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1 Page Eight THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Babson’s Letter ing which could be the basis for a suit of dissolution.” The letter contradicted the re- * ThuredayyMajMg^^lgSO^ _ ! peated claims of the anti-trust law _ . _ A yers that the same Eureka, Kans. May iz. (Before de-, i$ the basis of present su i t i n scribing the resources and opportun ities of this section, I must pay my respects to the Pacific Coast, In ■' some ways it and other sections ex- \ eeed in attractions the “Magic Cir cle”. I especially have in mind the CLMATE. With this apology, read ers outside the following six states will forgive me for telling this sto ry.) Some Chmrfes Thrown Out . demonstrated its sincere desire to A & P pointed out that the anti- abide by the spirit as well as the let- trust lawyers have consistently main- j ^ f h j „ ^ id tained in the press and on the radio 1 company saia e ami-urusi i«w- company was found guilty i that when Judge Lindley's decision Danville d^.on Jir c^argl. he - - tivities to avoid the possibility of interpretation of the anti-trust laws.’' future criticism, “The only answer we ever got was The Only Answer W e should break up this company. "We did even more than this,” | We were still trying to find out from critical of some of A & P said. "We wrent down to Wash- the anti-trust lawyers what more federal court at New York to corn- denied this and stated that Judge our activities, ’ even though he did sa. V*. A oc* . T T Xi W dl w CIVfWII W * T * * — / ” _ - _ . ington and asked the anti-trust law- they thought we should do to con- we form to the law when they filed , » . ^ ^ ^ I inrilev “threw some of the P har*e«;! n °t base his decision on them, A & P yens what else they thought . A * » i III out of the court and he did not make operating changes in these ac- should do to conform to their new the current suit to destroy A_& P. tail store divisions and its manufac turing plants, and to dissolve the At lantic Commission Company, its fresh fruit and vegetable buying subsidi- any decision on others.” The ad told how Judge Lindley even “took occasion to praise A & P ary. . i for the efficient job of food distribu- "So now,” the advertisement said, tion it had done.” "we have the anti-trust lawyers say-I judge Lindley said in his decision: ing that their suit to dissolve A & P: buy, sell and distribute to a | Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, i s based on Judge Lindley’s decision 1 substantial portion of 130,000,000 * j xt »i while Judge Lindley himself says hii j people, one and three-quarters bil- decision could not be the basis for i ii 0 n dollars worth of food annually a suit of dissolution.” j a profit of 1 1-2 cents on each ; The Danville Case ' dollar is an achievement one may A & P explained that in the Dan- well be proud of. ! ville case it was the dual role played J "No place in the world, I take it, ( ' by the Atlantic Commission Com- | are people so well fed as in the Unit- ' ! pany in buying produce for A & P; ed States. Nowhere else, I suppose,. i and selling produce to the trade for' do food distributors accomplish ef- j growers that Judge Lindley object- ficient distribution at so low a mar- 1 ed to and which he said was the real ‘ gin of profit .In contrast we are told | basis of hjs decision. ^ in other nations the problem is not 1 Oklahoma, Arkansas Texas make up the area of 400 miles ini diameter, located at] the heart of th United States. Th center of the “Mag ic Circle” is at Eu reka. Kansas. Its] annual income—ha increased in ten years from six to| and Northern ‘Magic Circle’ £f. f A & P contended it had "clearly Since then, the food chain dis- one of an adequate diet, but one of Jars, or an increase w< B»b»on closed. AOCO has discontinued this ] no diet at all.” of about one thous- ^bal role even though it has been ' and dollars a year for each man. licensed for many years by the Unit- j woman and child. e( ^ states Department'fl>f Agriculture| — _ .. . . Agriculture Wealth to act as both a buyer and a seller of ] • WO r OlltlCOl This “Magic Circle” is said to be produce. The ad said ACCO now the richest 400-mile radius for agri- buys produce only for A &c P. culture on earth. To the west is the .. In other wor ds, we stopped doing! Columbia. — South Carolina’s cam- grealest winter wheat area; to the th e thing which Judge Lindley said pa ign-minded voters will have to noi th is the greatest corn belt to the put us in violation of the Sherman ( make tw0 trips this season to hear e ? s . 15 . .°. e . . £ , Act,’ the ad stated. the Democratic candidates speak. Trips Slated of hardwood forest; to the south is the greatest cotton belt; and the cerf ( “What then, is the real reason why | An candidates for federal, state, . i , . the anti-trust lawyers want to de-, district and circuit-wide offices were] er is one of the greatest beef cat- stroy this company, which for 90 t o appear from the same platform t e raising areas^This Magic Cir- years has p[oneeTed the methods of in this year’s county - to - county cle is rapidly becomin 0 one of j-he distribution w hich have given" the, speakj^g itinerary. richest vegetable, fruit egg ^ American people more good food fori B ut Saturday, state party officials poultry, alfalfa, soybean and, dairy their money? .. announced that seoarate soeakine products areas. It is an inexhaustible advertisement reviewed in de- dates had been arranged for the U source of hay, straw and vegetable tai , i h Danville case and the char*- ! c ♦ a [ ranged lor “J® rp'iiiince for the manufacture of tail the Dam lie case and the charg- s . senate nomination-seekers—U. S ce ainl 0 f H Tn^datin^mater 1 es against the company. Previous Senator Olin D. Johnston, Incumbent, allboard, roo.in e , insulatin e mater- ads in ^ discussed other an d Gov. J. Strom Thurmond. w ial Fl a J U l S : times w ' hen ^ anti-trust lawyers These two will follow the schedule thickeners, coating, rayons and the mad : serioiJS and damaff i n2 char^ 7 iuhuw u.c „^ made serious ana damaging cnarges announced more than a week ago for man> o.her magic synthetics of mod- oaoi ^ t A P wh i c h federal courts all candidates, beginning May 23 at 10 DAYS ONLY Brand New good/Vear TIRES _ 6.00x 16 size EXCHANGE (Plus Tax) Famous MARATHON IRE >1 Value You Can’t Beat Pay as litHe as 50c A WEEK many otner magic synthetics ui muu- aaainjt A & ern science. A^oost 30 per cent, at decided were not true. i Lexington and ending July 7 at Co- recent P r; oes, of the agricultural pro- Danville,” the ad said, “the lumbia. duetion of America comes from the an ti_t rU st lawyers made all of the a new schedule was arranged for ♦hp rC cPvcn It Vi^a^hre^db! charges which the y are making the other candidates—those seeking e t o. ^he seven great breadbaskets a g a j nst a & P today. They were the the governorship lieutenant gover- m Euro^e^nT^Ft^^Noilh and Same charges they had made and i norship, and other contested state of- th aLhp;, ^ h d dr °P ped 31 Dallas . T e*-. af ter four flees. It begins May 23 at Sumter, but America. judges had objected to some of them ends with the senate group in Co- Mineral Wealth as “inflammatory.’ ” lumbia July 7 America’s “Magic Circle’’ i§ the - - - 1 ^ ■ ■ ^ ‘ - ■ — richest 400-mile radius in minerals. Yarborough Oil Co. WEST MAIN ST. CLINTON, S. C. Under its western plains lie the greatest gypsum, salt deposits and gas fields, with reasonable amount. of oil production; the north are| the greatest bauxite and aluminum 1 deposits; to the east the greatest lead and zinc mines; w’hile to the soutn are the greatest sources of sulphur, ! coal and petroleum. There are vast i deposits of cement and other build- ; mg materials, such as glass sands, bentonite, dolomite, barites,, tripoli, granites, sandstones, limestones and ceramic clays. Nearby are great re- 1 serves of volcanic ash, potast nitrates i and other fertilizers. Sad Population Trends Yet in* the period from 1930 to 1940 more than a million and a half people moved “away from these six great states’ Only the birth rate saved them from a net loss during — MtUfU uowW rufesivuj sowetluM] that ten year period. The explanation is that most of the income is from agriculture and only very little in- ] dustry and business. Here, the richest] agricultural mineral and human area of the earth is losing population be cause it lacks the industry to convert its raw materials into finished prod ucts. Present Opportunities The immediate opportunities which I see here are in developing process ed food products, coke and by-prod ucts, paving and roofing materials, furniture, paper, stone, clay and ; glass products; textile manufacturers, wearing apparel, electrical equip- 1 ment, farm implements, stationary gasoline engines, chemicals, drugs, 1 rubber goods, leather products, and; many additional goods. To manufac- ] ture existing raw materials into these I deficit products would require 10,0001 additional plants, producing ari av- 1 erage output of $300,000 a year each, supporting 2,000,000 more people and ( providing investment for approxi mately $5,000,000,000 of new capital ,n the form of increased bank de posits, insurance lufids and safe se curities. But to put this over 100,000 more salesmen of character, intelli gence and energy are necessary. These are the immediate need. (This trip Jias again convinced me that Horace Greeley’s famous advice: “Go West Young Man” continues to be good Readers desiring to ask any especial question should write Byron Dunn, President of the National Banx of Commerce, Lincoln, Nebraska, Who is also President \pt the Mag ic Circle Educational Inundation,— a non-profit institution.' Only a gives you all these advantages ACrP Firm Sees No Bosis In 1946 Case for Current Anti-Trust Suit The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea company the past week revealed for the first time that, contrary to the claims of the anti-trust lawyers, a previous decision against the com pany at Danville, 111., in the words of the presiding judge, could not be the basis for the current suit to de stroy the A&P. In a nation-wide newspaper ad vertisement, A&P disclosed that Fed eral Judge Walter C. 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