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tAQM POUB. TUB BA1WWBLL PEOPLE-SgNTPCBL. BABJfWELL, ■OPTB CAtOLCTA THURSDAY, AUGUST IS, 1M7. TWBaniwI! Feoplc-S^ntmel JOHN W. HOLMES lft4t—ItlX. B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprtotor. Entond at tha post offica at Btrnwall, S. C., aa second-claas matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.60 Six Months JO Three Months .... JO (Strictly la Adranee.) THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1937. Helping the Farmer. It is said that “the Lord helps those who try to help themselves.” but ap parently the fanners have interpreted this old saying v to mean that “the government should help those who re fuse to help themselves.” Meaning that, in spite of the fact that the Roosevelt administration proved that smaller crops bring higher prices (and paid the farmers while submitting the proof), Monday’s gov ernment report indicating a cotton crop this year of approximately 15,- 600,000 bales shows that the lesson, which it wos though had been learned through bitter experience, has been quickly forgotten and already ap peals are pouring into Washington to save the cottontots from their folly through the medium of a 12-cent loan on the fleecy staple. The farmers well knew when they tncrea^fd this year’s acreage that, with normal seasons, a bumper crop would be produced; and yet, with the depression years of six cents cotton still fresh in their minds, they plung ed blindy into over-production, with the result that, now that the harvest ing season is at hand, they are faced with below coat of production prices. The federsl government would have more sympathy for tha plight of the farmers if a bumper crop had been produced on a curtailed acreage. But, politics being what it is, perhaps a paternal government will again lend a helping hand and stop that down ward trend of the market. Now Do Htmethiag! Congress, acronfng to reports, is at last showing signs of “economy aindedness " It is no secret that tha towering national debt, which recently reached an all-time high of 134.600.- •00,000 is worrying legislators. They certainly should be worried, fcr the pnncipa 1 adverse effects of a gigantic debt, with Its neceeaary ac companiment of nsmg tases. falls on the poor and the moderately wall-to ds Every laborer, every professional man. every whito-co.lar worker, every storekeeper, today can boy leas than he could otherwise—because a great part of the rest of everything he buys or oars is tai levy deluded In the pm of every article. Concern over the debt, noo eshibtt- ed by Congress, should be follow ed by *'do|ng something about the debt * A policy of budget balancing, and regudr debt reduction, would do much for real recovery. tiding and Abetting. “Probably the strongest opposition (to regulate and stabCise agriculture) comes from a certain small group that profit* immensely by over-production and low prices." comments The Dil- on Herald. Yes, but aided ami abet ted by those farmers themselves who insist oh over-producing when they well know, from past experience, that such over-production spells low prices. Read The Herald’s editorial, “The Only Way to Stabilize" else where in this issue. (Comments... On Men and News DISCOURAGING CAPITAL. spend their time (end our money) thinking out new schemes. What they don’t aee, or don't regard aa im portant, is that all government rests on taxes and all wages rests on capi tal investment, management, produc tion, profits, markets, etc. Some enterprises operate on small capital and with out-of-date machinery. They do a useful service aa long aa they offer employment. If capital is discouraged it will withdraw from investment in the hazards of business. Is our govern ment prepared to guarantee a profit on investment? Is it ready to say to a man or a group of men, “Put your money into business, pay such-and- such wages for such-and-such hours and the government will cover your losses and pay you 6 percent, on the investment?” No, the government treats all business men as public enemidk. It constantly experiments and adds to the cost of doing business, yet wonders why business does not absorb the unemployment. If the gov. ernment would go fishing for three or four years and stop the WPA, most of our people would find work. I dto not forget the awful gloom of March, 1933; I recall gratefully the buoyant spirit of Mr. Roosevelt and his vigorous efforts to restore confi dence. He has performed greatly for this nation; his measures saved many a farm and made possible the build ing of many a home; he has been help fully resourceful in a hundred ways; but the patient should be sllowed at least a period of convalescence before undergoing further drastic treatment. Recently I was associated with a number of men of affairs and was struck with the conviction of all of them that something must be done to increase the income of the farmers. Politicians like to talk about helping the fanner, I know, but this group was not talking for publication. The increased spending by the farmers brought about our present measure of recovery. If the fanner should receive 25 per cent more for his products this country would a- bound in milk and honey. Prosperity would flow from the fanner to the merchant and the banker. The farm er is buying at higher industrial av erage than he receives for his pro duct I am glad that no on* put me in charge of the ram. New, wouldn't that be a )©b? But no man could ad minister the trust acceptably. To 0- 1 u*irate A few day* ago a minister sad that no rata was needed. Those who had their chief stake la cotton agreed with him, but the com plant er* wanted ram. sad m did the to- herco growers So there you are. I myeetf don't know what 1 want; I should hsv* to petition for a heavy ram for the com. a light raia for to bacco and no rata for cotton. What a discordant eon ad must bo the prayer* of the faithful when they mingle into one volume at appeal be fore the pearly gale*! How fortunato that w* and our fet lowmen haven't power to regulate mm The general asaemb y having pro vided for sa eight-month school term at the expense of the State, each school district should reduce its special school taxes in proportion to the amount which the State has*i»- crrseej its support. To illustrate: by increasing the term one month the district should rut off the tax that would operate the school one month. In one school district the trustees re duced the tax two mills; in others a reduction of six mills might be made. This is the t:me to get busy for your reduction in local taxes. Do it now and be vigorous about it. You will hear some people say that the schools need the money; well, did you ever hear of anyone who was willing to accept a cut if at could be avoided ? By reducing the millage in propor tion to the increased appropriation by the State you will not injure the schools one dollar; you will, on the contrary, get a little relief which is long over-due. If the taxpayer doesn’t look out for himself he may be sure no one else will do so. closed. But in Greenville, alone, the cotton mills pay $275,000 a week in wsgei — two hundred V«*«nty-flv* thousand dollars a week! Suppose the mills should close—what would become of Greenyille? And South Carolina ? Our leaders in Washington don’t seem to understand that the consumer must pay the bill. They know this and dote about it—but don’t apply it. The Black-Connery bill will increase the cost to the famer and every other consumer, but it will not increase the price which the farmer receives for his product. If it be imagined that a general higher level of wages will eventually raise the prices of farm products you ask the farmer to wait several years for a half loaf, while labor gets a whole loaf today. If the general trend'of values will help the farmer would not that same general trend be sufficient for labor. We surely agree that the law should not deliberately prefer one citizen over another. ^ If, then, we are seeking to serve the so-called underprivileged, why restrict the benefits to a few ? The Only Way to Stabilize. It is rather significant that all at tempts to regulate and stabalize agri culture meet with strong opposition, and there is nothing surprising in the opposition that has developed to the provision of the proposed AAA bill that would fix marketing quotas and impose fines of 66 per cent, of the market values upon farmers who sold more than these fixed quotas. The same opposition was seen when the old AAA imposed fines on farm ers who produced or sold more than the quotas allowed by the law. The Herald ia democratic in spirit and purpose. It does not believe in dictatorial methods—far from it— but a law that does not provide a penalty is worse than no law at all. You may search the statute books— both State and Federal—and you will not find a law that doe* not carry a penalty for failure to observe its pro visions. If a man does something that in jures his brother he must pay the penalty provided by law. That is the foundation upon which both society and nvilixatioa rest. The many law* that regulate the manufacturing industry provide pen alties which the maau/actarer* must pay If they violate those laws. The social sad economic Ilfs of tha as- doa's lJo million ishahitoats la tone hod either directly er indirectly by the agricultural industry sad why should It ha exempt? It la Idle to talk of regulating sad •tab)hung agrtcu.tur* by the volun tary agreement of 40 million fanner* The amaufactanag industry dee* not represent more than a fraction of that numbor and R would he just aa tan- poeeihle to organise the manufnetur- ere by voluntary agreement When the nation s population was hiaaaelf ha could da pretty much as he pleased- There were not cottas sad grata exchanges that ftxad priroo tram day to day; aa exporter* and importer* who** trad* ion* extended mare than a few miles from their base of op*rations. If a farmer mad* 160 hales of cot ton or 1000 bushels of wheat that was his business. The outside world had no interest ia it. But today it la different. The selling price of farm products is flxod or forecasted even before the seed of the current year’s crop are put in the ground. It la a huge, world-wide Interlocking sys tem of buying and selling, and here tofore the producer has had very lit tle say so in the most important end— the selling end. A well-balanced agriculture and in dustry makes for an ideal economic system, and apparently it is the pur pose of the government to attain this ideal in the nation’s economic affairs. Probably the strongest opposition comes from a certain small group that profits immensely by over-pro- duetion and low prices.—The Dillon Herald. i _ INSTALLS NEW MACHINERY. Farmers Ginnery at Barnwell Re HELPING THE FARMER. REGULATING RAIN. REDUCING SCHOOL TAXES. TAXES AND DIVIDENDS. Senators Smith and Byrnes voted against the Black-Connery bill. That is the bill to set up a minimum wage of $16 a week and" a maximum of forty hours work in a week. You must try to hold all work dowrHIo that 40 hours will be the minimum and you must not pay le«s than $16. It figures out then, as forty cents an boor as a minimum. The farmers will »ac hsv* to pay that wag* by law, hat what the farmer will d* la rom- pattti s with th* mills ia mmsth ^ A study of a financiay statement of one of our leading industries—over a period of years—indicates why we are not buildling' new cotton mills in South Carolina. Of all the mills in Greenville, only one is today in the hands of the original stockholders, and during the years, from 1900 to 1937—good and bad together, the mills havq paid about one tenth as much in taxes as for labor and ten times as much for taxes as for divi dends. Look into that, now, and ponder it a bit: Ten times aa much money for toxe* as dividends! Much bettor to he a UaceUector that a stockholder; covtanly aa am womld care to pat a models Plant for New Crop. The Farmers Ginnery at Barnwell has installed the latest type of clean ing machinery and is now especially fitted to gfn long staple as well as short staple cotton, according to B. S. Moore, manager, who guarantees farmers against damage to the staple, as well as giving the very best re turns in weights and grades that can he obtained. Mr. Moore say* that highest cash price* will be paid for seed, or meal dill be given in trade, and that he ia prepared to meet any competition on price* for either eood or ginning. So# sdvertftaasaoat rise* her* m ihia lo- t«» of TW his pis laanael Ion Herald aays, “expresses the view* of a majority of the people when he says that the county-to-county campaign has served its usefulness and should be abolished.” Its use fulness passed many, many years ago. It has survived because candidktes have been weak men. - Any really strong candidate can abolish the coun ty-to-county canvas.—News and Cous- ier. VISIT THE NEWLY EQUIPPED Ethel’s Beauty I ♦; ♦: i < ♦: <5 OLAR, s. a WORK GUARANTEED MRS. J. C. CAMPABASSO. VISIT THE WILLISTON THEATRE WILLISTON, S. C. 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