Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-07
ASK WAYS AND MEANS
FOR s3o,G0FlRsTATE
MARKETING BUREAU
C.E. Pence Said If ApprOpria-
ton Not Given, Would Sub
init Ii To Referendum.

The state marketing bill introduced
in the senate calling for an appropna-
tion of $4,000 was up for discussion
last evening before the ways and means
joint committee.
Declaring that California had solved
tile problem for producers in stabiliziug
the markets, Senator 5. B. Huston OF
Portland spoke strongly in favor of the
approp, .ation. Mr.. Huston showed that
through the state marketing commission
California had got the best Of the pruno
situation when the government had com
mandeered the whole crop. While Ore
gon was still tied up, he said California
had been released, and was disposing Of
its prunes.
Advertising through the state mafket
ing boatl h"d maze the people every
where believe that the California pro-
duct was the best, even in pears ant.
prunes. Through this advertising in
later years when busihess hight be-
come SLOW, California hay ng convi.cp,,
people through its al5,Jtising, would
hcld =. markets. Cres,1 would be h =
little Known. II, prdsr growers a.,
sociation in California ad appropriated
$l00,sta !is yeai - advertise its peuae
and create market. Oregon was doing
nothing.
G. E. Spence spoke in favor of an ap-
preparation for the state marketing bill
saying the grange was in favor of it..
If the legislature will not establish the
marketing commission, he said it would
be. submitted through referendum, but
this would delay its operation. He pre-
ferred an appropriation.
Senator Pierce spoke emphaticslly in
favor of money for state marketing.
fsThis is the most important bill before
the legislature declared the senator.
The farming communities have made
money during the war but this will not
continue. The milk and dairymen are
having their trouble and they need the
help Of state marketing bureau"
AS the joint ways and means commit
tee is not inclined to appropriate money
on the spur of the moment, nothing was
done to aid the state marketing measure
but it may come in later for considera-
tion.
Senator Lachmund told the joint
ways and means committee, of which he
is member, some alarming facts about
fruit pests and the need of doing some
thing at once to aid crop that has a
$35, 100000 annual worth. All he want
ed was $4,000, and the committee unan
imously voted it. Hhe showed that Cal
ifornia last year gave $148,000 to fight
the fruit pests and that Oregon had
given not a dollar. Massachusetts a
few years ago appropriated $l,OOO,OOO
to fight the gypsy moth, but with dis
cases of oil kinds threatening the fruit
Industry, Oregon hadn't given cent.
Senator Patterson spoke fayoring the
$4,000 appropriation.
The Pacific International Livestock
association of Portland appeared last
evening before the ways and means com
mittee asking for an appropriation, to
get it on paying basis. Portland plans
to erect a building covering seven and
q half acres, to be the largest Of its
kind in the United States. Other states
give freely for big livestock associa-
ions and the Portland men thought Orc
pon should do the same. No action was
taken by the committee as there IS
disposition to hold back on special ap-
preparations until the committee can
see daylight under the six per cent law
In this instance, thee state is asked TO
pay only about 10 per cent OF the
amount raised in Portland and from cat
tie interests.
To advertise Oregon and get in line
with Washington and British Columbia,
$50 900 is asked of the ways and means
committee for advertising purposes. The
Portland men ON the committee arc
strongly in favor of this appropriation
Representative Haines couldn't see his
way to give $4,000 to advertise for
tourists when the state was holding
down ali of its institutions to barely
enough to exist.
With bill soon to be introtueed 70
raise the salary of the governor, secre-
tary Of state and state treasurer, MI.
Haines didn 4 feel like advertising for
tourists "a the extent Of $4,000 Mr..
KubIi snd Mr.. Gordon both OF oPrtiand
favored an advertising appropriation.
No action was taken.
Miss Cordelia Marvin, state librarian,
was given all she asked for to main
tain the state library. Oregon is Civ
ing much less than any other state IN
the northwest for library purposes, ae.
ao.5;.., o. f;ouraa auhmitted