Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1927-12-02
HONLE.TOMN THOUGHTS

lecture or entertainment without
advertising it, and it is also difficult
to induce them to buy goods at a
store without newspaper publicity.
If people have a real affection for
their friends, they like to show it by
substantial expressions as well as
fine words. So if you love your home
town, make your affection substan-
tial by supporting its enterprises
and buying your goods at home.
The reason why many cities do
not grow, is not so much their lack
of advantages, as the ct can't be
done" spirit among their people.
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PROSPEROUS YEAR AHEAD.
Predictions that this year would
witness a slowing down in business
as compared with 1926 have already
been confuted, and business this
year has run so far ahead of last
years that a depression during No
vember and December could not put
1927 behind the preceding twelve
month in business volume.
It will be recalled that about a
year ago the perpetually down-in-
the mouth, had forebodings that
this was to be bad year for the
railroads, which, combined with a
building slump, and the arrival of
the automobile industry at the sat
uration point, was to shut down
many of the steel mills. Apparent
ly, the only reason they didn't pre-
dict a panic was fear of creating
one prematurely.
This time the business pessimists
played the wrong horse. Railroad
freight loadings have broken rec
ords. 1t has been a year of bumper
crops and, in the main, favorable
markets. Automobile manufacture
ers have established new records
for earnings and production. Build
ing operations have continued above
normal throughout the country. And
the United States Steel Corporation
reports good earnings,
Signs are more favorable for a
1928 than they were a
year ago for a prosperous 1927.
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OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
From National Editorial AssOciatiOH1
ESPECIAL TO CHRONICLE
Washington, November 3O-It is
freely predicted that the Seventeen
Congress, which convenes next
will be a turbulent affair,
A multitude of legislative measures
have been drafted preparatory for
during the early days
Of the session. Each faction believes
that its project is deserving of first
Therefore, the vari-
Gus committees must stand up un-
der pressure from powerful groups
and weed out the urgent and desir-
able measures for consideration. As
to committee places will
be made within a few days.
The filibuster which marked the
dying days of the Sixty-ninth Con-
gress left many important measures
high and dry" House leaders aside
from giving the right-of-way to ap-
bills for the mainte-
nance of government departments
are adjusting their calendars to
handle the major bills caught in the
jam. This includes the
deficiency bill and the measure de-
signed to settle certain claims of
alien property owners.
Everyone expects Congress to en-
gage in an orgy of investigations. |
Yet, those whose positions require |
hem to look beneath the surface of |
affairs know full well that |
he breaks will be applied whenever
here is an indication of backfire. |
You will hear much about extrava-
yance in the military and naval es-
Adjustments, as result of contro-
yersies provoked by publicity, but
have felt that it will not
20 beyond the talking stage.
AS an instance of Congress talk
ng loud and long on the need Of
economy in the Navy, attention has
,een called to a quick change in the
ront when their home patronage
vas endangered. Last year there
vas a hue and cry for reductions in
he upkeep of the Navy with the re-
iult that the Navy Department is
ued orders closing down expense of
laval yards at three sea-coast cities.
This policy would have fulfilled the
Iemand of Congress for economy,
tut powerful congressional commit
ees acting under demands from
heir home town protested this evil
lence of thrift, with the result that
he Navy Department was obliged to
'estore the items to their budgets.
Similar cases are reported from
,ther government departments. 1t
Ill depends upon who suffers from
economy in government.
The, Senate is girding itself for
,attle royal on the Smith-Vare con-
ested elections. Senate leaders feel
hat the controversy will be warm
md prolonged, although predictions
ire to the effect that the two sena-
ors will be denied their seats. Out