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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, NOV. 26, 1953
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
Now’s the time to get out and get business. During recent
years we have been able to sit back and receive orders, some
times having too much business. The old way, the way of
our fathers, was to go after the business.
There was a time when we dodged insurance agents, if you
remember; and that included agents for life and fire. Now
we run them down: we have learned that insurance is the
average man’s opportunity to build an estate for his loved
ones; and we have learned that it costs a lot of money to re
build after a fire. Bdt the insurance agents were great go-
getters: they worked many years trying to persuade men to
spend a few dollars a month or week or year in order to leave
something for their widows and children. We might profita
bly emulate their hard work and maintain our prosperity by
selling.
Business is buying and selling, at bottom, with hundreds
of other activities closely related to it. Let us keep in mind
that we must produce and we must sell our product at a
profit. And if business slows up or slows down we must
gird ourselves for selling, and then sell.
Selling is an art. Many sales are made without any ap
parent effort to sell: something is done which acts on the
min'd of the public. I heard of a man in Orangeburg who
painted his house when business was dull. That so impress
ed everyone that more business came to him. People like to
do business where business is being done: they don’t like to
go to a place that looks dead.
Well that’s off my mind, so what have we?
A headline in a big daily paper says: “Republican law
makers may behave more like Democrats.” That means the
Truman brand of Democracy.
I think Mr. Truman is a good American and loves his
country. He would not deliberately do harm to our nation.
And that may be said of many others. But that does not
mean that all men are wisely patriotic or helpfully loyal. I
think Mr. Truman was sometimes misinformed and some
times the misinformation was honestly given and as honestly
believed.
Seldom de wo find a man all-wrong or all-right; and rarely
is any man always wrong or always right. We are usually
creatures governed by circumstance: we incline to agree
with our friends and to dissent from those we do not like,
unless we ourselves have special and complete knowledge of
something; and even then we soft-pedal it rather than of
fend or contradict our friends. Isn’t that true?
The average person is not willing to make statements un
der oath. At once we find the flaws: he really has no know
ledge, but has repeated rumors, or given voice to mere
suspicion.
In acting like the Democrats, let us credit the Democrats
with good intentions; they frequently tried to do what any
body or everybody suggested. They killed hogs and the
bred hogs; they stored American farm produce as surplus,
and yet bought foreign produce. They met themselves com
ing and going.
We have not solved any problem, considering the basic
problems. If a million men be given twenty million dollars
a week it provides something for immediate needs, but
solves nothing; the problem must be to make them self-sup
porting. It is like pushing or pulling a man’s car down the
road; it may be a fine service for the moment, but you can’t
push him around everyday for all his trips.
I fully understand the problems of our farmers. When
they have crops selling at no profit to them they are face
to face with the need for money, or something that will
relieve the difficulty at the moment.
A man in pain doesn’t want to hear a lecture on long-range
cures or preventives: they want something right now to ease
the pain.
At the same time a long-range plan might be to lift the
hand of the Government from all business. John Lewis is
quoted as favoring the removal of all the labor laws. If so,
take the shackles off all business.
I was reminding you of the imponderables a short time
ago—the unforeseen, uncalculated factors that seem just to
happen, sometimes to our great gain. Here is a story of oil:
“Back in the Twenties these oil pools gushed so freely the
Osage Indians earned the title of ‘world’s richest people.’
Tribal income in 1923 was over $30 million and Oklahomans
say, perhaps with some exaggeration, that when a brave’s
car ran out of gas he left it at the side of the road and bought
another.
Then in a few years the flow of black gold all but died.
Income in 1933 fell to $1.5 million and the tribe sank back
toward poverty. Oil men said the fields were finished.
But look what’s afoot on the reservation now. North Bur
bank field, which had been producing 3,910 barrels a day
back in 1949 has risen to 4,600 barrels daily. The Woolaree
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val. Wildhorse field is pumping out 479 barrels daily com
pared with 76 barrels not so long ago.
Secondary recovery—a team that means new life for old
oil fields—plus better conservation and more efficient pro
duction from new ones.
Secondary recovery boasts several techniques, but basical
ly they all do the same thing. They put energy back into an
oil deposit. Most usual and cheapest method is to force mil
lions of barrels of water into an oil field, thus pressuring the
oil out of the oil sand to a point where a pump can take over.
Water flooding and similar methods such as gas injection
are not new techniques; they’ve been used in the venerable
oil fields of Pennsylvania for decades. But as the cost of dis
covering new oil rises, more and more oil companies are
eyeing their old oil fields and deciding it would be cheaper to
force more production out of them than it would be to find
new ones. And they’ve found some new ways of doing it.
The North Burkank field, believed to contain the world’s
largest water-flood project, has a reserve recoverable by
secondary methods of an estimated 140 million barrels. Ac
cording to the American Petroleum Institute, the chance of
discovering a new field with a potential of even 100 million
barrells is one in 991 tries.
Osage County isn’t alone in finding its fields reborn. Texas
has 200 secondary recovery projects under way, Illinois has
over 150, and, in all, oil is being produced by secondary
methods in about 35 states. He adds that the number of
water flood projects alone has about doubled in the past two
years.
The most conservative estimate of the amount of oil which
can now be recovered from fields once thought to be depleted
is better than seven billion barrels.
If all deposits were considered, ‘it is possible that the
oil physically recoverable by the application of known sec
ondary methods in the United States will amount to twice
that figure.’
Ernest O. Thompson, chairman of the Texas Railroad
Commission, offers the spectacular figure of 100 billion bar
rels as his estimate of the amount of oil left in pools which
at one time were considered depleted. If even 25% of that
can be recovered by present secondary methods—which
is not unlikely—the nation would boost by 75% its present
proven liquid petroleum reserves of 33 billion barrels.
The expense of finding new production has made second
ary recovery especially attractive to smaller operators who
can’t afford the overhead of an exploration staff. In grow
ing numbers they are hunting depleted fields suitable for
secondary recovery, rather than drilling wildcat wells.”
I saw this in a magazine recently: “How Cincinnati chased
out its grafters, cut taxes, made itself the best governed city
in America—and how it made its reforms stick for twenty
eight years.” *
And thereby hangs a tale, as I like to quote from Shake
speare.
Speaking of the Cincinnati method I read:
“In Cincinnati, the results have been good for a whole gen
eration. The evidence lies in a twenty-eight-year period of
remarkably good government—a low fire-insurance rate, a
creditable crime rate, a high degree of honesty and efficiency
in the civil service, and a tax rate so low that it puts most
other cities to shame.
Tax rates are the final yardstick of municipal perfor
mance. Adjusted for fair comparison, the property tax rates
of ten representative cities for 1950 were as follows:
Adjusted Tax Rate on 100%Basic of
Assessment
New York $30.80
Los Angeles, Calif 30.92
Baltimore, Md 26.80
St. Louis, Mo 28.50
Boston, Mass 62.80
Buffalo, N. Y 41.43
Cleveland, Ohio 24.78
Jersey City, N. J 43.96
Cincinnati, Ohio 11.75
Those figures tell an important part of the Cincinnati
story—the more so because Cincinnati is not one of the
numerous cities in Ohio that have turned in desperation to
the payroll tax to supplement property tax revenues.
It was in 1924 that the angered Cincinnati voters, weary
of corruption and extravagance, adopted a new city charter
by a vote of more than two to one. The charter provided for
a new merit system in civil services. And it provided for a
small council of nine members, elected at large by the
From The Glasgow Times, Glas
gow, Kentucky: So far as domes
tic problems and issues are con
cerned, two subjects are being
given intense attention now. One
is whether there is going to be a
business recession of substantial
proportions. The other is what, if
anything, will happen to the tax
system and the tax rates
A high official view on these
and other matters was recently
provided by Secretary of the Treas
ury Humphrey In a question-and-
answer session at the National
Press Club
Mr. Humphrey made It clear at
the outset that he doesn’t claim
to be able to see far into the fu
ture with accuracy However, he
found no reason “why anybody
should anticipate any calamity or
any great difficulty. “ He pointed
out that production and employ
ment are at the highest peaks we
have ever known. At the same
time, he recognized the fact that
soft spots must inevitably appear.
Then he made this observation:
“The greatest thing that could
happen to us in this country would
be to have one industry at a time
do a little readjusting in its own
affairs and then be back again.
The thing we don’t want is to have
everybody readjust all at once. I
see no reason why anybody should
be alarmed about business condi
tions today In fact, I am very
encouraged about them and 1 am
optimistic.’’
The Secretary was then asked
if the Administration has plans
to offset a recession should it ap
pear. To this he replied with an
emphatic yes, though be did not
go into specific details as to what
the plans involve. No Administra
tion. he said, could permit an
economic catastrophe if there were
any way to prevent it. He said: “1
think the proper way to stop it is
to do the sound things in money
and finance, the sound things in
business and production, in dis
tribution. that can be done to let
free, competitive enterprise operate
itself in the right kind of way
Moving on, Mr Humphrey came
to the question of taxes A short
time before the President had made
an address in which he warned,
in effect, that the Soviet menace
to the free world was unabated,
and many commentators assumed
from this that past Administration
plans for tax cuts would be aban
doned Going by Mr. Humphrey's
remarks, that is not the case at
alL He said: “If the deficit we are
going to run is as we now expect
and anticipate, if we can continue
to make the progress in the reduc
tion of expenditures for the rest
of the year that we have made so
far. I think the tax cuts should
go through just as planned.’’
★ AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING” ★
T EN years ago John Noel, 608 Eau Claire Blvd., Wausau, Wisconsin,
changed from one product to another, and with the change came
worries and more worries. He had built a new hftuse, bought furni
ture, a new car, and didn’t know anything good about the product which
he was then selling. He couldn’t make a large enough loan to com
plete his house, and he had to run his face, as he says, for the fur
nace, wiring, painting and other accessories. Besides
this, he had to buy a truck on time payments. Just
then his second baby arrived.
Weeks went by without a sale. He worked day
and night learning to sell his new product, often
coming home after eleven o’clock at night. Always
his wife would ask whether he had made a sale.
Finally she didn’t have to ask, all she had to do
was to look at him.
The worrying he was doing each day was fore
stalling his sales. He was so worried that it was al
most impossible to get a good night’s rest.
One day he talked to a friend who had had a lot of experience In
his business. Together they decided that he should go to a priest, who
said that the flowers, trees, birds, animals, and all of nature’s very
own, have storm clouds—and yet they survive. All in all, he says he
had a good confession, and learned to have more faith in God, and
to think constructively. Since that time he finds time to spend three
days a year with God at a retreat, which gives him great peace of
mind and the ability to think and plan constructively.
Early Statesman
Here's the Answer
HORIZONTAL
1,5 Pictured
American
statesman
12 Mountain
nymph
14 Chide
15 Poinsettias —
named after
him
16 Nothing
17 Anchored
19 Aeriform fuel
20 Bewildered
22 Bulk
23 Dismounted
24 Classify
25 Wagers ,
26 Pheasant
broods
28 Soaks flax
29 Behold!
30 Near
31 Twirl
33 Stupefy
36 Apple center
37 Individuals
39 Bellow
40 Crustacean
44 Get up
45 Blackbird of
cuckoo family
46 Navigated
48 Size of shot
<PL>
49 Footlike part
50 Poker stake
51 Staggers
53 Hermits
54 Notion
VERTICAL
1 Man’s name
2 Prayer
3 Place for
catching
lampreys
4 Musical note
5 Malaysian
‘ canoe
6 Boat paddles
7 Followers
8 Boy’s
nickname
9 Young eagle
10 Character
istics
11 Trials
13 Decimeter
(ab.)
18 Mystic
syllable
21 Workshop
23 Advocate
27 Male child
28 Short-napped
fabric
31 Quicker
32 Commend
35 Cuddle
36 Mourning
band
38 Hurry!
40 Bias
41 Ceremony
42 Malt drinks
43 Exist
34 He introduced 46 Capuchin
the flower into monkey
the 47 Doctor (ab.
States from 52 East Indies
Mexico (ab.)
1. Which of the following commodities is not under price sup
ports: potatoes, wheat, or corn?
1. How long was the first powered flight by the Wright broth
ers: (a) one-half mile; (b) 500 feet; (e) 210 feet?
ANSWER
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Hare system of proportional representation. Following the
first RR election in 1925, the transformation of Cincinnati
was sensational.”
Q—Which one of the 10 Cabinet Departments of the federal govern
ment has the most employees? Which has the fewest?
A—The Department of Defense employed 1,257,657 civilians, more than.
any other executive Department, at the end of fiscal year 1953, last
June 30. Of the total, the Army employed 504,490, the Navy 448,874,
the Air Force 302,307, and the office of the Secretary 1,986. Only
5,627 persons were employed by the Department of Labor at that
time, the fewest in any Department. Next lowest was the Depart
ment of Justice with 30,625. ;
Q—Has the American Indian always been a citixen of the United States? j
A—Not all of them. One June 2, 1924, President Coolidge signed legis
lation granting citizenship to all U. S. Indians. Prior to that time, a
minority of individuals and tribes had been granted cittsenship \
from time to time.
Q—What are the plans of the committee studying foundations? !
A—The Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations, cre
ated by the House Aug. 1, is organising a staff prior to beginning:
hearings “sometime in the fall" according to its Chairman, Rep. »
B. Carroll Reece (R. Tenn.). The five-Member group was author-;
ized to spend $50,000 to piobe educational, philanthropic and other i
“comparable” organizations exempt from the federal income tax. #
Q—How many commissions, boards and other advisory groups have
been established by the President and the Congress since the Re
publicans took over in January?
A—Twenty-six, as of Oct. 28. President Eisenhower established 14 of
them, while Congress, by public law, created the other 12. Another
six study and advisory groups have been set up by cabinet members.
TT7ASHINGTON circles are still
buzzing about the recent elec
tion which has been termed a jolt
to the Republican party, especial
ly their prospects for next year.
The Democrats are calling the elec
tion a clear-cut victory and an in
dication that the public is unhap
py with the Eisenhower adminis
tration.
President Eisenhower said he
was not entirely pleased with the
results, but added: “I’ve lost
skirmishes before." He said he
is confident that in the long run
the American people will approve
what he described as the dynamic
program his administration is try
ing to carry out.
Chairman Leonard W. Hall of
the Republican National Commit
tee frankly acknowledged the Dem
ocratic victory ' in a number of
states and added: “There is no
question about ft. As of today we
(Republican party) are in trouble
politically."
Adlai E. Stevenson, the 1952
Democratic presidential nominee,
said of the election: "It looks as
though the fruit of Republican
promises and performance is dis
satisfaction, disillusion and defeat."
The biggest surprise of the elec
tion, of course, was the Demo
cratic victory in New Jersey. The
Democrats won the governorship
for the first time in 10 years and
sent a Democrat to congress from
a normally heavy Republican dis
trict.
The election is also having its
results in another part of the po
litical field. A slight chill raced
up the spine of a number of Dem
ocratic governors who supported
President Eisenhower in his elec
tion. There is a feeling that many
of these governors will weaken
their allegiance as an outcome of
the contest. It is predicted that
these governors must get back into
the good graces of the Democratic
party or they are doomed.
The political picture is furth
er complicated for the Republicans
in the midwestem agricultural
states. It can be said in all honesty
that the midwestern farmers are
more than unhappy with the ad
ministration’s agricultural pro
gram. They are very near open
revolt, politically speaking.
Republican, Democratic, and neu
tral observers are agreed that
should an election be held today
the Republican party would suffer
defeat in the farm states, per
haps one of the worse in the party’s
history.
Facing an economic future any
thing but bright, the farmers want
a sound farm program. The ad
ministration has promised ,them_
one, to be presented to congress
in January. It had better be good,
observers are saying, or the GOP
will be in the worse shape it has
been in many years—even if it
does have a Republican president
in the White House.
NEW HOGHOUSE . . . This type hoghouse with movable gates,
so pens can be made double size or even triple size, is becoming
popular with hog producers. It simplifies the housing problem and
makes for less work.
INTELEIGRAM
Check correct word.
1. There are (48) (96) seats in the U. S. Senate.
2. Cows have (2) (4) stomachs.
3. (Balboa) (Magellan) discovered the Pacific
Ocean.
4. Canada uses a (12) (24) hoar clock.
5. A lacewing is an (insect) (woman’s garment).
6. NATO (has) (has not) adopted an official flag f
7. Water covers (%) (Vi) of the earth’s surface.
8. (New Delhi)' (Bombay) is the capital of the
Republic of India.
9. The U. S. Civil War lasted (4) (5) years.
10. African golf (is) (is not) a dice game.
Check your answers, scoring yourself 10 points for each
correct choice. A. score of 0-20 is poor; 30-60, average; 70-
80, superior; 90-100, very superior.
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