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/ t THE CUNTON CHRONICLE COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By Spectator Socialism docs not always wear the name Socialism. My very able friend. Mr. Buchanan, Editor of The Columbia Record, wrote an editorial on synonyms in South Carolina gov ernment. Our Constitution prohib its prize fights in this State; so we have no “prize fights”, though we have “boxing matches”. Just what the ditfernce is between a “prize Jight” and a “boxing match” I can’t see. Just so, we have no Soclaiism; we are strongly opposed to it; we denounce it everywhere and all the time. But we have Government ownership of power projects; whe ther it be ownership by the Nation or the State is entirely the same so far as Socialism js involve. And we have Government leading and other Government participation. Some of these Government activi ties command our sympathy, though the tendency is to multiply them. One thing is certain: our National Government has gone too far into Socialism. The only way to stop is to stop. ' Our Government has plunged ig norantly into foreign commitments. Though I am not narrowly Ameri can I am American first. I know Europe and South America at first hand; and I did not casually mingle with their people at tea parties or Thursday, Octobr 26, 1960 4 1921-1949 Hugh L. Eichelberger NEW YORK LIFE MAN 28 YEARS EXPERIENCE PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE INFORMATION FURNISHED FREE Member The National Association of Life Underwriters I ft I 8 • • S I 1 1 tops C ■ * 1 + tor quality tops for quality tops for quality Pepti-Cola Company, Long ItUtnd City, N. Y. A Real Taste Treasure! Including Tax REFRESH WITH PEPSI! 1. Keep Pepsi On Hand h over glasses of champagne. I have respect and regard for the other na tions, but I know too well the prac tical aspect of their characters to be so absurdly sentimental that I think American dollars can usher in a new heaven and a new earth. Our pink- tea bureaucrats in Washington think we can transform humanity by throwing around American money lavishly. Perhaps the Christian missionar ies might tell how long and arduous is the campaign to change one hu- jman heart. Five or six hundred 'missionaries may work faithfully and diligently and intelligently in a for eign land for five years and scarcely scratch the surface; but we think we can rush in with billions of dol lars and change a Nation! When the flow of money ceases the people revert to their former politi cal ideas. Money can’t enlist human ity: change is a slow process based on new convictions. Great ground work is necessary to persuade a man to see things in a new light. How much persuasion would be necessary to change American farm ers to Communism? Could the mon ey of Britain or France convert us to Communism? No, not if the new idea were marked or labelled “Com munism”; but we are being ourselves committed to all sorts of plans and schemes and programs that are So cialistic, even Communistic, but are known by other names. Organized Labor is able to work together; Labor does not need the favor of Government for the work ers are organized; by the same tok en all other groups might organize and keep the Government and the politicians out. It is easy to get Government mon ey for all sorts of plans, many of them good; but every time we seek Government favor or support we sur render something. Don’t you re member hearing our fathers say: “I can’t accept favors from that man because I don’t want ito be under ob ligation to him”? Well, there is the same principle involved when we seek or accept favors from the Gov ernment. Every sort of government seems to need more money. Our Nation, our State, our schools, our towns—all need more money. How must they raise money? By selling bonds or increasing taxes. Even if bonds are sold more taxes must be levied to pay them. So, what do you think of a Government, whether National orj State, which increases taxes to pay for public services and operates, or allows organizations to operate, with out paying taxes? It is even worse: we not only allow some concerns to operate without paying taxes, but we give them the money to build plants in competition with concerns which pay taxes! Very foolish, isn’t it? Suppose the State imposed a tax of $500 a year on physicians and $50,000 a year on hospitals. Would it be right for the State to appoint two hundred physicians as State doc tors, to pay no tax and yet compete with the tax-paying physicians? And would it be proper to donate a hun dred million dollars to tax-free hos pitals, to compete with those pay ing taxes? Food prejudices are very interest ing. American soldiers irt France dur ing the First World War called the French “Frogs” and spoke of the French army as the “Frog Army”. It grew out of the American disgust over the eating of frogs’ legs by the French. I’m told that frogs’ legs are delicious—but I don’t know. I stood near the palace of the President of France listening to the rat-a-tap-tap of an approaching army band. An American remarked “Frog army coming.” By the way, did you ever eat “possum and taters”? A possum is rich meat, entirely too rich and oily. The late Frank Lever said to me at a Potato Festival—sweet potatoes— “The sweet potato evenly balances the diet if you eat ‘possum”. W’ould the thought of an ell give you the shivers? One day in Caj- amarca, up in the Andes Mountains, my host asked by sign language if I knew what kind of meat we had on the table. He then put his thumbs in his ears and made signs of flap ping ears. I said, in Spanish, “Mula” meaning mule. That nearly convul sed all at the table. He explained that it was cornejo, rabbit. You are! accustomed to oysters, shrimp, clams, lobsters, but there are many who will not eat one or more of the group. What about shark-steak? Perhaps you never tried it. One of the most surprising pre judices I found among the poorer classes in Peru. My office was re sponsible for refectories in both Li ma and Callao. Only underfed peo ple were fed there. Trying to provide the most nourishment we could I bought four tons of peanut butter from the United States. The charity boarders refused to eat it, declaring that peanut butter was monkeyfood and unfit for people. It was finally consumed wheft mixed with sugar! Americans like warm houses, whereas the British keep cool in ev ery way. But Americans call for cold beer, whereas the British prefer it warm. I’ve tpld it before, that when I asked for iced tea in London the waiter brought a glass of very hot tea and a bowl of ice. A friend of mine here who loves all his fellowmen, and whom every body loves, rules me out of his re gard everytime . I tell something on the British! - * PEPSI COLA BOTTLING CO. GREENVILLE, S. C. 1 * ; V -' CALL 74 FOR YOUR PRINTING AND OFFICE SUPPLY NEEDS MORE PEOPLE ARE READING THE CHRONICLE THAN EVER BEFORE! Mrs. B. J. Eargle of Cedar Creek Road SWEEPS HIGHEST HONORS FOR EXCELLENCE in BAKING AT 1950 STATE FAIR It V r i- t For winning the sweepstake prices for biscuits and first prize for r.~lls and nut bread, we bow to f irs. Eargle and extend our heartiest con gratulations! And at the same time we can not but take great pride in the fact that she always uses ADLUH FLOUR exclusively. Thousands and thousands of South X V Caro’ina housewives ere also ap preciative of the wonderful smooth ness ard texture of our State's standbv flour. Constant care is ex pended in selecting the wheet, mill ing and testing of the flour that produces such prize winning honors. Your entire family will glory in bis cuits, rolls, pies, cakes and pan cakes made with superb ADLUH FLOUR. Try it! ALLEN BROS. MILLING CO. Columbia Graouwood * ADLUH AOLUH'S MASTER MILLER Tests and bakes everyday in our plant kitchcr to assure you of light texture, brown crust and exact balance nf essential Ingredients. He ha* fifty years of <- <Hence You are safe in plac ing your coj •' ce in his Table Testing. It fate less cotton to buy residence telephone service today than it did 10 years ago • • • 'A i # If you paid your telephone bill with raw cotton, residence tele phone service would cost you less today than it did in 1940. In spite of the moderate increase in telephone rates, the average charge for a month’s residence telephone service in South Carolina would now amount to only 10 pounds of cotton as compared to 22V4 pounds in 1940. Compare telephone service also with wages and the cost of living. In the past ten years, hourly wages in manufacturing plants have gone up 118% and the overall cost of living has gone up 72% while, in this same period, residence telephone rates in South Carolina have advanced on the average only 56%. In other words the price you pay for tele phone service has gone up far less than the price of cotton, far less than wages and family in come and far less than most commodities and services you buy every day. Meanwhile, the amount of telephone service available at your local service rate has increased immensely. Today throughout most of South Carolina you can call and be called from nearly 3 times as many telephones at your local service rate as you could ten years ago. Yes, telephone service is today a bigger bar gain and a smaller item in the family budget than it was ten yean ago. 0 )9tc/4tUte* South Carolina Manager » ) . SOUTHERN BILL TELEPHONE AND TELIORAPH COMPANY