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i ,THE NEWBERRY SUN, Let's Face Facts Intelligent Detente Required to Maintain Parity Price Standard By BAKROW LYONS —— WNO Staff Corr—pondmnt WASHINGTON, D. C.— Anyone who thinks that we can have perpetual prosperity without cooperative plan ning for it, more than we have in the past, is dreaming. 1 come back to the pro posal I made last week: we must adopt a concept of parity income, which includes all segments of our economic life, Barrow Lyons and ^ a way to balance the dis tribution of national income so that all can prosper, if we wish to pros per ourselves. This is not the Gold en Rule, but a hard-headed, prac tical concept of our modern economy. Let us test this against the con cept of parity prices which has be come a symbol of justice to the farmer. Parity prices are attained when a given amount of farm produce—say a bushel of com—will bring to the farmer enough money to buy the same things that a bushel of com would enable him to buy in the five-year period 1909-1914. Parity price does not guarantee a good crop or a good demand for the crop. It merely guarantees the purchasing power of the farmer’s dollar. When the war ends and millions of war workers lose their jobs mak ing planes, tanks, guns and ships— and millions of servicemen begin to seek new jobs—mass purchasing power will depend upon how much employment there is. In all proba bility not only will industrial work ers have less to spend when war savings are exhausted, but many who live in small towns and sub urbs will begin to raise chickens, fruit and vegetables for themselves. At the very best, it will be diffi cult to maintain as large a market for agricultural products as we now have, unless important new uses for them are developed, and world trade is expanded greatly. It will also be difficult to maintain parity prices, for there are no commodi ties so sensitive to a declining purchasing power. Even in the immediate future, it looks as though farming would be somewhat less profitable, for prices of nearly everything the farmer buys are rising. And if price con trols are weakened, most of the things the farmer buys will cost a lot more. There is a feeling abroad that with permanent prosperity just around the corner, all production quotas on farm products should be left off after the war — man’s nature to produce should not be in hibited by artificial restraints. But if all quotas were abolished and the government were to make com modity loans to protect parity prices on everything the farmer wished to raise, he would very quickly raise a good deal more than he could sell in this country. Twa-Price System? The farm organizations say a two- price system will solve that prob lem. Keep prices at home up to parity, find new uses for farm products, and sell what is left abroad at whatever we can get for it. But here the doctors differ. Some would have the government take the loss, when produce is exported at a loss. The Grange suggests that the farmer take the loss on products sold abroad at less than cost. That would be the check against raising too much. Such a scheme might be worth trying in one or two export able commodities. However, even this device might not bring about sufficient control of production to maintain parity, for many farmers have a tendency to plant more acres to increase in come, as soon as price declines— and thereby cut their own throats by creating an unmarketable sur plus. The many small and poorly fi nanced farmers, who are hard to control, also create a market prob lem for the better financed farmers as soon as prices begin to drop. In relation to commodities like wheat, which in the 1930s developed unmanageable world surpluses, international production control may be necessary, although ex tremely difficult to bring about. Of course, the best way to pre serve a profitable market for farm products is to preserve the purchas ing power of the great masses of people who are not farmers. Farm ers should never forget that they are a declining proportion of the popu lation. Only 30 years ago farmers constituted more than one-third ol the population. Todqy they are scarcely more than one-fifth. As efficiency of agriculture in creases, the proportion of farmers to the total population will continue to decline. Elimination of several million sub-marginal farms may ac celerate this. When we can agree upon a fail distribution of national income, and set up economic controls that will bring about an approximately just distribution, then for the first time we shall begin fully to enjoy thr advantages which modern scienct and engineering make possible fot all people. Until then we shall hav* wars and political upheavals. Some of the 10,000 Nazi prisoners taken in France and shipped to England for internment daring the first days of the invasion. Almost every racial type of Europe is represented in this group being marched ashore in England. Among the prisoners taken in Nazi uniforms were a large number of Japanese. Yanks Land at Normandy Battle-equipped American troops splash ashore to the Normandy coast of France in initial phase of the beachhead landings. Casualties were reported light and replacements were rushed ashore hour after hour. Little opposition was encountered during the landing of these particular Yanks, although during landing operations at other beachheads the casualties were heavier. Guest of the Vatican Freed Mrs. Tittman, wife of the American charge d’affairs, was among the many Americans who were given protection in the Vatican when the United States entered the war. She is shown at the gates of Vatican City as she welcomed entering Americans of the victorious fifth army. Vatican is now giving protection to Nazi diplomats caught in Rome. John W. Bricker (left), governor of Ohio and Republican presidential aspirant, and J. Melville Broughton, governor of North Carolina and a Roosevelt supporter, air political campaign issues on a radfo program. Decision—draw. They will continue their debates after their parties meet in Chicago to seleet winners. NEWBERRY, S. C. Early state of invasion shows the Allied armies nearing Carentan (1) a few miles from Cherbourg. Another thrust was the St. Lo (2), chief enemy communications cen ter on the peninsula. British and Canadians moved in direction of Caen (3). Cuban ‘Fireside Chat’ Dr. Grau San Martin, who was elected President of Cuba recently, is shown at the microphone as he delivered an address to the people of Cuba shortly after bis triumph at the polls. Paratrooper Ready American paratrooper going aboard a transport plane at a Brit ish airbase before the takeoff for the invasion of Europe. The para troopers carry more equipment than an average squad, as it is essential that they be ready for any emer gency. An Elated Trio Sam Byrd flanked by Sgt. E. J. Harrison, left, and Craig Wood, right, ail appearing happy to have finished in the money at $17,500 war bond invitation golf tournament at Philadelphia. Released by Western Newspaper Union. R ED Rolfe, former Yankee third baseman and now coach at Yale, has done a bit of postwar planning which should appeal to ev ery person interested in baseball. Rolfe suggests that colleges start planning for a national baseball championship after the war—a col legiate “World Series.” He ad mits there is nothing new in the ! idea, but at least it comes at an opportune time. Most college lead ers—both academie and athletic— are envisioning enlarged athletic programs following the war. And baseball is the most natural game of all to a majority of the nation’s youngsters. It is natural that high schools should take a keen interest in the sport. Schools in the smaller towns ROBERT“RED” ROLFE usually have a good supply of talent for this type of competition. The cost is not prohibitive, and the sup port given many small town high school teams verges on the phe nomenal. Legion Program The American Legion, despite Wartime restrictions and difficul ties, is continuing its junior base ball program — one of the finest sports undertakings in history. Most state high school championships are being held as usual. There is one obvious reason why little attention is paid to college baseball in most instances. The reason is financial. Seldom can it support itself, much less show a profit. The Big Ten has kept the game fairly healthy, but has done little to make it a real drawing card. Baseball is looked upon as a minor sport in the college world. But it isn’t natural that so popular a game should be so neglected. With so many people interested in the game, why relegate it to the same position occupied by swimming, fencing, etc. Not that there is any thing the matter with those sports, but they never have captured the public imagination. Baseball has. Rolfe suggests a sectional elimina tion series with the Pacific coast champions playing the Big Six or Missouri valley winners; the South west against the Southeast and the Midwest against the East. “The play-offs and championship series could be completed within ten days after the college terms end in June,” Rolfe says. That would necessitate some schools keeping their players on deck for a week or two, but precedent wouldn’t be broken. The N. C. A. A. track and field championships do the same thing. Possible Aid It is also Rolfe’s suggestion that the major leagues would help con duct the tournament. It is only natural they would have an inter est in the meet, since they are al ways interested in looking over the good college players. However, it is unlikely that the schools con cerned would accept any outside help. But it is more than possible to secure an agreement under which the major leagues—or the minors— would not deal with a student until his class has graduated. For more than 20 years the National Football league has done this. Every once in a while a slight irritation is caused when a player quits school to join the ranks, but those instances are few enough so that they shouldn’t be allowed to throttle any workable plan. Most baseball coaches affiliated with colleges will approve of Rolfe’s plan. At least it is something con crete. It could bring college base ball back to its former glory. SPORTS SHORTS O. The St. Louis Browns of the old Union association, opened the 1884 season with 20 straight wins. C United States ski troops use ply wood skis. «. Lou Gehrig never received more than one-half as much as Babe Ruth’s salary of $80,000. C. 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