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PW IT 1 mm- , < iiijp——^ THE CLINTON CHRONICLE flhtton. 8* C.. Thursday. June 16, 1966 ACL-Seaboard Merger Move* Step Nearer A merjfer of two railroad* that will hate a direct bearing upon the econom ic life of Clinton took another step to ward consummation last week when a three-judge federal court in Florida de nied an injunction sought against the merger of the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Railroads by the Florida East Coast Railway, the Justice Department and railroad unions. The court previously had sent the case back to the Interstate Commerce Commision for further study, but the U. S. Supreme Court said the federal court should make the decision. The ICC approved the merger in 1963. But the Justice Department en tered the case, contending it would cre ate a monopoly and was against the public interest. The three-judge Florida court in its action sustains the ICC approval of the merger. It is expected that the decision will be appealed to the Supreme Court. We suppose it is well to explore and bring to light all avenues of approach and questions having to do with the merger of the two railroads (which we think eventually will also include the Florida East Coast itself). But the tor turous course through the courts al ready has taken several years and no doubt will require much more time. It will be interesting to observe the sparring of contenders in future moves that will result, we think, in the even tual bringing together of these two rail roads that serve Clinton and the South eastern section of the country. read in the Bible where any Great So-, ciety has to take care of him." Robert P. Griffin,- U. S. Representa tive from Michigan, said: "To force a worker to join a union, and then to use his dues for politics, is to make him a second-class citizen." THE AMERICAN WAY Babson’s Point of View On Inflation And Retirement Bureaucrats’ Way The superintendent of the school distVict in the little city of Beaverton. Oregon, is having troubles — troubles which are not of his own or hia com munity’s making. They are troubles which are shared by innumerable other such district the country over. They have to do with the masses of red tape involved in federal aid to education. Specifically, in this superintendent’s view, "the requirements are completely unreasonable" in applying for funds un der Title II of the Elementary and Sec ondary Education Act of 1965. As an example, it is demanded that each and every one of the books of the district's libraries be inventoried. He says of this, “All the information they need they could be given on one piece of pa per.” News accounts report that the Bea verton School Board unanimously sup ports the superintendent and fears that federal aid is turning into federal con trol. The sad fact is that it would be remarkable if it didn’t. The old adage stifl applies: He who pays the piper calls the tune. And the demands made on local bodies inevitably grow ever larg er. This is the bureaucrats’ way of showing that they must have more funds, more staff, more authority. So, little by little, local and individual re- ponsibility, local determination to forge ahead, and local rights and liberties, are whittled away. Nothing is sharper thaA .the knife of the bureaucrat. Port Gibson, Miss., Reveille: "It is not hard-hearted to say the reasons some people are ‘poverty stricken* is be cause they do not want to work. There is no use beating around the bush, sane pepole are plain lazy, and want all they can get without any effort on their part. Certainty, help the real unfortun ate, but the induetrious do not have the obligation to care for society's drones. The Good Book says man shall live by the sweat of his brow, and we haven't By ROGER W, BABSON Babson Park, Mass.\ June Hi — The squeeze of inflation hurts anybody whose in come is not rising ft .(east as fast as the cost of living. Wo rl& 'don't have to worry too much if their pay rate's are automatically hitched to any hikes recorded by the con sumer price index, as is the case in many union escalator contracts. Salaries for many executives, government employees, and others in favored positions manage to keep up with—or even ahead of—the relent less climb in the cost of retail goods and services. FIXED-INCOME RECIPIENTS ARE VICTIMS There are, however, approximately 40 million people in this country who are living on pensions, insured retirement allotments, and other forms of fixed income. Thus far, there is no way for these people—most of them in the senior-citizen bracket—to bar gain for income gains to match the rising prices. They don't have to read in the paper that it cost them $112.50 in April, 1966, to buy what cost only $100 during the consum er-price-index base period of 1957-1950. They have already felt their dollar shrinking. From April, 1965, to April, 1966, there was an over-all advance of 2.9 per cent in the nation’s cost of living. In terms of the national average, fixed-income people had to pay 6.2 per cent more for food, 3.5 per cent more for medical care, 2.3 per cent more for clothing and its upkeep, and 1.9 per cent more for housing. Families in general fell the upward pressure, of course; but pen sioners and retirees of other types had very little chance of upping their income take. They could only cut back their outlays for their daily needs enough to balance their limited funds against their expenses. GREAT SOCIETY FUNDS WILL NOT HELP MUCH While the White House has asked Con gress to place $3.2 billion more at its dis posal for Great Society plans during the next fiscal year than for the current year, fixed-ineomers can’t expect much help. There hare been breakthroughs in health programs, and there may be more of these as time goes by. But this will not give great encouragement to the millions of healthy men and women whose set number of shrinking dollars must somehow continue to take care of their homes and mainte nance, clothing, transportation, and essential services. Naturally, if price deflation should have Rs turn, pensioners’ and retirees’ dollars would become worth more. But what are the chances of such a reversal in the near future? An inflationary explosion of run away proportions would surely be followed by a downward cascade in prices. History tells us that. Yet, the stand-pat attitude taken so far by the government would seem to promise continuation of the semi-con tained wage-price upspiral . . . with price iaflation not yet ready to give way to de flation. PRESSURES STILL ON UPSIDE Even the shakeout ifl stocks has not yet been reflected in barometers that could in dicate early deflation. Employment is burst ing through the roof; unemployment is so low that employers have to hid higher and higher to get new workers. Costs of the Vietnam war are climbing, as are Great So ciety financial needs. Labor is going all out for raises and fringe gains during the re mainder of this year and 19S7. The guide- post af 3.2 per cent annual pay hikes has been bulldozed flat by the unions. Cost pressures are ever upward. So broad was the original concept of the Great Society that some have proposed a compensating system to protect citizens de pendent upon a fixed income. About the only way this could be done would be to make up—say, each month or each quarter—the difference between the value of the dollar when a pension or retirement arrangement went into effect and Rs current depreciated value. The paper work would be so over whelming and the cost so heavy that it probably could not pass Congress at this lime. But we are certain you will hear much more of tes as iaflation continues to eat a bigger and bigger share of our senior citizens’ income. Meanwhile, pensioners will last have to keep a close eye on their budgets. >< 4 V. SWinc breeders close to home. Edgar Hardee, the Horry County breeder of Poland China hogs, has been accus tomed to marketing about 80 per cent of his purebreds out- of-st'ate. i On a recent visit to his farm, I learned that he’s an enthusiastic supporter of expanding hogs in South Carolina. ' ^ “We have more activity in this part of the country than I’ye seen in a long time,” Hardee told County Agent G. H. Liebenrood and me. Hardee should know what is happening in the swine world. He annually makes long trips throughout the U. S. and Can ada, searching for outstand ing boars and females to add to his herd. His li^t of boars is like a swine “Who’s Who.” Present ly he is using the top boar of the Donorr Sale at Tipton, Indiana; a son’ot the 1965 In diana grand champion; Silver Bell, the top boar of the Carl Hirsh herd at Indinola, 16wa; and many others. His females are also distinguished per formers. Hardee is an intense, stu dent of the streamlined, meat, type hog. This is important, he thinks, because of chang ing demands of the market. ’ Hardee’s advice to farmers is to go into the business on a reasonable basis, resisting the temptation to build a “showplace,” and concen trating on meat-type hogs and good management. “1 think we have-a good op portunity in this part of the country. A lot of hog produc ers in other places are going out.? Some of the most sue: cessful producers I know have dispersed their herds this year, selling their equip ment and everything.” In SERVICE — ON — _ TELEVISIONS STEREO RECORD PLAYERS RADIOS TAPE RECORDERS Joanna Stores Joanna, S. C.—697-6731 The Morning After Stories Behind Words By William S. Penfield Galvanize Luigi Galvini (1737-1798) was a professor of anatomy at the Univeisity of Bologna, Italy. Galvini discovered that the legs of a dead frog twitched when they were brought into con tact with metal. This incident led to his pioneer ing work in the field of animal electricily.. 1 Galvini’s experiments interested Allessandro Volta, a fellow countryman, and Volta invented the “galvinic” battery, which generated electric ity through chemical action. This process of generating electricity was called “galvanism.” The word “galvanize," also derived from Galvini’s name, was coined to describe the ac tion of subjecting something to an electfical current. It acquired the figurative meaning “to jolt or shock an individual or group into action." FARMS and FOLKS By L. C. HAMILTON Clemson University Extension Information Specialist “NEW” POTATOES IN CHARLESTON Fresh potatoes harvested in the spring usually coincide with the maturing of snap beans, The two, coming as they do, have joined in a marriage of convenience, or love, and usually wind up in the pot together. We’re glad. As the days be come warmer the lighter diet —with plenty of fresh garden vegetables—seems to fit into the scheme of things for the summer months. As for beans and potatoes, they are espec ially good. George Hill, a Johns Island farmer, grows snap beans and potatoes. On his farm last week we saw the smooth white potatoes being harvest ed in the first step to get the delicious tubers to your table. Hill and County Agent B. S. Lawrimore told me the Charleston potato “deal” would last until the fourth week in June. Beans, too, ought to be plentiful in the weeks ahead. Charleston county farmers this spring are harvesting about 1,200 acres of potatoes. This is down considerably from the acreage of a few years ago. The Charleston farmers say a little more de mand for the fresh potatoes at the produce counter could halt the decline. Incidentally, practically all Charleston county potatoes are washed and grade before they’re shipped. BREEDERS IMPORTANT IN SWI(4E PRODUCTION If and when South Carolina farmers decide to increase their production of swine, they will find outstanding CLINTON, S. C., nUHMAY, JUNE 1«, 1*6 i T Qtyt (Eltntmt (Eljrontrlr Established UN Jnlj 4, 1889 — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — June 13, U55 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY EY THE CHRONICLE PUHfcjSHING COMPANY Sobscriptfon Rale (Payable * Advance) Out-of-County ! -r* One Year^jN.00; Six Months, $2.50 One Year, J6.60 Second Class Postage Paid at Clinton, S. C. POSTMASTER: Send Fort* MW to Cttnton Chronicle, Clinton, S. C. 29325 The .Chronicle seeks coeperstisn of its subscribers and readers—the publisher Wiil^at all flmtt ap] suggesttons and kindly advice. 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