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Page Six
&f>e Pullman Herald
WM. OOODYIVK, Editor and Publisher KARL P. ALLEN, News Editor
Published every Friday at Pullman, Washington, and entered at
the Pullman post office as second class matter
(2.00 per year, payable strictly in advance
m^~' TILLMAN WASHINGTON, FRIDAY. AUGUST 5. 1921
OCEA.V AND KAIL KATES
Ocean freight rates on v, heal and
cotton moving from North Atlantic
ports of the United States to the
United Kingdom were approximately
50 per cent lower on July 1, 1921.
than on November 1, 1920, according
to a statement compiled from data
received by the United, States De
partment of Agriculture from the
United Stales Shipping Board. This
decline corresponds substantially to
the price declines of those commod
ities during the same period, so that
the ratio between the freight rates
and prices remains relatively 'he
same.
On November I, 1920, No. 2 Red
wheat was quoted in New York at
$2.34 i 4 a bushel, and the ocean
freight rate was 40 cents per 100
pounds, or at the rate of 24 cents a
bushel, which represented 10.2 pet
cent of the value of the wheat. On
July 1, 1921, with No. 2 Red wheat
selling at $1.47% cents a bushel, the
freight rate was 21 cents per 1""
pounds—l 2.6 cents per bushel —or
8.5 per cent, of the value of a bushel
of wheat. Both the price of wheat
and the freight rate may be said to
represent a fair average for June.
The decline in the rates and prices
of other commodities was less mark
ed. In the case of butter and cheese
the wholesale prices have declined
approximately 4 4 per cent since last
November while the ocean freight
rates on these commodities have
fallen only from 20 to 25 pet
cent.
While the cost of ocean transpor
tation is an essential factor in the
marketing of agricultural products
in foreign countries, it is by no
means as Important a factor as is
the cost of rail transportation to the
seaboard.
For example, the export lake and
freight rathe on wheat from Duluth
to New York is 28.8 cents per bushel,
while the ocean freight rate from
New York to Liverpool i- 12.6 cents
per bushel, making a combined rate
of 41.4 cents per bushel, of which
the lake and rail freight costs repre
sent 89 per cent.
The export rail rate from Kansas
City of Galveston is 27c a bushel,
and ihe ocean freight from Gal
veston to the United Kingdom is 1 5
cents a bushel, a total of 1 2 cents a
bushel, of which tile cost of the in
land rail haul represents 1.3 per
cent
in this connection it is interesting
to compare these rates with the rail
and ocean freight rat"-' to the
United Kingdom from the wheat
producing centers of Argentina,
where th. rate for transporting 1,000
kilograms (2204.6 pounds) of wheat
a distance of .Mm kilometers (310,6
miles is $15.44 Argentine paper, or
12.2 cent- ,1 bushel, calculated on
the basis of the prevailing rate of
exchange. The average rail haul in
Argentina is 436 kilometers (261
miles). Argentine growers thus have
an apparent advantage of about 14
cents a hush.l over the interior sec
tions of the United States in the
cost of transporting their wheal to
the seaboard. This advantage, how
ever, is partly offset by increased
ocean freight rates from Argentina
to the United Kingdom, which at the
present time are around 29 cents a
bushel, making a combined rail ami
ocean rate of 35.2 cents a bushel for
Argentine wheat.—New West Trade.
CAUGHT SAPPING
There is a proverb, in a land
where it Is always summer, that
says: "It is easier to sit down than
to stand— and easier to lie down
than to sit.'*
The prevalence of that philosophy
means that the people of that land
are imperfectly civilized They are
in a state of arrested development
They are scratching flea-bites 01
sleeping In the shade or Imbibing
strong waters when they ought to be
planting, digging wells, making
roads and building houses.
A Swiss who visited these people
said: "'What 'hey need is a winter."
Thoreau observed: "A man sits as
many risks as he runs."
Whole nations, like individual
men, may close their eyes and let a
great chance go by. Sometimes it
goes by with a loud noise: sometimes
it passes In silence. But it does not
stay.
In any successful business the man
who is valued, the man who is put
in a place of command, is the man
who sees and r.eizes chances.
i He reaches out and grabs them.
Or he is like a hunter waiting in a
thicket, ready to shoot.
It he isn't ready- if he doesn't
shoot—somebody else will bag the
-came...,.,,.. .. ."-.:•.■:■;•. ■.
ii. this world you are or yon aren't
—-you do or you don't. That is all
'there, is to it. Never mind the rea-
I sons why you weren't or didn't.
We are living here, not hereafter
IWo are concerned with now, not
I then. Concentration on the business
jin band to the exclusion of other
! things past, present and to come, is
I the mainspring of many a fruitful
' endeavor. An Incessant watchful
ness, ready to grasp and use every
chance for all there is in it. is the
wise man's winning policy.—Phila
delphia Public Ledger.
Farm Bureau News
Tin: EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
The Farm Bureau, assisted by the
county agent, has been conducting
an employment office for the farm
ers of Whitman county with only one
office at Colfax. Farm help to the
extent of 690 men has been supplied
to the farmers of the southern end
of the county during the month of
July. Men have been distributed to
Hay, La Crosse, Endicott, Winona,
St. John. Thornton, Steptoe, Palouse.
Pullman, Colton and Colfax. The
wage scale as set by the County Farm
Bureau was followed during June
and the first two weeks of July. It
was found that, many farmers refused
to follow the scale set and were pay-
Ing wages ranging from $1 to $5
more than the adopted wage scale.
This has caused a slight raise in
wages hut every effort is being made
to keep the wages within reason, Up
to July 18, 164 men were sent out as
shockers and hay hands at the wages
set.
WHICH \ ARM TV IS BEST?
It is important that we raise the
variety of wheat that will give us the
greatest yield, A difference of two
bushels in yield is a big factor. It
Isn't too early now to plan on the
tall seeding. There are many farm
ers who are still raising low yielding
varieties simply because they have
always raised that variety and think
thai they can't do better. Find out
which is the best yielding variety
for your section and plan on making
a start this fall with a small patch
of that variety, using the best seed
obtainable.
Till: FARM BUREAU
The Farm Bureau aims to unite,
into one national body, the tillers of
the soil of ever) kind and character
of products produced: grains, vege
tallies, fruits, berries, forage and
other plants, meat product- and all
lines of fa m commodities, that en
ter Into human 01 animal consump
tion, it aims to produce in abund
ance all that may he needed to supply
'he needs of the human family under
just and sane distribution; to give to
the producer a fair and jus! com
pensation for his labors, interest on
ibis investment, overhead expenses.
depreciation of equipment and to as
i sure him of the same reasonable mi
i come enjoyed hy like labor and cap
i
j ital Invested in any other legitimate
business. It also aims to give the
j farm family the same necessary time
for relaxation and rest, for the op
portunity to enjoy some of the ad
vantages of life accorded to those of
I any other legitimate business; to
make the farmer take his place
; among other lines of business as an
j equal morally, socially, financially
I and intellectually, which is becom
l ing of bis position as the foundation
I of industries, present and future.
The objects of the Farm Bureau
|are to organize every county in the
United States from Maine to Califor
nia and from Washington to Florida,
which work i- now going on In every
I state of the Union; to affiliate every
| State Farm Bureau with the National
i Federation of Farm Bureaus; to seek
by referendum vote of the individual,
| his or her views on important and
| vital questions pertaining to their in-
I terests and to instruct the national
body In th. nature of the wishes and
direct them to put the same in effect
by the power of our combined in
fluence. Also to employ the most
able talent in all lines of marketing,
j distribution, co-operation, economics.
; legal, distribution, statistics and In
: any other line that the business may
i take its proper place in better pro
| motion of human happiness for all
! mankind; to get the best, to pay for
! brains hat can achieve results; to
plac? our Industry on M firm. safe
J and sound a basis as linking, manu
j facturing merchandising, and trans-
I portaUon. and to give our people the
j same assurance of comfort as that of
j other occupations where large invest-
ntentt and useful labor are the mater
ial factors of success; and from this
day on to sit In all final round-table
| adjustments between all interests
that human justice may be meted
lout to capital, labor and the agricul-
I tural people.
More than two million farm fam
j ilies have been brought under our
national organisation, every state in
the Union looking to our common
icause— unit? of action.
Th" getting together of the grain
growers, ihe stock growers, wool
) growers, fruit growers, dairymen,
poultry men, cotton growers and
..'hers under separate and direct
; committees to work out the best,
j quickest and easiest solution of
| those problems and to report their
; findings to the national executive
I board.
j Better grading, packing and as-
I sorting of wool, cotton, fruits, vege
tables and other commodities.
The recognition of our national
representatives before the house and
senate committees. railroad and
banking associations, chambers of
commerce and other organizations
as never before recognized.
The unifying of sectional and
commodity Interest by promoting a
common welfare of agricultural in
dustries against a common encroach
ment of political and speculative
combines.
Creating the departments of re
search and statistics. extension
work, co-operation, distribution edu
cation, marketing, transportation,
economics, accounting, legal and
world supply.
The Farm Bureau has awakened
! the farmers to the fact that all other
industries are. organized and that to
maintain our rightful position among
| the other interests we must, through
organization, be able to meet any
land all with an equal force; to
I know ih" cost of production, cost of
distribution, and last but not least,
to not be competitors of each other
in the open markets.
We have been shown the folly of
1 our ways. They have proven faulty
iin the past. Why pursue them
further. Methods that have failed
us since time immemorial are to be
abandoned and a new deal substitut
] ed therefor.
We have brought to our support
every leading agricultural paper in
the hind; the publicity of these jour
nals has come without money and
without price. We have been given
more space, laudatory and other
wise, than has been given the farm
ers in the history of time.
MARNE NOW MURKY STREAM
j Once Sparkling River Seems to Mirror
the Horrors of the Ghastly
Years of War.
If Chateau Thierry Itself ha - tried
. to erase all signs of the occupation,
j the Marne still reveals its tale of a
j ghastly yesterday. It was once a
j sparkling stream Mowing through a
| charming valley that was particularly
noted for Its wooded scenery. Nowa
days the Marne writhes through a
valley of tree corpses! lis water are
discolored and foul. lis surface i* cov
ered with a thick, oily scum. The
stream Bows with great weariness, and
as though in great pain.
Even ihen you must look beneath
I the murky water to appreciate the -ill
| horror of the Marne. The story of
| what this river has mirrored in its
| troubled waters of yesterday Is best
j told by the accumulation of rubbish
j that clutters the rived bed. There one
J sees rusted shells and broken artil
lery pieces, sometimes old shoes,
; broken rifles, helmets, for the .Marne,
j as those who fought there will tes
i tify, Is a continuous sepulcher to the
' unknown dead,
Vet, despite this, the oddest sight
i In a trip through the valley of the
; Marne is the gipsy caravan one t're-
I quently encounters on the roads. The
I brilliant colors of their wagon wheels
j dashing in the sun. contrasts strangely
'. with the dead underbrush by the road-
I side. At first you wonder why these
i people, who depend so much on forag
! ing, should select these devastated
j areas. Certainly the returned pens-
I ant has no brass kettle ware for them
i to mend, and there is little food that
I the natives can afford to share with
the gipsy beggars.
I finally was told the reason for the
presence of these odd tourists. It
; seems that the gipsies have had great
difficulty In holding their younger gen
erations to the old roving life. This
■ is particularly true of the young men,
, who succumb to the comforts and at
, tractions of town ways. So, by way
Of a lesson, the gipsy chieftains are
taking their children across the battle*
J fields. When they reach a particular*
j ly desolate spot the grizzled leader
t points a bony finger and cries;
"See! There Is the civilization that
j lures you!"— George F. Kearney In
the American Legion Weekly.
Seed certification will be to the
grain grower what the purebred sire
is to the livestock man.
j • ~
I Geo. N. Henry
REAL ESTATE
and INSURANCE |
THK PULLMAN HERALD
NOTICE OF HEARING OF PETI
TION TO HAVE PKOPEKTY
SET ASIDE to Tin: sir.
VIVING WIDOW
In the Superior Court of the State
- of Washington in and for the
County of Whitman.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Joseph worth, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Viola
Farnsworth, the executrix of the es
tate of Joseph Farnsworth, deceased,
who is also the surviving wife of
said deceased, has filed herein her
petition asking the court to set aside
to her all the real property of said
estate located in the State of Wash
ington, to-wit: Lot 10 of McGee's
Subdivision of the southeast quarter
of Section 32 in Township 15 North,
Range 45 East of the Willamette
Meridian, in Whitman county, state
of Washington, now used by her as a
home for herself and family; that
said petition alleges that said prop
erty is of loss value, or the value
thereof does not exceed, exclusive of
all incumbrances, the sum of
$3000.00, and asks that the same be
set aside to her in lieu of all home
stead provisions of the law and of
all exemptions, and that thereafter
that there shall be no further admin
istration upon said property above
described, and that she be vested
with the absolute title thereto, and
that Monday, the .2nd day of Au
gust A. D. 1921, tit the hour of 10:00
o'clock a. m. of said day at the court
room of said superior court in Col
fax, Whitman county, Washington,
; has been fixed as the time and place
for a hearing of said petition, at
which time and place any person in
terested in said estate may appear
and file objections to said petition
and contest the same, and show
cause, if any there be, why said pe
tition should not be granted.
In witness whereof, the under
signed, clerk of said court, has here
unto set his hand and the seal of said
court this 3rd day of August, A. D.
1921.
JOHN H. NEWMAN,
(seal) Clerk of Court.
By Eva M. VonSoehnen,
augs-19 Deputy.
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