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Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C Thursday, Fabruory 12,1942 CCltntfltt (E^ronirlr Established IMt WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 50 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Miittef ftt thC P6St COT<^ it lCimtbii, 5:C The Chrbnicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. . * , , THE NATIONAL SCENE As Woshington Sees It Special to The Chronicle. Washington, Feb. 11. — Although the government now has the power to dictate prices on all types of com modities, no immediate action to put ceilings on the retail prices of con* : strmer- goodr" SflOi side of farm representatives h«f*rlf —jAUDIYOB’ff NOTICE the farmer is going to put in long hours of work at moderate pay and without complaint, they feel it is im perative that laborers do the same thing. no, . The effort of the automobile work ers union to get double pay for those who work on Sunday is *n example of the type of action which arouses the farm representatives. Automobile workers now get time-and-a-half for action will undoubtedly be taken as who work on Sunday, even ft tjpey mir- jit becomes necessary, but immediate ! action of the administrator of the jnew price control law will probably be largely confined to strengthening the ceilings already established on CLINTON, S. C.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IS, IMS Hope Still Springs The major boosts in the price of cotton usually come after the staple is out of the fanner’s possession and only serves to raise the hope that the price will be maintained while he fights to conquer the boll weevil and is in the market again. A High Resolve Today being the birthday of Abra ham Lincoln, the nation will again'“ tern in Washington is rotten at the core. Hotel managers who charge 60 cents foe a bowl of soup, 35 cents for a piece of pie and two bits for a cup of coffee should be hahdled^as prof iteers. Civilian government employes are being added at the rate of a thousand a week and are expected to reach ap proximately 300,000 before the war has gone another year. In the de fense organization is a good place to materials needed in gef tion. Until the new law was passed, the price ceilings hnpotft by.the Office do not work more than 40 hours ing the week, get double pay for all work they do on the Sabbath. That new disturbance of labors plus the wolk-out of vtolders in the of price Ai voluntary ibe enfoi legal pehl gives Leon H4h< administrator, ceilings on on rents. JusttwH* action on thts* take any Will probably depend on hoW rktuftl Voluntary co operation he jetsrfmfo retailers and wholesalem on keeping fdrices down. Mr. Henderson’s general * him is to the lev- lefense produc-! ship -building yards on the Pacific coast over an inter-uhion feud, has once again brought up demands in congress for no-strike legislation and wage control When the war first started and union leaden agreed to a labor control plan suggested by the President, it was hoped that there would be continued peace on the la bor front. But now many congress men are plainly worried again over the threat of new labor troubles in terfering with defense production. Any serious development along this line is expected to lead to drastic legislation. on can dkvy also pries ite price goods and =ar The County Auditor’s office at Lau rens, 8. d, will be open from the 1st day of January to the 1st day of March, 1M3, for the purpose of tak ing tax returns tor the ensuing year; and tor the transaction of aH busi ness pertaining to the. office. v ^ It is absolutely necessary for you to make returns as real estate and personal property have to be return ed this year. ' S. R. DdRROH. tf „ Auditor RADIO REPAIRING COMPLETE LINE of TUBES M. BOrP ©WINGS — 1C4-J r*r, ■; —." t ■' r start a house-cleaning of all useless ..... . « u : e i individuals. Taxpayers are being keep prices* at approximately swallowed up by iax-eaten,. They,els they JSjprHl'tMl. ^ Vx T ; •'ks-w-tlr* tK** ctat^C- ! would welcome a too long delayed | subjett fcf Afektost debate in purge. Jones Meets His Match about Lincoln—the man, the states man, the president and the orator. In 1860 Lincoln reached the high est point in public service that any man can attain. He was elected presi- 1 Jesse Jones, the immensely weal- dent of the United States, and it was Texan, has been the most power- during his term that the war between flgurg j n Washington during the the states was fought which resulted j^ ew £)g a i spending regime. He holds in the preservation of the union and 0 ffi ce D f Secretary of (Commerce, the emancipation of slaves. head of the Defense Plant Corpor- Lincoln made many speeches but a tj on an( j Federal Loan Agency, and his most familiar and best loved is a other potent government the addrgss he delivered at the dedi- bo^jgs He has been czar unto him- cation fcf the soldiers’ cemetery on self as the Rrc head> possessing a i_ the battlefield of Gettysburg. It ends, m ost limitless power. But from reports coming Out of Washington now Jones has met his master in the hard-hitting War Pro duction Chief Donald Nelson, who has let the Texan understand he is the production boss and that the De fense Plant Corporation, along with the Army, Navy and Maritime Com mission, all are to come under his supervision in this war emergency. Long ago we decided that Jones with the famous words “We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died ip vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that the govem- t of the people, by the peo- >1 for the people shajl not per ish from the earth. On the birthday of this illustrious man is a fitting time for us to con sider the full significance of that fa- j should be curbed in his RFC spend mous quotation from his address. It i ing and dictating. If he thought well is also a g,*>d time to add our deep of a proposal it got his OJC. If he approval to that resolve, for every one of us today is determined to see didn’t, his word was final. He held up urgently needed rubber, alumi- to it that no American who has died num and tin programs which re- for the cause of freedom has died in suited in the embarrassing predica- vain. Once again we must prove to ment the country-'now finds itself, another challenger that “the govern-1 When the synthetic rubber program ment of the people, by the people,; was placed before, him months be- for the people shall not perish from fore the Pearl Harbor debacle—he the earth.” I took an indifferent attitude toward the proposal and would do nothing, A r* J o*ll If‘II | but bungled the situation. OOOu Bill I 0 Mil j it will doubtless prove helpful to As in past years a bill has again the nation at this critical time that been introduced in the legislature to abolish the highway inspection law. Here is a good bill to kill in short order as a protection to the public. The report just released by the highway department for 1941 shows 678 persons were killed in the state in motor Jones has at last met his match in Nelson, the new producton generalis simo. Unlimited authority usually makes a brief fool of most people. sns were killed in me siaie -j-. r tl • „ __ vehicle traffic accidents—anj * 06 jUgOT JilOrtQQC increase of 69 over the previous year. J While the public does not yet know War activity is cited by the highway 1 definitely how sugar is to be rationed engineer as a contributing factor to J to American homes, it is settled that the increase. there will be a curtailment tor con- When 40,000 persons are killed an- sumers, that.each family will be re- nually on the highways of the United;quiredjo register with somebody be- States and nearly 700 in this state,(fore obtaining booklets which will no argument should be needed for,contain sugar stamps to be used in the preservation and tightening up j making the allowed weekly or of safety measures. Had there been monthly purchases. The rationing of no inspection law in the state it is;other foods may also be expected to safe to predict that the fatality total i follow. would have been much higher thaiv< The present confusion on sugar is the record made. (due to several causes, with hoarding Every car or truck that goes on | standing at the top of the list. Enter- the highways should be inspected for ( ing into the problem is the cutting good brakes, steering, lights, etc. The off of supplies from the Pacific, Ha- regulations we now have are not as waii and the Philippines supplying stringent as they should be Some of the house members may reason that with certain classes the about one-fourth of our supply. The production of the latter is of course wiped out. There is also the problem abolition of the car inspection law'of transportation. We are likewise is good politics. But it is poor judg-i suffering from the result of a quota ment and will serve as a contribut ing factor to increase the awful car nage -on our public highways. Porosites Should Go President Roosevelt comes forward with a public statement declaring that all the parasites should get out of Washington to make room for gov ernmental workers and permit them to win the war. The American b® 0 ?!® longr since have been heartily in favor of a para site elimination program. We are for it as one of the best ideas yet brought Jorward. But the important question is — •Who are the parasites? Who is to system which has required Cuba in recent years to abandon much of her sugar acreage and cut down produc tion to quota levels’. We can’t get away from the fundamental principle uf supply and demand in spite of-how much we legislate and regulate. The entire Cuban crop has been purchased, and as a matter of fact there is no present shortage of sugar in this country. It is because Russia and Britain have made much larger demands than expected that -there is a scarcity. The government has pur chased 6^300,000 tons. Consumption last year was only 7,300,000 tons. If - individual hoarding could be stopped there would doubtless be no need for rstloning.. But mindful of be made? This elimination game Is not one alone to be played in Wash ington. " The President spoke of the wealthy on Massachusetts Avenue. Hut he did not go far enough with his list which leaves unclassified a large number of specimens, politically speaking. For instance, the vast assortment of red- tape so-called specialists who clutter up government procedure. The hun dreds of assorted lobbyists, lawyers, ex-congressmen, ex-New Dealers, ex-administrators and assorted stuff ed shirts who are trying to use their past or imaginary influence with the government in pleading for special privileges at . the expense of the Amerlfan taxpayers. All of this lot should be loaded on the first flat car and given the signal to go. Also in cluded in the purge should be labor politicians and agitators, dollar-a- year man who -put self-interest and corporation above country, debu- iress agents, job hunters, and publicity sseksn. The whale setup of .the party spoils sya- formulatiog fhe new law was the question of flam prices'. Some mem bers of the farm bloc to-' congress sought to permit farm prices to rise to 120 per cent of parity, but be cause of charges that the bill was be coming a “farm relief measure” in stead of a price control law, it was finally agreed to limit farm prices to 110 per cent of parity. Secretary of agriculture, Claude R. Wickard, now has stated that he in tends to prevent farm prices from rising above parity. He has the power to do this, since he can at any time break prices by puttng on the mar ket the government-owned supplies of farm crops ad any price he sees fit. He is already demonstrating how! this works by releasing some govern-1 ment com below current market lev els and he is believed to have brok en the price of cotton merely by stat ing in a speech that ha planned to release some govemident controlled cotton for use in any uniforms. The government’s original purpose in buying huge quantities of farm products was to prevent farm prices from sinking to disastrously low lev els, but it is now apparent that these stocks can be used in the other di rection to keep prices from going too high. President Roosevelt objected to the new law permitting farm prices to. rise above parity and it is believed here that Secretary Wickard’s stand has been influenced by the Presi dent’s views. In signing the bill, the President commented at length on the right of the government to dispose of its sur plus stocks in order to keep prices at fair levels. He also said: “I feel that most farmers realize that when farm prices go much above parity, danger is ahead. One of the best ways of avoiding excessive price rises, of course, is abundant produc tion. And I hope agricultural prices can be maintained at such a level as to give farmers a fair return for in creasing production.” • It is estimated that, even if prices are kept at parity or below, the farmer’s income will be greater this year than any year since the last war. Total farm income for 1942 is estimated at about $13^00,000,000. • Although farmers are being called upon for record production of all kinds* of crops, it is well understood here that farm labof is becoming an increasingly difficult problem. Be cause of the ISrfpr man power to defense factoriesahd to the army and navy, it is 1 rp^Ji^fcd'that those work ing on farms wtirbe forced to work increasingly long hours and should be compensated for their increased labor. . Members of the farm bloc In con gress point out that the average farmer works at least 62 hours a week whereas defense workers in factories work only 40 hours a week and get time-an-a-half for all hours over 40. OPENS UP CLOGGED BRONCHIAL TUBES Spend a few cents today at Smith’s Pharmacy or any good drug store for a bottle of Buckley’s CANADIOL Mixture (triple acting)-. Take a cou ple of sips at bedtime. Feel its instant powerful, effective action spread thru throat, head and bronchial tubes. It starts at once to loosen up thick, choking phlegm, soothe, raw mem branes and make breathing easier. Sufferers from those persistent, nasty irritating coughs due to colds or bronchial irritations find Buck- ley’s brings quick relief. Over 10 million bottles sold. Be sure you get Buckley’s CANADIOL Mixture. KEROSENE... ^ B 1 1 1 . aJ ' fc |0c Per Gallon YARBOROUGH OIL COMPANY WEST MAIN STREET SAY. *1 SAW IT IN TBP CHRON ICLE.” THANK YOU. iJlUU—if ini i ii ™ FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 18th day o* February, IMJ^i I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Administrator 6t the ettate of Tftnnti L. Brannbn in the office of the Judge t»f Probate of Lauvena CouiSjOrt 10:30 oTctock aJn!/2i on Jhtf gfagaa day win apply tor * final.fiiacharga from my trust is Ad- indebted to said estate fetoftktfpay- dater all piwnwf having qiUMg against estate win present - said data, duly proven or be JOE H. LITTLE, January 17, XML— flBBj kite • Surety Boofc ■ AS Foms of Pihpvtg ’ 8ouNDf53SSbnaN * AT LOWEST COST. REAL ESTATE \ B.EB0YD customs, a WYMAN SHEALY plUMbING HEAtlNp Free Estimates Gladly Farnkhsd On AllWhrtR. 1 J “ ^ _ SHOP— 105 E. Ferguson Street Prompt Service • ; ' ih * ’• * Every labor union action which in terrupts defense production in order to get ever better conditions for de fense workers, is like a thorn in tha J funeral Home FUNERAL DIRECTORS -juriL K EMBALMERS Am balance Service Phonea 41 aatf 399-J : L. 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