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Milford s city election on Monday proved
to be spirited and interesting. While not
reaching record breaking voting of past
years, a total of 1038 persons registered their
desires in the mayoralty contest. After an
absence of two years from the Milford mu
nicipal scene Edward C. Evans again takes
over the duties of Mayor. He succeeds C.
Van Nuis Wilkerson, who ran a poor third
in Monday's balloting. Percy Haughey, sec
ond in the voting, retains his seat in City
Council from the First Ward. Alfred Nut
têr, Jr., becomes the only new member of
Council through his decisive defeat of his
two opponents in the Third Ward.
At this time we believe that it is fitting
to call to the attention of Mayor Evans, the
members of City Council and the citizens of
Milford generally what we think is a rather
top-heavy administrative set-up in the mu
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1950
nicipal picture. The City Manager is paid
$5,200.00 per year; the City Clerk is paid
$4 ,000.00 per year. The Secretary of Council
receives $500.00 a year. The Superintendent
of Electric, Water and Light receives $4,500
annually. Regardless of the Street Depart
ment foreman at $3,000.00 per year and the
assistant foreman at $2,000.00 per year, and
the Police Department, which may or may
not need re-organization, we believe that
some real savings can be made in the City
Hall. Why can't the City Manager take over
the duties of the City Clerk and the Secretary
of Council? This one consolidation of office
will save $4,500.00 in salaries, and certainly
will not injure the efficient operation of the
! city nffice-r ,W P b a VP before us, as we write
this editorial, a list of salaries and wages
paid by the City of Milford for the fiscal year
ending September 30th, 1949. The grand
♦ total amounts to $83,267.2^.
The breakdown, by departments, as given
* to us by the City Manager, follows : Office,
j $16,770.71; Police, $16,420.40; Street De
j partaient, $20,388.79; and Electric, Water
Plant, $29,687.33. Remember.— these are
salaries and wages and not other expenses.
They may be justified. We suggest to the
Mayor and Council that they be carefully
scanned to see if any economies may be made.
We are not insinuating that there is anything
crooked or hidden in the figures above quoted.
It is our sole purpose to suggest that the
several departments of the city government
can, and should, be operated with fewer em
•ployees—given the proper supervision. This
suggestion is offered in good faith, and with
the sole thought in mind of arriving at a
»
more efficient and economical operation of
our city government. To this end the Chron
icle pledges the use of our columns for real
publicity of Milford affairs—if, and when,
this information is made available to us
openly and above board; not in*an "off the
record" basis.
RALPH C. WILSON RETIRES
After twenty-five years of public service
Ralph C. Wilson, of Dover, Secretary of the
State Board of Agriculture, is retiring. He
has served the State well. During his tenure
of office he has seen many changes in method
of agricultural processes. He has worked
hard to advance the interests of the farmers
and poultrymen. The writer has known
Miff" Wilson since college days. We were
members of the same class at the University
of Delaware. We enjoyed membership in the
same fraternity, Kappa Alpha. During the
years since leaving college we have remained
close personal friends. We are both Repub
licans and most of the lime have seen eye
to eye on matters relating to State and Na
tional Government. We know Ralph Wilson
-h.s virtues and his short-comings. Years
of business dealings with him have not les
sened our estedm for him. He is a straight
shooter. He is a man to be depended upon at
all times. He retires from public service with
our best wishes for his future happiness and
prosperity.
TAXES CAN KILL
The gravest and most far-reaching inter
nal issue this country faces is the cost of its
government. And of all issues, it is probably
the least understood.
At a time when the Federal government's
income is at a near-record peak, and when
the burden of taxation borne by the people
is without precedent in days of peace, the
nation is unable to make both ends meet. It
is running a heavy deficit which will be added
to the towering national debt—a debt which
is a direct obligation upon every man with
an income, a piece of property, or material
resources of any kind.
There is, of course, a glib answer to all
of this. It is: 'Tax the rich man and the
rich business—let them carry the load for
the rest of us." But the fact is that we could
tax the rich into financial extinction and the
proceeds wouldn't even come close to paying
the bill. It is the tens of millions with mod
erate means—not the few with large means
—who are hurt by extravagant government.
But that is not the end of the story.
Something infinitely ominous is quietly hap
pening in this country. Taxes are killing our
economic growth.
Sales of common stock in industry largely
determine whether we shall have good times
or bad, an expanding economy or a static
economy, more employment or less in the fu
ture. Yet last year trading in stocks account
ed for only four per cent of the national in
come where, in the 55 years prior to 1930,
it averaged more than 40 per cent. This
means that if most of our corporations were
not already in existence, it would be impos
sible today to create them. The money that
once went into the enterprises upon which
our living standards and oun world leader
ship are built is being taxed oüt of existence.
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IRIS IS DUt one illustration OUt of many
that could be cited. Every individual whose
k " 0WS
onerous taxes are. Practically everyone
talks at one time or another about the cost
of government and how something must be
done. But talk is generally the beginning and
the end of it.
This brings us to a fundamental fact.
Wasteful, excessively costly government is
simply a symptom of a condition of over
whelming significance. That condition cannot
be described in cold figures. It exists in the
m i n ds and hearts of the people,
In the last twenty years, there has been
an insidious change in our concept of govern
men t. We have turned to it to perform tasks
which always before were the duty of the
individual and the local community. More
and more of us look to government to protect
us in every way. We are losing our indepen
dence. We ask government to protect our
health, build our homes, care for us if we
are unemployed, and see us through all the
way from the cradle to the grave. We ask
it to provide more and more goods and serv
ices. The polite term for this "gimme" habit
is "the welfare state," a softer name for so
cialism. The welfare state always leads to
one of two conclusions. It impoverishes and
enslaves the people and subjects them to
ruthless dictatorship, as in Eastern Europe
Or, finally, the people rid themselves of its
worst manifestations, as the voters of New
Zealand and Australia recently did. But,
even in the latter case, the wealth of nations
has been dissipated, and the tentacles of gov
ernment have been woven so tight that it
may take generations to recover,
Therefore, taxation directly affects all
our Hberities. Excessively expensive govern
ment is always super-government. It is pa
ternalistic government. It is, in its more ad
vanced stages, government by fiat and de
cree * It is, in its final stages, government by
terror. The Russian revolution was fought
! n the name of the common man. And now,
j* 1 that huge "people's state," tens of mil
1 ®. ns 9^ comi ? lon men an d women live miser
?bly in medieval darkness, and real liberty
ls unknown.
The basic troubles of the world, from war
to human want, can in one way or another be
charged to too much government. AII-power
f ul government is simply a reflection of the
os .® of individual self-reliance, initiative,
' independence of spirit, the will to work
# he qualities which made possible the
funding and the growth of this republic,
as a P e °P'e, are fortunate that we have
F one 80 ^ ar on "welfare state
road that V e cann °t turn back. We can still
f ave ourse * ves from the final disaster that
aas overcome so much of the world. But we,
as a P e °P le * ^ust do it ourselves. Big govern
not uo it for us. We must ask
® elves thls question : "Are we willing, in re
r a mirage of material security, for
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our
.
J vhlch pay through exhorbitant taxation,
uLSfSS,u* * Orties for which men
and Sniggled for two thousand
y
GROUNDED
Don't you remember just after the war's
end, the predictions that within a few years
the sky would be almost blotted out by air
personal V Dlanp n snnn GI !mTfB g01ng t0 have . h . i . s
nf^ th * îfï V Ï ' and there even was talk
sLwav Welf thp 1, policemen 1 ,n 1 the
hnsinpî» hïif ? r Phonal plane
f or the past few veara" ». hl stead î ly
tion men feel thl/thJ hn?ll h gh S £ me u Vla ~
reached FhruresSuS ^ een
try reveal that for ^ by the lî duS r
1949 onlv 3 250 hlhf m0r l ths
from factories with thp , wer ®. shipped
not more than 3 50ft e8 f lmat ® a J
the war the annua"'ouS reaïhecT 30 000
The field too has narmioH Q ^ cned ^
factures h^ve tske^ oT .i2LT ? T U "
above rater Adelines to keep
Emphasis is now nn u •
ness executive planes rather than the two o'
three-seaters deseed just^ for cSim
around the clouds. J ° r cruism<?
SMALL BUSINESS SPEAKS
For a vepr long time Small Business has
been clamoring at the doors of the United
States Commerce Department for help. And
now the Department has made a plea to
Congress to help out the economics of "little
fellows The Government Department rec
ommended this week an end to double taxa
tion of earnings; permission for each busi
ness man to specify his own rate of amorti
zation for tax purposes ; creation of a Federal
!B an ir^ 4 Ura i n ij ^ an ' PRtterned after that of
tne federal Housing Administration, to in
sure banks against loss of loans to Small
pUBiness. Senator O'Mahoney of Wyoming
18 A A ^ ena 7 e ®^ der championing the rights
and demands of Small Business. The general
sentiment throughout the Nation is in favor
Üt C ,?*!p n n i0n ° f Business with
rnvprnmp f ™ SU PP ort from the Federal
Movemmem. • . 1
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Thirty Years Ago
As Taken From The Files
Of The Milford Chronicle
Miss Elsie Koeppel, teacher at
District No. 44, Milford Neck, spent
the weekend with her parents at
Harbeson. She was accompanied
by Miss Gertrude Trader of Milford,
Fire last week broke out in a
tract of Dine timber on the Unvid A
WiHbank 1 farm in 1 Broadklin Neck
doing much* damage^ to Üie g lowing
timber. It is thought that the fire
started from embers left by night
hunters who failed to extinguish a!
fire built to warm themselves while!^[
their dors were tailing a fox
tneir uog^ wcretainng a fox.
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Leeds Barclay of New York Ci£<
S.Ä ITUd Mi \ t
Henderson of iToAaBy Beach, whll.l
At the parsonage of Avenue M. E.
Church. Thursday afternoon. Jan-:
nary IBÜh. 11*20, Miss Sarah E.
Hearn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.!
Ebon Hearn of near Salisbury Md.,
and Cornelius Wilkins, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Wilkins, of near
Milford, were married by Rev. R. K.
Stephenson. The bride has been:
cpnnected with the First National!
Bank of Milford for the past few
years and the groom Is manager of
the lumber business yards of the I.
D. Short Company in Milford. On
their return from their honeymoon,
they will reside on Causey Avenue,
his father and mother are traveling
across the continent and on to Hon
olulu. They are visiting numbers of
places of interest in Colorado and
California, and they are also visit
ing in Seattle and Spokane,
BABSON Discusses Bnsmess For 1951 And 1952
BABSON PARK, Fla., Jan. 27
—In my recent Forecast for 1950.
I stated that 1950 will be almost
as good as 1949. This means that
most industries and most locali
ties will average nearly as well
as for 1949. It is very possible
—however—that 1950 may be the
best year for some years to
1950 vs. 194»
It should be remembered that
January 1949 enjoyed several
stimulants which cannot indefi
nitely continue.
1949 benefited from
increase in military preparedness. Also, in 1949, the
first installment 6f Marshall- Plan Aid—amounting to
$5,000,000,000—was sent abroad, much of which
helped U. S. industries.
come.
ROGER W. BABSON
For instance,
a marked
1950 will—however—benefit from
the large
amount of insurance money to be rebated to G I
. There jvill also be some other windfalls; but
men
the European aid money will be less in I960,
farmers will have less money to spend in 195ft. AH
told, general business for 1950 need not be
below 1949. We surely live in a great country.
The
much
The above illustrations apply to u. s. business,
is not enough for the government to expend "as
much" in 1950 as in 1949 in order to hold up busl
nesH - Tho government or private enterprise must
expend more in 1950 in order to prevent a decline,
The Republicans are wise in complaining about ever
increasing expenditures and deficits; but in order
to keep the national Income up to the 1949 figures,
it is not enough for Uncle Sam to contribute as much
as in I960 to the general welfare. He must contribute
great need
year, in order
>'«rinal Conditions vs. Stimulants
Readers should, however, realize the
INCREASING stimulants in order to hold busi
ness up to "normal" and prevent declines,
who have administered to the chronic sick,
that in order for the patient to avoid more pain the
dose of bromide must be increased. Those who de
pend upon liquor for a "lift" know that the amount
used must be increased from year to
to get the same results.
of
Those
know
On Thursday night, a fire in the.
I barn and sheds on the farm of Mrs. 1
Mary Titus, three miles east of
Milford, destroyed the building ami :
contents. It was discovered by
one
j of the family but not until it had ;
oaten its way to the machine house
^ which she hnd stored two BUto
"«biles, a carriage, and a lot of
Imptoment. also five hogs
, 8 " d handred chicke n«. j
^ Carlisle Hre Company of Mil
^ rd was . C8lled and ^ ""king "
I y . ir < » u,c f k ru " , sav ? d the other!
buildings from being destroyed. The!
loss will amount to about $ 2 , 500 1
with only a small Insurance. ^
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On Wednesday evenlnn, January !
»h_ „ fWt of Tall Cedars -111 be;
'1 ^ lf0 l d „ WUh a charter
Jfi p hundred
* th? LTnriï t T
wine Forest îf wfl^ h in '
eModae The l t
I S nn iSf ° , k k " 1 k G
Brandywine FoïestLdTtT expect
<-d that about two hundred mem
bers of that Forest will come to Mil 1
f «rd that evening. A special train
has been chartered to bring the vi
ijtors to Milford for the occasion,
Thej will be accompanied by a I
band. Hie local lodge will be known
a« Evergreen Forest No. 49, Tall;
Ceda rs of Lebanon. Only members
of the Masonic Fraternity can be
com e members of the tedars. The
ceremonies will be held in the
Armory Hall, but the candidates for
«he new Forest will meet at Grange
; Hall and proceed to the hall in a
i body.
more than in 1949 unless the Republican business
men have more faith in the country and they them
selves finance more new industries.
Bursting the Balloon
Of course there is a limit to all things. The pres
ent policy of going into dept to keep up the national
income cannot continue forever. If oxygen is con
tinually pumped into the business balloon, it will
finally burst from over-pressure. If only the pres
ent amount is put into the balloon each year, the
balloon will slowly become smaller. Hence, 1950
may be our best year for some time.
Thjs is why I am advising readers to get out of
debt during 1950. Neither jobs nor money will be
as plentiful in 1961 or 1952. Now is the time to save
your umbrellas for the inevitable "rainy days." Pay
cash for what you buy during 1950. Give your em
ployer the best you can during 1950. Many careless
workers will be laid off in 1951; you don't want to
be one of these. Increase your savings during 1950
as you may need to draw upon them in years which
follow. Explain business cycles to your wife and
children. Get them to cooperate with you.
Beware of Politicians
getting free aid and too little about creating more
goods. For prosperity to continue after 1950 we
«- mU st have more religion and fewer handouts.
Don't let the politicians fool you. Most of them
are not interested in your real welfare. They are
interested only in getting re-elected. Moreover, the
increase in salary which they voted themselves will
make many of them in 1950 even more dangerous
leaders than before. During these coming months
too many of them will tell you anything to get re
elected. They will be giving you only temporary
"pain killers." Don't be fooled by their harmful
patent medicines.
Your hope and mine depends upon us doing more
work and spending our money more wisely. There
is no short cut to prosperity. Sooner or later we
will learn that these politicians have beeij giving
us only dope instead of an honest spring tonic. We
need medicine which will make us produce more, so
that prices can be reduced and false "prosperity"
be avoided. There is too much thought about
can
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Trice of
Houston spent last week with
friends and relatives in Phila., and
Wilm.
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dciughtei Mr. Bnd Mrs. John
Pearson, of Milford and Mrs. Percy
Rockwell Haughey of Wilm., were
™"ied at the M. E Parsonage at
Milford by the Rev. R. K Stephen
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They will reside in Wilm.
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T T ie sa . e of the
Lake and grounds which were td
have been sold by Mrs. Angeline
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M ' r " D a"ï -ÎÛ no be aSle .fcarry
ou t his proposcd pleasure park for
the people of Mi i for d and establish
a bathing place on the shore of the
' ake for the boys. There was some
uusunderstandirjg in regards to the
deal which caused Mr. Davis to dls
r nt 'T. f® transac 1 U
several Applications 8 from^hel
CSstne« men for whfte"eda?
on part ofThe land belongine to the
Jake, and also for the old burned
mill*connections and these mav he
of mo^e valurthan thev we^ ïon!
sldered as having When the new
permanent road is bulk by the
state and countv from Milton to
Milford which is^ikely to be com
pleated b^foîe the end of the mï
ent year, this lake will be one of
the beauty spots in approaching the
eastern side of Milford It will re
quire a new tumbling dam to
trol the waters
Miss Lula Abbott Pearson, and
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WALTER SHEAO, WNU C
Population Moving
HILE ALL the attention and
shouting about the 1950 census
right now seems to be over the
questions to be asked about In
come, the real political signifi
cance of this census is in what It
will do to congress after the reap
portionment as a result of the cen
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BUS.
This second session of the 81st
congress is sitting for the last time
as now constituted, for as the say
ing goes, there'll be some changes
made. For instance the migration
from rural areas into the cities will
make a definite impression on the
complexion of congress and more
representatives will come from the
urban centers.
New York state, for Instance
wID lose three congressmen;
Pennsylvania will lose two. In
dications now are that Illinois,
Georgia, Arkansas, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North Carolina,
Tennessee and Oklahoma will
each lose at least one congress
man.
California will be the big winner
with an increase of eight more
congressmen. Florida, Indiana,
Michigan, Texas, Oregon and
Washington will each gain at least
one. And there may be other shifts
as the population moves from East
to West.
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Sied Shortage Soon
The department of agriculture is
deeply concerned over the fact that
up to 100 million acres of land may
go seedless as a result of a com
bination shortage of about 446 mil
lion pounds of grass and legume
seeds and the new decrease in
acreage allotments of basic crops.
In other words, some 30 million
acres will be released from the pro
duction of wheat, cotton, tobacco,
potatoes, rice and other allotment
crops in order to prevent surplus
in those crops and the estimate for
needs of grass seeds stands at
about 756 million pounds whereas
the production this year amounted
to only 310 million pounds. Whether
these acres will stand idle subject
to weeds or erosion, depends upon
whether or not the farmers will
plant more acres this year to La
dino clover, brome, sweet clover,
alfalfa or other legumes.
Huge Pig Crop
The department of agriculture
forecasts a record crop of pigs go
ing to market in 1950 with the first
wave to reach the market in the
late winter or early spring at a re- I
iuction of about 10 per cent in
price. The present 90 per cent of
parity price support will be main
tained through March and an ex
pected reduction in the price sup
port is expected beyond that date.
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REA Gets Help
Approximately 800 applications
are on file with the rural electric
administration from companies
seeking to give rural telephone
service under the law enacted by
the last session of congress.
And apparently there la an en
tirely different feeling between
the private telephone compa
nies and REA as compared to
this government agency and
the private power companies.
Perhaps the telephone compa
nies are taking a page out of
the book of experience, for as a
matter of fact they are offering
BEA every facility and help as
a result of their long experi
ence, instead of attempting to
bloc the program as did the
' electric utilities.
Most applications for extension of
phone service to the farms is com
ing from established private firms.
The private companies say they in
stalled 350,000 rural telephones in
1949 without REA.' One advantage
the private companies have is that
REA seemingly does not want es
tablished electric Coops to handle
telephones. So new telephone coops
must be organized.
Would Widen Security
One of the "must" bills insofar
as the administration is concerned j
and a likely campaign issue is the
bill to extend social security to the
tune of about 11 million additional
persons and to increase its bene
fits. This measure (HR 6000) al
ready has passed the house and
carries increased payroll deduc
tions to be borne by employers and
employee alike. It would up the
average payment from about $26
per month to about $44.
Another on the administra
tion time table is the aid to
education bill which passed the
senate last session carrying sn
appropristion of about 300 mil
lion and which became all
snarled up in a religions con
troversy in a house committee.
It will be remembered that the
senate in the 80th congress passed
a similiar bill introduced by Senator
Taft, and which was never reported
out of a house committee. It seems
almost certain that some kind of
education bill will pass this ses
sion. -
Opponents Like Him
EAST LANSING, Mich. — (>P> —
Don Coleman, Michigan State's
lightweight sophomore tackle, was
the most respected of all the Spar
tans' 1949 gridders among oppo
nents. He was named on the all
opponent teams of seven of the nine
Michigan State rivals.
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Social Security
Commendable, But
JfPPROXIMATELY 39 million
American workers are now
paying at social security tax a
maximum of $45 each year. The
employer adds to that another $45
as a maximum. The total of the tax
paid by employee and employer
will produce for 1950 about 2.4 bil
lion dollars of which about 700
million will be needed to pay social
security pensions for the year. .
We are encouraged to think ;
of the difference between the
amount collected, and the
amount paid ont, 700 million as
a reserve fond to provide for
future social security pay- \
ments, but that is not the fact;
that reserve does not exist.
Congress has spent every dime
of the 11.6 billion dollars that
reserve is presumed to have
accumulated.
It has been swallowed up In the
wild spendings of congress, through
the years since social security
started in 1935. It means that those
millions of Americans, both em
ployees and employers, are, and
have been, paying far more than
the costs of social security, includ
ing the excessive administration
expenses. Between the employees
and the employers they have been,
and are, paying more than an in
surance company annuity to pay
the same amounts on the same
conditions, would cost.
Should there come u year
when the costs, the payment of I
pensions and the administra- I
tive expense of social dfecnrlty j
should amount to more than j
the tax for the year produced,
the difference would not be
taken from that non-existent re- !
serve fund, but wopld be voted \
as an appropriation by con
gress. It would come from the
United States treasury, paid
from the general tax levied
against all the American peo
ple, as all other government
expenditures are paid.
The social security Idea may be
commendable, but the method of
operation is largely fraudulent. It
has cost in the past only about half
the amount the beneficiaries and
their employers pay, and begin
ning with the first of January of
this year congress has provided
for the collection of an additional
50 per cent, with another Jump in
the tax due in 1952. Less than half
of the money collected is used In
paying for what was supposedly
collected for by the government.
It is obtaining money under false
pretenses.
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Among the Christmas remember
ances I received was a'hard sent
by a friend living in New York
City. To that card was attached
half a dozen potato seeds. On it
was a message suggesting that in
the spring I plant the seeds and
when. In the fall, the crop was
harvested, I report to the depart
ment of agriculture and receive
from the government my 1950
Christmas check.
With it came information te
the effect that in 1948 the gov- 1
ernment spent, of the tax pay- I
ers money, 199 million dollars |
to boy up the surplus potato
crop, plus 24 million more to
destroy what it had bought. All
to keep the price of potatoes J
the people must have at a high
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price. I
In Arrowstook county, Maine,
the government paid an average
of $13,000 to each potato farmer.
That, said the card, is a racket
much more profitable than any
thing offered by the Irish sweep
stakes, and it is legal. To me that
card and its ironic content was
but an evidence of what the five
city voters to the one farm vote
are thinking of the taxes they pay
to keep the prices of food they
must buy selling at peak prices.
My friend had emphasized hil
opinion of farm subsidies. It
would be well for that one-to-flve
farm vote and those 4ttio would
serve the farmers cause to take
heed of that opinion before the
five city voters take more drastic
action than merely sending ironic
Christmas cards.
A sample of selfishness: Be
cause of a small profit made on
sales to 2,500 needless federal em
ployees, merchants at Long Beach,
Calif., circulated petitions to their
representatives at Washington, de
manding Hoover commission rec
ommendations not be effectuated.
The many suffer that a few may
profit in a small way, but the many
fail to express their wishes. That
is a sample of whab is happening.
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It can be a short road to social
ism, but it will be a long way
back.
That something for nothing
that looks so enticing is. in
reality, but • mirage of the
desert.
It is all true, as the Governor of
Utah says: "The federal govern
ment takes one dollar from the
"tes for every 50 cents it re
Eels Get Tanked
UP) — The
TOTON, England
water tank at the railway depot
here went dry. Engineers and fire
men Jisbed in the supply line and
pulled out 13 eels. They ate them
for supper.