The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-12-05
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BY
Hazel Brannon


Most women pride themselves on
getting their moneys worth when
they buy anything. They like to think
they are getting one hundred sound
cents for every dollar bill they take
out Of their husbands purses.
Yet there are any number Of
men and women in every small town
who annually spends thousands of
dollars for clothes, food, gifts, au-
tomobiles and = hundred and one
other items which they could buy in
their own home towns at the same
identical price.
Nationally advertised merchandise
Il the same in quality and price in
any city or village hamlet. A part of
the contract which a merchant en-
tiers into when buying standard lines
il selling at q certain price. That is
true Of most any article you can
name whether it be automobiles,
dresses, mems suits, shirts, ties, and
hats, ladies' dresses, wrist watches.
shoes or what have you.
When you need cooperation and
financial aid for anything in your
home town, whether it be for your
church, school, club, band or any
other organization, you always go
to your hometown merchant. You
do not go to Memphis and Jackson,
The merchants in those towns are
busy building up their own towns.
They are not interested in Durant's
problems to the extent Of giving
financial assistance.
1t is only fair that in return for
the friendship and support Of your
hometown merchant that you go to
see what he has to offer before you
dc your shopping. If he hasn't what
you want at the price you a pay
he will not complain If you go else
where. He will not blame you.
But you should at least try him
first.
This message is especially timely
now when scores of men and women
travel hundreds of miles to be STAN
peded in city crowds doing h cir
Christmas shopping for the same
things they could buy at home at the
same price with a great deal more
comfort.
The National Cotton Council is
trying to solve the problems Of the
cotton farmer in the United States
by increasing consumption. Even if
that program is one hundred per
cent successful it probably will not
take care sf the great surplus .wc
have on hand. Nor will it do away
with the necessity Of q program Of
curtsiled production from year to
year through the AAA.
IL seems that the time is here
when the government should try to
solve the dirt farmers problems from
another angle. Rather than paying
him not to grow cotton, corn or
wheat. it seems that it should pay
him to grow something. If we cannot
use all the cotton, corn and wheat
grown in the U. s. it is time thar
somebody finds something we can
grow that will not be a surplus
crop.
Every year we import two billion
dollars worth of agricultural pro-
ducts, most of which could be grown
in this country.
1t would be money well spent for
the government to launch an ex-
tensive program of research in ag-
ricultural states to study how to
grow the crops we now import. Those
crops could be grown on land now
given to surplus cotton, corn and
wheat crops.
When it gets to where other ma
tions can grow cotton or any other
crop cheaper than we can it is time
for US to grow something else.
We see in congressional refusal
TO adjourn a sign that the coalition
of a few Democrats with the Repub-
lican minority may provide a very
real safeguard against the United
States entering the war.
There are many representatives in
congress who are suspicious of the
Presidents power in regard to war.
We earnestly hope that working
majority Of Democrats and Republi-
cans can hold in strict check any
move on Mr.. Roosevelt's part to have
us declare war.