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FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1942
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The Spectator
South Carolina is like a merchant
whose competitors are getting most
of the business. He would be a fool
ish man to increase his prices or to
increase his overhead, except as
might certainly result in greater
sales at a substantial profit. He
would try to meet his competitors on
a basis not only of equality but ot
advantage to him. In the case of
our state we have the people. A con
tented peaceable people are the great-
Safe & Sane
Wyndham
Manning
For Governor
Advocates Safe and Sane Govern
ment . . . Unity Instead of Disunity
. . . Order Instead of Disorder . . as
a Guarantee of Maximum State Co
operation for Victory . . and to as
sure a Strong Economic Foundation
Against Difficult Times Which Will
Follow the War.
: est asiet of any state. We have all
I the other necessary factors for suc
cess. How, then, shall we proceed?
' How can we realize on the advan-
| tages which we enjoy ?
As I’ve said frequently our diffi
culties are man-made. Some of our
difficulties were made by our South
Carolina men; and some were made
by other men. I’m told that South
Carolina businessmen operate under
a freight handicap of 39 per cent. I
hope to make that clear. Now just
try to imagine fighting for business
against competitors who have
freight rate 39 per cent under us.
Among the helpful men of South
Carolina may be listed Frank Law
rence of the State Planning Board
and H. A. Manning of the South
Carolina Ports Authority. Thest
gentlemen, together with my asso
ciate D. A. Skinner, and I used to
have lunch together once a week. To
gether we studied conditions. We
know about the urgent need for a
revision of rates. And we know that
the Act providing for the Ports Au
thority provided for a study of
freight rates. We know that there
is money available for that work
without delaying another week. The
great question is how to make this
need as vivid as it is vital so that
our public authorities will grasp the
relity of the need.
If we could study our state, or
just appraise it, with the knowledge
we have we could do something use
ful. Instead of putting our resources
to work for South Carolina we are
holding back money for defense! We
with a pittance of a few thousands
expect to do what the nation has bil
lions to do! Let’s be South Carolin
ians for South Carolina and Ameri
cans for America. As Americans we
are giving men and money without
stint; and the nation has unlimited
resources of credit. Let us use our
state’s money for the state.
There is no mean or narrow spirit
intended. All I plead for here is a
sense of proportion; and that we take
everything in its turn. What the
national government wants it can
pay for. Our nation which supplies
the world with billions of dollars is
not dependent on South Carolina for
$50,000. We, however, need to mix
a little hard practical business sense
with our emotional fervor.
Quite a lot of useful information
can be gleaned from reports of our
state departments. Several years ago
a committee called on me and asked
for information. A clerk was
brought to do the work and the gen
tlemen expected to spend a day or
two in getting the data needed. They
were surprised when I told them that
the report of Commissioner J. Roy
Jones contained everything they
wanted to know. __
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UNITED
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.WAR
ONDS
AND
STAMPS
R. M. Lominack Hdw.
OFFICIAL UNITED STATES TREASUtlY
SOUTH CAROLINA
WAR BOND QUOTAS
FOR AUGUST
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 10.—Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Sec
retary of the Treasury, today announced the August War Bond
Quotas for the 3,070 counties in the nation totalling $815,000,000.
The August quota for the State of South Carolina is $4,250,000.
In arriving at the county quotas for August the Treasury De
partment took into consideration major factors affecting incomes
which in turn cause significant variations in sales during the
twelve-month period.
Hereafter actual Bond sales in the various states will be com
pared with quotas on a cumulative basis. The amount by which
sales fall short of or exceed quotas in any month will be added
to or subtracted from quotas for future months.
Quotas by bounties are:
Abbeville, $30,300; Aiken, $67,000;
Allendale, $10,000; Anderson, $256,-
500.
Bamberg, $13,600; Barnwell, $13,-
900; Beaufort, $35,800; Berkeley,
$16,400.
Calhoun. $17,000; Charleston,
$834,100; Cherokee, $46,200; Chester,
$60,500; Chesterfield, $33,300; Clar
endon, $12,500; Colleton, $28,600.
Darlington, $90,200; Dillon, $33,-
200; Dorchester, $31,000.
Edgefield, $15,000.
Fairfield. $22,000; Florence, $126,-
300.
Georgetown, $46,300; Greenville,
$426,300; Greenwood, $109,300.
Hampton, $13,900; Horry, $46,500.
Jasper, $4,500.
Kershaw, $37,400.
Lancaster, $46,000; Laurens, $93,-
400; Lee, $13,000; Lexington, $53,600.
Marion, $40,600; Marlboro, $34,-
200; McCormick, $8,700.
Newberry, $74,700.
Oconee, $52,600; Orangeburg, $87,-
600.
Pickens, $53,200.
Richland, $589,900.
Saluda, $7,500; Spartanburg, $332,-
000; Sumter, $79,000.
Union, $54,500.
Williamsburg, $23,200.
York, $128,700.
U. S. Treasury Department
A friend has just consulted me and
my response is that a bulletin of the
South Carolina Planning Board, to
gether with reports from the Tax
Commission and the Departmfient of
Labor, will supply what he is seek
ing.
In the brave days of yore, wh§n
John J. McMahan, T. C. Williams, T.
Yancey Williams, H. Kemper Cooke,
J. R. Coggeshall—and others, came
in every day I used to read all the
state reports, as well as the State
Constitution. Those gentlemen were
highly stimulating a nd always eagef
for information, as well as able to
impart it.
On my trips throughout the state
I received fresh inspiration from
thinkers like B. W. Crouch of Sa
luda. I’m growing lazy now, or the
telephone is better. In ten minutes I
talked to three state departments
and they quickly agreed to mail to
my friend what they had.
We have pleasant officials to do
business with. One day last week
I covered much of the state’s activi
ties by using my telephone. Be
ginning with my urbane friend, W. R.
Bradley, director of the Income Tax
Division, I soon was engaged in a
pleasant interchange with the Old
Roman of the law—Attorney General
Daniel. Within a few minutes I had
Joe Sprott of the Comptroller Gen
eral’s office on the line followed by
John W. Duncan of the Industrial
Commission and Mr. Wilson of the
Unemployment Compensation Com.
ission.
It should be said that the first
voice heardfrom any office is that of
a lady; and that musical note the
melody begins. Perhaps the pre
sence of ladies is improving the offi
ces—certainly in looks, though mpn-
ly beauty is not rare among oyr
state officials.
It is said that sometimes one can’t
see the whole forest because his view
is cut off by one big tree directly in
front of him. That is true of most
of us all the time. Our special con
cern of the moment looms larger than
the greater interests of the future.
Conversely there are dreamers who
see all the forest but fail to see the
tree or stump immediately ahead.
And they come to grief. This war
has me wondering. I’m all at sea,
without being a sailor, and I’m up
in the air without being an aviator.
Our country seems to be governed
just now by some long-distance seers,
who look beyond all the rocks in the
road and gaze upon the broad, un
obstructed boulevards of the future.
Unfortunately we have—until now—
seemed to blend the long view with
an acute attack of near-sightedness,
both far-sight and near-sight coming
at the wrong time.
The Aleutian Islands: Why didn’t
we have men and bombers and sub
marines and mines there? Well, be
cause they weren’t any good, were
of no service just a lot of rock stick
ing out you know. Well the Japanese
took one or two of the islands. They
were no good still. Then the Jhps
sent more men and more men. The
Japs still have them. We havent
ousted the Jaips yet. What is the
trouble? Our men in Washington
are too near the trees to see the
woods. I know I can speak the
thought of America the man in the
street, in saying that we are not
satisfied with the high strategy. It
doesn’t look good to us that the Jap
anese stil have American territory.
We are not happy over the depreda
tions of submarines prowling near
our coasts and along our domestic
sea lanes. We are proud of our con
voy record, but we wonder about .the
other. Nor are we thrilled over the
Washington bureaucrats.
Wouldn’t it be worthwhile for con
gress to ascertain—secretly, of course
—how things are progressing? The
necessity to make a clear and detail
ed report is a great stimulus to ac
tion. One must have something to
report; and one gets busy in order to
make the report.
Either too much comes out of
Washington, or too little. At any
rate, what is the truth? Why don’t
we use a small force to dislodge the
Japanese? Of course that isn’t the
strategy of the high command; but
energetic and intelligent efforts to
check submarines off our coasts, Jet
us use.
If this country should put a hun
dred sub-chasers in the Gulf and
South Atlantic; a hundred planes and
twenty-five blimps, all our gasoline
and sugar could be transported safe
ly. And it could be done in two or
three months .even starting at
scratch.
Where is the American spirit of
initiative and daring?
Very properly we are devoting
thougt to Russia and Britain, but no
one can prowl around the German
coasts. They have more fronts to
worry them than we have, but they
seem to give thought to each one and
they prepare for all that may happen.
Are we overloaded with people in
high places, running about in circles
or sitting in smug complacency?
We’ve done splendidly in part, but
is America using her strength ? Real
ly the question should be: Is America
so organized as to use her strength;
or is she a giant blind in one eye &
lame in one foot?
We read of committees and more
committees; of advisers over advis
ers ;and enough red tqpe to bind the
world together.
I should like America to be more
like the old Model T.—without so
much fancy stuff, with very little
softness, but delivering all its power
to the wheels and pulling the load.
We have too much horn and uphols
tery. What we need is traction.
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