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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1932
Page
4
Oregon dairymen urge public support for a measure to tax oleomargarine to protect butter sales. The summary cites 1930 figures: 55,405 farms with 41,405 dairying farms, 5.4 cows per farm, average income per cow $85, total milk tax impact, and 6,000,000 lbs of oleomargarine sold.
The article argues this is an ideal era to build or repair roads as road dollars buy more labor and materials, enabling first class weatherproof roads at low cost. Emphasizes roadmix surfaces for farming areas and urges permanent, high value investment in roads.
The article argues that prolonged economic distress has not produced vast social unrest in the chief industrial nations. In the third year of low mood the labor movement remains largely moderate, with unions and Socialist elements favoring stability despite claims of a breakdown of the industrial system.
The column argues that a ten percent shift in foreign trade could decide prosperity or recession in the United States. It cites David Lawrence noting the impact of lost export sales on employment, wages, and purchasing power, stressing foreign trade as a global yet national concern.
A historical report notes the 1932 trend shows rising automobile deaths with about 4800 fatalities in the first two months, contrasting cities like Larne Massachusetts Boston and St Lawrence where no fatalities occurred. It argues most drivers are capable but urges public opinion or law to curb the roughly 10 percent responsible.
The article argues surplus production leads to unprofitable prices and advocates farm cooperatives as a solution. It cites citrus growers as well organized leaders and notes intelligent cooperation boosts prosperity, recalling a Faraday anecdote about practical value.
Pratt a university dean who claims he never drinks faces skepticism as his associates are habitually drunk. He defends friends involved in incidents while critics link his character to the company he keeps and warn that reputations mirror those he associates with.
Merchants in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas study scientific merchandising methods used in other cities. A model store exhibit mirrors programs in Louisville Des Moines Jacksonville and more. Pennsylvania wholesalers in Harrisburg examine methods to boost profitable customers and curb uncollectable losses as part of a cooperative effort.
Volume two of the Presidents Conference on Home Building and Ownership argues long term amortized loans and new discount banks to back mortgage paper will ease high financing costs and foreclosures. It cites reform of tax and foreclosure laws and warns that current rules push taxes and assessments onto homeowners.
Oregon lumber interests see a new tariff of three dollars per thousand feet likely to pass the Senate finance bill. Senators Steiner and McNary led support, with Steiner threatening a filibuster to secure lumber justice. Washington politics loom as conventions approach.
Henry O Malley Commissioner of Fisheries of the Department of Commerce notes that the greatest value of game fish to the community lies in their contribution to recreation and local economies.
The University of Oregon journalism program earned top praise at a recent American Society of Newspaper Editors gathering in Washington. Dean Frank Allen praised Oregon’s achievement in an engagement letter to Leonard J Sterling, placing the Oregon program among leading schools like Columbia and the University of Michigan.
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