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L* * Thursday, August )1, 1949 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Page Three TAKE LOWER MILL JOBS AND WORK STEADILY, IS ADWE GIVEN BY BABSON •«f*r T. Wages Lower Than Formerly, But Opportu nities Exist. By ROGER W. BABSON Gloucester, Mass., Aug. 1. — I am; happy to be back on Cape Ann. I am sure there is no better place for sum mer anywhere in the whole U. S. A. —and this makes a pretty good home for the entire year. Unfortunately, Gloucester — like most of New England—has some un employment. That is, there are many who cannot get jobs which pay the wag es these unemploy- ] ed want. It is very; hard for girls, whoj got over $45 per ; week during the war, to work for j $25, which is all that many employ ers can now afford. As my old friends and their children, here in Glouces ter, ask my advice as to what to do, I say:— “Take the $25 a week job; be the first there every morning; the last to leave every night; and help your employer make some money. The im portant thing is to ‘get your foot in the door.’ When I graduated from college, I tramped the streets six weeks looking for a job and finally; took one at $8.00 per week. Of course,; $8.00 then bought more than double what it does now;—but this is not the fault of any employer.” A Lesson In Economics The cost of honest and sensible liv ing is the real thing in which we ffll should be interested. It’s not how, much money we get in our pay en- • velope, but rather how much thatl pay envelope will buy in food, cloth- 1 ing and shelter. Well, to increase this latter requires that rhore people shall work. Short hours and loafing send up costs whether this loafing is on the job or off the job. Only as more goods are produced, is^there more to; divide. This is another reason for ^ taking a $25 to $30 a week job. It’s a crime for any of us loaf. The business honeymoon is over, but there is no need of a depression now if everyone will keep busy. The wages received are of secondary im portance. Lower wages will’ cramp us for a while and force our families to give up temporarily some things we now enjoy — perhaps beauty shops, dry cleaners, telephones and even automobiles—but the family income at one-half war wages will give nourishing food, good-looking clothes and a place to sleep. Smart are those who first realize this. Foolish are those who are now unnecessarily ac cepting unemployment insurance. President Truman’s Theory It is unpopular amongst business men to say a good word for Mr. Tru man; but there may be some sense in the theory of his leading cabinet member, Charles Brannan, secretary of agriculture. His advice—as I un derstand it—is to let prices and wag es find their natural levels and then have the government protect farmers with subsidies, and protect wage workers with old age assistance, free medical service, government housing and other “welfare benefits.” This is contrary to good Republican doc trine; but I fear it will be tried. Certainly the system of price fixing was a big failure; and I believe that wage fixing, either by legislation or, labor unions, is bound to create un-, employment and hence hold up costs. It seems fine to have a minimum wage of seventy-five cents per hour if you can get a job at that wage; but if your employer can’t afford it and you lose your present job at sixty cents per hour yoi^ are worse off. Reduce Costs and Lower Prices The above is my advice to farmers; but fight for fair subsidies. My ad vice to wageworkers is to cheerfully accept the “market wage, whatever it may be, but not be ashamed to take reasonable government assist ance. As manufacturers are protected! by a tariff, so farmers and wage workers are entitled to some similar protection. Of course, the above means either higher taxes or more debt. As taxes are now higher than the country can long stand, the Brannan policy may. force an increase in the federal debt or a reduction in federal expenses. It is a crime to waste the people'.^, money. I favor a cut of 10% for all departments. If the so-called ‘ deficit money” is used for permanent im provements, the federal governmen. may be as entitled to increase its* debt years the same as is the tele-J phone company; but only when so 1 used. Perhaps we must also recog nize: If our capitalistic system (in order to exist) depends on encourag-i ing people to spend all they earnj ' during good times by installmen, buying, expensive advertising and high pressure selling, then it perhaps must, in some way take care of these people in lean years when their in come [is cut off. department of gariculture would ex ceed prospective market needs for the season ahead and add to a size able surplus created by last year’s big crop. Farm laws provide for control meajures to prevent accumulation of excessive stocks. No official decision on a control program is expected, however, be fore late fall. Such a program would seefl to limit 1950 plantings to about 21,000,000 acres, compared with 26,- 380,000 planted this year. There were severe boll weevil in festations in many parts of the Southeast, or this year’s production woula have been much greater. The crop estimate is 63,000 bales, or 4-10hs of one per cent under last year’s despite a 14 per cent increase in acreage. __ * Seventy Highway Accidents Reported During One Week Special to The Chronicle. Columbia, Aug. 10. — A total of 70 highway accidents took place in South Carolina during the last week in July, according to a report issued this week by H. E. Quarles, Jr., di rector of the motor vehicle division of the S. C. highway department. Of the accidents, two took place in Lau rens county. No injuries resulted from the Lau rens county accidents. A total of eight persons were killed and 44 others were injured in the motor vehicle accidents taking place during the week of July .24 thfough July 30. Of the 94 drivers licenses suspend ed in the state, five were suspended in Laurens county. MclNTOSH'S SHOE SHOP Send Your Shoes To Us for Best Materials and Workmanship. ICE-COLD FROM COOLERS GREENWOOD COLLEGE OF COMMERCE 205 Textile Ruildinpr, Greenwood. S. C. 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