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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
South Carolina is not “Economic Problem Number l.“
as Franklin D. Roosevelt once said of the South. How does
this impress you?
“Income for the 11-state Southeastern region in 1952
totaled $36,160,000,000. an increase of almost two billion
dollars over 1951, the U.S. Department of Commerce report
ed.
Although the average income for every resident of the
region was only SI.121, lowest in the nation, the Southeast
was third in the nation in total income paid residents and
also third in percentage increase in income.
South Carolina recorded the greatest gain—due primarily
to its huge construction payroll at the Savannah River H-
bomb plant—increasing its income from $2,128,000,000 to
$2,341,000,000, a jump of 10 per cent over the one-year
span.
Florida, going from $3,789,000,000 to $4,088,000,000, and
Louisiana, from $3,128,000,000 to $3,396,000,000, tied for the
second largest increase—8 per cent.
Income included in the Commerce Department’s annual
survey consisted of wages and salaries, net income of pro
prietors (farmers, dividends, interest, etc.,) and items such
as social insurance benefits, veterans’ pensions, relief and
allotments to dependents of military personnel.
The report said that manufacturing wages and salaries
enjoyed only a ‘comparatively small rise’ in 1952 but ‘con
struction payrolls and trade and service income moved up
at markedly faster rates than in the country as a whole.
‘Last year's below-average expansion of manufacturing
is traceable- directly to textiles,’ the Commerce Department
said. ‘In this industry, which accounts for more than one-
fourth of all manufactures in the region, total payrolls, in
1952 were no larger than in 1951.
The report also said that agricultural income declined five
per cent from 1951 to 1952.’’
A somewhat different account of the same condition is
this: “The U.S. Commerce Department disclosed results of
its 1952 survey of business conditions today, showing that
individual income in the Southeast was $36,160,000,000—an
average of $1,121 for every man, woman and child.
The income, including wages and other revenues to in
dividuals and proprietors, jumped about $1,888,000,000 over
1951 with construction payrolls and trade and service income
rose 10 percent over 1951—fourth largest gain in the nation
•—while Florida and Louisiana were up 8 per cent.
The government agency found that last year’s income in
the 11 states counted in the Southeast was about $27,400,-
000,000 higher than in 1929 when the department first
began its tabulation on such data.’’
I don’t know that such roseate pictures truly portray the
individual cases. Of course we could have an average in
come for a hundred men as $10,000, although twenty five of
those men might have less than $1,000. The people who
are borrowing on their insurance policies, and those accept
ing cash-surrender values, cannot be living in splendor.
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The New England Letter of The First National Bank of
Boston published an article on the value of research which
I wish to use:
“Not only is research in the front lines of modern war
fare, but also it is the best means of meeting the challenge
of changing conditions in our economy. Research has been
termed the ‘elixir of life of industry, ever renewing its
youth and vigor,’ which makes possible adjustments to the
needs of the times. It is not a question as to whether a firm
should carry on research work in its broadest sense; not to
do so is to gamble with survival.
In addition to the development of new products, the princi
ples of research can be effectively applied to all phases of
business operations such as reducing costs through new pro
cesses and methods, improving the quality of products, and
providing for diversity of output. Research through its var
ious ramifications serves as a watchdog to minimize unsound
undertakings, and also as insurance against obsolescence and
loss of markets.
With the consumer again in the saddle, intercommodity
rivalry has been intensified. Competition today is on a
broad front. Coal, gas, and fuel oil vie with one another in
the heating of homes. In the building industry, cement,
brick, steel, copper, glass, plastics, aluminum, and many
other products are offered as substitutes for lumber. Dur
ing the past quarter of a century there has been growing
competition among fibers, and this rivalry has been great
ly intensified in recent years. Cotton, silk, and now wool,
are seriously challenged by synthetic products, whose pro
ducers have carried on relentless research and aggressive
merchandising. Seventy-three percent of the men’s summer
weight suits produced in the first nine months of 1952 were
of synthetics, while this proportion is expected to increase
further in 1953. It is predicted that by 1960, forty-four
percent of all of the men’s and women’s fabrics will be made
of blended fibers. Not only is there a sharp rivalry among
commodities for the same use, but also in a larger sense all
commodities are competing with one another for the con
sumer’s dollar.
Research has been called the ‘incubator of industries.’
From the research laboratories have emerged an imposing
list of new products. Notable among them are plastics,
electronics, radio, television, rayon, and many synthetic
fibers. Not only did research develop these products, but al
so found the means of producing them at a price that made
possible a mass market.
Every new product, every improvement in process, every
advance in technology, had its beginning somewhere, some
how, in the mind of a research worker in his laboratory. Re
search is the essential vitamin without which the body of in
dustry loses its vitality and dynamic character.
Business enterprise is becoming increasingly aware of the
importance of research. During the past quarter of a cen
tury, the number of firms engaged in industrial research
has multiplied eight-fold, while expenditures for this pur
pose have increased fifteenfold. Total annual expenditures
for research of all kinds, including industry, colleges, founda
tions, and the Government, are in the neighborhood of $3.5
billion, a tenfold increase since 1940. While this seems like
a large sum, it constitutes less than one percent of our gross
national product. Of the total amount spent for research,
57 percent is accounted for by the Government, 38 percent
by colleges and other non-profit organizations.
While most of the money spent by the Government on re
search is for military purposes, there is considerable concern
in scientific and business circles over the fact that the Gov
ernment has become such a dominating influence in the re
search field. The encroachment of the Government upon
traditional sources of research has caused many misgivings.
It is feared that political influence may have an unfavorable
effect upon such activities because of the regulations, red
tape, and other stifling measures. To be effective, research
development in the civilian economy must have a congenial
atmosphere which provides free range for imagination, init
iative, and resourcefulness, as w T ell as adequate incentives
for the risks incurred.
Eminent scientists have testified that much more satis
factory results would be obtained if the money spent by the
Government for traditional research were handled by pri
vate interests. The most effective means of promoting re
search would be to revise tax laws so that those in the upper
income brackets may be induced to give more liberally to
the scientific work of colleges and universities, and so that
business firms can set aside larger sums for research work.
Another disturbing feature in the research field is the rel
atively small amount of money devoted to fundamental or
‘pure’ research which is the seedbed of all scientific de
velopments and applications. Academic institutions serve
as the promoters of fundamental research, the discoverers
of new theories, the sources of scientific personnel, and the
repositories of scientific information. While industrial
firms find it necessary to do a certain amount of funda
mental research, the preponderant part of their work is con
fined to applying research to practical problems. In many
phases there is no sharp line of demarcation between the two
classes of investigation because they often intermingle when
pure science serves as a guide for experiments and regiony
to be explored for utilitarian results.”
I think I have said that I am a grandson of Virginia, of
the Shenandoah Valley; but I am a grandson of Darling
ton County, also, on my mother’s side—of great old Society
Hill, home of the Welsh, of whom my mother was one. That
gives me a special claim on the Pee Dee. Well, Society
Hill is on one side of the Great Pee Dee and Marlboro Coun
ty is on the other side. And the County seat of old Marlboro
is the thriving city of Bennettsville. I visited Bennettsville
recently, meeting Mrs. Kinney of The Marlboro Herald-
Advocate and calling on friends of WBSC, the radio sta
tion of that great region, over which I talk.
- While there I called at The Citizens State Bank of Ben
nettsville, a new bank just ready for business. I drop
ped in while ladies were coming ahd going, decorating and
making ready for a big opening. Mr. J. K. Wilson met
me and did the honors as a gracious host.
In a full page advertisement I noticed that the officers of
the Bank, taken together, have had one hundred and thirty
years of experience in banking. It was a somewhat ex
traordinary statement, rather a unique claim, and impressed
me very much.
Grand old Virginia! Here she is cutting taxes. A letter
from Winchester, Virginia, tells an interesting story.
A proclamation officiallly reducing state income taxes
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I N RESPONSE to inquiries to
this column, it can be reported
that President Eisenhower’s bat
ting average with congress is good.
Congress approved 32 of his 44
specific proposals. Three were re
jected during the first session of
the 83rd congress.
These important proposals were
approved (although in amended
form in some cases):
1. Authorize use of surplus farm
commodities for relief of famines
and other emergencies abroad.
2. Approve international Wheat
Agreement, setting maximum ex
port sale price of $2.05.
3. Reorganize Farm Credit Ad
ministration.
4. Renew school construction aid
in defense areas.
5. Renew school operating aid in
defense areas.
6. Authorize factory inspections
by Food and Drug Administration.
7 Extend Reciprocal Trade
Agreements Act.
8. Simplify customs regulations
and procedures.
9 Admit 240,000 refugees beyond
regular quotas in next two years
(revised to admit 214,000 by Dec.
31. 1956).
10 Extend Mutual SecurKy Act.
11 Provide wheat for Pakistan
from surplus stocks.
12 Transfer $200 million from
defense appropriations to fund for
rehabilitation of Korea.
13. Authorize additional military
construction.
14 Renew President’s authority
to submit executive branch re
organization plans.
15. Permit 10 reorganization
plans to become effective.
16. Renew federal rent controls
(since expired) in shortage areas.
17. Renew defense priorities and
scarce materials controls.
18. Establish commission to study
federal-state relations and fiscal
resources.
19. Confirm states’ title to sub
merged lands and natural resources
within their historic boundaries.
20. Extend excess-profits tax for
six months.
21. Authorize sale of synthetic
rubber facilities.
22. Establish Small Business Ad
ministration.
23. Provide for federal control
of submerged continental shelf be
yond state boundaries.
Three proposals received partial
committee hearings or favorable
action by one house):
1. Amend Taft-Hartley labor law.
2. Admit Hawaii as a state.
3. Study proposal for local self-
government in District of Columbia
Six proposals received no action:
1. Extend Social Security cov
erage.
2. Postpone for one year sched
uled Increase in Social Security
taxes
3 Amend McCarran-Walter Im
migration Act
4. Increase number of District
of Columbia Commissioners from
three to five
5. Repeal reduction in excise
taxes scheduled for April 1, 1954.
6. Repeal reduction in corpora
tion income taxes scheduled for
April 1. 1954.
CROSS /4i
ideas from other editors
From The Independent, Fuguay
Springs, N. C.: The owner of a
mongrel dog was recently sum
moned to court in England. It was
charged that his pet had nipped
a six-year-old girl. In defense the
man replied that the dog had been
quietly gnawing on a bone when
the little girl began annoying him.
The court ruled that if a dog be
lieves it is being attacked tfc- de
prived of a bone it has a right
to protect itself.
We intend to keep the verdict
of the British Court a secret from
our own dog. He is difficult enough
to live with now—what with all
that talk about his being man’s
best friend. We refuse to admit
that there is any legal similarity
between a dog’s right to chew on
a bone and our dog’s desire to
chew our carpet slipper. If neces
sary we will take the case to the
Supreme Court.
• • •
From the Calumet Weekly Citi
zen, Calumet, Oklahoma: Tuesday
evening we had the pleasure of
seeing a premier showing of the
movie, “It Happens Every Thurs
day.” Since no one in the audi
ence of invited guests had ever
seen the movie until that time,
cards were distributed for the pur
pose of passing judgement on this
story of the small-town newspa
per.
“It Happens Every Thursday” is
a lifelike story of the country news
paper publisher, and one that every
individual would benefit from see
ing. There are a few minor details
left out . . . possibly for the good
of all. As publishers of The Citi
zen, printed in the smallest town
in Oklahoma with a Linotype-
equipped shop, we not only recom
mend that you see the show, but
urge that you do so.
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From The Tallassee Tribune,
Tallassee, Alabama: A recent As
sociated Press dispatch reports
that the occupation has brought
about something new in Japan . . .
the hen-pecked husband. He is not
called by that name however, but
by the high-sounding title of “hon
orable wife fearer.”
The story went ont to say that
before the occupation husbands
were lords and master of the home,
but that the occupation brought
woman suffrage, hen-pecked hus
bands and “kyosaibyo clubs,” a
new Japanese term for wife fear
ing.
While we are on the subject, it
might be interesting to point out
how the Pilot International Club
honestly solves the problem of who
is boss. This club merely desig
nates husbands of its members as
“co-Pilots” and that’s that.
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6 per cent has been signed by Gov. John S. Battle. The re
duction is the result of the Automatic Tax Reduction Law
adopted by the Virginia Legislature in 1950. This is the
third successive reduction in three years, for an average
annual cut of 11 per cent. The principle of the law is this:
If revenues exceed appropriations, the excess is returned to
the taxpayers. The percentage of tax reduction depends on
the amount of the surplus.
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"AP AUTHOR OF "HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING’
P IERRE L. JACQUES. 3470 Watson Road. St Louis. Missouri, gave
me the other day a realization of what a beautiful word can do for
one. He was admiring a hat his wife was trying on in a milliner’s shop
one day and used a word that created for him a surprise commotion.
“Reizend.” he said, a German word that means beautiful, but also
means more than that for It is richer in meaning and more descriptive
than the word beautiful
The sales lady heard it and before be knew what
had happened he was being bombarded with a flow
of quick questions such as: “Was he German?”
“Where had he been in Germany?” “In what town?”
Then came declarations of admiration for Frankfurt.
Wiesbaden, and other German towns and cities
It was so unexpected that Pierre was caught
without breath. That one word had touched a soft
and remote field of feelings in this woman: her Ger
many. an idealized and a beloved one
And did it make her happy? She became at once
a different person. Obliging enough before, she got out ail the hats she
could, and more and more of them, to make an opportunity to keep
them there as long as possible. They did stay a long time and Mrs.
Jacques bought a hat which Mr Jacques was happy to pay for
A little story, but one the enactment of which stamped happiness
on three peon)«»
CARNEGIE
RESSIONAL
Q—Has there really been much of a cutback on government employees?
A—The Joint Committee on Reduction of Non-essential Federal Ex
penditures July 28 reported the government had 2,482,359 civilian
employees on the payroll at the end of fiscal 1953 (June 30). This
was 116,999 fewer employees than were serving the government on
June 30, 1952. -
Q—Why is the U.S. flag flown over the Capitol in Washington at night?
A—The custom originated during World War 1 because it was felt for
patriotic reasons there should be one building in the country over
which the flag should always fly. The Capitol was designated. Since
it was outside military regulations which demand the furling of the
flag at sunset.
Q—Is there any fixed date on which Congress mast adjourn?
A—The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 says that Congress shall
adjourn July 31, but Congress frequently has failed to abide by this,
limit Just as it did this year, when the session ended early August 4.i
Q—I understand Congress approved a proposal to send $100 million
worth of farm surpluses to needy friendly nations. Can we spare
that much?
A—Legislation would authorize the President to send to friendly peoples
abroad $100 million in surplus agricultural commodities. This would
be one-thirtieth of the more than $3 billion worth of government-
owned surplus farm products Commodity Credit Corporation has In
storage under various Agriculture Department programs.
(Copzrlfhl 1953. Congressional Quarterly)
A TICKET TO TIMBUKTU
By Orme F. Lathrop
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S AM BENSON had Just settled
himself in his easy chair with
the evening paper when a car
swung into the drive.
“Oh, oh, here comes trouble
with a capital T,” he moaned. His
wife, Bernice, looked up from her
darning. “Who’s that?”
“I hate to tell you, but it’s your
illustrious brother. Brad.”
He went and unlatched the door.
••Evening, Brad.”
Brad Williams stalked In. He
proceeded to make himself at
home—in Sam’s easy chair. He
laid his Panama over Bernice’s
pet violet plant, brushed his thick
mop of grey hair back carefully,
and lighted up a big strong cigar.
“Glad you folks are home. Have
a tittle matter to discuss with
you. Mind if I move in here?
Flossy and I have had another dis
agreement.”
"As a matter of fact. Brad,
I don’t believe we’ve got room.
That is, since my arthritis has
been so bad, Bernice is sleeping in
the other room.”
“Oh, that’s all right FD Just
park here on the sofa. I’ll bring in
my bags.” And out he went.
“Now see here,” Sam began,
but Bernice silenced him. “We’ll
have to let him stay. And I can’t
have him messing up the living-
room.”
“That's all right,” he heard her
say. “Until you and Flossy patch
it up. What’s the matter now?”
“I’m afraid this time it’s for
keeps. Flossy had a lawyer out
Fact is, I don’t care too much. I
can’t stand Flossy’s nagging about
keeping the house neat any longer.
And I’ve been let out of my job
again. She has a case all right”
In their room that night Sam
delivered an ultimatum. “Bernice,
I love you, but that doesn’t mean
I’ll put up with your good-for-
nothing brother. Either he goes or
I do. That’s that!”
Bernice, creaming her face, was
in tears. “You know I can’t turn
out my own flesh and blood.”
“Then I will.” he announced.
The next day he made his propo
sition. He was going on a fishing
trip up north. Why didn’t Brad
coma along? Brad agreed.
At the lake Sam set up his rods
and unpacked the groceries. *TI1
do the cooking and you can do the
washing up,” he told Brad.
“Fine, fine. That suits me to a
T. I hate to cook.”
Sam managed to dirty every pan
and skillet in the cabin at every
meal. He broke the eggs at the
sink and drizzled them across the
floor to the stove. He slopped
grease about like a plasterer. He
scaled the fish in every conceivable
corner. He swiped his muddy boots
across the floors. He knocked out
his pipe on the tables.
At first Brad took it uncomplain
ingly. /
Sam got him up before dawn
every morning, and they tried the
twilight and midnight fishing.
“Think I’ll pass tonight,” Brad
sighed after two nights of 1L
“Oh no you don’t.” Sam growled.
”1 never go out in a boat alone.”
Brad glared. “When you figuring
on going home?”
“Think I’ll stay another week, if;
our luck holds,” Sam gloated.
“Not me,” Brad grumbled. *T’I1
take the train back Saturday.”
By the end of the week Brad
looked like a case for a sanatorium.
“Man. Fve got to get some sleep,”
he announced. “I’m not getting;
up in the morning if you drown |
your fool self in that lake. Fm'
going to bed and sleep a week.”
Sam chuckled to himself. That
was all he needed. The next morn
ing while Brad was still snoring,
he wrote a note and propped it on
the mantel, packed up and slipped
out.
The note said, “Sleep all you
like. The cabin’s paid for for an
other week. Here’s a check—it will
buy you a ticket to Timbuktu, or
a ticket back to Floss. Think it
over. A clean house might not be
so bad. eh? And if you come back
with a clean slate, she’ll probably
be glad to take you back. Guess
you can take a hint. Your loving
brother-in-law. Sam.”
The world’s first known highway system was laid out
about 1900 B. C. in Mesopotamia. Part of this route be
tween Bagdad and Ispahan is still in use.
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