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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1953
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
Federal and State taxes should be reduced now. We are
hearing a lot of talk about a non-recurring surplus, but the
taxpayers also may have experienced non-recurring sur- |
pluses.
We have been taught that a prudent man governs hi*
spending by his income; and that an improvident man is one
who gets what he wants and then pays if and when and how
he can, if ever. A thrifty, careful man does not buy an over
coat for $100 unless he is a $100 man; otherwise he is what
we call a spendthrift.
That word is rather unhappy, I think, for though he may
be spending the fruits of thrift it usually implies a com
plete lack of thrift.
Nations are great numbers of individuals and can wisely
use the same standards of prudence in spending; this nat
urally applies to our states, too.
Nations may have some special obligations, the National
defense being of first importance, for we wish to remain free
and independent people at any valid or legitimate cost. We
have good reason to believe that our Nation scatters its
energies in too many directions and that it spends money
wastefully. If you ask the bureaucrats to trim the budget
they cannot see any items that can be reduced or eliminated.
If, however, the money available has been reduced and they
are told to “reduce or get out” the most remarkable reduc
tions can be made. I know that; anybody else who ever pre
pared or administered a budget knows that.
We have capable men in a technical sense in all depart
ments, but the wise planning for a great nation and the
careful administration of great departments are tasks bey
ond the experience or capabilities of most bureaucrats.
A simple illustration of this confusion may be seen in
much of our school administration: A man trained as a tea
cher may be really capable as a teacher, but what has his
training as a teacher to do with operating a fleet of buses
or managing a big school canteen? A man may be a real
Economist, even a sort of wizard in discussing the general
economy of the Nation and even of the world, but no Board
of Directors would elect him President of a great bank.
During the Roosevelt and Truman terms many writers
and talkers were appointed to Federal positions. They
talked and wrote fluently and volubly and seemed inspired
from On High; but they nearly wrecked this nation. That’s
the proof of the pudding.
Going back to the matter of reducing the Federal taxes
I have argued from expediency, but the law is on the side
of the Ways and Means Committee of the National House
of Representatives: the Constitution says: “All bills for
raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Repre
sentatives.” The House is not a lot of puppets; it has its
high function to perform and should be above dictation. So
it is clearly the prerogative of the Congress.
The President, on the other hand, may recommend to
the Congress. “He shall from time to time give to the Con
gress Information of the state of the Union, and recommend
to their consideration such measures as he shall judge
necessary and expedient.”
If, now, the President is to determin whether or not
taxes may be reduced he is usurping the prerogative of
Congress.
I am an admirer and supporter of President Eisenhower
but I am not a me-too politician who spends his time all-
aghast at the marvellous wisdom of the new administration.
I want my country governed by law, not by any man’s whim,
whether he be Mr. Truman or Mr. Eisenhower.
In much that has been done, or started, or talked, the
General has a good batting average, but too many tongues
talk all the time. “Four-thirds” of the new and old bureau
crats should be gagged for twelve months. What the country
needs is fewer Sovereign remedies or panaceas from men
yet unproved, even untried, in office, and more sound, sim
ple and sensible procedures.
Let us consider the new Secretary of Agriculture: he
wants the law of Supply and Demand to operate and for the
farmers to stand on their own feet or stew in their own
juice. As an Economic theory or principle that is correct;
but how can the farmer stand on his own feet when so many
others walk on Government crutches?
Let me quote, in substance, the remark of a sound and
wise and successful businessman of Charleston: Sitting at
the table with Mr. J. Ross Hanahan at the South Carolina
National Bank’s supper in Charleston, I listened with spe
cial interest to this outstanding businessman and indus
trialist. Said Mr. Hanahan: “I favor giving the farmer all
the help and protection that can be given him. He buys in a
protected market and he employs labor influenced by the
Government’s special labor protection; and he sells in a
controlled market. How can we surround •the farmer with
coddled, pampered and protected interests and talk about
letting the farmer sink or swim alone?” Well, for hard,
commonsense that is it.
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"If we could first know
where we are, and
whither we are tending,
we could then better
judge what to do, and
how to do it."
Why does the farmer pay $3.00 or $4.00 a hundred pounds
for the picking of cotton? Because every industry is offer
ing pay on that scale, or higher; and the workers in industry
are guaranteed minimum pay by the Government. Of
course, as a matter of sound law that is not the business
of the Government, but it has enacted the laws just the
same.
And why must industrial workers have the prevailing
wages? Because everything they buy is high. And rent is
high because labor and materials are high. And through
all this you can trace the hand of the Government, directly
or remotely.
If the Government wants to let the farmer work out his
own salvation (economically) let the Government apply the
same plan to all the protected interests, not just the farmer.
Cheese is a more enjoyable topic than the one-sided no
tions of bureaucrats, isn’t it? Well, to prove that I am fair
to all sections of our great republic we might consider
cheese and then talk about margarine.
Now as to cheese:
“Last year the nation’s cheese factories turned out
nearly 1.2 billion pound of the principal varieties, some
70 percent more than in pre-war 1939. Consumption closely
parallels production.
Cheese sellers have watched per-capita consumption soar
14 percent since 1945 and over 36 percent since 1937. At
7.5 pounds in 1952, consumption was still far short of the
17 to 20 pounds eaten in some European countries, but
distributors are aiming at that goal.
For one major reason behind this cheese surge, look at
the dairy products display case at your nearby supermar
ket. ‘This refrigerated box has revolutionized cheese selling,
bringing out new packaging methods, better quality products
and a wider selection for the consumer.
You can buy cheese spiked with onion, garlic, bacon or
even port wine; foreign varieties like genuine Roquefort
aged in ancient French caves, Swiss Romador with a flavor
about twice as potent as Limburger, ultra-expensive ($1.70
a pound) imported Camembert, or an endless variety of
cheese spreads or cheese foods that have been blended from
cheese, other milk ingrdients and flavorings.
You can even buy cheese loaded with Russian caviar.
The rise in cheese eating is bucking a general downward
trend in per-capita consumption of dairy products.
Last year consumption of milk in all uses sank to a record
low of 743 pounds a person. Butter, of which Americans
ate an average of 18 pounds a piece in 1932, skidded to an
estimated 8.7 pounds in 1952. Ice cream, which enjoyed re
cord per-capita consumption of 22.5 pounds in 1946, dipped
to 16.6 last year.
Fluid milk, holding relatively high, has nevertheless
failed to improve over the 432-pound-per-person high it
set in 1945; its 1952 consumption was about 400 pounds a
person.”
We come to margarine:
“Margarine has arrived. For the first time in history US
margarine production last year exceeded the output of
creamery butter. When the 200,000,000-odd pounds of but
ter churned on farms are added to the billion plus pounds
produced in the nation’s creameries, the old table spread
champion retains top billing by a slim margin. Department
of Agriculture estimates place overall butter output at
somewhat less than 1.4 billion pounds vs. 1.23 billion for
margarine. <
However this still represents a major accomplishment
for margarine. Its production has multiplied four-fold since
1940 while butter experienced a 36 percent decline.
The shift in per-capita consumption is equally striking.
Margarine use has climbed from virtually zero in the Nine
ties and 2.7 pounds per person to 6.5 pounds in 1951 and
a new high of 7.7 pounds last year. Meantime the average
American who fattened on 22 pounds of butter in 1896 had
cut his annual diet to 16 pounds a decade ago and got along
on 8.7 pounds in 1952. And further reduction in butter use
is in prospect for 1953. Consumption of margarine on
the other hand may increase further in the coming year.
The drop in butter production is not entirely due to the
margarine increase. The most profitable outlets for the
dairy farmer’s milk are fluid milk, cream and ice cream.
Surplus milk goes into butter, cheese and evaporated milk.
High consumer income in recent years has meant greater
demand for the more profitable items, so the farmer has
ie Carnegie
«FIFTEEN years ago,” says Walter E. Bray. 1326 Curtis Avenue,
* San Jose, California, ‘T was the most depressed person in the
world. I was ill in body wuth paraplegia and had been for five years
I couldn’t walk—and had tried everything for help, even witch doctors,
but to no avail. During this time I hadn’t made a dime I was becom
ing ill in mind, the thing I feared most My thoughts were unwhole
some.”
Finally Walter Bray realized he had been wait
ing for a miracle to happen that would never come
to pass and he would have to face reality and adjust
himself to the situation. If he were ever going to
have the things that meant so much to him, that
seem to come so easily to others it would be en
tirely up to him.
With his new attitude and with the help of a few
p»ts on the back which he had previously rejected,
he went back to Engineering School and when he
finished, he reached for a job; not much of a job at
first. Then came a better job, a wife, home, family and a certain
amount of security. He was accepted socially, and with all of this
came happiness and love and self respect. Finally he had acquired
most of the things that had seemed at one time so far out of his reach.
Now when he starts to worry, he realizes that if he were to suddenly
lose everything he has today, and then get them back tomorrow, he
would be the happiest person in the world because he can remember
five years of despair when he thought it would take a miracle to give
him what he has today
CARNEGIE
CROSS H,
From the Bassett Journal. Bas
sett, Virginia: The Army doesn’t
care what costs the taxpayers
are stuck with, or so it seems.
That department of the govern
ment believes in book-balancing
no matter the amount it spends,
and here’s proof. Six months ago
a young soldier whose home is in
Guilford County, North Carolina,
was given an honorable discharge,
having served his allotted time,
and returned to his home.
Sometime back young Oldham
lest a 45-cent tie. He reported it
to the officials, and was promptly
issued another. That was all there
was to it. In checking up its books
in Japan it was found that the
young soldier’s indebtedness to
the Army wasn’t cleared up, as
he failed to make good the price
of the tie—and the books were out
of balance just that much. And
the officials of the department got
busy and sent a major all the way
to Greensboro to collect that sum.
Remember the tie was a 45-cent
item, yet the cost to the taxpayers
amounted to something like $125.
All of which shows that waste and
extravagance continued to hold
forth throughout the entire gov
ernmental set-up.
Oldham forked over the 45-cents,
the major carried the funds back to
headquarters and now the matter
of balancing the books Is only a
matter of record—a record that
is intriguing enough to make the
public set up and take notice: that
not only the Army is wasting bil-
! lions but every other department
| as well.
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From the Mooselake Star-Ga
zette, Moose lake, Minn.: Good
business means good jobs, good
pay, and an abundance of prod
ucts we can buy at reasonable
prices. Federal economy will
mean a balanced budget, a sound
dollar, and a stable economy for
the whole nation.
* • •
From the Desert News, Salt Lake
City, Utah: It has been said again
and again, almost to the point of
triteness, that America’s greatest
strength is her love of free enter
prise. It is true. We have over
whelming superiority in the sinews
of war today because free men
have been given opportunity to
dream and to invest, and because
other free men have been ready to
invest their dollars in the dreams
of the inventors with the hope of
making an honest profit.
* * *
From the Fort Mill Times, Fort
Mill, S. C.: In its seventh day of
deliberation, a jury in Federal
Court in New York convicted the
13 second-string Communist party
leaders on conspiracy to overthrow
the government. Judge Edward J.
Dimock remanded the group to
prison to await sentence, and their
attorney protested this as “cruel
and unusual punishment,” and
“unnecessary.” Recalling that
eight other Commies had jumped
bail, his honor disagreed. So
they’re in jail. Maybe we’re gain
ing on ’em!
KNOW SOUTH CAROLINA
By GEORGE MacNABB
CHIEF OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Th« South Carolina Opportunity School, first of its kinH in the notion, ofi-rs a “second
chance" at Education for Adults.
SOUTH CAROLINA OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL
The Opportunity School of South
Carolina, the state’s adult educa
tion center, was the first school of
its kind in the United States. It
offers a second chance at education
to those men and women whose
grammar school or high school
training was interrupted before
graduation.
Begun in 1921 as^a one-month
vacation boarding school for work
ing women, The Opportunity School
was so well received that each suc
ceeding summer until 1946 found an
Opportunity School in the State.
And this was despite the fact that
the school had to shift from one
college campus to another eight
different times!
In 1946, the General Assembly
appropriated sufficient money to
operate the school on a year-round
basis, provided a suitable site could
be located. The Columbia Army
Air Base in West Columbia had
been abandoned by the federal
government two years earlier and
was chosen for the school’s per
manent home.
In January, 1947, The Oppor
tunity School began year-round
training in the former air base hos
pital. Actually, the school is made
up of a group of separate buildings
connected by two and one-half miles
of corridors. The main building now
houses the dormitories', classrooms,
library, workshop, kitchen, dining
hall, canteen, recreation hall,
lounges, warehouses and offices.
In addition to the fundamental
grade and high school subjects
which are taught, many special in
terest subjects, such as art, music,
ceramics, and woodworking, are
also offered. Students at the Op
portunity School are urged to work
for their high school certificates for
which their studies at the school
can prepare them.
The school offers educational
help to pupils from 16 to 70 years of
age and its principal aim is develop
ment of the individual' personality.
diverted more of his milk to them. US milk production is
actually slightly higher than in 1940 but while 42 percent
of that year’s milk output was converted into butter, the
ratio had slipped to 25 percent last year.”
Biggest Problems of Young People
Are Unhappy Homes and the Draft
The problems of the nations
youth have concerned the entire
country in recent years.
Now. a national survey of 7,037
young people, reports that young
people today are most worried
about two problems: the draft and
the threat of war, and unhappy re-
lationshipi between fathers and
mothers.
The survey, which included such
diversified groups as a young la
dles’ finishing school in Massa
chusetts and a state reform school
in the midwest, listed 23 problems
that face today’s youth
Of the replies. 56 per cent listed
the draft and unhappy relation
ships between fathers and mothers
as the top problem.
The next seven included:
1. Developing healthy attitude
about sex.
2; Being misunderstood by par
ents.
3. Finding the right job.
4. Use of narcotics.
5. Responsible driving of auto
mobiles.
6. Use of alcohol.
7. Religious uncertainties.
The poll was devised by Miss
Elnia Phillipson. executive secre
tary of the National Midcentury
Committee for Children and Youth.
It was not a scientific sampling,
she explained. Nor did they at
tempt to differentiate between the
voter’s selection of problems that
were important to him and prob
lems that he thought was impor
tant to others.
Miss Phillipson reports that in
her opinion, despite the obvious
limitations of the poll, the re
sults merit attention because they
are unique. “So far as we know,
there has been no similar attempt
in recent years to find out which
are the most serious problems of
the young.”
A surprising result of the poll
was the low ratings given eco
nomic problems. A good home was
voted 15th in the list of 23 prob
lems. Good clothing and an auto
mobile and television set were put
at the very bottom.
“Since almost one-third of the
nation’s young people don’t have
living condition that measure up
to the American standard, the low
ratings were a surprise,” Miss
Phillipson said. *
The overwhelming majority of
the replies to the poll came from
persons under 21. The total was
6,181.
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1. The highest point in the United States reached by a regular
railroad is: (a) Pikes Peak; (b) Mt. Washington; (c) Climax, Colo.
2. What is the leading U. S. import: (a) tea; (b) sugar; (c)
coffee.
3. The fish which caviar is taken is: (a) shad, (b) sturgeon,
(c) carp, (d) pompano.
ANSWERS
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Puzzle
HORIZONTAL
1 Engine
6 Crawl
11 Soldier’s
overcoat
12 Stinging
insect
14 Molding la
shape of
letter S
15 Waterfowl
17 Symbol for
tellurium
18 Storage con
tainer
19 Yankee base
ball team
catcher
20 Let it stand
(mus.)
21 Sun god
22 Shaped like
certain geo
metric figure
23 To pare
24 Article
25 Baseball
term (pi.)
26 Outer skin
on fruit
27 Small pieces
28 Psevaricated
29 Made facial
expression
31 Animal
32 To depart
34 Operates
35 Vessels
36 State (abbr.)
37 To assist
38 Girl’s name
39 Dance step
40 Preposition
41 Kind of
lumber
42 To rave
43 A great
number
45 Royal proc
lamations
47 Depressions
48 Unruly out
breaks
VERTICAL
1 Of a priesUy
caste of an
cient Media
2 To unclose
3 Pedal digit
4 Part of
Bible (abbr.)
• Governing*
board of a
state univer
sity
5 String of a
musical In
strument
t Genus of cer
tain flowers
S Before
16
9 Printer’s
measure
10 Fondled
11 Snake
13 Kind of duck
(pi.)
Native
metal (pi.)
19 Ring en
gagements
20 Dispatch
22 Metal money
23 Structure
built out Into
water (pi.)
26 Lasso
27 To fasten
28 Swam Helles-
§ ont to see
[ero
29 Holy chalice
30 Destroyed
31 Rude fellow
32 Fabled
monsters
33 Kilns
35 Legumes
38 To rob
39 Written
agreement
41 Stora
con
rage
tame
Sp.
44 U. S. soldier
46 The gods
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