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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Clinton, S. C., Thursday, Decemp^r 8, 19€6
How To Stop Inflation
Inflation hits everyone right where
it hurts the most —r in the'pbcketbook.
There are two proposals to help control’
inflation:
Increase tax rates, both individual
and Corporate, to siphon off sufficient
I funds to slow down consumer purchas
ing; put the brakes on the government
spending programs.
Opinion Research Corporation.
Princeton, N. J„ polled Mr. and Mrs.
Z Householder on their preferred solution.
This just completed national survey
showed that, given the choice, 71 ^ were
• in favor of cutting government spending
and only 7% favor tax increases as a
• means of controlling inflation. -
‘ ■ The survey also showed that 84''
of the people are concerned about infla
tion; 67% say they have been hurt by it;
• 73% say they are no better off than
• they were a year ago, and 61% have
• changed their shopping habits because
• of rising prices. More people blamed in
flation on the government than on any
other group. ^
Now is the time to express your
feelings on calling a halt to excessive
government spending. Members of Con-
; gress should know your views. Their
vote in Congress caiji either feed th_ j
-the fires of inflation to scorch everyone.
►or help put out the fire. Cutting federal
spending may be the hardest way, but it
will achieve the results we are all seek-
• ing.
Justice For The Innocent
The courts have been greatly con-
-cerned with justice for criminals of late,
and as long as this does not extend into
.the ridiculous most critizens will agree
' such considerations are appropriate.
But in the minds of many law of
ficials and editors the process has been
^carried to the absurd. Too many in
stances are occurring when confessed
•murderers are set free (often to com-
r mit another crime) because of techni-
-calities,
A man recently confessed to a bru
tal murder on three separate -occasions
• and was then freed — because of tech
nical legal considerations based on Su-
. preme Court rulings. Another recent Su
preme Court decision (a five-four deci
sion as so many of today’s decisions are >
reinterpreted the Fifth Amendment to
“the Constituton. It forces police ques
tioning suspects to inform the detained
»he has a right to remain silent and
-states that if the detained “indicates in
any manner” that he does not want to
answer questions, the police must stop
asking them!
Since these new rules were enun
ciated by Chief Justice Earl Warren,
Philadelphia police have found 56 per
cent of the suspects they arrest refuse
to answer questions. Other cities report
a sharp jump in the number of suspects
refusing to talk, as lawlessness and
crime in the nation’s cities is rising to
record levels.
This process, coupled with intimi
dation of policemen and forced by- pres
sure groups, minority groups, and agita
tors is a disturbing situation in what
was once a society of law and order,
Rrth respect for officers of the law.
Courtesy And Driving
„ Some of the accidents that occur on
the nation’s highways could be avoid
ed by the exercise of good manners on
Hie part of the drivers involved.
The rush, to beat other vehicles to
the start and to get ahead in-a traffic
lahi often lead many people to take
advantage of other drivers in a manner
that does not reflect proper considera
tion for others, even in modern traffic
snarls.
We think drivers should always
bea’r in mind the possibility, that others
like themselves, miscalculate speed
and other factors and sometimes get in
a jam through mental error.
Common everyday courtesy is a
good' thing for everyday living and it
produces the same desirable results
when put into practice while behind
the wheel.
INFLATION CURE: CUTTt.S. SPENDING
Babson’s Point Of
View On: Keeping
Up With US. Growth
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Park, Mass., December 8. Spec
tacular postwar increases in our population
and Gross National Product are creating
new problems to plague. us. We nave en-
teered a technological age largely undream
ed of as recently as 25 years ago. The ques
tion is: Will we be able to keep up with our
growth, or will it destroy us as a nation?
TREMENDOUS EXPANSION
During the past 20 years, our population
has climbed 41%. In the same interval —
that is since 1946 — personal incomes in the
United States have soared 225%. Even al
lowing for the steady erosion in the dol
lar's buying power which occurred in the
past two decades, we are today far. far bet-
. ter off incomewise than in 1946.
Our nat : on is also stronger economical
ly than in that first year after the end of
World l\'ar II. Our Grass National Product
is now within a whisker of $740 billion a
year. — up 255% from 1946. This is truly
impressive evidence of our success in de
veloping improved techniques leading to a
more productive use of the vast resources
of our country.
STREAM OF NEW INVENTIONS
Though still playing second fiddle to Rus
sian in the space race, we have nevertheless
chalked up our own impressive list of space
firsts and have invented many devices and
techniques which the Soviets are still striv
ing to duplicate. In an unbelievably wide
variety of fields, we have encouraged thou
sands of inventors who have enriched our
country and the world with their ideas. We
have also been singularly adroit in putting
these inventions to productive purpose.
What we have done, we can do again.
America can remain in the forefront in the
invention of new products and new methods
of production. Additional ways will be found
to make those new products and new pro
duction methods useful in advancing the
American way of life. But such further pro
gress is surely dependent upon our ability
to prove true to that American way of life
which was built on the idea of free enter
prise.
ENCOURAGE RISK CAPITAL
One way to preserve our heritage of free
enterprise and to assure our continued pro
gress and prosperity is to make certain that
our laws, our federal, state, and local tax
structures, and our over-all management-
labor relations are such as to encourage —
not discourage — inventors and business
men to risk their time, their talents, and
their capital.
Now nearly 200 million people strong, we
must plan toward the day when — despite
our slowing birth rate — we shall have 240
million or more. Growth of our potential
domestic market is practically assured. We
have proved we can develop technique oar
“know-how”, and we have proved that such
development is the key, to increased pro
ductivity and to prosperity itself. But do we
fully realize that new techniques to keep up
with our growth will come only from men
urged on by the prospect of profit and backed
financially by investors risking their capi
tal because they have reasonable hope of
making a net gain?
f FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
If there is one single trait this nation
stands more ia need of than any other it it
fiscal rsponsibility. As individuals we need
to be resold on the idea of living within oiir
means, of jealously guarding our credit rat
ings, and of helping to provide for our own
futures. As a nation, w e need to b e remind
ed that public funds are a public trust and
that public expenditures and public receipts
ought to be in long-term balance.
At all levels of government, there is need
[for sounder, better rounded, better co-ordi-
2>natd public service programs and tax poli-
(cies. Right now, we are wasting billions of
|dollars in ill-timed, ill-planned projects, in
careless and inffecient public administration,
ind in the management and funding of pub-
|lic debt.
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Youth Wants to Know
By RANDY GRIFFITH
Noone can ever say that
“all American teenagers thUik
this or that 'this is how thfy
feel about politics or relig
ion,” or that “they all want
this or that from life.”
Although group patterns in
high school are much alike.
n 0 two young people are. As
individuals they are often
misunderstood by both par
ents and teachers. The, things
that make happy and useful
being boils down to millions
of details. From the cradle,
on, each person develops dif
ferently. Genuine parental
love, intelligently^’given, ap
pears to be a basic factor.
It seems that before this is
the equipment of mind, body
and spirit with which each in-
idividual is born. Beyond this,
the faith to which they turn.
Some girls are pretty, pop
ular and adjust easily to their
environments; others have
Stories
Behind
Words
By
William S. Penfield
Porterhouse Steak
In Colonial America, the alehouse in New
York specialized in sirloin steaks. Some of them
also specialized in porter—a dark, heavy beer.
They were called porterhouses.
One day the proprietor of one of the porter
houses ran out of sirloin steaks. He had a roast
on hand, so he sliced steaks from it and served
them to the customers.
The customers liked the steaks better than
sirlion. Soon other porterhouses began serving
the new steaks.
The steaks were called “porterhouses,” from
the name of the establishments where they were
served.
FARMS and FOLKS
By L. C. HAMILTON
Qemson University Extension Information Specialist
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(Editor’s note: This
week’s Farms and Folks,
written by C. B. Reeves,
Clemson extension dairy
technologist, tells of new
food products and changing
trends in dairy product
sales. L. C. Hamilton).
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The depth of the cream layer
is not an important considera
tion these days when people
are buying milk.
But only a few short years
ago consumers gave a great
deal of attention 'to this.
Milk’s goodness was judged
on the basis of its cream or
butterfat content. Because it
was the lightest part, the
cream was always on the top
and formed a visible layer.
Many of our young consu
mers, in fhet, have never
seen ft cream layer on milk.
This is because more than 70
percent of all fluid milk sold
today is homogenized. Then
too, paper cartons have large
ly replaced the see-through
glass bottles.
Other changes in consumer
demand have been reflected
in decreased sales of those
products rich in fat, and in
creased sales of those con
taining the non-fat solids of
milk.
Such high-fat dairy foods as
butter, whipping cream, ev
aporated milk and table
cream have lost considerable
market. Some plants even re
gard them as nuisance pro
ducts because sales volume is
so low that it’s uneconomical
to produce them.
On the other hand, tremen
dous sales increases have
been enjoyed by products
Consult
John
L.
Mimnaugh
about this question:
“On an expensive
Christmas gift of Jew
elry , . furs . . sport
ing goods . . is it wise
to include a prepaid
Personal Article
Floater policy to pro
vide ‘all-risk’ protec.
Uon on the gifts?”
BAILEY AGENCY
M. S. Bliley & Son, Bankers, Building
filial Day 833*0681 — Night and Sunday 833*0323
as a base for many kinds of
dips. It’s also used in blue
cheese salad dressing, which
has become more popular.
Dairy plants are trying to
keep pace with these changes
in consumer demand.
For instance, during the
past four years plants have
been fortifying their fluid
skim milk with non-fat dry
milk solids to make it a more
difficulty with adjusting to
the problems beyond adoles
cence. Some boys are schol
ars, oihers are athletes: some
go to college, others, through
preference or necessity, plan
to find jobs immediately after
high school.
Actually, the main thing
this group seems to have in
common is the variety and
difference of its ambitiotns,
convictions and backgrounds.
It is impossible to categorize
all of American youth.
palatable product. This has
been in answer to the tastes
of the many persons who con
sume skim milk as a low-ca
lorie food; some had com
plained about its flavor, color
and watery appearance. Now,
sales of this fortified product
are increasing rapidly.
More recently, another fluid
milk product—"low fat” milk
— has been added to the fam
ily of dairy products. This is
fresh milk with added non
fat milk solids and with part
of the fat removed so that it
contains only about two per
cent butterfat. This product,
available recently to South
Carolina consumers, should
appeal to persons who would
prefer not to drink whole milk
and who do not like the flavor
of a non-fat fluid milk.
While these changes in con-
Greenwood — Willie Benja
min Boyd, 56, of the Fork
Section of Laurens County,
died Saturday morning in an
Atlanta hospital after a long
illness.
Native of Laurens County,
son of the late Willie Benja
min and Maggie Fuller Boyd,
he was a member of Union
Baptist Church and a farmer.
Surviving hre five brothers,
Herbert E. Boyd of Green
wood; Mason Boyd of Clinton;
J. C. Malone of Atlanta, Ga.;
Albert Hickson of Chester;
and Lelan Boyd of Denver,
Colo.; and two sisters, Mrs.
Alice B. Boyd and Mrs. Cleo
Sutherland of Denver, Colo. ,
Funeral services were con
ducted at Blyth Funeral Home
Sunday at 3:00 p. m. by Rev.
Glenn Mosteller. Burial was
in Greenwood Memorial Gar
dens.
sumer demand have been in
favor of products low in fat
and high in non-fats solids,
the demand for whole milk
(cream-line and homogenized),
has remained relatively sta
ble. This is not surprising,
because most consumers
know' that whole milk is a
highly nutritious food which
doesn’t contain nearPy as
much fat as many other com
mon foods.
OFFICE SUPPLIES
THE CHRONICLE
high in protein, lactose and
minerals. These include na
tural and processed ripened
cheeses, cottage cheese, non
fat dry milk, ice cream, ice
milk and fortified fresh skim
milk.
One exception to the consu
mer demand for lower fat
products has been the in
creased popularity of sour or
cultured cream. Since 1960
sales of this product have
risen tenfold. The reason for
this is the result of the appli
cation of new uses.
Not too many years ago
most demand for sour cream
centered around its use in
cooking. Now it has become
popular in enhancing the
flavor of baked potatoes, and
Announcing
Federal Land
Bank Asso.
Of Spartanburg
Opening Office Dec. 1
In Laurens
Gray Building
Across From Post Office
Open Each Thursday at
1 P. M.
Long Term Credit For
Farmers
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