Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PAGE PO'orf - Friday, DacanAer 11, 1942 THE NEWBERRY SUN NO APOLOGY NEEDED There has been so much criticism of business men for so many years that many business men are begin ning to lose faith in themselves, and the institutions they represent. Some of them avoid the use of such terms as capitalism,free enterprise, private iniative and individualism, in the be lief that the public is skeptical of the American form of government. One cannot live without the other. And if the public must be cajoled by in direction into accepting the princi ples of free enterprise, the outlook formain tenance of representative government is dark. Free enterprise is not a luxury; it is a necessity. Our metal and coal mines,oil wells,power plants, rail roads, manufacturing and distribu tion industries are private enterpris es. They employ millions of indepen dent American citizens who can tell their bosses or their President in Washington where to g>;t off, any time they wish. They wot Id not have this privilege under any other sys tem. As the New York Times points out: “Men cannot lose their economic liberties without losing their other liberties. When they depend on the ! state for their jobs, they dare not ' exercise freely their nominal liberties of speech & thought, no matter how firmly safeguarded the latter might still remain in theory or on paper.” Private enterprise clearly has giv en this nation more than material comfort in the form of autos, radios, telephones and thousands of other cnveniences. It has preserved the freedom in ,pnactice that the ConstRu- Sinclair Greases save farmers money over a season because they last so long. They help prevent costly breakdowns because they lubricate moving parts safely. You play safe and save money when you use Sinclair Greases Let me deliver to your farm Strother C. Paysinger AGENT SINCLAIR REFINING COMPANY tion preserves in fdrm. The oft heard threat that private enterprise had better do this or that—or else, is no a threat against the business man. It is a threat against the basic liberties of every man, woman and child in America. The business man should make no apologies for private enterprise. None are needed. RULES FOR DEFEAT The following quotation from a shipyard worker’s letter was recent ly published in the United States News: “When a man hires out to a Shipyard, he should be allowed to use all of his skill in any trade he knows anything about, so long as it can be used to the advantage of our war effort and can be used in build ing ships. As for myself and many mor e shipfitters and helpers, I can weld, bum, layout and chip, but I am allowed to shipfit only, and often times I have to wait for 2 or 3 hours on a welder or burner or chipper. “The average shipfitter works about 5 hours per day and grets paid for 10. Just stop and think how many man-hours are lost in a single day in all our shipyards. It is enough to build a U. S. destroyer and it is because our union does not see fit to allow a welder or burner or chip per to use his trade, unless he is woring at it. I could put in a full 10-hour day, if I was allowed to do this work.’’ Under such a system, thousands of willing American workmen are forc ed to hamper war production because of shortsighted application of peace time union rules. Men at the front are dying as a result. Undoubtedly many of them were members of the very unions whose actions delayed supplies they needed. How can legiti mate unionsm continue to counte nance this kind of abuse of its pow er? HITLER MISSED THE TRAIN Railway transportation is as vital to war as a healthy circulatory sys tem is to the survivl of a human be ing in the event of attack by disease. Allan A. Michie, commenting on Germany’s railroad crisis, in Read er’s Digest for November, points to “Hitler’s gigantic miscelcutation in deliberately neglecting the railroads before the war in order to perfect his pet schemes for superhighways.” Hitler’s premise was that gasoline engines had replaced steam. But af ter Munich, when Reichswehr experts finally convinced him that Germany’s railroads would be a vital factor in the coming war, it was too late. For once war began, locomotive shops had to build tanks, and plans for rehabili tating the railroads had to be drop ped. Today, gasoline and rubber are largely diverted to the Army on fronts far from Hitler’s great super highways. Germany’s worn-out rail road system is struggling with the nation’s entire trafic, which has in creased to staggering proportions during the Russian campaign. Brit ain’s sea blockade has thrown back upon land all traffic between Ger many and central and southern Eu rope which in peacetime went by sea. The R. A. F. is steadily and fiercely blitzing the weak spots in the already weak Nazi railroad system. Hitler may have made a fatal blunder. The plight of his railroads must be laid squarely at the door of National Socialism, which gives to one man the power to “liquidate” any individual judgment other than his own. Our American railroads, operating under private ownership with his tory-making efficiency, are proving themselves our lifeblood in the fight against the disease of war. TAX STABBING OF INDUSTRY REBUKED I, It is largely airline pilots who, in close cooperation with the Air Trans port Command of the Army under the leadership of Major Harold Lee George, are blazing trails over the seven seas and all the continents. These pi’.ota and the managements back of them who built the airlines, can rest assured that the dangers and tribulations they suffered in piofteerinf- air operations were not in vain. As the U. S. News observes: “The number of planes leaving each day for Alaska, for England, for South America, for Africa, for In dia, for China and for Australia is a military secret. But it is no secret that the schedule calls for hundreds of flights every day, and that the number is growing swiftly. It is no secret that the fleet of hundreds of :argo planes in service this year is expected to grow into thousands by die end of another year.” Those who feel that the airlines should be militarized for the dura tion, are Idsing their American per spective. If the airlines had failed to measure up to the tasks imposed on them, such a position might be justified. But they have not failed. We are fighting this war to save orivate enterprise, not to destroy "It. Every pilot who wears the uniform of a commercial airline can be doub ly proud. He is carrying on a mili tary mission against the enemy, and as a civilian he is helping mightily to preserve a nucleus from whch the airlines can expand in the peace to come, over the entire world, bringing to all peoples a good example of what •the free institutions of America can do. ST. JAMES CHURCH TO BE DEDICATED SUNDAY Utah has given a decisive demon stration of the declining trend in state anti-chain store taxes. In the recent elections the people of Utah defeated by better than 2 to 1 a pro posed special chain store tax, which is an even greater defeat than the chain opponents suffered on a simi lar issue at the hands of California voters some years ago. In this instance, the question was presented frankly. Opponents of the chains openly advocated the tax as a measure designed to freeze and control the number of chain stores for the benefit of competitors. The tax would have gone as high as $5,- 000 per year for a new chain or one moved to a new location. In time it would unquestionably have wiped out all the chains in Utah. Utah state election laws prevent ed the chains from contributing fi nancially to the campaign. All funds to fight the tax came from employes, stockholders and other citizens, in cluding the three major labor groups, A. F. of L., C. I. O., and the Railroad Brotherhoods. Organized agricultur al and cooperative groups also joined the fight in behalf of the chains. The greatest jury in the country— the voters of a sovereign state-af ter impartial consideration, have condemned by a heavy majority, dis criminatory taxation. This should prove an inspiration to citizens of other states that have similar laws on their statute books. When the last punitive tax law has been re pealed, the cause of better govern ment and intelligent taxation will have taken a tremendous forward step. St. James Lutheran church, Jalapa, Rev. M. L. Kester, pastor, will be dedicated next Sunday, Dec. 13 at 4 p. m. The sermon for the occasion will be delivered by the Rev. E. Z. Fence, D. D., .president of the Evan gelical Lutheran Synod of South Carolina. The old building was de stroyed by lightning June 12, 1941. Construction of the new building was begun near the close of 1941 and completed on July 25 1942. The con gregation has made a commendable record in being able to complete the church and to dedicate it free of debt within one year. This service will be significant, not only because of the dedication, but because it will also celebrate the 102nd anniversary of the organization of the congrega tion. The building to be dedicated next Sunday is the fourth since the organization. The first was erected at Liberty Hill several miles west of the present site on the Newberry- Laurens county line in 1840. The second was built on the same site in 1869. The third was erected on the present site in 1920. 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It’s all refreshment... pure refreshment. * Mrs. Drayton Nance, who under went a major operation in the Co lumbia hospital last Thursday is re ported to be doing nicely at this time. plus tax The best is always the better buy! someo UNDER AUTHORITY Of THE COCA-COIA COMPANY »Y NEWBERRY COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY CAUSE FOR PRIDE One of the most fantastic stories of the war has not been told and will not be told until the guns are still. That is the story of air transport. Much of the fighting now taking place in far-away comers of the globe, in steaming jungles and on minute islands, primarily is to de termine who shall control the strate gic air routes of the future. For tunately for this country, the com mercial airlines had progressed far ahead of any other nation, and with the arrival of host).sties were in a position to render invaluable ser vice. We Suggest These —DINING ROOM SUITES —FLOOR LAMPS —DECORATIVE MIRRORS —COFFEE TABLES —CEDAR CHESTS —SECRETARIES —UPHOLSTERED CHAIRS —CIGARETTE STANDS —MAGAZINE RACKS —LIVING ROOM SUITES —BED ROOM SUITES —BOUDOIR LAMPS —and a host of other items for the home. Home is becoming more precious to us in these trying times; we can enjoy home hours more ’mid beautiful, comfortable surroundings afforded by modern Furniture. Maxwell Bros & Quinn FURNITURE AND HOME FURNISHINGS MAIN STREET—John Lindsay, Manager NEWBERRY, S. C.