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,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. Nylon fishing lines are part of the
emergency fishing kits used by the
United States armed forces.
C. Waite Hoyt, former Yank pitcher,
again is doing radio broadcasts ir
Cincinnati.
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