The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1921-12-22

plague US to the end of time. We can
not afford to take on another.
No fault is to be ascribed to the Jap
anese because of this peaceful inva-
sion. There is no deep, dark design
on their part against the peace of the
state. They are only seizing good
opportunity such as we would seek and
seize. But for the sake of our children
and of theirs, for the sake of our ma
tion's future and of theirs. they must
not pass the bounds set by nature to
divide these two good but unblendable
es.-Portland Telegram.
Early in October a party of Chicago
aldermen visited cities of the Pacific
coast. on trail of the elusive profiteer.
No. the Windy City investigators came
not here expecting to shake an accus-
! ing finger at any suspected group of
western citizens. Their suspicious
pointed in an entirely different direc-
ton. They came fully expecting their
investigation to fix the guilt of prof
iteering in market produce upon other
parties. 1t did.
The % visitors were members of
ChicsgO's committee on high costs and
high rentals. For months they have
been waging an active campaign for
reduction in food costs and rentals. In
their fight for lower food costs they
Of necessity had made a study of
marketing practices. They had ana
lyZed costs at the consumer end of the
line. They came to Washington. Ore
gon and California to round out their
study by getting the producer angle,
more particularly in the fruit industry.
What these men learned from their
investigation out here served only to
confirm facts and convictions they al
ready held. Promptly and frankly they
declared that the fruit growers are not
Drofiteering. Russell j. Poole. able
and aggressive secretary of the com
mission. publicly stated that the grow
ers are in no way to blame for the
high cost of their fruits in Chicago.
Railroads may be getting bit more
than entitled to for hauling the fruit
east, Mr.. Poole oDined, but the real
charge of Drofteering he fastened up
on the brokers and commission men.
1t is not an uncommon practice for
these middlemen to withhold fruit
from sale that prices may be pushed
up. Sometimes it is held until it rots-
Again, it is no uncommon occurrence,
he said, for a car Of Hood River or
Wenatchee apples to be sold and re-
sold FIVE and six times during it jour
ney to Chicago.
By these findings the stigma of prof
iteering, or at least of unduly forcing
up costs. seems rather definitely
placed. Some Chicagoans pay the ex-
ira cost, others do without the fruit.
In both instances the guiltless Pacific
coast growers suffer injury. In spirit
and in hope for a change in the sys-
TEN. these growers back Chicago in
her fight for lower costs through more
direct distribution. Better Fruit.
He follows the fruits, does J. r.
Wilson, at the Benson. Mr.. Wilson
bought about 400 cars of apples in
Hood River and 200 cars at Dufur and
of the latter about 65 cars went to
London. Mr.. Wilson is fruit buyer
Having dickered with the growers in
Oregon, both at Hood River and Med
foro. for their apples, he is now on bis
way TO Florida. where he will negOti-
ate for the purchase of hundreds Of
carloads Of ripe tomatoes. When be
finishes with the tomatoes he will 20
to Georgia and make overtures for q
big slice Of the peach crop and when
that deal is consummated il will BE-
time for him to 90 to California for
naval oranges. Ho-hum, his life
sounds like fruit sal9d i-OregOnisn-