The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, March 16, 1950, Image 13
Thursday, March 16, 1950
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Pa"« Five
COMMENTS ON
MEN AND THINGS
By Spectator '
ing fertilizer most profitably?
Roses are beautiful and sweet, but
they have their thorns. Nearly ev
erything that is useful or beautiful
must be appropriated with some care.
_ . ^ , ... 7 We cannot go through life like the
I have often wondered just how twy a t large in the pantry
much, or how little, we know about a b ou t Christmas time, for even he
the use or application of fertilizers, sometimes has to repent the un-
How nearly is the current practice c heoked approach to pies, cakes, can-
an exact ^scwnce; or, if the science nu t,s f preserves, turkey—and
can be exact, as science is supposed a jj that. Everytime I look around
to be, how perfectly do we under- a bakery, w jth its tempting dis-
stand and practice the art of apply- pj a y breads, custards, pies, cakes
I and' the like, I think of the days
when, as a boy, I should have likecl
to eat my way through the whole
lot. But alas!
When the Government hands out
political pie we do well to take note,
for, like all other pie, it can bring
aches and pains and visits to or
from the doctor. Such a case I’m
reading about: Out in Nebraska, the
Public Power, Government power,
Government pie, has about complete
ly dominated the State; private pow
We buy, sell and
trade Horses, Mules
- »
and Cows.
H. J. PITTS
mission, and the Socialists of Wash
ington want to Russianize all our
industries, beginning with electric
power. Our best strategy is to get
together as South Carolinians now—
while the time' still permits.
We may not think so, but this
Nation reminds me of the story of
the Spartan youth who let the fdx
gnaw out his “vitals” rather than
show fear or discomposure. The
fox of Communism is beginning with
Socialistic enterprises of the Govern
ment and is gnawing at the “vitals”
of our Natural life; and we are show
ing to the world that we are not suf
fering, nor are we afraid. And what
happened to the Spartan boy? He
died! L_
The wage question of the tele
phone folk is not my problem; I do
not know the merits of either side
and am not losing sleep over die
controversy. But I am interested in
the truth and regret that the truth
is sometimes taken lightly; no ar
gument is possible unless people have
a standard of truth.
In an advertisement in The State
money for a guarantee, nor anything
of the sort. I quote the reply of The
Pubii- Service Commission: “This
will acknowledge receipt of your let
ter of February 26, 1950 making in
quiry about rate of return allowed
power companies and telephone com
panies by the Commission. The Com
mission does not guarantee any par
ticular rate of return, but in rate
cases attempts to fix a rate that will
produce approximately a 6 per cent
eiurn on money invested and used
and useful in rendering utility ser
vice. If the rate fixed does not pro
duce a 6 per cent return and if the
ut.I.ty is not satisfied with the rate
of return *>uch rates do produce, the
utility’s only recourse is to apply for
a further increase in rates. If the
Commission determines that the ap
plication is,just and reasonable, a
further hearing is held in the mat
te- to determine if rates should be
further increased." There is no such
thing as a guarantee; apd we should
not mislead the public by caretes,
language.
Great is little Bamberg county It
is paying cash on its half million
dollar program and still has money
in the treasury! Bamberg—County
has never floated a bond i«>sue and
it pays as it goes. Certainly Mr
Truman would feel strange xn Bam
berg county, wouldn’t he 0
er has been sold down the river, or
kicked out, or otherwise badly treat- ^ t
_ , ed by those who saw a new heaven recently the statemen. was made
- and a new earth through Govern- that the Courts and the South Caro-
ment power. So, public power has ( lina Public Service Commission ha\e
been given to Nebraska on Govern-j guaranteed, guaranteed
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ment platters and the new day of imatefy six per cent to the Tele-
light (and power) was scheduled to phone Company. Sometime ago a
be ushered in. But alas! Again I distinguished lawyer said about the
must explain alas! for the Govern-1 same thing about the private £>w-
ment wants to feed the Nebraskans er Companies. I regret that the Pub-
more public pie than they can di- l>c Service Commission has let both
gest. The people of Nebraska are in statements go unchallenged and un-
the condition of that little boy in corrected. i
the pantry: it all looked so good at P is dangerous to sit in silence]
first, but now the little “tummy" re- when such misstatements are niade.
be is and- groans and growls. __ J “ s t here I think we ought to stop
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More people every day
^are reading
South Carolina's Largest Newspaper
Well, what’s the trouble in Ne
braska? Three public power groups
speaking of private and public pow
er. There is no private power com
pany or corporation in South Caro-
are trying to keep the fedora ,<n .‘i fina, except the factory which gene
ernment power lines out of t icii ra ^ es own p 0weri exclusively for
State. Now that is something new ^ own use anc j does not sell it All
under the sun, isn t it. The 0 (h e r so-called "private” power is
ernment, having built or financed all regulated and controlled by State
this power development in Nebras- j Commissions so that its
1 _ — f. -1 . 4 4- /-•» W f- lr- o C ‘ 1 XT c* ** I kl 1 O
ka, nnas mat iNeuras^ rates ar0 fixed and its manner of
is ours, so you st% out . \e!> in- and accounting is pres-
teresting, isn t it? After recerviiu cr jjj ed and controlled. In this State,
all the Government money the Gen- for example the State has not one
eral Manager of Consumers I ubac dollar j nves t ed i n the so-called pri-
; Power District said. We ' 0I ' 1 vate power business, but the State
; ^hink a Federal Agency ought to be contro i s j t lacks a lot of being
put in competition with State agen- private ^ state hag that ad _
cies, and we don t want competition, van t a ge of ownership, with no dis-
rbetween State agencies • Well, [ advantages. It regplates and con-
The Federal Government, thiougn without investing a dollar.
Secretary Chapman, has thieatenec about the statement that the
ito build a Federal line into Nebras- ••g uaran t ees ’' s i x per cent pro-
ka, a sort ol super R. E. A., or u- j..^. ^ g ta ^ e guarantees nothing, ab-
perCo-op, or something ot the sor , so [ ute iy no thing: far from guarantee-
-,-but independent _pt_the Public Pow- j,,g g j v r^, r cent the State will per-
ef business within the State today.
Yes, more people—businessmen, housewives, career women, farmers, studerrfs—
people all around you—are finding The State an important part of their daily lives.
mit the Companies to earn not more
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; Boiling all this dowm, il we a PP > : th an six per cent! If the Compan-
it here,- it would. .,bg _„that Ban.ee- iei . earn a net profit ol more, than
Cooper, which belongs to the Sta.c per cen ^ p u bii c Service Com-
<)1 Soul:/Carolina, would^ no ^' van mission require, the Com pan se.-
an R.E.A. line trom Georgia °i Nort t0 rcduce ^eir rates! That is a tar
Caroling; nor would Santee-Coopei cr y f rom guaranteeing six per cent,
wish to compete w ‘th Buzzaid s | . gn ^^ guaranteed six
Roost or Clark s Hill. Probab.j San- , cen ^ wou ld it make the guar-
tee-Cooper would feel exactly as do ; antee .. good - ? With what
money
the Public Power Agencies of Ne-• would the State
pay the Compan-
braska in similar circumstances, for j ieg if thf , y earned less than six per
Santee-Cooper is owned and operat- t cent o
ed by the State, the ownership being ( j jj ave a sked the Public SeK’ice
subjqpt to a mortgage, but that couid ^. omm - ss j on to te jj me< a ith ou gh I
be paid, if necessary to clear the tit- j tnow j^at there is no guarantee, no
;le.
I I have wondered about the grand-;
iose power schemes of regional con-
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A. F.
ANDERSON
Rear Dillard's Store
, trol w'hich the bright Socialistic
minds have sold to Mr. Truman. Our
Santee-Cooper managers have re
marked that Santee-Cooper belongs
to South Carolina. It does; but San-
. tee-Cooper, Buzzards Roost and
Clark’s Hill are just as likely to feel
ithe weight of other Government op
eration and control as are the pri
vate pow-er companies operating
here. It all convinces me that all
our power business of South Carolina
public or private, should have a co
operative agreement or friendly col
laboration, for the good of the State.
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