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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...
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Clinton,
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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
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.-Vnd if you’ll use Rumford
Baking Powder you can pick
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8pe<‘ial quantities required k>r
special types of baking powder.
With Rumford just use the
amount the direnions call for
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PLOT-^CeaaorsUp
. There are some keen-minded in-'
dustrialists who believe that attacks
advertising by the government
on
constitute a “fifth column” type plot
aimed at imdermining freedom of
the press and the competitive sys
tem of business which has worked
so successfully in America.
These men point out that while the
freedom Of the press is being zeal
ously guarded so far as attempta to
censor news are concerned, a graduid
COLD
Discomforts
UquM—95c
‘Has That Ntss Orsp IRsar
Yes, Sir!
We're
Doing
Our Part!
McCOY’S
is doing its best to cooperate with Uncle
Sam. Only last week we turned over to
the U. S. Government our dl^p sea tank
ers to be used for national defense pur
poses. Now our shipping has to go by rail,
at a higher rate, but McCoy’s is glad to
make this sacrifice in order to help ipake
secure this land of ours.
Drive In Today For
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