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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C Released by Western Newspaper Union. SUBSIDY PAYMENT MUST BE PAID BY TAXPAYERS THOSE OF US who are not on the receiving end, and most of us are in that class, may feel the pay ment of subsidies by the federal government does not concern us. But each individual of us is con cerned. We do the paying. The subsidy payments any one may receive comes out of our pockets. The taxes, direct and indirect, that we pay is the government’s only source of revenue. For each million dol lars in subsidies paid by the fed eral government, there must be a million dollars in taxes col lected from us regardless of who receives the subsidy payments. An effort was made to pay the producers of lumber a subsidy, both to make meeting the cost of .produc tion possible, and to hold the price of lumber for the consumer down to the OP A ceiling. With such a subsidy in effect Jones finds it possible to build that new home he wants. He can get the lumber, and he can get it at that reasonable OPA ceiling price. A neighbor, Brown, lives in a rented house. He, too, would like to build, but cannot finance such a project. Brown, both directly and indirectly, pays taxes to the federal government. Some portion of the taxes collected from him is used to pay the sub sidy on the lumber used in the Jones home. Brown may feel that he has no interest in the subject of government paid sub sidies, but he has. It is through such a system that he pays a part of the construction cost of the Jones home. Both the lumber mill owner and Jones would be on the receiving end of a subsidy on lumber. To the mill owner it would make no differ ence whether his cost of production came from a government subsidy, or from an increased price to Jones for the lumber he needs. To Jones a subsidy meant not only the op portunity to secure the desired lum ber, but to secure it at a lower price. Jones profited, the mill own er did not lose, but how about Brown? If he stops to think about his place in the subsidy racket, he will not approve. In the operation of the vari ous subsidies congress, or the executive department, have foisted upon us, most of us are Browns. We pay but do not re ceive. W'onder if President Tru man thought of that when he urged a subsidy on lumber, or possibly he wanted to build a house. A majority of the mem bers of the house of representa tives were Browns. • • • INFLATION COSTS HAVE MOUNTED STEADILY THE INTRICACIES of economics and the higher mathematics need ed to follow economic trends, are beyond my depth. I can, however, read and understand such facts as those presented by O. J. Arnold, president of Northwestern National Life Insurance company at Minne apolis. From that statement I get the information that during the five years, 1940 to 1945, the inflationary price we have paid for commodi ties has cost American families, as an average, $2,630. To that will be added for 1946 another $830. The basis of the inflation that has been so expensive is too much circulating currency and credit. The cause for such a condition is large ly the 66,300 million dollars of fed eral borrowings from the banks. The banks turned much of that cred it into circulating currency, and from it we have inflation. From that inflation we have labor troubles, higher wages, again higher prices and more inflation. It is all a vicious circle which the government is sup posed to control, but has not en tirely succeeded. • • » THE FARMER would prefer to receive all of the price of his product drectly rather than have a portion of it come to him in directly in the form of a sub sidy. In either case, the con sumer pays, but the subsidy is covered up, and all consumers do not realize they are paying it. All subsidies must come from the pockets of the taxpayers, and we are all taxpayers. Polit ical honesty would permit the direct price raise, and cut out the subsidies. The farmer would prefer it that way. * * • NO MATTER WHAT it may be called, the English-speaking people do stick together. Blood is thicker than water, though we may fight among ourselves. r • • SOME YEARS AGO, A wealthy citizen of Omaha, whose hobby had been raising orchids, offered his collection to the city. He did not combine with that a fund for main taining the collection. The city fathers considered the cost of up keep and said “no.” We need some of that same careful consideration of up-keep at Washington. It is easy to establish new bureaus, but ex pensive to keep them going. • * • INDEPENDENCE does not now so strongly appeal to the Filipinos. *JUeJto4fte> (l&pjMtesi in WASHINGTON I By Walter Shead WNU Correspondent WNU Washington Bureau, 1616 Eye St.. N. W. Adjournment of Congress Will Give Breathing Spell W ITH the Easter recess out of the way, as things are shap ing up now, congress may adjourn about August 1 to give its members a chance to build their political fences for the November elections. All representatives and a third of the senators must face the voters this fall. It may be a good thing, for with congress in recess until after the first of the year, the nation can get down to work for real production without the disturbing influences of proposed legislation in the imme diate offing. Furthermore, everything congress has tackled this year has been ap proached from the political angle. The members have been loath to take a stand on any controversial subject which might change a vote one way or another. As a re sult, the administration program has been hamstrung . . . continu ation of social reforms has been de layed and domestic legislation has been pigeonholed, made innocuous or just held in committees without action. Between now and August 1 impor tant things may be expected to hap pen. President Truman’s popularity, at bottom as he finished his first year in office, will be on the up grade from now on. Increased production of consumer goods, hold ing the line on inflation, relax ing of price controls from time to time as scarcity of goods eases, con tinued heavy demand for farm prod ucts at good prices, and a generally satisfying foreign policy, all will tend to make for greater good feel ing toward the President. The low point was reached during the senate hearing on the Pauley nomination. Little Drastic Legislation Congress will extend the draft with curtailments on age limits, no fath ers, increased pay and shorter serv ice; the veterans housing bill may become law, with some subsidy in cluded, and price ceilings on new homes, probably not on existing homes; the President’s peacetime military training bill likely will not be enacted this year. There is every likelihood, despite the President’s demand and his castigation of navy lobbying, that the army-navy merg er will not be voted, at least until after congress reconvenes. In spite of opposition of the farm organiza tions, food subsidies may be ex tended until January 1st; OPA will be continued but with great trim ming of its power. The Pace bill making farm labor a part of the parity price likely will not get through the senate although it has been passed twice by the house. The minimum wage bill, meaningless in its present form with the Russell parity amendment, will be vetoed, as announced by the President. Another fair employment practices bill, beaten in the senate by a southern filibuster, likely will come up in the house but will not get far. Amend ments to the social security laws may not be considered and neither will various health measures, such as a compul sory tax for doctors and hospital bills. There may be some addi tional appropriations for public health and hospitals in federal grants to be matched by the states. The fifty million dollar school lunch bill passed by the house likely will be upped in the senate to provide more money, up to a hundred million. The power lobby has effectively bottled up the various regional au thority bills for the Missouri valley, the Columbia river valley and oth ers, and in all probability there will be no vote on any of these meas ures this year. Will Approve British Loan Our guess is that the British loan will be given congressional approv al after some of the opposition con gressmen got their spleen on the question out of their systems. And there’s another important measure, one which the President has several times pointed to, and that's the matter of Presidential succession. President Truman is planning a trip to the Philippines on July 4 . . , he is planning other forays about the country, but he ap pears to be a healthy individual, so the congress will probably let action on this legislation slide also, in spite of the uncertainty which now exists over legal succession to the Presidency. There is a rash of labor reform bills and some in mild form stand some chance of passage. But most assuredly there will be no drastic anti-labor legislation before the elec tions in November. That would in deed be fool-hardy from a political standpoint. In the meantime there are rumors around Washington that Sec. Clin ton Anderson will resign his job as head of USDA. From all the infor mation, however, that your Home Town Reporter can obtain, the sec retary will not resign, although he orobably does feel like it. TIME TO ‘PLAY BALL’ Great Ball Season Seen Returned Vets Add Color to NaVl Game By AL JEDLICKA WNU Features. “Play ball! ” And the crack of the bat again thrills Americans the nation over as the 1946 sea son gets under way. While softball, football, basket ball and golf have challenged base ball for youth’s attentions in recent years, the game still ranks as the No. 1 sports spectacle, an enjoy able outdoor relaxation for the fans. Last year, approximately 15 million persons paid to watch major and minor league ball, and with most of the big stars returning from the war this season attendance should be equally great or greater. Nineteen hundred and forty-six may be a memorable year for an other reason, too, for it marks the introduction of baseball on a big- time professional basis in Mexico. Following an old American custom. President Avila Camacho tossed out the first ball at the Mexican league’s first game in which the Vera Cruz Blues walloped the Mexico City Reds 12 to 5 before an overflow crowd of 33,000 in Mexico City. In the U. S., chief interest again will center on the major league races, though the return of topnotch performers from the services and continued postwar prosperity should herald a banner minor league sea son. It’ll be like old times again in the American league with the New York Yankee sluggers back in there, denting the fences. But because of an average pitching staff, Joe McCarthy’s aggregation will be EASY WAY . . . Jimmy Dykes with Rudy Laski, Joe Smaza and Doyle Lade of the Chicago White Sox. strongly pressed for pennant hon ors by the champion Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators. Yanks Have Sluggers. Indicative of the dynamite in the Yankee bats, DiMaggio hit .305 in his last season out, Keller .301, Stirnweiss .309, and Dickey .351. Though falling below the .300 mark, the other regulars have that explo sive Yankee touch in the pinch. While the New Yorkers are long on power and short on pitching, the Detroit Tigers have strength in both departments and may well repeat their 1945 league triumph. A .311 slugger in 78 games last year after his discharge from the army, Hank Greenberg will be at first this sea son, with hard-hitting Pinky Higgins back at third and Barney McCos- ky, Dick Wakefield and Pat Mullin in a youthful, brilliant outfield. But the Tigers’ real strength lies on the mound, with lanky Hal New- houser, wh: won 25 games in 1945 while dropping only 9, heading the staff. In addition, Manager Steve O’Neill has Dizzy Trout, an 18-game winner last year; Virgil Trucks, Stuffy Overmire, A1 Benton and Ruff Gentry. Because of all-around balance, many of the major league scribes like the Boston Red Sox chances in 1946. Williams Sparks Red Sox. Back from the wars after diree years in naval aviation, spindly Ted Williams, who hit .356 for Joe Cro nin’s outfit in 1942, promises to put plenty of punch back into the scarlet hose along with Rudy York, ob tained from the Tigers in an over winter trade; Johnny Pesky, who CARDINALS . . . Manager Eddie Dyer (center) talks it over with Johnny Beazley and Enos Slaughter. « hit .331 before joining the navy in 1943, and Bobby Doerr, who rung up a .325 average prior to his induction in the army in 1944. In pitchers Tex Hughson and Big Boo Ferris, Manager Cronin ap pears to have two sure-fire 15 to 20 game winners, while Mickey Harris, Jim Bagby and Jim Wilson are ex pected to develop into grade A moundsmen. Nosed out of the American league pennant by a single game in 1945, the Washington Senators will be back knocking at the door again this year if their knuckle-balling pitching staff stands up under the six-month strain, and the boys can stir up enough punch to help out hard-hitting Jeff Heath, Stan Spence, Buddy Lewis and Cecil Travis. Head of the Senators knuckle- bailers is 36 - year - old Emil (“Dutch”) Leonard, vet of 13 long seasons of play who chalked up 17 victories in 1945 against 7 losses and possessed an earned run aver age of 2.13 per game. The other so- called “flutter-bailers” are Roger Wolff, who turned in 20 wins last year, Marino Pieretti, with 14, and Johnny Niggeling, much stronger than in 1945, following the removal of ulcers. Others Have a Chance. While Cleveland, St. Louis, Chi cago and Philadelphia have been counted out of the American League pennant race, they may, with lots of luck, crowd into the first division. Because of a strong pitching staff headed by the sensational Bobby Feller, fresh from the navy, Cleve land stands the best chance of breaking into the select four, while 83-year-old Connie Mack’s Philadel phia Athletics appear headed for the cellar despite the presence of Russ Christopher and Dick (“No Hit”) Fowler on the pitching staff. Profiting again from their exten sive farm club system, the St. Louis C^dinals are the ruling favorites to take National league honors away from the Chicago Cubs. The Brook lyn Dodgers, New York Giants and Boston Braves also are highly tout ed, while the Pittsburgh Pirates may well develop into the dark-horses of the race. Few new major league managers have stepped into the gold-mine Ed die Dyer has in his first year as the St. Louis Cardinals’ manager. He succeeds Billy Southworth, who has taken up the reins of the Boston Braves. In his regular outfield, the lucky Mr. Dyer intends to start Stan Mu- sial, who hit .347 before entering the navy in 1944; Terry Moore, the fielding genius who hit .288 prior to his induction into service in 1942, and Enos Slaughter, who batted .318 before joining the air force the same year. Star performers in the infield in clude the great Marty Marion, wide- ranging shortstop, and Whitey Kurowski, slugging third baseman, who hit .323 and batted in 102 runs last year. Mighty Mound Staff. Among Dyer’s ranking pitchers are Red Barrett, who won 23 games his last time out; Johnny Beazley, 21; Max Lanier, 17, and Harry Brecheen, 15. While Charley Grimm has none of this kind of talent in Chicago, he does have a hustling ball club to work behind a winning mound staff headed by big Hank Borowy, who helped pitch the Cubs into a pen nant after being secured from the Yankees last year; Claude Passeau, who won 17 games in 1945 despite an ailing right arm; Hank Wyse, who turned in 22 victories in spite of a sore back, and Hi Bithorn, who chalked up 18 wins in 1943 before entering the navy. The National League’s champion batsman in 1945 with a .355 mark, Phil Cavarretta, will be back at first to pace the Cubs’ attack, with help forthcoming from the veteran Stan ley Hack at third, who hit .323 in his 12th season as a Bruin last year; little “Peanuts” Lowrey, Andy Paf- ko and — Grimm hopes — Big Bill Nicholson, who flopped to .243 last year. Led by the irrepressible Leo (“The Lip”) Durocher, who won fame as one of the toughest of the “Gas House Gang” at St. Louis in the thirties, the Brooklyn Dodgers are figured to be right up in the thick of the National league race. “The Lip” enters the pennant run with a fair country outfield in Pete Reiser, who hit .310 before joining the army in 1942; Goody Rosen, who batted .325 last year; the veteran Dixie Walker, and rookie Gene Her- manski. In the infield, Billy Her man ahd Pee-wee Reese make a winning combination around second. While none too strong, the pitching staff is built around fire-balling Kir by Higbe, Hugh Casey, Ed Head and Vic Lombardi. Giants Still Powerful. The New York Giants, while not the hated and feared aggregation of the John McGraw or Bill Terry days, nonetheless is expected to cut a figure in this year’s race. No de fensive geniuses, the Giants do pos sess power, with Manager Mel Ott, who hit .308 last year, in right; Johnny Mize, .305, at first; Mickey Witek, .314, at third, and Walker Cooper, .317, behind the plate. Ability of brainy Billy Southworth to spur the Boston Braves to give SMILING . . . New York Giants Bob Blattner, second base, and Bill Rigney, shortstop, have the old spirit. all they have largely accounts for the high esteem in which the team has been held this year. The Braves do have the nucleus for a winner with big Mort Cooper, who won 65 games for Southworth in three years for the Cards, on the hill, and slugging Tommy Holmes, Max West and Johnny Hopp in the outfield. Pittsburgh’s Pirates, rated none too highly in the early doping, could easily develop into the dark-horse of the 1946 season. In shortstop Bill Cox and outfielder Ralph Kiner, Manager Frisch has come up with two prize prospects to go along with established performers like Bob El liott in the outfield and Elbie Fletch er and Babe Dahlgren in the in field. With Lefties Ostermueller, Wilkie and Roe and right-handers Sewell, Gables, Heintzelman and Klinger, the Pirates should get good pitching. Quoted at 30 to 1 longshots in early betting to win the National league gonfalon, the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies do not fig ure in the running. ARMY DISCHARGEES Four army dischargees in a fan ning bee with the Pittsburgh Pirates’ doctor. They are, left to right, Ken Heintzelman, Charles A. Jorgenson (the doc), Russ Bauers, Bill Clem- ensen and Cadis Swigart. Every big league team has its share of ex- servicemen in the starting lineups. Boston has Tex Hughson, Johnny Pesky and Dom DiMaggio back, for instance. The Washington Senators number Buddy Lewis, Cecil Travis, and A1 Evans among their vet#. New Columbia Sheep— Made-to-Order Breed Developed for Dual- Purpose Requirements The need for a breed of sheep that would produce both wool and meat efficiently resulted in work being undertaken by the USDA about 1912 to find such a breed. The result of years of extensive work was the introduction of the Columbia sheep, which combined the most desirable characteristics of the Lincoln and Rembouillet. The breed was more than a quarter of a centry in being developed. The breed has been developed to such a point that it has its own registry organization, the Columbia Sheep Breeders’ association. It is primarily a range sheep but is be ing used to a moderate extent in farming areas. Columbia sheep are free from wool-blindness and skinfolds. The body is long, but is symmetrically proportioned with a good balance between width and depth. In 12 An Idaho Columbia ram show ing the desirable characteristics of this newer breed. months a typical • Columbia ewe grows a fleece weighing about 12 pounds, . which contains approxi mately 50 per cent clean wool about 3tfc inches long. New Corn Ear Worm Control Recommended A new contact insecticide has re cently been developed for the con trol of corn ear worm on sweet corn and hybrid seed corn, as a sub stitute for pyreth- rum. The spray is a liquid solution of styrena dibromide in a mineral oil and is applied to the corn silks as soon as their ends ap pear brown. It is necessary to treat more than once as all ears do not show brown at the same time. The spray is applied with a hand applicator which meas ures a 20 drop dosage from a half pint container. Feather Fabric Will Add to Farm Income The washed, stretched and dried fibers are wound on spools. America’s poultry industry can produce 35 million men’s suits an nually. A new feather fabric that looks like wool but is warmer, soft er and lighter, has been developed by USDA specialists. Feather protein is converted into fiber by treating the feathers with a reducing agent and a special type of wetting agent, or detergent, in water solution, then forcing the re sulting spinning solution, or “dope,” through the tiny holes of a spin- nerette into an acid-and-salt solution that sets the streams of dope into fibers. The fibers are then stretched and dried and treated to remove the detergent so that the regenerated protein is left in true fiber form. It is not expected that feather fabrics, due to small volume avail able, will ever prove a serious econ omical threat to cotton or wool, nevertheless feathers do offer addi tional revenue for the poultryman, and will compete more with higher priced fabrics. Cultivation Increases Bermuda Grass Yields Oklahoma experiments have proved that disking the grass sod of bermuda lightly every other year will cause an increase in yield of about 26 per cent. The tests were made on a thin or poor stand of grass. It was found that bermuda would respond to heavier disking than the common native grass. Tillage seemed to prevent the grasses from dying in the center of the clumps. Start This Housing Project Immediately B LUE birds like a house'in the sun. The nest space must be deep and they are particular about the size of the entrance. Robins want a roof but no front on their house, and they prefer shade. Wrens will like a tiny house under the eaves of your own dwelling. A pattern with actual-size cutting guides and complete directions is used for the three houses shown here. They are planned to meet special require ments and are so attractive that you may want to use them as special fea tures in your garden. 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