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Milford chronicle., 1937-01-15
IMMoRrAI PItTuREs aIyEN|

The magnificent gift of famous
pictures and art objects offered TO
the United States government by
Andrew w. Mellon, former Secretary
of the Treasury. may make the
United States the worlds greatest
art center. This generous gift
thrills the hearts of millions OF pic
ture lovers. est f9sf
Some critics call the Mellon col
lection the best in the world. The
whole gallery is valued az $25,e0O, ,0ee
to $50.009.0e0. Some pictures may
be worth close to s1.000.e .e00s each.
How can one piece of canvas. col
oTed by paint accessible to any art
ist, be worth any such sum? When
you see the crowds of people troup-
ing through any great gallery, and
watch them gather around some fa-
nous painting. you can't doubt Its
value. Anything that so lifts people
out OF ordinary dullness itno a per-
ccption of the beauty of life. can't
be measured by the usual standards.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-15
CARELESS PERLIC

The New York City post office re-
ports that following the Christmas
rush. it has 100000 letters. and 5000
packages in its dead letter division.
Some of these pieces were not ad-
dressed plainly. some had insufficient
postage, some were not wrapped Sc
curely, and many letters had no
stamps.
What were all these people think
ing about when they mailed those
imperfect letters and packages? Did
they get so exhausted with the
Christmas rush that their mentality
gave way? Or is it just one sign of
the careless way in which people
do things.
If the people would all resolve to
use more care. perhaps the depart
ment could get along on two cent
postage. The cost of these errors
is not the worst of it, If people
make as many mistakes in other ac-
tivities. you can account for one item
in that bogey that troubles usall.
Old High Cost Living.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-15
CONSUMERS APPRECIATE
SAVINGS

The consumers of the country are
highly favorable to encouraging
mass buying and selling methods as
practiced by leading merchandisers
that reduce overhead and pass the
savings on to customers. This is
brought out in recent report of the
Findings Committee of the Consul
mers' Institute, which recently met
in connection with the fifteenth An
nual Women's National Exposition
of Arts and Industries.
Large scale merchandising, the re-
port says. has been instrumental in
causing both wholesalers and re-
tailers TO adopt more economic. eff
cient and sanitary methods. 1t has
made possible great savings in over
head, which have been passed on to
the consumer.
Furthermore, the report continues,
the conclusion that such methods of
selling lead to monopoly is disprov-
en- by a Federal Trade Commission
survey of chain stores. which finds
no evidence of monopoly.
Ii is safe TO say that this report
represents the opinion of American
consumers, as well as of the many
experts who have studied the ques-
tion and sought to arrive at unpreju-
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-15
WOMEN IN CONGRESS-

The 18th Congress, which has just
organized for its fateful labors. has
six women members. If anybody
has been fearful that the women. as
the result of gaining the suffrage,
were going to dominate the govern
ment. they don't have to worry as
long as 429 men hold seats in that
body, and will look out for the in
terests of the male sex.
There are many questions on
which the judgment of woman is
better than that of man. The
combined wisdom of the Washington
statesmen might be still better. if
there were 60 women in that body
instead of six. The six will be able
to speak of many points in man
framed laws. that fail to give JUS
tice to the interests of women and
children.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-15
THE BUSINESS MANS
.+ INVENTORY

On the early days Of January. by
one of the traditions of trade. the
business man has a date with his
books of account. in which he tries
to find whether he is sinking or
swimming. These long columns of
figures, these interminable lists OF
stock may seem dry and dusty. Yet
they are fateful figures for the own
ers, and show whether a business is
climbing up the hills ON high gear,
or is gradually slipping into the
mud. Es
If your business friend does not
recognize you on the street, perhaps
his brain is buzzing so hard with
these figures that ordinary thoughts
can't get his attention. i.f
Many an old-time merchant would
draw a certain amount out of his
cash drawer each week. and il the
stock looked about the same as usual
he thought he was making money.
Such loose methods do not go in
our scientific times.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-15
THE YEAR THAT IL GONE

What events in 1896 will stand out
most clearly in history? What will
the school pupils of the future have
TO learn about this year?
AS respects drama and romance.
the love of King Edward for Wallis
Simpson. and his decision to abdi-
cate his throne rather than give her
up. will take first place. In former
generations kings had such loves
and carried them on in secret. and
did not have to give them up. II
they had had the white light of mod
ern publicity on them they would
have found such situation more
difficult.
The dark side of 1896 has been the
/ growing threat of war. At a time
when every sentiment of modern hui
manity tells people to be kind, the
nations pile up ever heavier arma-
ment for killing people. Some rulers
declare that world peace is just
dream. AS the nations have only
begun to recover from the shock of
the World War. this is like telling
sick man he would better get out
of bed and engage in a prize fight.
In poor old Spain. half million
people lie dead, and great cities are
ruined because different classes of
society can't live together in peace
The bright side of 1886 is the
gradual economic improvement. The
world is beginning to patch up its
shattered systems of business. The
old machine travels on better, but
it will take careful driving to keep
such a wobbly old bus on the road.
In the United States the people
voted by 11,000.000 majority to give
Franklin Roosevelt four more years
to work out his plans. Not everybody
believes in those ideas. But as con-
ditions have improved in the last
four years. the country said Go
There is nothing the mat
ter with the country that can't be
cured. if the people show common
sense and justice.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-15
MONEY POURED INTO THE SEA

All the great powers are feverish-
ly enlarging their navies. and build
ing great warships of killing power
never before equalled. Do these
warships add anything TO the COM
fort of the world? Do they produce
any more food. clothing. or educa-
ton? They do none of these things.
If all these countries would abol-
ish their navies and all material
that could be used for sea warfare,
there could be a great flow of money
to promote human welfare. Crush
ing burdens of taxation and debts
for war armament would disappear.
That reflection does not help much
in the present exigency. So long as
Europe and Asia keep throwing
these vast amounts into their navies.
the American people have TO do the
same. or leave their coasts defense
less.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-15
KIDNAP FIENBs STILL LOOSE

The kidnapping of young Charles
Mattson. of Tacoma. WASH is a sug-
gestion that parents must still guard
their children. as one can never be
sure when some black hearted man
will snatch the cherished little one.
The campaign against kidnappers
has been pursued with a relentless
energy that is most creditable to the
officers of the law. II has been SO
effective that the usual type of
gangsters and gunner have lost in
terest in this crime.
There are certain types of desper-
ate men. usually Of deficient mem
tality. to whom this crime may ap-
peal. Would-be kidnappers should
be made to realize that IL they COM
init this most wicked of acts. they
can expect to spend the rest OF their
lives in ,jail If indeed they are per-
mitted to live. sE-. t-~e -"
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-15
ORGANIZATION PROMOTES
80 PROGRESS

Fraternal organizations play a
great part in the life of a communi-
ty. There is a longing on the part
of men for brotherhood. for friend
ship. for meeting places where kin
dred spirits can assemble. where the
cares of the day can be forgotten.
Who can estimate what the lodge
and the club have done for men?
Who can guess at the millions who
have been helped through the sor-
rows of life. relieved when poverty
threatened. comforted when misfor-
tune came. by the kindly welcome
at the lodge door and substantial
aid when needed? Who can esti-
mate the families saved from despaid
by the insurance provided by such
organizations? Truly we must have
such societies, and the men must
be willing to labor and sacrifice to
maintain them.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-15
MILLSBORO WINS OVER
ILL -s-- JOHN NJ. CLAYTON

The MillsborO basketball teams
started off the new year with bang,
by defeating the John M. Clayton
teams in a double-header played on
the John NJ. Clayton floor last Friday
evening. The Millsboro girls won
over their opponents by a score of
80 to 26, while our boys defeated the
John NJ. Clayton boys by score of
26 to 16.
The defeated teams played well
but were outclassed by the swift and
fiashy Millsborians.
Mrs. Anne Darden and MIR. l.. f.
Timmons, the Millsboro coaches, are
being congratulated on the splendid
playing ability of their teams.
The lineup follows-Girls: Ethel
Steele. forward: Grace Lingo. for
ward; Allene Conaway. center:
Catherine Belts, side center; Madelyn
Workman guard; Dorothy Lingo,
guard; Madelyn Parker. guard.
Boys: Paul Ellingsworth, for
ward; Leroy Monroe. forward; Will
liam Lofiand, center: George Will
liams. guard; George Dodd. guard.
The next game will be played with
Lord Baltimore on the Millsboro
floor. Friday evening. January 18th.
tonight.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-15
POPE PLEADS FOR PEACE

II was a dramatic moment in his
tory, when Pope Plus XI, head OF
the Roman Catholic Church uttered
from his sick bed heartfelt appeal
to the world against war and Com
munism.
How comes it that the nations that
call themselves Christians that claim
to follow the Savior who came to
bring peace, yet were fighting with
bitter hate only a few years ago.
strewing their fair fields with the
dead?
Jesus did not teach non-resistance.
If brutal nation attacks a peace
full one. the latter is justified in de-
Tending itself. In the recent war
most of the nations were partly to
blame and paid no attention to the
words. BLESSED are the peacemak-
ers". And now these so-called
Christian nations are threatening to
fight again.
The Pope, so weak that his ply
sicians worried about the effects of
his twenty-nine minute talk on his
feeble health. said words that should
lead everyone who calls himself
Christian to drop his fighting spirit,
and help settle the disputes of the
world with justice and. generosity.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-15
HOME DEMONSTRATION
l1,NI CLUB NOTES

There will be meeting In the Of
flee of the Home Demonstration
agent, Maria G.. Severance. Post Of
flee Building. Georgetown, Jan. 20,
at 1.30 y. mr., for all who are inter-
ested in selling In the Rehoboth
market. Please tell your neighbors-
This market is not limited 10 Home
Demonstration Club members.
Training schools will be held Mon
day, Jan. rs for west side side of
county. including Nanticoke Club,
Reliance Club, Atlanta Club. Broad
creek Club. Greenwood Club. Delmar
Club, Columbia Club and MIR. Pleas
ant Club.
Tuesday. Jan. 26 for east side of
county. including Harbeson Cool
spring Club. Nassau Club. George
town Club. Shawnee Club, and Hol-
lymount Club, loves Cross Roads
Club. and Lindale Club will make
gloves.
Shawnee Club appointed Mrs. Paul
Wooten and Mrs. Royal Hopkins to
attend the Training School at
Georgetown. Jan. 2s where glove
making will be demonstrated for
adults and children, ~4.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-15
THE BLIND MANS NEWSPAPER

The Weekly News. a newspaper
for the blind printed in braille. re.
Gently celebrated its tenth anniver.
sary. This journal and its compan-
ion publication for women readers
called "Our Special" reached a third
of the finger reading blind in the
United States. ~ ta
In that land of night and shadows
in which the sightless folks forever
dwell. these welcome and ingenious
publications must seem like a kind
of mental sun Illuminating their
darkness. The sympathy of all
newspaper people goes out to these
stricken folks. TO whom the bene-
fits and pleasures of ordinary news
paper reading are denied.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-15
OUR SHARE OF PROSPERITY

In the country at large. large
volume of business is going to be
done in 1887. 1t will be the biggest
since 1929. Shall we get our share
of il here in Milford?
If people have more money to
spend. additional trade will come.
but on the whole the 1929 volume
will not return without some effort.
Business concerns everywhere have
adopted many new methods. They
reach out more than they did for
trade. making more effort to please
people. 1t will take advertising,
personal effort to win the patronage
OF individual people. and general
spirit of enterprise and hustle, to
keep up with the procession.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-15
PROBLEM OF NEUTRALITY

The first issue of large Importance
on which the new Congress will be
asked to take action. is that of neu-
trality. Europe reminds one of a
powder magazine. in which careless
man are smoking and rough boys are
setting off firecrickers. It may blow
up in flame any day. and If IL does.
all nearby property will be endan-
gered.
The United States will be in real
peril if such a blow-up occurs. Diff
ferent groups of our people will wish
to carry ON trade with the warning
powers. When they trade with
fighting powers. they run a risk of
having to fight themselves.
Congress will need to so streng-
then the neutrality law. that any
trade that threatens to draw the
country ino a war can be conrolled
or stopped.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-15
ESSENTIAL TO COMMERCE,
AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY

The Portland, Oregon, Journal, re-
ferring 10 the nationwide shipping
| strike, said:
"If the Pettengill bill to permit
railroads 10 compete effectively for
traffic now dependent on water lines
had been passed by the last Congress
| no substantial interference with
| freight movement could have result
ed from the present tying up OF ships.
THAT is to say. If the Pettengill
bill had passed, the railroads could
have made long haul rates under
which would have moved by rail to
distant markets the $25,000,000 worth
of products now immovably held In
the place of production by the mari
time tie-up. ~
by the so-called long and short
haul provision written into section
4 OF the interstate commerce act by
Congress in 1910, when the railroads
enjoyed a practical monopoly OF
transportation, the railroads were
prohibited from meeting water conn
petition by rail from one port 10
another by charging less for the
through haul than to an intermediate
point without permission from the
commission.
THE railroads operated under this
1910 provision ten years. In 1920,
Congress restricted the commissions
power to make such exceptions, by
attaching the condition that the COM
mission should not grant such per-
mission unless rates to be charged
for such longer haul were reason
ably compensatory This provision
was construed by the commission to
require railroads to show that the
proposed longer-haul rate covered
all transportation expense and fair
profit on railroad property used, and.
in effect. that such profit meant a
substantial interest return on such
property. 1t was impossible, even In
normal operations, to make the in
terest return contemplated.
Railroads have never been per-
mitted, and should. not be, to charge
less than total cost of service, but
no reason appears why railroads
should not be permitted to charge
rates to bring some return above
cost, particularly on
traffic that can be moved in cars
now forced to empty hauls in great
The Pettengill bill would have
this inequality. and per-
mitted the railroads to make rates
steamship charges for
he same service. The bill passed
he House by majority of 215 to
IL. but died in Senate committee. !,
A similar bill will be up. next ses-
sion. Current experience with a
vast volume of cargo tied up by
disorders-shows how es-
'ential 1t is to commerce and In
iustry that some carefully consider
I'd legislation of this nature be
passed
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-15
HOME BUILDING BOON

The president of the United States
Building and Loan League predicts
that home building will increase as
much in 1897 as it did in 1886. AS
the building industry has probably
languished more than any other big
interest through the depression. this
will be good news to millions of
workers, who in some way depend
upon that line of business.
Rents will advance again in 1897.
according to this authority. This
will not be good news to the many
families who are looking for new
home nests, but it may not be pos
sible to bring about a thorough re-
vival of building on the present level
of rents.
Many landlords complain that they
do not earn enough on their real
estate so they can afford to make
necessary repairs. and the nice i'm
provements ON which every modern
housewife casts her long longing
eyes. The landlord can't be expect
ed to make them merely because he
loves his tenants. Also ownership
of real estate must be fairly profit
able, before people will put money
into building on any big scale.
There are millions of families who
are living in crowded quarters. The
young people have gone back to live
with Pa and Ma in countless cases.
They long for homee Of their own.
They ask for houses o. apartments
with modern features. The provision
of such homes ought to be a good
Investment for somebody. The pres
ent low rates of interest should
stimulate building. $50
The producers of building material
and the building trade workers can
do much to stimulate a building
boom, by making prices reasonable
ON their material and services. The
motor trade has been humming be-
cause the prices of cars were re-
duced The building trade could be
made to boom by the same method.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-15
HE MADE PEOPLE THINK

One of the country's most gifted
newspaper figures. Arthur Brisbane,
ia no more in this life. The world
will miss his brilliant comments on
its daily gefngs. ~ 70
1t has been said of Mr.. Brisbane
that you might not agree with what
he said. but he made you think.
Therein he helped remedy the
worlds worst fault which is the
failure to think. The people are
ready to eat, to sleep, to love, to
hate. to enjoy sports, but thinking
makes many folks heads ache.
Hence. not having thought. they
make decisions that create trouble
for themselves. - We need more
writer's like Mr.. Brisbane whose
penetrating sentences lead people
to think.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-15
wkEsTIING wIrH IkcoaE TAx

WRESTLING WITH NCOME TAI
Z The annual wrestle with the Id
come tax returns is a job whiel
many citizens dread Severe penal
ties are imposed for wiIful violations
| of the income tax laws. Many peo
pie so 10 work on these returns with
some trembling. for fear they viii
make errors that will get them into
trouble.
After tearing their hair. blotting
their fingers. and getting a head
ache. many citizens say they cant
understand how to apply the instruc-
tions given with these tax forms
They ask why the government can't
make these returns more simple.
II the returns could be made easier
to understand. so that the ordinary
citizen could apply them TO his own
case more readily. much groanihg
and profanity would be saved. 1t is
not wholly easy to make a readily
comprehensive law, applying to all
the millions of transactions of busi-
ness and daily life. e ~
People should not groan too much
over these requirements. The great
majority don't have enough income
to pay any direct tax ON it. All
these folks would gladly consent to
assume all the burdens of making
out an income return. If some bene-
ficent power would give them tax
able income.
We have the best country on earth.
Would we change ii for the turmoil
OF Europe, which may break out in
a war any moment? Or for the dirt
and backwardness of most other
countries? The people who have a
taxable income in America are like
those who have the best seats at
some fine show. They are in a po-
sition to enjoy life. and can afford
to pay a reasonable price for it.
That does not justify government
extravaganza. taxing people more
than is necessary for the real needs
of government.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-15
SHIPPING CREAM TO MOSCOW

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph E. Davies. the
former being the newly-appointed
Ambassador to Russia. shipped
large quantities of American food
stuff on ahead of their departure and
in their supplies 1t was reported
that there were 1000 pints of frozen
cream. enough to last this promi-
nent American family for quite a
spell of time. Frozen foods are a
triumph of American achievement,
and the Davies took along home
cream-a supply for a year or two.
Russia has 42,400,000 COWS. but the
davies may have doubts about the
way the milking is done. and the
fluid protected. There are about 25.-
100000 cows In the United States.
Milford chronicle., 1937-01-15
WHAT WILL CONGRESS- d. DOT n

The session of Congress which
met 10 or 20 years ago. did not con-
frent the fateful issues which the
legislators now assembled in WASH
ington have to face. The old ques-
tions were largely problems of de-
tail, and did not call for fundamen-
tai changes in the government.
Now Congress faces questions so
strange and unprecedented that these
statesmen are like explorers enter
ing some new and wholly unfamiliar
land. in which there are no maps
and no roads. They have to make
their own surveys, build their own
systems of travel.
President Roosevelts two elections
may be said to have occurred pri-
marily because he claimed ability to
do something for the type of people
whom he called the forgotten man."
He claimed there should be a re-
distribution of wealth, and an effort
to improve the status of the people
having small incomes.
II is not so easy to accomplish
such an end. If you take money
away too drastically from the peo-
pie who have been carrying on busi-
ness, you may destroy their power
to employ the forgotten man." so
he is worse off than before. Presi-
dent Roosevelt no doubt realizes that
truth.
Also the Presidents plans call for
a stricter regulation of the indus |
tries. His theory seems to call for
giving the Federal government pow
er to control business everywhere.
which will take power away from
the states. Can that be done under
our constitution as it stands? If
not. do the people wish to give the
Federal government that power?
Then we have the question of s.
100000 people still out of work.
though business is back almost to
normal. If the statesmen of the new
Congress soon develop severe head
aches trying to think their way
these tangled problems, no
one need be surprised.