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Volume LII
Clinton, S. C., Thursday, July 19, 1951
Number 30
BABSON THINKS WOMEN CAN
BRING COST OF LIVING DOWN
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Inflation Ruinous and
No One Gains From
Soaring Prices.
By ROGER BABSON
Babson Park, Mass., July 17.—
The housewife complains that food
prices are too high. Her budget is
showing—in the red. No wonder!
Only during the
last twelve months
consumer prices
for moderate in
come families
have risen approx
imately 8.3*4. Food
prices have climb
ed 11%, clothing
10%, and rents
3%.
Higher and high-
w. b«Wmb er prices are en
dangering the living standards of
inillions of moderate income, mid
dle-class families. The record shows
that their food prices have in
creased 105% in the last decade—
apparel 05%, rents 30%, house fur
nishings 100%, and such miscellan-
ous items as recreation, toilet arti
cles, dry cleaning, and doctors’ bills
60%. The earnings of this group
just haven’t kept pace with prices.
This unfortunate situation es
pecially hurts that large segment
of professional and white-collar
workers. These feel the squeeze
he can get more for his products.
Sooner or later his employees
want more and more of his profits
to pay the grocer’s bill, and either
he pays or their standard of living
goes down. The worker, at the out-
hopes of higher wages, but both
set, enjoys inflation because of his
employer and employee lose in the
long run. They find the price of the
new car they want or the supper
steak has ;one up.
What We Need To Do
In short, we have been kidding
ourselves into thinking that we can
gain more in an inflated seller’s
market than we can lose in a de
flated buyer’s market. The history
of Germany, Italy, France, Great
Britain, and Russia clearly indi
cates that unbridled inflation un-
Lightning Safety Hints
Listed Bv County Agent
Lightning is one of the major
causes of farm fires, according to
County Agent C. B. Cannon. He
says it has been estimated that in
the United States lightning each
year destroys approximately $20,
000,000 worth of farm property,
takes the lives of 500 people, and
injures 1300 others.
These estimates indicate that
farm and rural districts suffer 90
per cent of the damage each year
by this fiery menace from the sky
Mr. Cannon suggests that farm
owners see that their principal
buildings are protected by an ap
proved lightning rod system and
that they check the ground conduc
tors frequently and be sure they
ing or other building which is pro
tected against lightning; large un
protected building; or small unpro
tected building.
“If unavoidably out-of-doors, peo
ple should keep away from isolat
ed trees, wire fences, hill-tops, and
wide open spaces, and small sheds
and shelters in exposed locations.
Efforts should be made to reach
thick timber, a cove^ o depression
in the “ground, a deep valley or can
yon, or the vicinity of a steep cliff,
if any of these is near by, accord
ing to the council,’’ he concludes.
It’s fine to tell how you caught ’em
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dermines private enterprise, causes 1 are deep enough to be in contact
people out of work. | w jth mo ist earth continuously.
I may be old-fashioned, but years t “Certain precautions are recom
of experience tell me that you
won’t ever remove the housewife’s
burden by rationing or allocations
or price or wage controls. These
current stop-gap measures, in the
long run, will deprive you of your
economic liberties. The way to
lower prices is to balance the na
tional budget, raise interest rates,
increase legal reserve ratios, curb
installment buying, and aspacially
increase production with lower
costs.
Up To The Women
If a large enough group of de-
mended by the National Safety
Council to be followed as a means
of safety when an electric storm
approaches,” he states. “The coun
cil advises that it is best not to go
outdoors or remain out during
thunderstorms unless it is neces
sary.
“The council suggests that if
there is a choice of shelter it should
be chosen in the following order:
Large metal frame building; dwell-
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termined housewives decide to
most — doctors, lawyers, teachers, | bring prices down, they can! My
clergy, civic leaders, accountants, suggestion to the housewives is toi
office workers — and others with, band together and work together |
fixed incomes and pensions. In a Bring your group influence to bear
very real sense many of these day in and day out, not only on
workers of our communities are your congressman but also upon
the people who create ideas, those manufacturers and labor leaders. I.
most interested in moral and spir-1 f° r on ®. do not want to contest the
itual values. TTiese men and their P°'^5 r °f woman!
wives are the forgoten people of (These opinions^of W. Bab-
today. For the good of our coun- *on are publishdaon The Chronicle
try, they need to be remembered, every Thuoday.)
Inflation And Simple Economics
Ever since the depression of the COMMERCIAL PRINTING
thirties we have been scared to-
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death of Deflation. Everyone has aatton Newspaper-Commercial Priai-
If It’s Nerves, See Your
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DR. C. I. HART !
254 West Main Street 1
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wanted economic security. For the
farmers this has meant price-sup
port and subsidies Labor leaders
hare eaeemraged price nees in or- a
der to give the unions good ammu
nition for wage rises. Business, in
turn has sanctioned wage increases
and then encouraged inflation to
pay the worker.
The unjust part of high prices is
that they suck the life from the
public for the benefit of_ the jpriv:
ileged few. The manufacturer an
ticipates enjoying inflation because
FOR MEN IN SERVICE
tar pleat can
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P ardon us if we play switch
man with a familiar railroad
phrase, but we aim to flag down
some certain people ...
Those folks whoVe always had a
great big yen for a new Buick, but
a big worry that Buick prices ran
too high for their budgets.
Now we’ll have to grant you that
—on sty le and beauty and size and
impressive appearance — a 1951
Buick looks like a pretty high
price tag.
And we’ll have to grant, too, that
the zooming power and the luxu
rious ride and the heavyweight
steadiness you get in a Buick
would also indicate prices beyond
the reach of most people.
But honestly, could anything be
farther from the truth when you
note the sample prices for 1951
Buicks in the panel yonder?
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Isn’t that beauty —with the
big-power, big-mileage, eight-
cylinder, valve-in-head Fireball
Engine-and with prices starting
below those of many of today's
sixes—really within your budget
picture?
Won’t you admit here and now
that you can have Buick room and
comfort, can have Buick ride and
handling, can have Buick style
and size—for little, if any, more
than you’ve been paying for
lesser cars?
That leaves the next step up to
you—stopping in to see us.
Come in soon, look over the
Special, Super or Roadmaster
you’ve always wanted — and let
that happy glow go surging all
through you as you sign up for
your smart-buy Buick.
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