herald Paellshtag Company ol Faua, at ill Fourth Btreac. Bateeed at tha aoetoBeeat Klam ath falls, Ore., for transmission thru Mw ssalla aa second-class matter. BUSMBER OP THE A88OCIATKD PHHMS The AMoclatcd Frees Is exclusively aatltled to the dm for republication at all news dispatches credited to It. or not otherwise credited In this paper, and also the local newt pub lished herein. WKDNKHDAY, SKIT. 83, 1020 m OF mm L IMS Franklin K. Lane, former secre tary of the Interior, today Issuod a statement, making public a sum mary of what he calls "the first comprehensive, carefully-made and approximately accurato picture of In dustrlal, atrlcultural, financial and political conditions throughout the United 8Utes." It discovers In the foreground, he says, that both major political parties have overlooked the greatest Issue la the public mind, which Is tha, cost ol living. It also shows, ha states, that the country Is on a sound eco nomic basis, with the wave of extra vagance subsiding, saving Increasing, wholesalers and retailers optimistic over the winter outlook, and a grow lag disposition for hard work, al though the Individual productivity of labor Is not yet showing much evi dence of Increase.. Mr. Lane's statement summarizes survey made through 900 field rep raseatatlves of the Fidelity asd De- eeit company of Maryland aad'eov n every section of the country. Maaufaeturers, merchants, chambers f commerce, bankers, lawyers, buil asB men and farmers were questloa- s n me eiion 10 mirror ine imme diate economic and political situation aid obfalm a coaseasus of representa tive opinion as to the future. The replies vfrom all localities were made simultaneously by telegraph. In a, preface to his analysis of the survey, Mr; Lane says: "With the presidential election but slxjveeks away and the winter rapid ly apprdchlng many thoughtful people stand hesitant and undecided, having difficulty because of the gen eral lack of knowledge of business conditions outside their own locality or Interests. The general tendency baa been to see what the next man thinks, with the uncomfortable feel ing that his guess Is no better than another's. I believe, for , 'this reason, the picture, presented In the tabulat ed analysis made by the Fidelity and, Deposit company, Is of interest to every business man and other voter. While It Is not, of course, perfect in detail and exact in prophecy, it Is at clear and valuable a conspectus of present conditions as can be gath ered." least felt by the south Atlantic stntos. "Although labor la costing still mora than It did last year, 'It appar ently is producing no mere. Wages havo advanced from 10 to 60 per cent In the Hat IS months and yet nowhere Is there reported Increase In productivity per man. I am not ex pecting that the cost of labor will fall off oven In the worst of ttmea to Its pro-war stage, for' I believe that the real differential between directing labor and manual labor will never again be aa great aa It has been, "So far as the distribution of labor Is concerned, the situation nationally appears to be well equalised. A shortago of labor Is found only In the mtddlo and south Atlantic states and this Is largely of unskilled worker. In tho rest of the country tho demand and supply appear balanced. Only In somo sections of tho middle At lantic states Is any unemployment reported and this Is In certain of tho skilled trades, chfotly tho bulfdlng and. shipbuilding trades. "An Important disclosure of tho surrey Is the seriousness of tho hous ing situation. In many of tho .larger Industrial centers where tho shortage has been moat acute; the luTostlia tlon haa disclosed building operations to be decreasing Instead of Increas ing. "The call for buildings comes loud est from the most essential places of manufacture, rather than from the retail centers, and Is for low-priced dwellings. Dutldlng construction Is Increasing in New England, bat the bulk of the construction la ot fac tories, warehouses and stores. New York, Pennsylvania and most of the other great Industrial atatea of the east and middle west show a falling off In building operations. There la Improvement In the housing situation In suothem and Pacific coast Indust rial centers, with special emphasis on, the. erect Ion of workmen's homes. "in no section or mo country aid the Investigators find sentiment In favor of government ownership of the railroads; and everywhere better transportation conditions are reported. - -aw -a- -a- -Sv -a. . - W W W V v fl Quality and Strhe Without Extravagance Service Our Motto " ANDROSS-GLOVER Style Shop Corner Main and 7th 707 Main St m4;4 Our Aim it to Inspire,'. Suggest and Guide toward the Attainment of Perfection in Dress I 4 M 'V 'J'. ' Tk- '. -;. ,; ,. IHHiKatvllH Mm -:'& :-'-fr.. rr-r" 'Agriculture Is generally recognis ed as the backbone of the country,, and tbo farming situation Is excel lent! from, no section has an unfavor able report been received. "Our 'far mers appear everywhere to be In, too happy a mood to permit at this ilme th'e cynicism, 'the farmer la always grumbling. They are well supplied with funds from the sale of ,thla year's crops, but they are wise In that they know that more favorable mar keting conditions can bo created. '"The recent drop in grain pricwa is reported to, have bad no effect; ex cept In the Rocky mountain states. Farmers of Illinois, Indiana, Michi gan. Wisconsin and other central UUa ro withholding grain. "In the financial field, money Is tight. That may mean several things: first, that the people want money badly to put Into producing activities; second, that the banka at tempt Jo get whatever the traffic will bear, shearing close to the skin; third, that there is an Inadequate supply of money; or fourth, that those who have money lack confi dence. "There are other reasons, no doubt,' and among them that as the dollar now buys less than heretofore, people with money wish to charge more for tho service that money gives. No one can accurately say which of these causes Is the most important factor, I tint nrnlinhlv nil jnntrlhittA tn tha Under tho .heading of Industrial pregent Blluatlon. conditions. Mr Lane says: "Econom-1 ,.The teIcgraphIc wpilrt, from Ically. tho United States Is .shown tojovery MCt,on of , CQUntry ,, be better off than any other country, that tne bankg aro wo ,oaned in the world. There Is no evidence aIthough money , avallab,e ,n tbe of idleness. Our people havo the BSt ,. wn,rn, ,,,.,,.,. , ,, opportunity to work and aro at work... 8 er cent ,,..., The ,.,. "There Is no shortage of raw ino-.lwost, nocky mountain and Pacific tenai sumcient to curtail production states report the hlghpst Interest reported from any. cf tho nlno geo-' rates, averaging from 8 to 10 per graphical districts into which the'eont, and In the mountain district as country was divided for tbo purpose high as 12 per cent. ' of the survey. Only In tho district "Thero Is Breat oncouragement. including Minnesota, the Dakotag. howover. to bo drawn from tho fact Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Wiscon-.that in only ono of tho nine goo stn Is there evidence of a lack of1 graphical divisions, tho Itocky rooun orders. New England Industries re- tain, has thore been n decrease In port a number of cancellations, but 'bank deposits during tho last alx there, as elsewhere, manufacturers' months. While the general Increase Owing to the great demand for the smart garments that were on disolav at our Fashion Show Saturday. September 18, we feel that many were disappointed at not being able to secure one or more garments. For this reason we made haste to wire our buyer to rush to us 150 smart dresses. As this goes to press we are unpacking some of them and they will be on display in our beautiful show rooms THURSDAY MORNING, at 9 O'CLOCK. COME EARLY Andross-Glover Style Shop CORNER MAIN AND 7TH are well filled with calls for their products "Transportation conditions are Ira-, proving everywhere and u substan tial reduction In the freight car shortago la reported In every district ' except la the Rocky Mountain states, la the southwest and In the district Including Kentucky, Tennessee, Ala bama and Mississippi, although an Improvement Is noted in tbijatter district. "A shortage of coal and tho, failure of labor to Increase Individual pro- ducltvlty appear Ao be the only two unfavorable aspects In the Immedlaio Industrial situation. The Rocky mountain and, Pacific states report a sufficient supply of fuel. All other lUMsjttoMfat. to eouatry .are feeling tha shortage, hut it la apparently Includes corporation deposits, indi vidual savings accounts show a more marked improvement everywhere This seems to show clearly that tho orgy of spending and extravagant Is over. .' "Discounting of bills by Industrial concerns Is universally reported. Ex cept In tbo middle Atlantic, south western and Pacific ccast states, manufacturers appear to be ca'rrylng large amounts of customers' paper. "The country does not II ko the present taxation system. Tho excess profits tax is in bad favor every where. Opinion is divided, however, as to a substitute. In tbo east and control west; sentiment runs strongly for a sales tax, but elsewhere, opinion as tp a substltutejls dlvJdL "We are uot yet masters of the art of distribution ot products. Tho fact that the farmers uniformly report a dealre for some co-operative method by , which their products can be" brought to consumers means that thla problem is of the greatest Im Im eortance: Dut It Is not for the far-- mcra' benefit primarily that auch a movement must quickly culminate In action. The consumer feels that somewhere between the farmer and himself, toe- much Is taken for a service of comparative Insignificance In contrast with that which the pro ducer himself renders. "The farmers apparently are not alone In desiring co-operative action. The survey shows opposition to co operative movementa only In the New England and Pacific coast districts. Sentiment Is divided In Ohio, Illinois and the other north central western statea, but favorable In tbo middle Atlantic,' tbe south central and south era states. Politically, tbe replies Indclste that It U .too early to tell what the outcome of tho November election will be. Three months ago, there was a strongor Republican sentiment than there appears to be now. The trend has been, and Is Republican. What It will be In November these gentlemen do not prophesy. "The large outstanding fact de veloped seems to be that tha great est Issue In tho public mind Is being overlooked by tho campaigners the high cost of living. I think this con clusion might well be Justified, but the blumo should not bo cast upon tho producer, and certainly tho far mer has not received his nharo of the wealth which he creutoa. "The cost cf living and foreign relations seem to bo the main (snuos. Taxation and Industrial relations also occupy a palco In the general political thought. Least Interest appearo to be shown In the railroad policy of the present administration, radical movements and prohibition. "It Is clear that tbe country Is on'a sound economic basis, and there Is generally a spirit of confidence in the future, regardless of the outcome of tbo election. "The' business outlook appears to be In, every section. Wholesalers anil retailera, view tho. fall and winter optimistically. The rotuller is find ing that the consumer Is looking for ward, without fear to the winter, and, his purchases from the wholesaler aro rounded upon this optimism. From tbo slmpto toller up through tho tradesman to tho Industry and the financier thero runs we con nected feeling of confidence," Two women's clubs conducted on i modern lines have rerently been formed la Deyrout, Syria, one of them composed entirely of Moslem yoang women. NTOKKX 1X)HK FRIDAY I. M. All local stores will be closed Fri day afternoon on account of tho nKlaroatb county fair, 21-23 -n: i ' r . NOTICK Thefit. Paul's Episcopal guild will b 'entertained at tho homo of Mrs. II., , Morlenson, at Tollcan City, Ttiartday,-; Heptombvr 23. AU"MJB bora are urged to bo present. i. . -.'. uj- B-BMJJi A classified Ad will soil It -: 1 -m J ARMY OF CANADIAN VETERANS NOW BACK IN RAILWAY WORK KT2ls?S4aLL. 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Many enterprises in Canada have done good work In tho ro-employment of returned soldlcri. Amnflv thorn the Canadian Pacific Railway holds j m tuiuuicuuui piuce, una company tin, n,uuB men into tno army, paid all volunteers six months' salary and promised every man a position of equal value to the one he left if he came back and applied for it. Of the 11,002 men who joined tho I Canadian, British or United States .armies. 1.100 wara MIH nr rtliul nf I wounds, 2,088 were wounded -and mQAieuz JtuBrtteXjioksL. went In tha company's servlca were Lieut. It. N. Stuurt. Jcu 1 1 placed upon the payroll, not at the Reserve, now second 'offlr ,.r .J oio sawry, out at a better salary "Empress of Franco" of the Cm. than the previous one to meet the adian Pacific Ocean Service, St Wweased cost of living. Whsn tha the commanderiTf n BHtiii, m". tery ship" which went to sea dis-i gulsed as a tramo steamshln with. l7SrJ?OB. iVoa were wounaia-ana conauct 7,008 who applied for re-instate-1 Medals. hoys came, back preference was given to them for all new open- iuk. aim ktfi.c wno nau not oeen employed previously by the com pany were given regular Jobs, mak Ing'a total of 1830 returned sol dlers now in the railway's servlse, Or about one-fifth of the entire payroll. Of ihm 900fl MmtiUii,.! arm won medals and decorations, Nota bio among them were two men who won the Victoria Cross. 18 who orougnt nome tne uroix de Guerre, one' the Leirlon of Hnnnr. 17 h D t ngu shed Service Order, throo pitlngulshed Service Crosses, 54 Military Crosses. 47, Distinguished Conduct Usdaia and 180 Military a dummy gun at her stern. Stuurt f Jet a submarine torpedj him, Ms! "nanle nartv" tnnV .1,. i." l.'V fciniic hnZ" !cav,nK ,hlm """ raw men aboard, and when tho uul. 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