The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-04-13

the cash on hand to put up much
needed buildings on the campus, but
were waiting for the readjuStment of
prices Of material and labor.
The hotels at Kirksville were full
of travelling men who wanted to go
out few miles into the country from
the railroad, to see country merch-
ants and we're cursing and sweating
because the roads were too muddy,
while Missouri has been doing so lit
tie in the last few months, and are
waiting for the readjustment of
prices of material and labor, before
proceeding with road building pro-
gram.
At Fulton, Missouri, another col
Ilege center, they told me substantially
the same story. Everywhere heard
lit repeated by people who seemed to
know what they were talking about,
that Iowa was the worst hit state in
the Union"
1t is my opinion that there is and
has been no over-production; it is
only matter of proper distribution.
| was on the Union Pacific system
lines for most of my journey coming
and going, and | noticed for miles
and miles the right of way had been
farmed. In Colorado and Wyoming
where the right of way is much wild
er than in other states, this was very
noticeable, but no less so than on the
high priced lands between Kansas
City and ST. Louis.
PRICE OF PRODUCTION AND DlsTRIBU-
TON.
What is most needed is baptism
Of sanity, or sound, thoughtful, con-
servative thinking with our hand on
the throttle, eyes on the track ahead
with orders for full steam ahead"
Lets CO. No time for freak legis-
lation favorable to one class at the
expense of another Bankers, law
yers, merchants, farmers, stock rails
, ers and professional men must all
, bear their share Of this adjustment
= One of the biggest, brightest, pro-
fessional men whom il has been nv
pleasure to meet, boarded the train
at his home town, independence, Mis-.
souri. He introduced himself to me
! within an hour after entering the
! train and we occupied the same Pull,
: man on our journey to Salt Lake
. City. He was not only professional
: man, but he was a business man anc
owned extensive interests in ranches
! and was engaged in the raising oI
sheep on a ranch on the Oregon
! Short Line railroad.
He told me that they had suffer
J, ed the greatest loss this winter ir
= their sheep raising business, because
of the weather conditions and short
age Of feed. He told me it was i'm
: possible because of the cost of trans
portation to ship the sheep to feed
q They shipped an abundance of corr
: to their sheep, but this would no
. sustain them because of the unusua
. weather cnditions on their ranches
. On this same Pullman sleeper TO-
i more than two days together with u
:. we're men from different sections o
> the country. remember one yer,
:. bright, intelligent business man from
Vermont, another from Pittsburgh
- one from Iowa and several other
:, who engaged in these discussions an
- conversations which took the form
/, more of round table" A few day
y = cooped up together in a Pullman
7 sleeper is a good occasion to get tn
- opinion of men who are travelling an
y ~ may know considerable about condi
" tions in different parts of the coun
try. And these together with tn
> other people whom have met on tn
y last month Of travel, left the impres
- ~ sion that what we most need today
IS trust in other people, and to get t
+ work and keep everlastingly at i
. There is no over production and ther
!. will be shortage in almost every lin
= within twelve months from date
~ There will not be enough meat be
- - cause Of the scarcity Of cattle, shee
a. and hogs. There will be scarcity o
- : power because Of the scarcity o
:, = horses and mules and this will lea
- = to the shortage Of foodstuffs in a
a lines, as sure as time, within tn
next few years.
We in Morrow county, Oregon
ID have felt the strain Of readjustmer
a less, and will continue to feel it lea'
te Of any people on earth