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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
Uy Spectator
Thin league hud Its beginning as a
protest against the wholesale and indiscriminate
foreclosure of mortgages
on homes and farms at a time of universal
and unprecedented disaster.
Not only were the forecloHurea ruthlessly
carried out, but u new practice
becume the rule, that of tuklng deficiency
Judgments after exhausting the
property under mortgage. For that
reason, and because It was making a
special effort to save the furins of
our people, tho league has emphasized
Its purpose in the title "Farmers and
Taxpayers League."
This loague has always had a constructive
.motive; It has sounded the
note from tho beginning that the wolfuro
of the individual is boat promoted
throug hhls own Initiative, unhampered
by severe restrictions, whether
of taxation or regulation.
The league has constantly and vigorously
opposed the tr-end to commitments
of the state beyond the ability
of the taxpayers.
This organization is the friend and
spokesman for the taxpayers, big and
little, knowing that the burden ultimately
falls on tho Individual, either
as a taxpuyer or stockholder, or both.
Our opposition may be likened to the
surgical operation undertaken to save
human life. As long us the spending
agencies expand their program without
regard for the earnings of the
people we not only discourage Investment
of fresh capital, but we Jeopardize
the Investments wo now have. So
tho influence and effort of the league
to restrain extravagance In public
commitments is a part of a construe-J
tlve service to the economic foundation
of the state. I
Organizations come and go. Any
association which merely opposes or
obstructs may serve usefully for a
time, but only while an emergency
exists. This league has been both
directly and indirectly constructive. In
the beginning It carried on a campaign
of information, and In 1932
found It necessary to go before the
people during a political campaign.
The overturn of tho high-spenders In
1!?32 was In no small measure duo
to the league. The organization of
the Kconomy llloc in the House, resulting
in reducing the State Appropriation
Hill five and a half million dollars,
was brought about In the league
office. The arrangement by which a
taxpayer in arrears might stive his
property through installment payment
was first proposed by the loague. The
league insisted on fixing all salaries
in 1932 so that pay of Judges and
others might be lawfully adjusted to
conditional and from the beginning
advised against unconstitutional reductions.
The correctness of that
contention haa been proved by the
decision of the Supremo Court.
The league proposed various measures
of re-organization and slmpliflcaj
tlon of government and drew the bills.
Among thorn was the creation of a
service of information for the guidance
of all institutions and agencies
of the stute in making purchases.
There has been objection to a central
buying agency, souio institutions believing
that they now have an Ideal
arrangement.
It is apparent that buying for so
many agencies of the state offers the
chance to effect economies if all simi-J
lar supplies wero bought or contracted
for in a lump sum. It would not
be necessary to create a new office,
or take from the agencies tho right
to handle their own funds. The State
Finance committee, or the State Audl-j
tor, might solicit bids on all supplies
and inform each agency what price
Bhould govern.
From the very beginning the league
advocated repeal of the five-mill State
Property tax and rejoices that it Is
now off the hook^, This organization1
helped to create the sentiment that
resulted In the repeal of the four-mill
property tax under the 6-0-1 law.
The league has urged that supervision
and control of all bond Issues
be vested In a central authority, probably
tho Sinking Fund commission,'
and that the policy of mortgaging the
future and passing burdens to tho
next generation be discontinued.
Tho league recommended the cre-|
ntlon of a commission of business menj
to suggest appropriate measures to.
bring into our state new Industries. J
That commission was created and,;
after a year of work, without expense!
to tho state, filed its report to the J
legislature. This was probably the
only time a body of business men as
such were ever invited to serve the
state.
The league submits a modest program,
all the items dove-tailing in an
earnest proposal to lift some of thej
burden from the backs of the taxpayers
and to let our business proceed
to get such momentum as will raise
the economic level of the state.
The league recommends:
That our state laws affecting industries
engaged in interstate commerce
conform to the national law.
The creation of a Stale police force,
using as a nucleus the Highway Patrol
and other state field officers, and
including all peace officers of the
state under a state commission, without
prejudice to their local functions
and without sacrifice of local autonomy.
except when in actual pursuit of
.u criminal beyond the boundaries of
their local Jurisdiction.
Ratification of the amendment repealing
the three-iulll constitutional
property tax.
A reorganization of state and county
government to eliminate duplication
of effort, to simplify the public
service and to promote efficiency.
That a policy of retrenchment be
adopted until such time as the general
income of the taxpayers shall
have been restored to the basis of
1926.
Limitation on all bond issues, mun-.
nlclpal as well as county and under
control of the Sinking Fund commission.
Reducing the Inheritance Tax in the
upper brackets so as to invite men
of large wealth to establish citizenship
here.
Curb damage suit industry which
Imperils every industrial Investment
with contingent liabilities.
Biennial sessions of the legslature.
The present plan involves a session
of nearly one half of each year and
Is a disquieting Influence.
Assumption by the state of additional
county roads and school operation
should hrlug about a corresponding
reduction In county expenditures.
That no legislator shall be eligible
to any position within the gift of the
legislature.
That no extra pay be allowed for
legislative time, but the league suggests
that, if necessary, an adjustment
be made to the lawful pay.
That the sheriffs, magistrates and
their constables make special efforts
to eradicate the gambling devices
which are said to be operated throughout
the state openly and notoriously.
We recommend that no new tax of
any kind be passed and that no present
tax be increased.
That the comptroller general be directed
to investigate all back state
taxes overdue three years or more
and that authorization be vested in
the tax commission or some other department
to adjust and settle all these
delinquent taxes.
The league believes that the rehabilitation
of the economic well-being of
the state depends upon a revival of
private initiative and private investment.
The league calls attention to the
growing disparity between the income
of the people and the cost, of government.
It is said that all the units of
government within the state, not including
the federal government, spent
more in 19XX than was received for
all the crops produced within the
state for market that year. That is
appalling. We see the public services
start and develop without regard to
the condition of the taxpayers who
must meet the bills. Nothing keeps
us afloat economically but the payrolls
of our industries, the money we'
borrow and the sale of our capital
assets, such as timber and land.
The standard of living among our
Industrial workers is higher than that
of our agriculture workers. We are
face to face with a problem of rebuilding
our State, raising the purchasing
power of our people by a larger
measure of industrialization, thereby
providing employment for the surplus
of workers and making a greater
market for the products of a dives sifled
economy.
The further development of industry
among us depends in great degree
upon the wisdom of our law-maker*.
That is tantamount to saying that
our State will develop its recources
if the General Assembly will approach
the problem in its larger aspects as
one of economics, without fear of special
groups and Interests which blindly
sacrifice the public good
Men have to adjust themselves to
change This State once based its
weaith on the production of Indigo?
now a forgotten crop; then came
wealth through rice?now almost forgotten,
lastly came cotton upon which
the whole South was built and to
which it is geared today. Instead of
a gross revenue to our farmers of a
hundred million dollars a year, it has
fallen this year to thirty millions.
We need a farm Income of more than
a hundred million dollars even to
maintain the relative standing of 1936;
or we must find an Industrial income
to compensate for losses in agriculture.
Nor can we stand still. The
world of 1926 is not the world of 1939. j
We need more today in a world of
rural electricity, radios, telephones
automobiles, trucks, and tractors.
If our men and women will think
in terms ot production and income,
first we shall solve the problem of
finding the revenue for our standard
of living, as well as our public services.
A solution which builds the State
must bring a larger share of the good
things of life to everyone. A prosperous
agriculture and a prosperous
| industry make place for all who seek
employment;, and as our business expands
and prospers all who work will
enjoy a commensurate return.
The League rededicatee itself to
the furtherance of a more abundant
life for all and pledges its co-operation
with all who seek to serve the
people of the Statp.
Dictators' Trade With Latin Amerloa
Washington, Jan. 30.?G. Grant Mutton,
Jr., of tho Civil Aeronautics Authority,
told the Senate Military committee
today that Gennau and Italian
trade In aircraft with Latin America
tribled in 1038. Meanwhile, he ttald.
American sale* were at a standstill.
AAA GRANTS PAYMENT8
FOR 1998 MADE 800N
Columbia, Jau, 28,?Within a very
short time application for payment
under the 1938 Agricultural Censer vation
Program will start flowing into
the state AAA office Xqv audit and
certification for payment, H. W. Hamilton,
state AAA administrator announces.
It is expectud that the total amount
of grant payments to be made to the
farmers of South Carolina for their
participation in the 1938 Agricultural
Conservation Program will amount
to between 10 and 11 million dollars.
Direct payments will be made to
owners, operators, share tenants and
hare croppers who were interested
in the production of 1988 crops of cotton,
tobacco, Irish potatoes and interested
in the carrying out of soil-building
practices In 1938. The total number
of payees will approximate 160,000
farmers In this state.
"As the applicable data for each of
these producers must be entered on
the applications and each producer
must sign the application, it is expected
that the total length of time
for completing all payments will exceed
two months," says Mr. Hamilton.
"However, the first payments will be
made shortly.
"The county offices and the state
office all have trained and experienced
workers who are expediting the
necessary detailed clerical work In
every way possible In an endeavor
for the payments to be In the hands
of the farmers as an aid In financing
the 1939 crops."
Mr. Hamilton points out that the
payment of this ten or more million
dollars will make the second time i
since September 1,1938, that the far- 1
mers in South Carolina have received *
payments under the Farm Program.
During September, October and November,
1938, seven and. three-quarters
million dollars were paid to the far-*
mers of the state aB a cotton price
adjustment payment.
State Foreater Waa 8peaker
Assistant State Forester C. u.
Shueffer, of Columbia, addressed the. <1
training meeting of the Wegt Waters? J
distrlet of the Kershaw county fire -<g
protection forces at the Blaney high
I school, January 17. He called attentlon
to the desirability of preventing
woods fires insofar as it affects trav- ;
elers through South Carolina. District
Forester J. C. Blakeney commended
the organization on its efforts and explained
the basic methods in attract- j
ing and suppressing forest fires. Distrlct
Hanger Horace Campbell and
County Ranger W. C. Perry presented
a skit* which was both instructive and^j
amusing. Representative L. C. Cly. |
burn was present as were several 3
county officers. >
The meeting was under the dlreotion
of Fire Warden Dan McLeod and ;
a delightful fish supper was served. >ij
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Rubs With Kersona?Burns To Dehth '
Lufkin, Tex., Jan. 30.?Nat B. Wade j
today rubbed his skin with kerosene
to relieve his rheumatism?then lit g
match to smoke. He burned to death.
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