The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-12-21
GRANoERs HEAR MANY
PROBLEMS DISCUSSED
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il true OF the womm's work too.
There have been too many farm
homes where the women have had to
do the work with one tea kettle"
Mr.. Deans seim-humoB descrip-
uons OF farm life with his pointed
sallies made a distinct hit with the
audience. especially the women and
boys,
''The Unfit Great burden.
Aided by an elaborate series OF
charts DR.. Jacob PrinEing OF Ontario
gave an impressive talk on the bur
den which. the Unfit" place upon 90
ciety. with tables OF statistics he
demonstrated that the cost OF main
tanning state wards Is rapidly increas-
ing in such proportion that in some
states half the money raised by taxa
ton IL thus spent. II Oregon II Is
increasing. He urged that the mat
ter be brought to the attention of the
legislature and steps be taken to get
at the root OF the trouble and by
retarding propagation. thru segre-
CATION or other means. The startl-
ing facts which the doctor brought
before the gathering made pro-
found impression.
Discussing the High Cost OF Liy-
ing. and what Are the Farmers Co
ing to DO About It," Arthur Kim
ball declared that the most uncalled
for and unfortunate remark that
President Wilson ever made was
that before the National Grange
when he declared. I'VE are not again
to be faced with a food shortage that
We should always raise sufficient
food and more Ia this country for
nations needs"
Mr. Kimball declared that this was
another attempt TO blame the farm
or for the high cost OF living, when
In fact II was natural causes which
had been To blame. Was there not
the largest acreage OF wheat ever
planted. seeded this year? asked Mr.
| Kimball yet the crop was millions
OF bushels short The farmer was
not To blame for that As n matter
OF fact when the farmer Is successful
In raising large crop Il generally
means poor times Tor him. A short
crop often. thru higher prices gives
the farmer greater return, with less
labor"
''To accomplish great results for
the public good the only means is
that OF getting the public interested" ="
declared q. X. Aiken OF the Argus In
speaking OF "The Business OF News
paper" And to get the public In
terested he declared that the news
paper must be used In these days OF
increased populations over great
areas While a newspaper Is a bust
ness institution operated for profit.
such profit can only accrue when Il
realizes lis duty as a public servant
aud works for the upbuilding OF It's
constituency, said the speaker. The
very success which the oranges had
achieved In breaking up the milk
trusts In New York and Chicago he
declared was only possible because
the papers In those cities SO graphi-
cally presented the conditions there
OF the injustice 20 the milk producers
and 10 the consummers that public
opinion forced the trust 10 change
their tactics. The problems of a
newspaper he declared. were those
Of the country and those of the city.
That while the country produced the
goods II was the province OF the cit
les 10 furnish the markets, and that
the newspaper should and generally
would be found ready and willing at
all times to assist in solving the
problems OF both by getting all the
facts before the people so that a fair
and Just settlement could he secured
+. b. Conklin, lecturer OF the
Boulevard Grange presided at the af7
ternoon session and to his activity
was due the gathering of speakers
from without the organization.
The musical portion OF the pro-
gram was provided by Mr.. Fred Jones
Mr., McComb and Miss McComb, their
renderings of various English compo-
sitions being highly appreciated by
the large audience The first por-
tion was entirely occupied by ban
/ io ecital by Fred Jones.
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