The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, August 11, 1949, Image 13
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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.
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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.
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