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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-07-31
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The foundation was laid, for what
has developed into our present form
of social organization, when primeval
man first employed his fellow man for
hire, and wherein this hire was paid
in money.
There is no tradition of that early
day, but by reasoning from physio-
logical standpoint, we may picture in
our imagination the first instance in
which mans labor was paid for in
money. The scene may not be the
same, and the language used herein
very certainly not, but the essential
elements of the situation could not be
otherwise than identical. Then as
now, mans desire was for more bod
lily comforts, more pleasures, ga high
er plane of living" "the more abun-
dant life"
We will picture of that day man
Of intelligence above his fellows, a
man of initiative, a chieftain say, we
will call him Aman.
We see him and his family living
in cave. In the cave is a loose
rock, too heavy for him to move, but
If it could be moved, and properly
placed at the opening to the cave, it
would give more room within and af-
ford better shelter from without.
Accordingly Aman approaches his
neighbor Beman with this proposition:
"Beman, there is a rock in my cave
cannot move. IF you will help me
place it at the opening of my cave I
will do as much for you sometime"
AS Beman brushes the dust from
his hands, after helping Aman remove
the rock, Aman addresses him thus,
"Beman, I am sure obliged to you for
your help. What may I now do for
you in return?" Beman considers for
moment and then replies, 81 don't
know of a thing right now"
It is at this point that Aman in
PRODUCES something new in mans re-
lation to his fellow man, and he says,
"Beman, in that event it is advisable
that record be made and given you
that will attest the fact that am
indebted to you for your labor and this
record will also constitute a pledge
that upon demand I will render YOU a
service of equal value in payment of
my debt to you. I will take this stone
and 1 will inscribe my mark upon it,
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-07-31

it easy to lose sight of the fact that
to be sound dollar, it must be finally
redeemable. This is the crux of the
whole money question-how to keep it
southland the answer may be found
in applying to money true standard
of value, and thereafter keeping the
volume of currency within the power
of the government to retire it through
taxation.
Man-made wealth is created by
manpower- mental or physical
which is measured in the duration
of it's application to the job, by Time.
Therefore any currency which might
! bear upon it's face true measure of
wealth production, would have to in
clude the element of time as a factor.
During the countless centuries since
Aman's time the human race has tried
to express this time element by the
size of a bit of the crust of the earth
(stones in Aman's day.. With us so
many grains of gold made a dollar.
There would have been a different
story if Aman had marked on the first
stone how many hours Beman had
worked. His parting word to Beman
might then have been something like
this "Beman, you will note that 1 have
inscribed on this stone how many
hours at common labor you have work
ed for me. That will be it's exchange
value should you pass it to some 9th
er, or when it is returned to me for
redemption. Of course, should you
offer this in exchange for services of
higher degree of skill than common
labor, you would not expect to receive
so many hours of service" That
would have put every tub on it's own
bottom at the start.
There is probably nothing better
understood than what it means to
work "By the sweat of your brow, etc.
etc." Wage scales start with a base
rate for common labor, and graduate
upwards therefrom.
Assuming therefore, that common
labor represents common denomi-
nator into which every grade of SER
vice may be translated, a currency
could be devised which would express
true standard of value as applied to
the wealth producing capacity of a
people, VIZ, effort, as measured by
Time. A dollar then might look some
thing like this:
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-07-31

depend on the quantity of monetary
gold. 1t depends on what ratio Con-
gress may fix as between the guam
tity of gold and the number of dol
lars it is to represent.
If money is to thus be flat money,
its standard of value should be based
on something that bears fixed rela-
ton to the number of population. The
need for money depends on the num-
Der of the population and their bust
ness activity. There may have been
a time when the labor it took to mine
the gold and mint a dollar was the
same as the labor it took to produce
any other commodity that sold for a
dollar, but commercial growth and
credit expansion have destroyed that
balance. The increasing use of what
might be called credit money (bank
notes, checks, or any paper in greater
volume than its gold base) tends to
cheaper money. Rising prices for
commodities does not mean an in
crease in their value for human con-
sumption, there are just so many cal
cries in bushel of potatoes, or just
so much protection in a garment, no
matter what the price tag says.
What would be the difference if a
loaf of bread cost cent, bushel of
wheat dime, and dwelling 100000,
or as now bread 10c, wheat a dollar
and house and lot 100000, pro-
viding money was equitably distri-
buted in wages and salaries. In that
expression equitable distribution of
wages and salaries" may be found the
stumbling block that hampers social
growth.
The clamor for higher wages does
not come from resolve to work hard
er and thereby earn higher pay. It
comes from the desire to get more
money for your labor, so that you can
buy more of the goods the other fellow
produces. But when your pay is
raised the price of the goods into
which your labor goes must be advan-
ced, and when the other fellow comes
to buy the goods you make, he finds
that his pay will not go as far as it
formerly did and therefore in order
to receive a Giving wage" he has to
have his wages raised. When this
process has run the full cycle, and ev-
erybody has had his raise, you find
you are right where you started.
It is not a question of redistribu-
ton of wealth created by past labors,
it is question of Equitable distribu-
ton of pay"
The question of pay should hinge
entirely on the relative value of SER
vices rendered, as compared to all
other kinds of service. What greater
need then, than currency based on
the forces that produce wealth, viz,
man power. Why should money not
express measure of man power, with
it's volume proportional to the size of
the population?
Take another look at the proposed
Labor-Dollar and see if it would not
be a scientific measure of man power,
government controlled as to volume,
and adapted better than gold to serve
as medium of exchange.
Upon it's face is the clear evidence
upon which each man may Judge,
whether he is giving, or receiving, in
just measure.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-07-31

primitive man was for ornaments with
which to bedeck himself. We still de-
light in so doing. The untarnishing
glitter of gold always fascinates. 1t
causes a natural desire for its possess
ion, no matter what the object may
be. What the share the-wealth-e has
in the back of his mind is a vision of
heaps of glittering gold, to be bounced
upon and divided up, forgetting the
while that gold is but the medium of
exchange used in transferring owner
ship of wealth. If it were divided
and so kept, it would cease to func-
ton as a medium of exchange.
Man is still predatory animal, SUBJ
ject to the law of the survival of the
fittest, and unless or until that law
can be made imperative, the compe-
tent man will never be willing to share
equally with the incompetent. The
incompetent Will always have to lean
upon the more competent for help,
command a price. The leader will al
ways be worth more than he who has
to be told what to do. However, the
increasing socialistic tendencies of
cur times calls for better under
standing of the true character of mon
ey, thereby making it possible to de-
termine equitable rates of compensa-
ton as between man and man, which
is the basic principle involved. A cur
rency written in terms of the sweat
of the brow, as it were, brings into
better perspective the contrast in pay
of one man as compared to that of
another, in relation to his usefulness
to society.
The value of gold bears no fixed
relation to human effort, except as
rates of pay are established by COM
on usage. That is the reason that
the Supreme Court, in it's recent de-
cision in the "Gold Case", affirmed
that the individual who had gold GER
tificates before the dollar was deval-
ued had no recourse to recover from
the Government, because he could not
prove a loss. The decision was based
on the assumption that in the ordi-
nary "horse-trading" methods of do
ing business you could still wheedle
man into doing as much work for a
SOC dollar as he formerly did for a
1O0c dollar. In other words, that no
increase in prices, as the result of the
initiation, would Immediately follow,
and, therefore, if a person could still
buy as much for dollar as formerly,
he could not claim a loss resulting
from his forced surrender of gold GER
tificates for the same number of de-
valued dollars.
Notwithstanding all this, whatever,
reason impelled Congress and our
Executive to devalue the dollar, when
we already possessed much more than
our share of the monetary gold of the
world, it puts our currency squarely
on the plane of printing press money.
That being an accomplished fact,
the task is to find standard of val
ue for printing press money that is as
unchanging as human nature itself
The Constitution of the United States,
Article I, Section 8, among other
things states that Congress shall
have the power to coin money, regu-
late the value thereof, and Of foreign
coin, and fix the standard of weights
and measures" It follows then that
] the uall1a of c11rroncxz oxororSnd
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-07-31

ThAF would be a perfectly under
standable dollar, bearing upon its face
as its standard of value, definite
measure of the basic elements of all
man-made wealth. 1t also carries a
warning that he who runs may read,
that its redemption is guaranteed by
impost upon all sources of govern
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-07-31
Dollar.

Dollar.
A right psychology of money is i'm
possible with gold, or any other prec-
ious metal, as a standard of value.
The intrinsic value Of gold for use in
the arts, causes a confusion of
thought as to what constitutes wealth.
Probably the first use of gold BIZ
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-07-31
mental revenue. That would be a
managed currency" all right.

We also hear of Commodity dol
lar, but why work through "com-
modify dollar" if the basis of all
wealth is labor measured by time.
Why not at once proceed to the
final analysis and adopt Time-Labor
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-06
UNSAFE VEHICLES ARE
MENACE TO COMMUNITY

CONTINUED from First Pa9el
car cannot readily tell which light
is out and may run of the pave
ment or into some obstruction to be
sure to avoid collision.
A'properly directed rear view mir
ror is a great convenience IL not an
actual necessity. Vehicles that are
so constructed or loaded that ap-
proved hand signals cannot be Civ
en- before turning or stopping,
should be equipped with an auto
matte stop signal light.
The steering gear should operate
easily and with but little lost mo-
tion. Keep it adjusted so that your
car responds as you want II to. Be
critical about this important feature.
In general, insist upon good per-
formance from these mechanical
features Of your car. Have them ex-
amined periodically for proper adj
justment, and, between such times,
check up even the most minor evil
Of inadequate performance.
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-06
ROUND TWO

When the Federal government
started its assault on business, and
thereby attacked the foundation Of
our tried and proved system Of gov
ernment. It made laws Of such re-
strictive and undem0cratic things
as the NRA.
Public opinion, and the Supreme
Court ended that round Progress,
and business, then had a chance TO
catch its breath while new trouble
was shaped up for H. That was
labelled the breathing spell"
Now round two has started. Half
a dozen proposals more dangerous
and dictatOrial than MIRA are in the
legislative mill. But worse side
Of the picture Is what could happen,
and what some believe Is happening,
to folks who dare TO speak out
against the treid in Washington. The
things that could happen include:
Prosecution Of individuals for al
legged income tax violations. so
timed as to Offset the effect Of their
criticisms; the distribution Of ques-
tionnaires, prying into heretofore
private analfss the threat tnat tnOSe
who don't keep quiet will not get
government contracts; the intima-
tion that certain persons may not
get loans from the government, or
If they already have them the threat |
that the loans will be called instead |
Of extended; the threat that those /
who try to get back illegally-paid |
AAA processing taxes will be prose- ]
cuted for alleged income tax law |
violations forgotten for many years. !
Some proposes a law forbidding
employers to attempt to influence 4
those who work for them. How
about expanding that to forbid the
government to exert dictatOrial pres
sure against those who say what
they think? Or has the grand old
American institution of free speech
been closed down?
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-06
Forgotten Dairynen
BY Representative Joseph w. Martin
Of Massachusetts

BY Representative Joseph w. Martin
Of Massachusetts,
Plunging into bankruptcy the
great dairy industry in this country,
representing % per cent of the farm
income, is the program Of the New
Deal, made plain by three distinc-
tive blasts, each with increasing
force.
The last decisive blow struck at
the dairymen by the New Deal is in
the Soil On-ConservatiOn Bill,
taking surplus acreage from pro-
duction to be planted to grasses and
legumes. The industry has violently
protested, but thus far the New
Deal is adamant, unyielding and
SNUG.
Il was in the program Of the de-
funct AAA that the first New. Deal
attack was made on dairying. Land
was taken out of production Of cot
ton, tobacco. wheat and corn and in
the states producing these the dairy
herds increased by thousands, thus
adding to the total production Of
milk.
Then along came the Canadian
American trade agreement, reducing
the tariff on dairy and other cattle,
cream, Cheddar cheese and other
products coming into this country
from Canada, which. even with linz
itations and quotas, opens the way
for an invasion of our markets by
Canadian producers. knowing that
other countries are able to produce
at a lesser cost than this country,
the New Deal proceeds with its pol
icy OF reduction.
The AAA plan was the principle
Of scarcity. Production was curtail-
ed. Crops were plowed under. Pigs
were killed. / think even some Of its
supporters will admit that great in
justices resulted. The New Deal,
with the approval Of the President.
is now submitting in the Soil Fro
sion and Conservation Act a meas
ure containing exactly this principle
scarcity.
Once again the New Deal propos-
es to take land out Of the production
Of certain staples and turn It into
grasses and legumes, ostensibly for
protection against erosion and to
build up soil fertility. There It is
in the production
Of grasses and legumes mean a great
addition to the amount Of feed pro-
duced. Taking land out Of prOduc- |
tion Of wheat tobacco and other
means that cows win /
be placed on some Of this land and /
once again the dairy industry win |
be affected. Amendments to provide |
that no crops intended for sale be /
on such land and that no
livestock intended for sale, or pro-
ducts thereof. be grazed or pastured /
on such land were defeated IN the
Senate and the House. with the Ep-
plause Of the New Deal. The old I
AAA IS just on lhe stage again in
new costume. while the New Deal
makes a desperate effort to circum-
vent the decision Of the United
States Supreme Court.
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-06
CEDAR NECK

The Cedar Neck Ladies' Aid will
meet Tuesday evening, March 10
with Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Collins.
Mrs. Ella Sharp and Mrs. Lydia
Mills have charge of the social hour.
The hospitality committee con-
sists Of Mrs. Handy, Mrs. James and
Mrs. Hail.
Every member and friend is urg-
ed TO be present.
Don't forget to bring your gift for
the shower we are giving our
friends and neighbOrs who recently
met with a heavy loss by fire.
We will be looking for you Tues
day evening at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Collins:
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-06
HINTS

By Betty Holloway, Home Economist
Eastern Shore Public Service
FIG AND NUT BREAD
1 Cup Chopped Figs
Y Cup Nut Meats (cut fne)
1 Cup boiling water
11s tsp. soda
2 eggs
T. shortening
/ Cup sugar
TX Cups Flour
Put nuts. iigs, soda and shortening
in bowl. add boiling water and leave
stand until cool. Add eggs and su-
gar (well beaten) and -four. Pour
into creased loaf pan. Bake for one
hour at $500.
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-06
ALL INFORMANT

The undeuslzed husband was try
ing on the overcoat his wife had
bought him Tor Christmas
"YOu know, DEAR be said gazing
at himself IN the mirror, "this Is a
nice present and all that, and don't
think that I'm ungraleful. But real
~. isn't Il much too big for meg'
II know. my dear" she returned.
"But we cant help that. You must
remember that it's got 70 cover the
radiator Of the car in cold weather
We have to consider that first,
we?s
-Ausvers
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-06
LOSING NO TIME

Now, suppose" said the teacher.
70 man working on the river bank
suddenly fell ia. He could not swim
and would be IN danger Of drowning
Picture the scene. The mans sudden
fall. the cry for help. His wife
knows his peril and, hearing his
screams, rushes Immediately 70 the
bank. Why does she rush to the
bank?
Whereupon boy exclaimed, ITO
draw his insurance money"
santa ~ Masazins
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-06
HAROLD HORSEY
RESIGNS STATE
BANKING POST

[CoafisHed from First Pegel
State Banking Department from
1919 to 1921.
He Is a trustee Of the University
Of Delaware, a member Of the Sigma
Nu Fraternity, a member Of the
Mapledale Country Club and is a
Mason.
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-06

Fortune Teller-M Madame, I see great
happiness in store for you. IN the near
future you will marry a man who e
young, handsome and wealthy. He win
Milford chronicle., 1936-03-06

take you to foreign lands and you wall
visit royal courts
Customer-Quickl Tell ne how ] can
get rid Of my present husband.
Evening star., 1936-02-13
Swanson Develops Ple"isy;
Condition NOU Held Serious
Brother of Secretary
Called to Bedside-In,.
prOUemert ShOtUn.

Secretary Swanson, who Is confined
to Naval Hospital suffering from
fractured rib received in fall at his
home last week, has developed
pleurisy. He is in serious but not
hopeless" condition, according to a
bulletin issued at the hospital today.
The bulletin, issued at II am. by
Capt. G. c. Thomas, commandant OF
the hospital, said "the Secretary is
better now than at 6 O'Clock this
morning."
Hospital officials said Mrs. Swanson
this morning summoned H. c. Swan
son, brother of the 74-year-old cabinet
officer, from his home at Danville, Va.
Secretary Swanson fell in the bath
room of his home, at 2136 r street,
on February S. Taken to the hos
pital, he was found to have fractured
a rib on the left side of his body. He
appeared to be improving until yes
terday, when pleuriSy developed in the
left lung.
Attendants said this was not an
unusual development in such cases.
except that it was delayed so long
after the injury. Secretary Swanson's
age was a factor that caused some
worry.
Capt. Thomas said there is no evi-
dence of pneumonia.
Admittedly. Swanson's condition Is
Evening star., 1936-02-13
22 Bay Lighthouses abandoned
As Ice Menaces Keepers Liues

lookouts on the bay. The Potomac
now is completely closed to naviga-
ton.
In addition to the % abandoned
lighthouses, at least so beacons and
one lighthouse are known to have
been destroyed by ice. The structure
of the James Island lighthouse was
reported drifting in heavy ice east Of
Tangier and north Of Watts Island.
While the municipal ice breakers
Annapolis and Latrobe conveyed YES
sells into the harbor, the Coast Guard
cutter Mohawk patrolled the area
between Sandy Point and Point No
Point and the Seneca was on duty
from Point No Point to the mouth of
the bay.
The situation was not regarded as
critical in the upper bay. where there
Is less traffic. The ice in the lower
bay has presented serious difficulties,
however, to ocean-going vessels.
Oyster boats have been frozen in
for weeks in the bays estuaries and
tributaries, D .sa
Evening star., 1936-02-13
Leibo,oitz Says Mrs. Mclean
Interested Him in Hauptm,ann
Attorney, En- Route to
Trenton Cell, Tells
of fParley Here.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 13.-Samuel
S. Leibowitz. noted criminal lawyer,
said today as he left for Trenton. N. j.,
with the announced purpose of inter-
viewing Bruno Richard Hauptmann,
that Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Mclean of
Washington, D. c., had interested him
in the case.
Mrs. Mclean. prominent society
woman Of Washington, sent for me"
said Leibowitz. Il saw her at her
estate, Friendship Heights. in Wash
ington. went in company with
Lieut.. Robert Hicks of Washington
"a Hauptmann defense INVESTIGATOR, !,
who brought her message to me in
my office.
1T was Mrs. Mclean alone who in
terested me in this case. No other
(See MRS. MCLEAN, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1936-02-13
WIFE OF POLICEMAN
IS SHOT IN ABDOMEN
Mrs. Oscar Rehbein Found With
Gun in Hand-Condition
Critical at Gallinger.

With bullet hole through her body
and her husbands .38-caliber service
revolver in her hand, Mrs. Margaret
Rehbein, 40, wife of Ninth Precinct
Policeman Oscar Rehbein, was found
in a critical condition today in q
second-floor room of her home, 109
Nineteenth street southeast.
Mrs Rehbein was discovered by her
husband, who heard the report of the
gun while eating breakfast with their
12-year-old son, Richard, on the floor
below. The bullet went through her
abdomen and pierced her wrist.
Rehbein told fellow officers his
wife had been respondent for some
time. and he had been hiding his
revolver. Recently, however, she had
appeared in such good spirits, he had
left the gun hanging in its holster
in a closet.
Mrs. Rehbein was taken to Gal
linger Hospital. directly across the
street from her home, by her hus.
band and James B. Murphy, q
peighbor. n