The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-11-13

DOgtDOnG0 10 JANUARY i , dItCI tldt, manu-
f~acture in those forms for that purpose will
be prohibited.
Observation-Disclosures of the outlined"
brand-new SIS, 600, 000, 900 tax bill mentioned
last week proved to be the Is per cent with
holding income tax, to go on top OF al
ready steepened income tax rates. Congress
shows signs of baking violently at putting
through that drastic a sock, especially at do
ing it in the jig time of two months. But
most agree that, whatever and whenever new
taxes are enacted, they should be of the
deduct at source" type. 1t was emphasized
that Secretary Morgenthau did not submit
his new tax ideas as proposals for action
Just as an Outline. Since a prime motive
for the new taxes is to guard against infla-
ton, Congress may try to achieve the same
end, in part, by stiffening the price ceiling
legislation now in the works, thus partially
easing the pressure for making new taxes as
severe as those outlined.
PIONEERS - A new angle for history
books of the near future is indicated by a
precedent set by the New York State His
torical Association in dedicating a monument
to the memory of Benjamin Franklin Good
rich, who is credited with having founded
this country's So 100000 rubber indus
try. Speaking on the Tooth anniversary OF
the industrial pioneers birth in the little
town of Ripley, N. Y, Clifford l.. Lord, dir
ector of the Association, made a striking
point. "Men with the vision of DR.. Good
rich, Cyrus Mccormick, Andrew Carnegie
and others who contributed ideas and energy
to what is now the arsenal of democracy.
stand out in perspective, today, as figures OF
equal historical significance in the rise of
modern America with our statesmen, gen
erals. writer's and educators" he declared:
Coming at a time when the democratic world
is dependent upon the products of industries
created by such men. Mr.. Lords evaluation is
itself worthy of historical note.
BITS o. BUSINESS-With cooler wealth
err. the nations department store sales for
the week ending Nov. l bounced up again,
hitting Is per cent above same week OF
1910 An accordion maker got an al
lowance of $50 pounds of aluminium. enough
to last him many months, on the plea that
music is necessary to morale Sewing
machine makers may get priority on the
grounds that home-sewn garments for sol
diers are morale-builders, too With the
opening of a new plant at Martlnsvllle, Va,
du Pont hopes to add a million miles Eyes,
miles) of nylon yarn, per day, by mld-1942;
that would bring a total equal to 440 per
cent of all nylon needed for women's full
fashioned hose Competition between
ofeomargarine and butter for low-income
markets is flaring again.
THE WOMEN can and should take an
important part in protecting the nation from
economic chaos. So said S.. F. (for Sylvia)
Porter, noted woman financial columnist of
the New York Post, at the Stephens College
forum on 1.-THE American Woman And Her
RESPONSIBILITIES" at Columbia, Mo. AS
keeper of the family pocketbook and mana
ger of the home. Miss Porter said, the Amer
lean woman will play a crucial role in decid-
ing: Whether initiation does comes; whether
the Defense Bond sale is to be "the success
it should and must be-" whether our law
makers are able to put through the tax laws,
and the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. laws that
are Essential to our economic democracy
whether our industrial inventive geniuses are
to succeed in helping us maintain our stan
dard of living through the use Of substitutes
for scarce goods, and simplification of pro-
duct design and styles. She particularly
warned against boarding of goods, against
being scared into runs on the stores to
stock up on commodities like silk stockings
and sugar"
THINGS TO WATCH FOR-Pencils with
plastic eraser-holders (du Pont estimates
such a switch will release some $50, 00C
pounds of metal. mostly brass. for defense
usesl a new kind of glossy-finish wall.
board by Johns-Manville, especially for
kitchens and bathrooms because of resis
tance to steam and water a g~as-fired All
conditioner for small homes-as a warmer
in winter and a cooler in summer-usinr 8
system which entirely eliminates need fol-
pumps, valves or other moving parts