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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Clinton. S. C.. Thursday, Odoher 27, 1966
Vote in Favor of Amendment
No. 22
Residents of Laurens County School
Districts 55 and 56 have a direct and
important interest in the Constitutional
Amendments to be submitted to the
electorate on November 8.
There is a long list of proposed state
and local amendments, some of the lat
ter classification concerning only speci
fied counties.
But one of them—No. 22—is of
very definite concern to residents of
Laurens County.
Under the present law, the bonded
indebtedness of the county (or political
subdivisions) cannot exceed 8'/f of the
assessed valuation of property. A
move is underway to inocrfase that fig
ure to 16'/<. The 8^ figure has been
in force since adoption of the present
state Constitution in 1895, a period of
71 years.
Great changes have occurred both
in the economy of the state and the
needs of the political subdivisions (es
pecially in the area of schools) since
that time.
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In moving from an economic setup
that was almost wholly agricultural to
one that is more balanced with, the
great growth of industry, the state
(and counties and school districts) can
afford to raise the ratio of bonded in
debtedness to assessed valuation.
There is no doubt about it, to be
more realistic and better serve the
needs of the political subdivisions, that
8% figure no longer is adequate.
For that reason, we call your at
tention to a “Message of Importance”
from the Board of Trustees of School
District 56 in last week’s issue of The
Chronicle. We urge you to go back
and read it. It calls attention to the
urgent need of a new elementary school
for the Clinton area. It should be built
Look Abroad
Great Britain is several years further
down the road of • the total welfare
state philosophy than the United
States. And according to news reports,
it is now entering a period of crisis that
even the most adroit political maneu
vering can no longer avoid.
Prime Minister Wilson and his gov
ernment have imposed a wage-freeze
program, and he has told trade union
leaders he would invbke the law of the
land to prevent sabotage of the gov
ernment’s wage-price- policies. It is
expected that the present effort to sta
bilize the economy of Britain will lead
to substantial unemployment next year
and the shelving of some cherished
plans for social advancement in Brit
ain. It remains to be seen whether
England can stave off national disaster
and devaluation of the pound.
As the United States continues to ex
pand its own inflationary welfare pro
gram, it might pay for our voters and
our politicians to take a second look at
the impending ordeal confronting the
people of Great Britain. We are on
the same collision course with debt,
t*es and inflation.
likely hold at 36c. However, the higher
prices we are now paying in the grhy mar
ket for copper will come down—and in time
the gray market itself will fade away.
BETTER BALANCE AHEAD
Present tight supply-demand ratios in
copper are temporary. Long range pro-,
now. Other expansions will be requir- grams for upping mine and smelter pro-
ed in the near future. Much money duction of the red metal have been u " der -
.... . , . i -u j • way for some years. The opening of new
will bj? needed to build and equip m j nes } s a s j ow process eptailing costly con-
school ktructures for this growing sec- struction and development work and—some-
tion, which can only be raised by the
issuance of bonds.
The Chronicle, therefore, joins our
school officials in urging voters on No
vember 8 to vote for and support the
amendment (No. 22) which will raise
^oiith Wants to Know
By RANDY GRIFFITH
Dp you dislike people who With these
reak the rules of the order? no s>
If you’re a worker, more open
cess of coppar as a material for use
sheathing wharf ptttags gives promise
other important new uses for this metal.
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from 8 c /< to 16% the ratio of bonded in
debtedness to asses.^fd property valua-
t?on. ,
Our schools are the most important
feature of our government and we
strongly urge support of our school of
ficials in seeking funds with which to
provide adequate physical facilities.
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PUNISHMENT?,
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IS WHEN TWE (SOVERNMENT
TAKES YOU TO 6ET THE CAPITAL
TO 60 IA1TO (COMPETITION WITH YOU,
ANt> THEN TAXES WHATEVER PSORTS
YOU MAY ST1U. MAKE TO COVER
h* LOSSES/
, A recent U. S. Department of Labor
report revealed that one out of every
2^ American workers has a second job.
Government employees — particularly
postal employees—lead the field of
“moonlighters,” with workers in agri
culture, educational service, construc
tion and transportation also high on
tHe list.
Babson Point Of
View On Copper
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Park, Mass., October 27—Copper
is one of the oldest -metals known to man.
Unexcelled as a conductor of electricity and
of heat, it is noted also for its corrosion re
sistance and for the ease with which it can
be fabricated. In any list of essential raw
materials, copper ranks near the top. It is
much in the news today in a world which is
simultaneously expanding its industrial pro
duction, further electrifying its services,
and still re-arming.
DOMESTIC AND WORLD OUTPUT
As recently as 40 years ago, U. S. smelter
output of copper amounted to more than
half the total output for the world, and pro
duction in North America accounted for con
siderably more than that (62.5%). Five years *
later—in 1931 when our economy was sink
ing ever deeper into depression—U. S. cop
per production dipped down to 35% of the
world total. But by 1942 it had regained
some of the loss, climbing back to 40%.
In later years, the ratio has been deelin- '
ing again. Domestic smelter production of
copper in 1965 totaled only 25% of world
output. The important point is that the U. S.
is no longer the dominant factor in world
copper production, though she still is an im
portant producer.
CONSUMPTION TRENDS
Copper usage has been expanding all
over the world in very recent years. But,
barring all-out war, it will rise less rapidly
in the coming decade. The increase in con
sumption will be limited by competition
from aluminum and other substitutes, but’"
the 1970’s will see good growth in copper us
age generally—especially in Latin America,
Africa, and Asia.
The present acutely tight supply-demand
position in copper stems from two distinct'
causes: (1) A series of strikes which have
curtailed production at important mining
and me Iter operations here in the U. S., in
Chiley in Rhodesia, and in Zambia; (2) the
world-wide scramble for copper, sparked by
several years of record automobile produc
tion and building construction in the U. S.—
upon which Viet demand has been superim
posed—and by a vastly increased industrial
activity in Western Europe.
WILL PRICES GO UP OR DOWN?
Here in our country we can produce
about two-thirds of our copper needs. The
remainder must be imported and it comes
chiefly from Chile, Peru, and Canada,
though some sizable shipments do come in
from Africa, too. Because we import so
much, copper price changes on the London
Metal Exchange are usually reflected rather
promptly in our American metal markets.
Once upon a time we could get all the cop
per we needed, over and above our own pro
duction, from Chile. But for some years
now, heavier demand from Europe and the
willingness of European users to pay prem
ium prices has attracted more and more
Chilean copper to European ports.
In an effort to stabilize prices, the U. S.
copper industry has held the domestic quote
to 36c per pound. But because of heavier
demand abroad, world prices are substan
tially above those of the U. S. As a result,
we too must pay more for- the copper we
need from abroad. If we can prevent the
Viet war from spreading any farther and if
we can achieve labor peace in the industry,
then world copper prices should settle back
in 1967. But when this happens, do not look
for easing in the U. S. list price; that will
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times—ertetion of sizable transportation fa
cilities. But within the next five years free
world copper output may well be nearly 40%
larger than It is now. Hence • much better
applications r«- Do you dislike people who With th«e people I haoe
search. Jp the coming five years, copper break the rules of the order?
usage in the desalination of water should in- If you’re a worker, more p •
crease tremendously. And the initial sue- than likely you do. Let’s ace f 1
in the fact: there are a lot of tern, I think proper discipline
of loafers who do not produce to or probation are appropriate.
the maximum of their abiliy.
School is the place where j Q 5p0 a | t Before
most of us see these charac- •.
ters. They are the people who Underwriters I OniQilt
do as little as possible and Thomas H. Robelot of
who simply pursue their own Greenville, agency vice pres-
enjoyment. Often recklessly ident of Liberty Life Insur-
Time for obtaining new mo- and at the expense of others. anc£ Co., will speak to the
tor vehicle license plates with- Usually these are the stu- Laurens County Life Under
cut a penalty is growing short dents who raise the most of writers Association meeting
out a-penalty is g r o w i n g the cain around school. And tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m.,
short, the State Highway De- whom do these people accuse in the Friendship Room of the
p&rtment reminded vehicle when they’re punished , for Laurens Federal Savings and
owners today, what they do? Naturally, it’s Loan Building.
South Carolina law .requires the guy who reported them Robelot, to be introduced by
that all vehicles display 1967 or the school supervisor who George W. Hampton, will dis-
plates on November 1, and is prejudiced and doesn’t un- cuss “Return To Fundamen-
the Highway Department of-derstand their side. tals.”
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On The Nose
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The director is the person responsible for
keeping a radio show on schedule. He sits in a
glass-enclosed, sound-proof control room.
In the early days of radio, signals were work
ed out whereby the director could let the per
formers know how the show was progressing in
relation to the schedule. The director signaled
an assistant on the stage, and th£ assistant relay*
*-etl the signals to the performers.
When the director toucheef the tip of his nose
with his forefinger, it meant that the show was
running on schedule. “On the nose ,” meaning
exactly on time, soon became an expression pf
common usage.
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