TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. JULY
CHEESE SITUATION IN
THE EAST
Prospect of Markets Being Over­
stocked—Foreign Shipments Stop
less in England as they are in Ameri­
ca), had played sad havoc with the
consumers' purse by charging the
most exhorbitant prices (presumably
in consequence of the war and they
played this for all it was worth, the
same as the retailers are now doing in
this country.) So, at the end of the
opening of the new season, it was de­
cided to reverse the order of things
and to start out by fixing the maxi­
mum selling price at retail, which was
made 16 pence (about 32 cents our
money), and then to regulate upward
the position of the jobber and the
wholesaler in turn. By this changed
order of things the importer was
eliminated because the Government,
commandeering all the cheese arriv­
ing in Englond after May 29th, be­
came the sole importer of the article,
as well as the principal wholesaler.
When the maximum wholesale price
was placed at 160 to 162 shillings
last November, the position of the
different middlemen was arranged as
follows; an importer must sell to the
wholesaler but could not sell to
another importer, except at cost; the
wholesaler must sell to the jobber
but could not sell to another whole­
saler except at cost; the jobber must
sell to the retailer but could not sell
to another jobber except at cost.
This classifying of the handlers of
the product made speculation iji the
article impossible.
At the opening of the new season
this year, the English Government
commandeered the exportable quan­
tity of Canada’s output during the
war, and a Canadian Commission was
appointed to regulate the prices the
government would pay for it. There
was a most vexatious delay in arriv­
ing at the maximum price the Gov­
ernment would pay which caused
considerable inconvenience and loss
to the regular Canadian exporters.
When the maximum prices were fin­
ally established which were 21)4c.
for Firsts, 21J4c. for Seconds, and
20^c. for Thirds, it threw the trade
in Montreal into a great state of ex­
citement. Exporters that had former­
ly been accustomed to handle the
cheese product of Canada, found their
occupation was gone, and the only
thing left for them to do in handling
cheese after this, was to secure cheese
from factory men as best they could
so as to sell the same to the govern­
ment at this range of prices, and it
has resulted in a very poor business
to these former exports, as they have
been forced to pay factorymen at
their doors 20(4c. to as high as 21
Since these cheese have to be freight­
ed into Montreal, paraffined, each
box strapped with iron hooping, and
delivered to the steamer that the gov-
eminent might designate for its ship-
ment, it will thus be seen
tliat the
margin of profit in doing the business
is exceedingly small.
With this state of things,
perfectly plain that in consequence of
this loss of our exporting business to
Great Britian. the American cheese*
has onlv a value that will enable it to
lie consumed at home, and the soon­
er this is realized by those engaged in
the trade the better for them?
George A. Cochrane.
The erroneous impressions prevail­
ing in cheese trade circles of the
United States, as well as some of the
newspapers, seem almost incredible
to those who know the altered con­
ditions that now confront the indus­
try. A very small percentage of the
trade, as well as the newspapers,
treating of the article realize that the
matter of exporting any of our cheese
to Great Britian has entirely ceased
for the time being, if not for an in­
definite period. A very large per­
centage of the cheese trade, proper,
appear to think that the present ab­
sence of exports from the market is
only temporary, and are quite con­
fident that any day they are likely to
resume operations.
Many of the
prominent trade journals are laboring
under this same delusion and only a
few days ago, one of the most prom­
inent trade journals in New York,
said there was then some buying for
export going on, and treating the
matter of the absence of exporters
from active operating as only tem-
porary.
Now let us see what are the actual
facts in these premises: Tim last edict
of the food controller of TTreat Brit-
ain, May 29th, gave thc finishing
stroke that completely ended the oc-
cupation of exports in the article to
Great Britian for an indefinite period.
This edict was to the fact that, on
and after May 29th, the food con­
troller of Great Britain would com­
mandeer all cheese arriving in Eng­
land after that date if consigned to
individuals or corporations. The re­
sult of this was that all of us that
were engaged in exporting cheese
and consigning to our different con­
nections in Great Britain, found our­
selves debarred from doing so after
May 29th. In my own case, which is
similar to all others, my last two
shipments of cheese to
I.iverj.ool,
one per steamship Pruth, that ’ left
Boston about May 11th, and I the
other per steamship Etonian, about
May 18th, were taker, possession of
by the English Government as soon
as these two steamers arrived in
Liverpool. My consignees have
in-
formed me that, in consequence of
having shipped these cheese prior to
the government’s edict of May 29th,
that the Government, in cotnman-
drering them, would allow me actual
CO*t of goods landed in I .iverpool,
but would not allow me my profit,
Under the circumstances I think the
English government has treated me
very fairly. I, and others that have
had similar experiences, now realize
that it is impossible to get a box of
cheese into Great
Britain, except
through the British Government, as
it would be to pass an elephant
through the eye of a cambric needle.
Therefore, there is not the slightest
possibility of exporting being resum­
ed, until after the English govern­
ment has exhausted the Canadian and
New Zealand
stocks
of cheese.
Should, however, stocks of these
prove insufficient, as the season
wears on, for the Government's re­
The Valuable Hog.
quirements, as well as civilians' needs
then the matter of American cheese
Raise more hogs! We may not have
would come in for consideration. realized it, but pork is the principle
Such a condition of things .is not at meat of the army as well as of the
all likely to take place until after the city and farm. The department of ag­
turn of the new year, if at all. The riculture says the hog is the most im­
English Government has quite a con­ portant animal to raise for meat and
siderable stock of commandeered motley.
New Zealand cheese, of 1916
pro­
In the first place the hog calls for
duction, in England now, and it is al­ less labor, less capital, less equipment
so a well known fact that there is than that required in ranging other
quite a heavy amount of New Zeal­ domestic animals. The return in meat
and cheese, of 1916 make, still in and meat products arc greater than
New Zealand that has not been ship­ for any other animal. Ami the meat is
ped out in consequence of an insuffi­ the most satisfactory of all for pack­
ciency of freight space obtainable to ing and longdistance shipping.
get these cheese into Great
Britain
Pork has been placed on the market
and it must not be forgotten that in a great variety of attra^ive ami
there is a very considerable quantity p datable forms. In fact, there is no
of the spring make of cheese of this other meat which can be obtained in
year’s production in Canada at the so many different forms anil
from
moment awaiting shipment. They are which so many products are inantt-
now in the flush of the make of factnred. And it keeps well.
cheese in Canada, with every
prof­
Why not take our liats off
pect, at the present time, that itiere humble hog and give him a
wifi be a very» heavy make.
honor?
It is most important to bear in
Many farms where no hogs are rais­
mind the extraordinary changes that ed ought to have them. And farms
have taken place in the matter of ex­ where hogs are already a valuable
porting cheers from United
States product should produce more than
and Canada within the short space oi they ever did before. Three-fourths
eight months. Early in
November of the world's international trade in
last year the Controller of food in pork ami pork products came front
Eugland decided to put a maximum the United States before the war.
wholesale price on American and Since then the proportion has greatly
Canadian cheese. Before doing so he increased. The need is greater than
called together the most prominent ever. America's opportunity and <lu-
dealers in the article in all the prin­ ty are plain.
cipal cities of Great Britian for a con
ference in order to decide as to what
Fair Play Demanded.
the maximum wholesale price should
be. The result of that consultation
(From Leslie's)
was that these representatives of the
“The American Newspaper Publish­
trade advised the Controller that 160 ers’ Association, in meeting June 21,
shillings for American, and 162 shil­ earnestl- and emphatically protests
lings per cwt. for Canadian and New- against a special discriminating war
Zealand cheese would appear as just tax in any form levied against the
and equitable, although cheese at that newspaper business. That business is
time had reached 172 to 174 shillings not a war industry. It is at this time
per cwt. in London, but as everyone bearing a vey onerus and special
was very lightly stocked then, that burden of expanse due entirely to the
by fixing such prices
would war, and it is making no profit, di­
couse little or no loss 1
trade in rectly or indirectly, out of the war.
general.
The Government is relying on the
Business went along on
1
the basis of newspapers, as shown in the organ­
these prices, although it
1 will have to ization of publicity in connection with
be admitted by those at all familiar the recent National Registration Law
with market conditions that, Xnmed- the Liberty Loan and the Red Cross
lately after the maximum prife was Fund, for the cordial and unreserved
fixed, in consequence of light supplies cooperation without which the issues
week after week, it would have beefi of the war loan and the national mili­
quite within the possibilities that tary registration could not have been
prices, in London, would have reach­ successfully achieved. Such coopera­
ed as high as 180 to ISO shillings per tion with the Government the news­
cwt. but for this Government's max­ papers render always cheerfully and
imum price at wholesale.
promptly ami at their own expense,
It must be born in mind, that from and they expect and desire in addition
last November, to the opening of the to bear their just burden of taxation
new season in May, this year (cover­ The newspapers recognize the need
ing a period of six months), this max­ of special war taxes, and they will
imum wholesale price for the govern­ pay anv rate of taxes that Congress
ment was not altered once. When the finds necessary to impose on all other
uey season opened this year, the legitimate and necessary business. As
Controller had discovered, so to lor the postal rates, they have been
speak, that they had started at the top established for generations upon a
of the ladder instead of the bottom public policy that
the diffusion of
last season in not having controlled knowledge and information in news­
the retailer in any way in the matter papers was necessary to the unity and
of prices he was to charge the con­ welfare of the Nation and therefore
sumer. This individual, true to his ought to be encouraged by moderate
species (and they are just as merci- postage rates. If this policy is now.
QK. J. G. TURNER,
(after more than half a century, to be
reversed, it should be done only after
full consideration and investigation;
it should be done only in the public
interest and not in the guise of a war
tax upon a business which is neither
a war profiteer, a luxury, nor one
properly subject to punitive taxation.*
EYE SPECIALIST.
PORTLAND — OREGON.
Regular Monthly Visits to
Tillamook and Cloverdale.
WATCH PAPER FOR HATES.
Flour Cheaper in England than in
United States.
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Food Administrator Hoover told a
special committee of the New Work
Produce exchange that for the 1916
wheat crop, so far, the difference had
been so great between the price of
cash wheat and the price of flour that
the extra profits had amounted to,
$139,000,000 up to the date of the
records, and this will be increased
probably $20,000,000 more before
the end of the season.
These figures stagger the imagina­
tion, but this illustration will help us
to a clearer understanding of their
magnitude. The excess profits of a
year in flour alone would cover the
Red Cross fund of $100,000,000 and
leave nearly enough to meet one
year’s interest on the $2,000,000,000
Liberty loan bond.
The fact was brought out by Mr.
Hoover that prices of wheat and
flour are lower in England than in
this country. The New York delega­
tion thought that impossible unless
the difference was absiybed as a war
expense by the British government,
and asked Mr. Hoover if that was not
the explanation.
The food administrator told them
their explanation was erroneous—
that the price of wheat and flour in
England was regulated on the cost of
the entire supply of a year, and had
nothing to do with the high prevail­
ing prices in America or elsewhere.
The British food controller strikes an
average of the cost of all wheat
bought in the year, and flour is sold
to the people on that basis. The
speculator finds it impossible to get
his "bit.”
Yet in the face of these revelations
congress halts and haggles over food
control legislation. Perhaps some of
its members halt and haggle because
of these facts.—Spokesman Review.
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Lubricant
itch, Oakland oil
— forms an Heal lubneant
FO-California asphalt-base
for a Ford car.
STUDEBAKER
--
‘■having used Zerolene for over six
.
ERWIN
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tion.
All lessons given at Studio.
County
Representative
for the
Wiley B. Allen Co.s’ line of high
grade pianos, player-pianos, Victroloi
etc.
years, feel justi­
fied in Recommending it to users of Studs baker san.
DODGE— McArthur
B. . ., Pha. ■
“have used Zerolene exclusively in all our Dodge
Brothers cars.”
OAKLAND -o
k 11 *
“Zenilene has proved a sa.tsLu.t ry lubneant m our
Oakland cars.”
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J—) A VID ROBINSON. M. D ,
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ZEROLENE
PHYSICIAN
7%e Standard OH for Motor Cars
AND
NATIONAL
Endorsed by Leading Car Distributors
SURGEON
BUILDING,
TILLAMOOK
-becanw the records of the=r service departments show
tint Zerolene, correctly refin. J fro.11 Uai..ui...a .ophalt-
has. crude, gives perfect lubri-ation- Is- we". u,ore
pov.er, least carbon deposit.
OREGON.
I. BUl lb
ATTORNEY-AT LAW.
i.omplete Set of Abstract Ho< ks in
Office.
Taxes Paid for Non Residents.
STANDARD OIL
COMPANY
T illamook B lock ,
Tillamook
Oregon
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Both Phones.
T. BOAI.S, M.D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Surgeon S. P. Co.
ALEX. McNAIR & CO.
KING CRENSHAW CO.
(I. O. O. F. Bldg )
Oregon
Notice of Final Settlement.
Notice is hereby given that the un­
dersigned C. R. Braden as adminis­
trator of the estate of Cecelia H.
Childs, deceased, and also of the part­
nership estate of Childs & Braden,
Cecelia H. Childs and F. I.. Braden,
partners, Cecelia H. Childs, deceased,
has tiled his duly verified account in
the County Court of the State of
Oregon
for Tillamook County. The
1
said court has fixed Saturday, August
25th, 1917, at eleven a. m. in' the
county court room of said court in
Tillamook, Oregon, as the time and
place for the hearing of objections if
any, to said final account and the
petition for final settlement of said
estate. All persons having objections
thereto should file the same on and
before said date or be forever barred;
and the said estate will then be finally
settled and the said
administrator
and his bondsmen discharged and ex­
onerated from any and all liabilities
by reason of their connection with
such estate.
R. C. Braden, Administra­
tor for said estate.
II. . A. Klicks, McMinnville, Orc.
11. T. Botts, Tillamook, Oregon,
Attorneys for said estate.
Notice of Sheriff’s Sale.
Notice is hereby given: That pur­
suant to a writ of execution issued
out of the Circuit Court of the State
of Oregon, for the County of Tilla­
mook, dated the tqth day of June,
tql7, upon a decree rendered in said
Court on the 18th day of June, 1917.
in the cause wherein Louise Wein-
hard, Anna Wessinger, Paul Wessin-
ger and Henry Wagner, executrixes
and executors respectively of the
last will and testament of Henry
Weinhard, deceased, were plaintiffs,
and F. H. Astmann, Veronika Ast­
mann, and Veronika Astmann, as
asignee of F. H. Astmann, for the
benefit of the creditors of F. H. Ast-
tnann, were defendants, in favor of
said plaintiffs and against the said de­
fendants for the sum of twenty-seven
hundred dollars, together with inter­
est thereon from January I7th, 1912,
at the rate of six per cent per annum
until paid, and for the further sum of
two hundred fifty dollars attorney's
fees and for the costs and disburse­
ments of this suit, taxed at $17.75,
which s&id execution is to ntc direct­
ed, commanding me as Sheriff to
satisfy the said decree by sale of the
real property hereinafter described;
Now, therefore, in order to satisfy
said decree, 1 will, on Saturday, the
21st day of July, 1017, at 10:00 o'clock
in the forenoon of said day, at the
front door of the Court House in
Tillamook City, Oregon, sell at pub­
lic auction (subject to redemption)
to the highest bidder for cash in
hand, all the right, title and interest
of the said defendants in and to the
following described
real
property,
situated in the County of Tillamook
and State of Oregon, to-wit:
The East
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Half (E.
!4) of the North
East quarter (N.E. '4) and the
South West quarter (S. W. ' 4) of the
North East quarter (N. E. ',) of
Section five (5). in Township One (1)
North of Range Ten (to) West of
Willamette Meridian, containing one
hundred ninteen and 82-100 (119.82)
acres, more or less.
Dated this 20th day of June, 1917.
W. L. Campbell,
Sheriff of Tillamook County, Ore.
EBSTER
Low Round
Trip Fares
ATTORNEY-AT LAW
COM M ERGI A L BUILDING,
FIRST
STREET,
OREGON
TILLAMOOK,
'T”1 H.
GOYNE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
RFTWFFN
O pposite C ourt H ouse ,
Office:
TILLAMOOK COUNTY
BEACH POINTS
Tillamook
Oregon.
R. JACK OLSEN,
These round trip tickets will
be on sale daily until Septem­
ber 22nd. Limit 2 days.
DENTIST.
(I. O. O. F
SPECIAL SUNDAY
FARES
Tillamook
Bldg.)
Oregon
-
0R. L. L. HOY,
Oil Sundays, until September
9th. especially low late tickets
will he sold, limited to date
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
T illamook B lock ,
Tillamook,
MOTOR CAR SEVICE
Do not forget that the motor
car makes two daily round
trips «between Tillamook and
Mohler, in addition to the
• steam service.
J O11N
Oregon.
LELAND
HENDERSON
ATTORNEY
AND
COUNSELLOR. AT-LAW
T illamook B lock ,
Ask our local ajfent for information,
John M. Scott. General Passenger Agent,
Tillamook
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ROOM NO.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES.
Oiegon
2Ö1.
C. HAWK,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Oregon
Bay City
Closing Out
J
E. REEDY, D.V M.,
VETERINARY.
Hotii Phones
Tillamook
QARI,
Goods at greatly Reduced Prices,
Consisting of
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-
Oregon.
haberlach ,
attorney - at - law .
Harness, Saddles, Sweat Pads,
Collars,
T illamook B eock
Oregon
Tillamook
And everything in a First Class
Harness Shop ; also
GLOVES, SUIT CASES, GRIPS
WATER PROOF CLOTHING, Etc.
t
I
Have Your
House
Constipation and Indigestion.
"1 have used Chamberlain's tablets
and must say they are the best I have
ever used for constipation and indi­
gestion. .My wife also uses them for
indigestion and they did her good.”
writes Eugene S. Knight. \\ illiming-
ton, N. C. Chamberlain's tablets are
mild and gentle in their action. Give
them a trial. You are certain to be
pleased with hthe agreeable laxative
effect which they produce. For sale
by Lamar's Drug Store,
HOLMES,
Wiring Done by
CUT
W. A* WILLIAMS, Tillamook, Or
Coa$ power Co.
DONE RIGHT
at
RIGHT PRICES