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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, March 6, 1952
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in 1952 will be about the same as ; ly for research and education. How-[ Merrill C. Lofton, regional director
, 195J. which was $15 billion, even ever, according tcwthe agricultural of the U. S. Department of Com-
though 7 the gross farm income for department, riot only the farmers, 1
1952 is expected to be about five | but the rest of the nation has a
merce in Atlanat, was to the effect
that the National Production Au-
per cent greater. The difference stake in getting conservation prac- thority of the Commerce depart
ment has just taken action to ex
tend the “deadline” for disposing of
will be eaten up by higher produe- tices followed by the farmers—
tion costs. namely the assurance of an ade-, _
Going back to -1940 the net in-1 Quate food supply for the nation’s ’ scrap in auto wreckers’ yards to
come of farmers, which is what rapidly increasing p o p u 1 a t i o n; April l 1 , instead of March 1 as orig-
they have left after deducting val- through soil fertility to increase inally provided in an NPA order
ue of homo consumed products, production. So, according to these
rental value of farm dwelling and, observers, the question of conser-
government payments to farmers, vation payments resolves itself in-
plus all production costs, was about to what a farmer should do, or
$4.3 billion. In 1942 nef income was what he know r s he should do, but
$.9 billion; in 1943 it w’as $11.5 bil- rathes what he will do, with or
lion:,in 1946 it was $14.1 billion and without conservation "incentives,
in 1947 it was $17.1 billion. Then Conservation payments bridge
the decline set in, although prbduc- the gap between farmers wanting
tion volume constantly increased, to do the conservation w'ork w'hich
In 1948 noL income was SI 5.7 bil- research and—education have
lion; in 1948 it was $13.5 billion, brought to them, and their ability
and in 1950 it was $12.7 billion. and willingness to do the work
CLINTON. S. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1951
Promises.For Votes
Four years ago President Tru-
wdthout necessary and costly de-
In 1940 percentage of the popu- l a ys-
lation on _farm£ was 22 per ceq^Land , r* .. ^^ ^
since 4hat time it has dropped to A|jf- 0 Wrprlrprc Mucf
16.1 per .cent. Over those same '" 1 ™ yreCKCrS /VUISt
years the per capita income of famuMove Scrap Metfll
folks has risen from $262 in 1940 n x A •! i
, to $829 in 1950 while per capita ueiOre April I
t income of non-farm population has ♦ 1 y.
. risen from -$686 in 1940 to $1\563 m: Autonfibbire .wrdcTfers of Laurens
1950. county now have until April 1 of
the legislative members? A grout) Contrary to most opinion outside | this year to get their old automo-
of them at the session just ended thc rural areas, the federal price j bile scrap moving into scrap chan-
have been advocating increasing su PP or f system on{ farm products nels.
" ! ^ ' * Information received here from
m.-n was re-elected, the result of their paV from one thousand to sets not ceiling on farm products. |
thc election coming as a great sur- 1 twenty-four hundred dollars per but merely fixes a floor; based on!
pr:-e to the American voters, as i session which in our judment a Parity figure, which reflects w’hat
wi ll as to candidate’Truman. wnwld be another raid on the tax- farme rs pay for the commodities
There were several factors con-, payers’ for'about forty days work, ^ ave . to buy with what they,
trbuting to the result of that elec- and that ori a very short hour receive for their produce to;
ti< n. One was his promising of schedule With long week-ends at make a fair profit,
everything to the farmers of the ; home. The same should be the w h cn ^ is pointed out that
great Western area. Not only to yardstick of this group—all in both department of agriculture has
farmers but to many other groups houses who feel they are underpaid 1 approximately a billion dol-
ir. udmg erg armed labor, Truman , and oatwbt afford to serve at the ^ ars * or P r 'ce supports in crop 1
w; extravagant in his promises present rate of pay should resign. * oans an( i purchases since the rice]
(a- socialism always is). The Officeholders, from supreme court ^uppoit system was started in 1933,
Pr* -K.ep.t is expected to adopt this justice on down know before they ,^ oes not necessarily mean that
un-American program in The ap-1 offer for any elective position what money was lost to the taxpayers, i
pn aching national election. It it pays at that time. If the pay 1 a matter of fact, all Signs point!
'V( aid seem that Congress snd thp is insufficient if serving involves ^ ^ the fact that were it not for the
Ar erican voting pubTic woUld personal sacrifice—then the honest pnCe su PP°i't program theconsum-l
h, ve had their fill bv now not only 1 course would be not • to offer for 1 er8, w ^^ch are the taxpayers, would
socialism but corruption. Tru-
m;.n, who is expected to run again,
the job.
| have paid out much more for the:
same amount of commodities in |
m. ,.. «no is expeciea to run again Prestige of our judiciary has h”* w o r i« s
that ri ociall . st ^.6^ ve mmen^ b een lowere4-bv this deal' to * * *
and unprecedented Spending rest-j around the int of the ConSti f u . ,
ing as it does upon complete fed- tion . Those who sit on the hl One of the important
er “] will perpetuate his dis-' throne as upholders of the law set | JJ 1S congress will be extensioruof,
graceful administration in office. a questionable example when thev ] the s °l[ cons ^ vat o 1 1 0n ac i whlch eX ' ^
Ur need an insurrection at the bal- lgnore it in , order u , be r e-elected ! pires December 31, and appropria-
issues in
lot box this year more than ever at higher pav
before. . ^ F ' '
And the lawmakers are also
guilty of voting that the “deal”
was warranted.
A Free Press Our Hope
In this day of confusion, propa
ganda. political influence and gov
ernmental supervision, one of the]
greatest safeguards the American
people possess is a free press. Once
that is gone, we will be in the same
UMT Proposal Killed
The House yesterday voted by a
large majority to send the admin
istration-backed universal military
boat as Germany, Russia, and other | training bill back to committee
winch wiped out any chanee thnt
this highly controversial'ijheasure
will be passed this year. The ac-
counines behind the. iron curtain.
While yttle is said about.it, the
press in a tireless manner has
hammered home day after day, ti 011 w e feel, wdll meet with the ap-
chapter by chapter, shocking facts ; prbval of the great majority of the
about incompetence and corruption American peopl£.
of countless public officials to say The bill wouid'h'ave made able-
nothing of the grand schemes of bodied youths liable to six months
bureaucratic spenders of tax funds of military training as soon as they
to socialize and control industry, reached the age of 18. Also^-it
workers and consumers. Never in would have kept them in the re
the history of this country has a serves and subject to call for seven
free press stood more' solidly be- and one-half years after training
tween private citizens and oppres- 1 is finished. Congressman Bryson
sion. Conditions revealed in Wash- of this district voted for the bill,
ington and elsewhere are deplor- and made a speech a few days ago
able—how much worse they would advocating its passage,
be without the light of publicity. | bill with the backing of
The American people at all haz- President Truman and many high
tions for agricultural conservation
payments to particiating farmers.
The agricultural department wants
the same payments as last year.
Curiously, however, the three big
farm organizations are taking dif
ferent stands on this matter. The
national farmers union has testi
fied in favor of increases ACP pay
ments; the farm bureau federation
is asking for a very substantial cut
in payments, and. the national
grange 7 wants to eliminate most of
the ACP payments program. Agri- 1
cultural payments made in 19511
for conservation work done in 1950
amounted to $251,592,000 and the |
department has indicated !l952 al-;
locations for conservation work in
1951 at $230,500,000.
* • *
According to observers, the argu-l
^ment used against conservation
‘payments is- that good farmers
should use soil-building and other
conservation practices anyway and
that the same amount of money
w'ould do more good if spent entire-
ards should stand firm for an hon
est free press. We all owe it a
permanent debt of gratitude for]
up military men, has been a hotly
debated subject in Congress for
months. It has been argued pro
the manner in which it has ferret-1 and con, and should have been set-
ed out white-wash atncL corruption! tied before now, one way or the
in matters ranging all the way 1 other. It is well that the vote has
from foreign policy to government, been taken and the majority senti-
^arimmistration. ^1 ment expressed on the drastic pro-
— -♦ .. posal.
The Higher Pay Deal Such a proposal this" newspaper
. The supreme court justices and ^} s ’, wou ^ v *°l ate American
six circuit judges resigned recently . demociatic tradition, might
to qualify for $2.000-$3,000 salary , ld up a P erma nent military sys-
mcreases. The legislature quickly ]! nn £
re-elected them all.
The action, which was a subter
fuge. was to get around the consti-
seeurity about which we hear much
—-through a group of youngsters
with inadequate training. It would
1 likewise be an injustice to a large
tutional prohibition against in- group of teen-agers and throw tre-
NOTICE OF LOST CASHIER’S
CHECK
Notice is hereby given of lost
cashier’s check No. 15285 on M. S.
Bailey & Son, Bankers, Clinton, S.
C\, dated February 13, 1952, issued to
North Carolina Mutual Insurance
Co. for D. C. Pruitt for $80.76.
6-2c
creasing justices’ and judges’ com
pensation during their elective
terms. The reason for the resigna
tions was given in. a recommenda
tion of the South Carolina Bar as
sociation which had been consider
ing the need of providing addi-
mendous temptations before them.
UMT, if enacted, would doubt
less become a permanent system.
Sirice selective service is meeting
the present military need and al
so providing the reserve for at
least ten years, there is no need
tional compensation, it said, for the , f or applying pressure tactics and
ju ges of the state. This means subjecting youth at a younger age
that under the 1951-52 appropria
tion bill the chief justice will re-
to the dangers of military life.
We have become the victims of
nd eac ^ of tJle at ^ ers ! all along the line
$ -.50 annually. j n recen t years. It is time for the
-aj saJJpnf jno; aja.vt ajaqj, | pendulum to swing back. Such a
fused to fall for the scheme to; law was presented by military
evade the Cuhstitution and—an*-'
nounced they would not resign to
gain the increase in salary. Their
names should not be forgotten by
the people of the state. Judge
Steve Griffith of Newberry, who
represents this circuit, sent a let-
leaders as an answer to the threat
of war. Such a program would
probably add to the deepening of
the crisis. It is well that the coun
try has not been stampeded into
accepting a fundamental and far-
reaching change in the permanent
ter to the assembly in w'hich he j organization of American life,
said his “conscience” would not The record is that countries with
permit him to accept the added
aftiount. There were others who
felt the same way and would not
resign, James B. Pruitt of Ander-
sqn, William H. Grimball o f
Charleston, G- Duncan Bellenger
oh Columbia, tp accept the bene-
It was a clear case ®f the major-
it members of the judiciary get-
ting around the Constitution
♦Hmnsh legislative action, so they
cS receNe higher pay If the
judges, who were involved in the
phm felt they could not give their
services for the remuneration set
by law or wait until the correc
tion was properly made, why didn t
thev resign. Not one word was
said in regard to giving up their
places on the bench And such
maneuvering raises this question,
who will follow next? What about
compulsory training have not been
saved from the threat and reality
of war.
As Washington Sees It...
THE NATIONAL SCENE
Special to The Chronicle.
Washington, March — With
farm net income down about two
billion dollars under the peak year
1947, although it is up about two
billion dollars over 1950, the big
farm organizations are split over
what to do about parity and about
soil conservation payments. And
these are the two big agricultural
issues facing this congress.
The bureau of agricultural sta
tistics shows that net farm, inrnmg
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The reason for this action, it, was
stated, "was that many auto wreck
ers in Georgia and other sections of
the country, had complained that
they would not be able to comply
with the NPA order and get their
scrap moving by March I because
of the shortness of time.
The order, Mr. Lofton explained,
applies only! to scrap from vehicles
produced prior , to 1946.
The order was issued as a result
of the grave shortage of iron and
steel scrap in the country, which
was not pnly threatening the na
tional program of defense, but al
so the operation of many steel mills
and foundries, including some in
Georgia, where scrap is needed for
the manufacture of new steel,
Mr. Lofton praised the coopera
tion of auto wreckers in Laurens
county and this area in helping to
alleviate the present scrap short
age. “I feel that the reason we
have not lost more open-hearth
furnaces this winter was due gen
erally to tonnages of scrap met
al delivered by auto wreckers,” he
said.
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