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r , .\ A h- Poge Eight THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, 1 C. Thurtdoy^ October 9, Above the Hullabaloo By LYTLE HULL The Labor Racketeer It probably won’t be long now be-j fore the racketeer labor leader gets^ thrown right out of the back door, onto his ear. The public, the govem- men, labor and respectable labor leaders, are arriving at the indigna A Privote Citizen Speoks His Mind SPEOATOK COHHENIS ON MBI m THINGS Dr. G. H. Aull of Clemson college I the farms; town lots and buildings; has made a study of the relation of of merchandise live stock, I— materials to be pro- , - , , ^ j I machinery, raw materia jSale prices for land to the assessed j manjiifactured. lion saturation point. As long as the value of the same land. It is conunon usable or tillable land. There is a bit of light which inay be thrown on low assessments as compared with much higher sale prices. The lOc^ or township board of vassessors, and usually the county board of equalization also, are fi^s. ers dealing with their neighters. They Keep in mind the condition of the neighborhood. For example, many air of us Ordinary farmers are making about a bale of cotton to four acres this year. And I assure you it makes Our farms are assessed at rates nrHinArv Mnn/ iinlair, contract-ignoring, outlaw /roan*®"’'’!'' “I"‘ i‘''® i, our nelSbors wS aSSng m alrikes were against •'capital," or. ^eUmg tor $5,000 is almost certainly] but in the communities. .'this wintefth^ would InStorgrt were i*hter -union rows, the country'”®^ o" tax books as being worth, in Bamberg county real estate is 1 that entirely. But while oiw inc^e stood for it because, generally speak-, a\*J1^500 000^ ^ the pfo^rty re- ^ee^^ severely reduced, we may ing: the principal sufferers were a ^or taxation at $1,500 6r $2,000. Ev- turned for taxation, while, it counts t regard the land as being of le^ few capitalists and a few thousand J--there - for ^ly 22 ^r cent m to pay taxes may be less, but the poor workers whd were not in a po-,f^^^t it. In.fact, I have been told sition to defend themselves against (that when a man of good salary, but the depredations of the gangsters who!"9 landed property, offer^ to j^tum third of the taxable proi^rty of the i,^3i^,g jg state, while country and town prop- j unconvincing or unsound it is' at leadsome.butnofmany-^thankhea- his household goods at ^ut 90 per, erty together account fbr one-half j^ag^, ^ neighborly attitude. It may vcn-ol the unions. ! »' h® .“PP®®®®<t. b®_ = our assessed values. Mills and other 1 b, Klentiflc; ^d it may not a'.?,!"' ■.bK™b®:'r“®®j *0 one-|„„,„ b, print, but the assessors in filth, with railroads, and other pub- tem 1 j^om lie utilities accountmg for another fifth. More than fifty per cent of the taxable property in 32 counties was[ . _ a . J! freak, and his neighbors, the assess Then the war in ij-urope started ^ property at about 10 per and our government us^ its head,^^„t That did not happen and instituted the so-called rearma-, j ^ jment program on the theory that tried to return for taxation a house a fire is raging m the neighborhood ^^g^ worth $3,000 at least. I it IS good logic to get out the hose, these cases by way of illus- „„„ .. Almost from the very day we began tj-ating the condition Dr. Aull found j counties rural real estate alone rep- to protect ourselves against eventu- j^jg associates made [resents more than half of all the' alities the most uncalled-for, notes from 30,000 transfers of prop- taxable property. < usable and, unexplainable strikes gj.^ .started to become a habit in various ^^gy have heard some lamb are showhtg a quality of mer cy which we njiu^'t quarrel with. Prior t0-19OO, farms were returned me for taxation at about ^^e value, but farm values increased 420 per cent between 1901 and 1912, vdtile as sessed values increased only 37 per cent. But there is another side: VlThen sales prices declined 78 per cent be tween 1919 and 1935 the assessed values declined only 10 per cent! Those living in towns on sidaries and wages, and not owning real es tate, may not feel it, but in many of our counties almost every public aer^ vice Is charged to real estate. The heaviest expense of many ooimties is for schools. Today the states is very generous with the counties in providii^ school aid, bui manjr coim- ties'have carried the burden as a tax r on real estate. (¥ real estate, and in only five counties was it less than forty per cent. In ten one The observation is made that be tween 1937 and 1938 assessments industries whose outputs were essen-1 ggj.gpj3jg about the taxes. People 1 were increased on 11,000 properties tial to defense. If you manufactured j^^^g j^gg^ known to do that. In fact, and decreased on 10,000. In this we soap or dress goods or baseball bats, jg one of the most frequent topics'note that property on the tax books >OU were, strangely enough, left in Hav Rnmetimps the aiiestinn is . fnr lecc than 49j;n •u/ac ineroace/l peace of the day. Sometimes the question is ^ for less than $250 was increased . . . ... asked, “What do I get for my taxes?” I nearly 25 per cent; while that as-! \ery.soon it became obvious that ^jjat is something else, again, sessed for $3,000 or more was in-' many of these strikes were engineer- general, all of us enjoy protection creased only five per cent. The de- | ed by Communists under orders from gj ggj. persoh and property against creases show larger percentages for Ciermany S ally Russia, and the fia- yjoignce and robbery. That was the properties of more than $3,000 than urant and onen .contemnt of the r, _ * ^ . ■ ’ _ grant and open .conternpt of the original purpose of a government.: foj: smaller holdings, being nearly American people by the Red leaders Today the publiq is taxed for educa-|^0 per cent for the larger, against of these strikes, began to seep in be-- ^jon, health, relief—and many other 115.4 per cent for the smaller. I do tween the flesh and the epidermis of things. It is probable that, the less, not know, of course, but I’ve found (Hir citizens. „ ^ • ... you pay in taxes the more you re-1 that relatively large holdings have 1 hen Adolt attacKea ms buddy ^gj^g public benefits, other than considerably idle land, cut-Over Honest Joe and the Red strikes over pgiigg protection. I woods, swamps or branches, while here were called off, and the gentle--, ^Ve have farms and buildings on'small tracts are more likely to be all men who ran them became loyal; ' Americans over night. What a pretty^— gggg^jgg gut g, the advertising in picture! ..... ,. I r/kf\ I newspapers could be even more ef- aga.ril'irrn'geireTofigfiT^fireJODAY. . . TOMORROW '®®“®® industries which are essential to the; n m arms program. We are suddenly in-jOy 14011 KODIIfSOII formed, for illustration, that many j ships carrying arms, food and cloth- AnvpRTisivr' ing to our soldiers in the West Indies * 1 / are not allowed to sail. The damned', ‘''® ‘"Wl'*™' P^Pj® .»‘‘‘®|‘''®>-® ®--® P>®"‘3' Sopd -i®®-' impertinence of this slap in the face ®" advertising would newspapers under the absolute con trol of the government. Preservation of the American press is a good enough reason for preserv ing advertising, but for the consumer! bent the poor old camel’s back away of advertising is as simple to under-,be disastrous. stand as their ABC’s. But to the as-, down. The government stepped in. I uitni a. ^ Books can be written on what ad- Nearly every thinking man and attorney genial of the Unit-, vertising has done for Americans, woman in this ebuntry is in favor of ^ Arnold, who rep-, But to summarize what advertising giving labor the same place in the •'^sented the departrnent of justice on jg^g jgj. pg^ j ^g quote a para- sun which other citizens enjoy. And , temporary national economic graph of a statement made by Dr. labor is in a fair way to get that committee, advertising is something l D. H. Weld, former president ofi place. But it must—and undoubtedly ^ ^et. the American Marketing association.' will-clean its stables before the ^ J®!'J®®”; Mr. Weld said: smell enrages the public. After all, ^™old has asked about the value of ^ “Without advertising there would there are only 8,000,000 members of advertising ori several occasions. 5^ httle incentive to strive for pro labor unions in this country and L-^^ders of business groups, consum-, juct differences, which mean product there are 120,000,000 of the rest of us. groups and economic groi^ps have improvement. This striving for im-| 'The workers themselves will doubt- Pa^’^dy given him one proof after pygypn^egt jg definitely stimulated by less soon revolt against these gang-1 show that America s rnass the right to influence the' public to sters who were born in someone Production records and low prices; ^py—a right that Is Inherent In ouf else’s country and are now trying to exist primarily b^ause of advertisi^. | free economy. Advertising is there- run ours. The worker is the greatest' They have ^int^ out to him that 1 f^^re at the very root of oiir competi- sufferer, and he knows it, but he is advertising has b^n America s star 1 ^j^e system. Anything that hampers desperately difficult position. have demonstrated 1 advertising would tend to break in how automobiles, tires, gasoline, | down our system of individual in- The decent leaders Q,f labor must initiate the housecleaning. This is .. , . . ,1-- •- their job—and public indignation will Products would cost several tising has been a basic stimulus to packaged groceries, and countless 1 centive sand free competition. Adver- probably soon compel them to act. KEROSENE... JQc Per Gallon YARBOROUGH OIL COMPANY WEST MAIN STREET times what they do today if advertis- lower costs, increased investment, I mg hadn t created mass demand for greater production, improved pro- those products. ducts, increased earning power, and At one time it seemed that Mr. Arnold had finally leamqd this basic economic rule, but now he’s forgotten again. At least, in a recent question- j of us. rising standards ot living. These are just a few basic reasons why advertising is important to all D. E. Tribble Co. FU.NERAI, DIRECTOR.^ ...3nd... EMBAL^TERS Licensed Embalmers, Complete Modern Equipment Day Phone 94 Night Phone* 24. 253 or 255 Clinton, S. C. naire to oil companies, he asked them to explain the “necessity and desira bility of advertising.” If Mr. Arnold happens to have some quirk in his otherwise brilliant mind which causes black spots before his eyes when he contemplates ad vertising, w'e could forgive him that —except he happens to be in a posi tion where he could do much toward destroying advertising and all the, competitive spirit whi,ch goes with it and which forms the very foundation of our economic machine. ' ' In these days of fast changing sys tems of living, we would do well to hold fast to the two slogans which are the basis of America’s 'success formula, namely: “It pays to adver tise,” and “Competition is the life of trade.” LOOK! WANTED: 100 HOUND DOGS Hound dog owners, I want to buy a load of male hound dog:8 in Clinton SEC* OND FRIDAY IN OCTO BER—October 10th. I do not want you to give me your d<^, I want to pay you $ $ $ MONEY $ $ $ in cash for him. Will have plenty of money ^for^ everybody. Don’t fm’get the date — Second Friday in October— OcUdier 10th, is hound dog day in Clinton. JESS KEY DANGER—Freedom One of the great dangers of an at tack on advertising is that it consti tutes a subtle attack on freedom of' the press. I ' Whether or not Mr. Arnold is' ^aware of the close relationship be tween freedom of the press and ad- ! vertising, I don’t know, but if hq and I other government leaders are going' I to continue their attitude of defining | I advertising as an economic waste, it 1 i is time this relationship was made | i very clear to every freedom-loving I I American. | j The newspapers of America arei 1 free, strong and independent because j [they long ago devis^ a method ofj gaining necessary financial support 1 without gifts, subsidies or philan-j thropy. That method was to publish; the news of bargains in stores, de-l velopments of new products of pub-1 lie interest and general messages ofj large business concerns — and to; charge a price for that advertising! which would be proflitable to both j the advertisers and the newspapers. 1 Without the support^of advertisers,' newspapers could not be published at' all unless they were merely the j mouthpiece of the government or ofj powerful financial interests. So it isj evident that any major threat to ad-1 vertising is not only a threat to free- j dom of the press but to the very ex istence of the press as we know it today. PERSONAL Gcorsia — yos won’t h«v* to 5«t th«t divorc*! You can tame tlijit ImsFyid of yours with lietter baimiK. Just remember that men like variety in foods. .-Vnd if you’ll use Rumford Baking Powder you can pick out any recijie that takes your fancy. Don’t worry about the 8pe<‘ial quantities required k>r special types of baking powder. 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