Pullman herald. [volume], September 11, 1914, Image 2

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THE HIGH COST OF LIVING
FROM FARMERS' STANDPOINT
An Address Delivered by William T.
r Creasy, Master of the Pennsyl
vania St Ate Grange
(Continued from last week)
Our present distribution costs are
divided among many' middlemen.
Some are useful, in fact, indispens
able. But we have too many. Put
in tabulated form It would look
something like this:
Railroad or other transportation
agent.
Wholesale merchant.
Retail merchant
Banker or credit broker.
Manufacturer.
Landlord.
The evidence 1 thiiifc is conclusive
that every one of these groups of
middlemen have got excessive profits
in the past, and the advance in cost
of living is proof that some of them
are getting even bigger profits now.
You will find millionaires and multi
millionaires among them all. They
have been able to exact enormous
profits by forming combinations
which were only possible by the ad
vantages and privileges that bad laws
bad given them.
* The consumer can not blame all
on tbe middlemen, trusts and mo
nopolies. The modern system of hav
ing everything put up in cartons,
ready cooked, roasted and prepared,
and then requiring the merchant to
deliver everything from a needle to
a piano, entails extra cost. Then
again the small purchases. Years
ago it was the rule for a family to
buy the winter's supply of potatoes,
etc., at one time at wholesale prices,
but now they are bought by the
quart and quarter peck, all of which
means additional cost. Expensive
cuts of meat, hurriedly cooked, while
the cheaper cuts, slowly cooked, cost
much less, and yet yield much more
nutrition. ~ One redeeming feature,
however, that mitigates the higher
cost of living and that is in greater
economy in dress by the women, who
instead of requiring, as in past peri
ods, 20 yards of material for a sin
gle dress new manage to shift along
with a yard or two, apparently need
ing less and less, which affects the
dry goods trade so seriously that one
of the greatest house in the country
is in receiver's hands, so that event
ually when the old style of fig leaves
becomes fashionable again all the
cotton and silk factories must sus
pend, and this, too, regardless of the
tariff.
The remedy must fit the cause,
and as f.he high cost of living results
from many causes, each requires its
special remedy. The remedy for the
high cost of living due to advantages
given to manufacturers by the tariff
la to reduce the tariff. No better
proof of this is required than the
platforms of all the political parties
for the last 25 years, promising ti'.d I
people a reduction of the tarlf?, and j
these promises were regularly
broken until it resulted in the elei •
tiou of a [.resident .'.' I c«.ng.' ■-.•>■■ that
hive l jji their pledges nutl reduced
I, I
Ihe remedy for thj !.',;» en- of
living c-'io to money monopoly an 3 ;
excessive interest charges due to
control of credit, is the reform ot
our banking and currency and the
improvement of the machinery of
credit, so that the producer can
secure more capital for production
and for moving crops on reasonable
terms. Consequently the city con
sumer is as vitally concerned in the
correct solution of the rural credit
problem as the former.
The remedy for the high cost of
living due to the transportation mo
nopoly is to abolish the monopoly, or
ai least make it ineffective. Whether
that can best bo done by government
regulations, or by government own
ership of the railroads, and the tele
graph and telephone, Is something
which producers and consumers must
determine, if the cost of living is to
be reduced to Its proper level.
The high cost of living due to the
cumbersome methods of merchandis
ing can be reduced by direct trading
between producers and consumers by
the development of co-operation. Co
operation manufacturing in the same
way will still further reduce cost.
Tho remedy for the meat shortage
is to break up the monopoly of meat,
slaughtering and distribution by the l
central packers. Every city should
have its municipal market and
slaughter house. This would free
the local butcher at one stroke from
trust control and give the farmer
a free local market. Unless the city
consumers will see to this they can
rest absolutely assured that the day
of cheap meat Is gone forever. But
in the way suggested, every city has
the remedy for its meat shortage In
its own hands.
The remedy for the landlord I will
leavo for the city consumers to" de
velop for themselves. If, as cur sin
gle tax friends say, the ground land
lord gets the biggest share of the
consumer's and middleman's dollar,
and does nothing at all for it, he
needs to be choked off, to some ex
tent; at least He Is omnipresent
and gets a share of the division that
on tho surface goes to each of the
1 others, in the city of New York the
laud value id over four and one-half
billions of dollars. This Is more
than the farm values of all the east
ern," states. This enormous burden
of tho ground landlords of our cities
must bo paid l.eiore the workers of
nay kind can receive a cent, or have
a cent to pay for farm produce.
These things ,1 have spoken of
show how greatly the cost of living
could be reduced ii they were prop
erly adjusted. But back of them all
are other causes for the high cost of
living, burdens which all the peo
ple— producers, middlemen and con
sumers —bear In common. Chief
among these are:
I , / The enormous burden of i
government debt —federal state and
local.
(2) The enormous Increase in gov
ernment costs, due mainly to the ex
cessive burdens of war expenditures,
and the ever Increasing army of pub- <
l'c officials. . I
(3) The enormous burden of over- '
capitalization of railroads and other i
public utility corporations.
(4) The enormous burden of our 1
monied aristocracy. We boast that <
wo have no nobility, but we have i
private individuals who can live in I
a regal magnificence that puts the i
richest <>( the European nobility in
the shade.
In New York City alone are over .
3000 millionaires and multi-million- j
aires, whose aggregate wealth runs
into many billions and whose annual j
income exceeds the entire cost of our
government, the war expenditures
and interest on the war debt in- t
eluded. |
These things in the aggregate im
pose a burden of many millions upon .
the entire people which must be paid ,
before any one—producer, consum- .
er, or middleman—can have a dollar t
for themselves. These expenses, be
cause of the Indirect means of pay
ment, are lost sight of by the
masses, but they are big factors in ,
raising the cost of living. In the last (
analysis the consumer must pay for
it all. The burden of the army, the
navy, the cost of keeping the idle
rich, and the idle poor must be borne ,
by the workers. And as long as rural (
producers and city workers have to
carry so much and such heavy bur
dens, they will never get the cost of ,
living down to where it belongs. Re
duce these burdens and the cost of (
living will go down at once. Increase (
j them and the cost of living goes up.
The supreme duty of the hour,
both for the city consumer and the
farmer, is to get together and, by
their joint effort, remedy these con
ditions. The farmers are ready for
this co-operation. Thorough organi
zation of tho farmers is needed: 'n
many sections of the country, .the
Grange, a farm organization nearly
!>C years old, has done a great deal
for farm betterment. It is develop
ing a higher and better manhood and
I Womanhood among the farmers; it is
j enhancing the comforts and attrac
tions of our farm homes, and is sys
tematizing farm work, and through
i its discussions and its splendid pro
grams at ita meetings, a higher de
gree of .social life is developed and
! the latent possibilities of the mem
! bers are brought out. Where farm
<.i ionization has not received the
support that it should, agriculture is
lagging. Financial assistance can be
rendered to the farmers of a com
munity, when organized. For ex
ample. in the matter of rural credits,
50 farmers, each pledging their in
dividual credit, and these jointly but
together, would give these farmers
a combined credit of thousands of
dollars. This credit could be used
as collateral at a local bank, for the
purpose of securing money by any
Individual of this organization to pay
cash for what he buys, which would
mean a big saving to the farmer.
This co-operative credit should be
managed through an executive com
mittee. No one would be responsible
for more than his individual sub
scription, and any local bank would
loan up to 80 per cent of the co-op
erative credit. Losses would rarely
occur. They would be divided among
the Individual subscribers to this
credit fund. No interest would be
charged, except to the members bor
rowing. This plan will work under
any banking law in the country, and
, needs no additional expense. The
i executive committee of the organiza
tion should be composed of its most
, capable men, because they pass on
i the Individual purchases of the or
ganization.
More people are needed in the
country. On the great majority of
farms there Is necessity for addi
tional help. Through its .lack, great
loss and waste occur. My plan of
Retting this help to the country
would be to build up-to-date tenant
houses, with sufficient ground at
tached, so that chickens, pigs and a
cow could be kept. Tenants should
be selected that would likely stay
when once there. To this end the
real conditions of farm life and the
work required to be done should be
carefully and truthfully explained. I
believe by getting more people Into
the country, we should arrange for
small factories to employ these peo
pie during the winter months, but
as this is a pirt of unscrambling the
b<g * business interests that have
changed our former common, 1 will
leave it to tho statesmen anil econ
omists to sc.ve. „■'
In conclusion I- will eoj'that 1 be
lieve I have shown the, tho high cost
of living is not due to the farmer.
That • agriculture is f the - only great
industry in the nation contt oiled by
the natural, normal law of supply
and dema'ia. The farmer has no
guarantee on investment and labor,
"with reasonable profit, added." He
takes chances. First, on a full crop,
a fair crop, or any i r:p at all; and
second, on a profitable price for what
he does produce. Give tim a square
deal. ! '•■; j
SUPERIOR COURT PROCEEDINGS
Civil
Geo. E. Howell vs. Geo. L. Heglar
et al.—Judgment for plaintiff
against Revere Farmers Union Ele
vator and Warehouse company, gar
nishee defendant.
State ex rel R. M. Burgunder as
Prosecuting Attorney vs. Peter Heim
et al.—Bond of L. Schmuck fixed
at $1000, bond of F. W. Brickner
fixed at $2000 and bond of L. Lorn
mason fixed at $1500.
New Civil Cases
N. P. Ry. Co. vs. Whitman County
—Action for recovery of part taxes
paid.
D. Fletcher Staley et al. vs. John
J. Staley et al. —Action to quiet title.
Criminal
State vs. Harry Dyar—Case con
tinued to September 10th at 10 a. m.
for setting for trial.
State vs. George Anderson —De-
fendant plead guilty to charge of
assault in the third degree and sen
tenced to three months in the coun
ty jail.
New Criminal Cases
State vs. Warren Potts Defen
dant plead guilty to charge of assault
in j the second degree and was sen
tenced to pay a fine of $300 and
costs.
State vs. John Wilson—Defendant
plead guilty to the charge of petit
larceny and was sentenced to 60
days in the county jail.
Probate
Estate of Patrick Stafford—Or
der to sell automobile.
In the matter of the Welfare of
Sari and Ernest Elliott, minors
Order granting Washington Chil
dren's Home Society the custody of
said minors.
Estate of Jacob Koppel—Louie
Koppel apointed administratrix with
bond of $2020.
New Probate Cases
In the matter of the insanity of
M. F. Nolan —Order of commitment
to Eastern Washington Hospital for
the Insane.
Estate of Amanda Jane Hayes—
Order fixing time for proof of will.
Check a cough or cold In the lungs
before it. develops a serious case.
BALLARD'S HOREHOUND SYRUP
is an effective remedy for all sore
ness or congestion in the lungs or
air passages. Price 25c, 50c and
$1.00 per bottle. Sold by Watt's
Pharmacy. " sep
FOR RENT—Eight room bouse,
partly furnished, including range,
electric washer, piano; brick cellar
and barn. Enquire at Pullman State
Hank. aug2ltf
FOR SALE—Bartlett pears, Ital
ian prunes and summer apples. C.
W. Vance, Bell phone, Farmers 145;
P. O. box 325, Pullman, Wash.
augl4tf
i||ji Come on-~
1 EilPPllflriß MONG the Amusement Features will be Irwin's
X Cheyenne Frontier Days— lso Cowboys with
I i[^^l^^^i»J a trainl°l °f stock presenting every thrilling »
1 B?s!^ Vli Wild West Contest known. CLPolo Games Lj
I BjfVjSMg-^sS will be held daily between Canadian and Amer-
I »i^7^L^ W *can tea. ms» competing for the Northwestern I
II "ri^r^iSSfe^il International Championship \
i The Racing Program will include Motorcycle Races, Relay I
g Races, Indian Races, Cowboy Races, and the usual Running !
|| Races. <H.There will be daily lectures and meetings of interest \
I 2* the Convention Tent. <lJ.More than 10,000 separate Cash I
|| Prizes are offered and it costs nothing to compete for them
H Working Demonstrations of every sort of Improved Agri
|l cultural Machinery will be made
|| All Railways will grant reduced rates 1
|| For Daily Program and Premium List, address 503 Cham- 1
II ber of Commerce Building, Spokane, Washington
LATAH COUNT* FAIR
j. At great expense the Latah County
Fair association.has secured for the
coming county fair at Moscow. Sep
tember 22-26, Mr. T. T. Maroney,
the famous military aviator, , who
will make two exhibition flights each
day of the fair.
Ho will carry a pretty lady pass
enger, will run races around the race
track with automobiles and motor
cycles, and will also drop a bomb
from the sky and destroy a battle
ship to be constructed in,the infield.
There will be five days of these
aerial feats and the association de
sires that every man, woman and
child in the Palouse country take ad
vantage of the opportunity to view
this wonderful exhibition.
There will also be a full racing
program and many novel and am us
ing, entertainment features.
aug2Bsopll j :
Yellow complexion, pimples and
disfiguring blemishes on the face or
body can be gotten rid of by doctor
ing the liver, which Is torpid. HER
BINE is a powerful liver correctant.
It purifies the sjstem, stimulates the
vital organs and puts the body In
fine vigorous condition. Price 50c.
Sold by Watt's Pharmacy. sep
FOR SALEFive-room bungalow
near college. Easy terms. Tele
phone Main 202. jly24tf
GOOD SUGGESTION TO
PULLMAN PEOPLE
It is surprising the amount of old,
foul matter the simple mixture of
buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc.,
known as Adler-i-ka, drains from the
system. This remedy became famous
by curing appendicitis and acts on
BOTH the upper and the lower bowel
so thoroughly that ONE DOSE re
lieves sour stomach, gas on the
stomach and constipation almost
IMMEDIATELY. We are mighty
glad we are Pullman agents for Ad
ler-i-ka. White's Drug Store.
Buy Royal Rose flour of Duthie.
$5.50 per bbl. This flour is blended
with Montana hard wheat; decStf
GEO. N. HENRY
REAL ESTATE
and INSURANCE
Phones: Bell 62; Inland 1172
Opposite Postoffice
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PENDLETON, ORISON
SEPTEMBER 24-25-26, 1914
EXCURSION FARES
Wild and Wonderful Furious and Exciting
Pony Eipress Races. New Contestants
Broncho Busting. (or Glory hold you
Indiana, Cowboys. spellbound with
Outlaw Horses name and daring
FOR fill ASK
DETAILS. JOafalar ANY
FARES, f^^BiJll^ "EOT
ETC.. v|J^^]s^ OF THE
OREGON-WASHINGTON RAIL
ROAD & NAVIGATION COMPANY
FOR SALE—Three-piece golden
oak bedroom set. mattress, one sani
tary couch, and bookcase. v J. L.
Ashlock,? phone 116 L. ■ j aug2ltf
Duthle has all kinds of fir lumber.
The
Pullman Hospital
Pullman, Wash.
1506 Star Route St. Phone 69
(ft%££S3^ All Lengths and Widths
<*~^^mm~°«°-^^"o£- C. R. Sanders Co,
In the Good Old Summer Time
]» is when you should lay in your supply of fuel for winter. If you A'
]> want to get the most heat for the money invest in some of our
COAL and SLAB WOOD !
lj We carry a big stock of the best varities '
i; The Potlatch Lumber Co.
,'j! H. D. MacVEAN, Manager Phone 1 |
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1 GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY !
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2 Denver, Colo $55.00 Detroit, Mich '.. $83 40 3
= Omaha, Neb $60.00. Toronto, Ont. $92*00 5
2 Dos Moines, la $65.70 Buffalo, N. Y. $92*00 =
= St. Paul, Minn ... $60.00 New York, N. V $108*50 =
= Kansas City. Mo $60.00 Boston, Mass $110 00 =
= Chicago, 111 $72.50 Montreal, Que $105*00 S
5 *' and numerous other points £
1 DATES OF SALE " §
2 Every day from June Ist to September 30th. Going transit limit 5
s 15 days from date of sale. Return final limit October 31st. Liberal 5
= stop-overs allowed within above transit limits. 5
2 THREE DAILY TRAINS I
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2 The Oriental Limited through train to Chicago without change E
2 leaves Spokane 7:55 a. m. The Southeast Express to Kansas City =
= leaves Spokane 12:15 noon. The Oregonian to St. Paul leaves Spo- i
2 kane 10:15 p. m. All trains first class, making fast time. s
2 GLACIER NATIONAL PARK '■■■."§
2 On your trip east have your ticket routed via I
2 Great Northern Railway and stop over 2
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sickness, •
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