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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1954 ;
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
, By SPECTATOR
90% Parity War-Time Legislation
What’s the matter with the farmer? When you were a
little boy did you ever hear a political orator say “Every
thing’s again the farmer?”
Well I copy a letter which tells a part of the story.
“The article ‘Towering Stockpiles’ by Karl Brandt is
fundamentally correct in every respect except one. He fails
to adopt the correct interpretation of the 90% parity war
emergency legislation. This legislation guaranteed the farm
er a certain price for the production of food during war or
the emergency of war. This guarantee continued until
1954. The war emergency ended in 1953 by an act of the
present Administration. Whether this legislation was right
or wrong, depending upon foresight or hindsight, should
not be the financial responsibility of the farmer.
“This 90% parity war legislation was equivalent to a
contract between the farmer and the Federal Government.
This is the proper interpretation Of this war emergency
legislation. The farmer fulfilled his part of this contract by
creating the present surplus of food. It should be considered
as war-food. War has no respect for the law of economics.
Survival is the all important law in times of war. Produc
tion in abundance of all war goods is essential in order to
survive.
“The Federal Government fulfilled its part of this con
tract by paying the farmer 90% of parity and acceptance of
the war-food surplus by the Commodity Credit Corporation.
The Federal Government, however, is not now fulfilling its
part of this contract for two reasons. First, this war-food
surplus is eventually dumped into the present trade chan
nels of agriculture. This surplus is in competition with the
farmer’s products created in peace-time. This depresses
„ peace-time prices. Second, this war-food surplus is used to
determine parity $nd acreage reductions. The effect of these
pi*>cedures compels farmers to assume the cost of their
surplus contribution toward the successful prosecution of
war.”
“Industry and labor, during this same period, also created
a surplus of guns, battleships and 1 airplanes. The Apieri-
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can people have paid for this surplus by increasing the na
tional debt, which will be amortized over several genera-
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tions. Industry and labor are not compelled to assume the
cost of the war surplus created by them. The farmer, and
the future generations of farmers, will be forced to pay
their share of this national debt.
“It is, therefore, unfair, economically unsound, and in
violation of a contract, to compel the farmer to also as
sume the entire cost of the war-food surplus.” '
Where did I find that letter? In The Wall Street Journal.
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Swap Stories Of Carolina Tornadoes
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A box-car full of matches! Tfiiat was a gift to Mr. B. M.
Edwards, the eminent banker. Although a great banker
Mr. Edwards still loves rail roads and rail reading. So, some-
one prepared a small card board replica of a box-car and fill
ed it with books of matches with Mr. “B. M. Edwards”
printed on each book.
Recently Mr. Edwards and Mr. Campbell, top figures of
the big banking group, had Franz Witte of Charleston as
their luncheon guest and let me sit in with them, too. On
these occasions Mr. Edwards and Mr. Campbell put aside
the problems of finance and credit and swap stories. Our
theme at this luncheon was the tornado of some years ago
which struck at widely separated areas, including the Marl
boro area where Mr. Edwards was rail-roading, jumping
from there to North Carolina where Mr. Campbell as a
very small boy saw scenes of devastation.
I started this discussion by Reporting the mild tornado of
two weeks ago, comparing it with reports of the sucking
up of fifty five oaks in Manning in the former tornado. Mr.
Edwards told of a case in Marlboro in which children were
sitting on the .floor of a house eating molasses and corn-
bread. After the lull of the great wind the roof and sides,
the back and front of the house were sucked up and car
ried away and there sat the children still eating molasses
and corn bread.
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Nation’s Highest Per Capital Income
Do you kEow the richness and productivity of Anderson,
Greenwood, Greenville, and Spartanburg Counties? A maga
zine of ttfe Piedmont and Northern Railway tells a story.
By the way, if you live outside of those counties have you
ever heard of the P. & N. Railway? Consider this:
‘Thus, P. & N. land is a six-county area in the Piedmont
section of the Carolinas. There are 98 counties in North
Carolina that the railroad doesn’t touch and 41 in South
WITH RELUCTANT FOOTSTEPS DRAGGING
Carolina. The P. & N.’s six-county area contains 3,753 square
miles, which is approximately 4%% of the land area of the
two states.
But, with only 4|4% of the area, P & N land has, in
round figures:
13% of the population
22% of the total family income
23% of the manufacturing
27 % of the trade
25% of the total business volume
Furthermore this six-county area has a per capita income
of $1,817 as compared with $1,122 for the whole of Caro
lina. P. & N. land’s per capita income outstrips that of all
Southern states, including the whole of Texas which has
the substantial per capita income of $1,497.”
Business—Organized Economic Life
What is business? Most of us are engaged in business,
large and small. It is the matter, or means, or method of
making our bread and meat, or, perchance our vitamins all
of the A’s, B’s, C’s, E’s, special liver concentrates, and what
not, with calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium—to
the Nth power!
I think The Guaranty Survey puts it well:
“Business, in the broad sense, is the organized economic
life of the people. It is the source of all the necessities, com
forts, benefits and satisfactions which are not provided by
nature and for which men therefore must work. It is the
direct or indirect provider of all incomes, public and private,
large and small, whether in commerce and industry, the
arts, professions, philanthropies, or government. Aside from
the smair output by amateurs, everything that is consumed
by anyone must first be produced by business.
“The mainspring that energizes tihs mechanism is the
incentive of profit. In the drive for profit, business creates
jobs, absorbs savings, and pays w’ages, interest, and taxes to
support government. When the opportunity for profit is
adequate, business activity runs high and these various types
of payments are available in large volume. When the op
portunity for. profit is restricted, whether by. excessive or
one-sided taxation, by hampering legal regulations, or by
maladjustments within the business structure itself, the
mainspring is weakened. Then the mechanism slows down,
and all forms of income tend to shrink.
“The frequency with which the essential role of profits in
our economy is overlooked or ignored, even by profession
al economists, is difficult to understand. It is often and ebr-
rectly pointed out that production and employment are limit
ed by the volume of demand. Yet it is forgotten that the
prospect of profit is the active force by which the demand
gives rise to the production and employment. Demand does
not create production automatically. It results in production
only when and in so far as it promises a market profitable
enough to justify risks, repay costs and attract capital. In
a system of free enterprise, it is only through the activat
ing force of profit that the economic needs of individuals
bring forth the goods and services to satisfy them.”
Sound Business Principles
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“Those who prophesy a dark future for American business
should make a note of this:
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In Philadelphia, Charleston, Cleveland, Baltimore and
many smaller communities throughout the country there
are hundreds of firms that have been in business more than
100 years.
In Boston alone there are 265 of these companies. And in
1951 New York City awarded certificates of merit to 288
firms that had been ip business more than 100 years—and
contributed to the city’s industrial vigor all the way. Today
260 of these enterprises, large and small, are joined together
in The 100 Year Association which is dedicated: * , to
preserve, foster, and perpetuate the high ideals and worthy
traditions handed down through the years .... to promote
sound business principles, and to use their long experience
for the common good.’ Why did these firms form an organi
zation ? Isaac Liberman, President of Arnold Constable
(1825) and one of the founders of The 100 Year Associa
tion, says: ‘We feel that the very existence of our group
testifies to the enduring soundness of the principles by
which American business operates.”
I F THE Democrats can win
enough seats this year to take
both Senate and House, it will be
the third time an “out” party has
accomplished the feat during the
20th Century. The Republicans did
it at the 1918 mid-term election,
in Woodrow Wilson’s second term,
and again in 1946, when Harry S.
Truman was President.
The first time, the GOP gained,
over the preceding election, six
seats in the upper chamber and
21 in the House. In 1946, they or
ganized both chambers after gain
ing 13 Senate and 56 House seats.
The only mid-term election in
which the “ins” made gains in
both Senate and House through
wins from the opposition v^as in
1934, during Franklin D. Roose
velt’s first term. It took another
four years for the Republicans to
make any gains.
Gains by one major party have
not always exactly reflected losses
by the other. Splinter parties, espe
cially early in the century* some
times held several seats and mem
bership of both House and Senate
still were being increased. Neither
ha been expanded since 1912.
From general election to general
election, the biggest mid-term gains
made in the Senate by Democrats
were in 1910 and 1934, when they
picked up 10 seats. Top Senate
gain by Republicans, 13 seats, was
in 1946.
Democrats made their biggest
House gain in 1922, winning 75 more
seats than they did in 1920. In
1946, th*. Republicans made their
heavies* gain. 56 members over
their elected membership of 1944.
These figures do not take into re
count fluctuations in membership
between general elections.
In 1906 the Republicans, in pow
er. upped their Senate majority
by three seats. In 1914 the Demo
crats increased their balance of
power by five.
Political odds for or against the
Democrats getting “in” durin& mid-
term elections must take into con
sideration these historical facts:
The party out of power has
wrested seats from the “ins” in all
except one non-Presidential elec
tion (during the past half-century.>
But only twice has the party out
of powe. captured control of both.
Senate and House.
Only twice have mid-term elec
tion gains won control of the Sen
ate for the “outs”; tour times the
Presidential opposition has cap
tured the House.
But rarely have both chambers
been as closely divided as they
are before this year’s xnid-terxn
election.
Since 1900, each new President
has taken office with a Congress
controlled by his party, but the
party in power nearly glways has
lost seats with the flip of the cal- -
endar.
In om unusual control-winning
instance, in 1930, the Democrats
hiked their membership in the
House by 51, still had six fewer
members than the Republicans.
However, 14 Congressmen, mostly
Republicans, died between election
and convening of the 72 Congress,
and Democrats won enough special
elections to take over.
From the Basset and Henry
County Journal, Bassett, Virginia:
An American living in India hired
a native electrician to wire her
house. As the work proceeded, he
kept cpming to hen for v instruc
tions: “Where shall I run this
wire?” “Where should I put the
wall plugs?” “Do you want the
light switch by. this door or that
one?”
At last the woman became an
noyed with his questions. “Don’t
keep asking me what you should
do.” she said. “You know what I
want, use your common sense and
do it.”
“Madam,” the electrician re
plied, “you are expecting too much
of me. Common sense is a rare
gift of God. I have only a tech
nical knowledge.”
How often have we said the same
thing tc our children, our wife or
husband, our friends, “Use your
common sense”?
When you think about it, this
man was absolutely right. We
speak of common sense as if it
were something almost everybody
has in abundance. Actually it is
rare. In fact, it is much too rare
ever to be taken for granted.
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From the Greenwood Common
wealth, Greenwood, Mississippi: A
Greenville, South Carolina widow
is insisting on her right to free
speech in an argument she is con
ducting with a neighbor dog.
The dog has a habit of barking
at the moon and at imaginary in
truders at all hours of the night.
In self defense the widow equipped
herself with a megaphone, through
which she bellows back at the dog.
It is not surprising that neighbors
find her replies almost as disturb
ing as the dog’s barking. She will
not be silenced, however, until
someone does something to keep
her opponent quiet
The woman has received a great
deal of publicity. She has been
interviewed by a number of news
papermen. Our advice to television
and radio newsmen, however,
would b» to ignore the argument.
If she is permitted to present her
side of the case what is to stop
the dog from demanding equal time
to reply? / ...
From the Webster Times, Web
ster, Massachusetts: Distractions
cause 75 per cent of all automobile
accidents, according to a promi
nent traffic judge. Window shop
ping, looking at pretty girls, set
tling squabbles among the children
in the back seat, lighting a ciga
rette, these are the things that
cause accidents.
It takes only a second of distrac«
tion on the part of the driver to
cause a serious injury or death,
it has been pointed out in an ar
ticle dealing with human behavior
behind the wheel.
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Reception, Committee
if AUTHOR UF "HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING" if
J OHN W. COLLIER. Clarksville, Tennessee, says when the Weather
Bureau issued warnings for his vicinity he recalls the tear that
his father bad for storms.
At the first flash’ of lightning and dap of Blunder he would get oat
of bed, dress and begin pacing the floor. First opening the front door
looking toward the West, then the back door looking toward the East*
and as the thunder storm approached more closely,
he could hear him say to his mother. “Get up and
dress the young ’uns. This erne’s going to take us.
It’s the worse one I .ever saw.” He heard this re
mark prom his father time and time again.
After hurriedly dressing, the children would be
herded ,like a flock of chickens into a small room
in the middle of the house, doors and windows
bolted. There they would huddle together to await
the inevitable end, that dreaded moment when the
storm would swoop down out of the Heavens and
smash their house into a pile of ruin and rubble,
taking all the family along with it.
As he grew older and was able to read and tMwlr he observed
thrdughout^the city that not one house in the city limits had ever
been seriously damaged by a-storm. So by using the law of averages
hevdecided that it was time to stop worrying, that there would be
very little chance of his ever being injured in a house due to a storm.
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sloths
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Q—Is there a fixed limit to the length of a session of Congress?
A^—The Constitution, as amended, provides that each regular session
of the Congress shall begin on Jan. 8. unless “(the Congressf shall
by law appoint a different day.’’ The Legislative Reorganization
Act of 1946 requires Congress to adjourn not later than the last
day in July, except in time of war or national emergency. In prac
tice. a Congress hardly can bind succeeding Congresses in such a
matter—in 1953, for example. Congress adjourned early August 4.
In 1954, it convened Jan. 6. having set back the date by special
resolution.
Q—How many Members from each house serve on a conference com
mittee which attempts to iron out legislation passed by both House
and Senate but in different form?
A—There are no set rules for the appointment of conferees. The num
ber varies but each House usually names an odd number, giving
the majority party control. The presiding officer of each chamber
appoints members of the committee concerned with the proposed
legislation, usually after consultation with, and at the suggestion
of the committee chairman.
Q—How many have been discharged from the armed services because
of questionable loyalty or for security reasons?
A—A total of 590 officers and men were discharged for those reasons
since May, 1940, according to March 24 testimony by Pentagon
officials before the Senate Armed Services Committee. The per-||
centage of loyalty discharges to total strength of the various serv
ices was given as: Army—.00006 per cent; Air Force—.06005 per
cent; Navy—about .00035 per cent. * y
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