The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-17
Shortages

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The efficiency of our scarcity economy has been put
unprecedented demands of emergency and
wanting Our productive machinery cannot
be geared overnight to meet the new demands With all OF
potential wealth materials, shortages and
production of finished disable products is slowed in in
stances.
Charles of scarcity profit still holding tight
rein its it be stated phosophcaly that they
to be blamed for doing They sitting in the
golden seat and making all the of their position that
their trained brains dictate But while the general pub
lie resenfu of the result of their operations getting mad
and damning hem accompishes little unless make de-
mands and seek the accomplishment of the demands through
the democratic processes which still control.
week so ago, Nelson chief of the production
agency committee of the according
press reports provisions had already been made for the
production synthetic rubber substantially ntimaed
that the subject cosed that the Standard Oil going
to do the jobsomeme He stated then that he would ap
pear later before the committee and make more detailed
statement
Associated Press this week wednesday, told the
before the special subcom
mtee of agriculture and forestry investigating the feasibility
making buadne from alcohol produced from farm prod
ucs According to this story Nelson has removed priority
the Pubcker Commercial Alcohol Company
of Philadelphia which will give this materials with
which develop plants the production of butadene from
alcohol made from agricultural products In his testimony
the subcommittee of the senate committee agcu
ure forestry Neuman who is president of this
poration largest producer of industrial alcohol the
declared that 600 would construct sufficient
added facilities for the production alcohol sufficient to
uce rubber buadene derived from the
alcohol of butadiene from al
coho was about onefh of the cost the same amount
petroleum involved in the contracts already
Rubber Reserve Corporation with the petro
leum interests: mainly the Standard Oil handsome gift
by taxpayers country to the monopoly oil interests
Moreover because of the far involved in
the production of rubber from petroleum and great amounts
materials for the construction of
the plants the time when production of rubber from petroleum
be gotten under extremely whereas with
listing facilities for the production of alcohol and the
lively simple involved producing butadiene from
alcohol supply of synthetic rubber sight from that
within few months
Mr. Nelson's testimony opposed the bill introduced by
subcommittee of Senators Gillette Wheeler Thomas
of Oklahoma, McNary and Norris Particularly he opposed
bill grounds that provides for the appointment
director the head of called the Rubber Supply
Agency His opposition the creation of this based
nothing but the fact that this would take the direction and
of production of synthetic rubber out of the hands of
the oil monopoly in charge of the the
Production board This gentry of course very appar
emily less concerned with providing rubber for and
civilian than for the protection of the monopoly interests
of their companies.
Every competent npreudiced authority appears agreed
the for the production of synthetic rubber from
agricultural products the most economical and rapid en-
pys epaceabe and the byroducs of the
are valuable for stock feed IA
similarly agreed that production
synthetic rubber from petroleum is expensive involved
requiring far elaborate equipment than is re
qured for its poducon from alcohol and takes much longer
time Moreover it employs natural that is limited
and cannot be replaced. t.
Every farmers interest passage the
by the subcommittee providing for pro-
uction of rubber from agricultural products is 1900
an organized drive on action on
sage of this bill is certainly And only
directly interested in this Every citizen of
be country sn rubber tire who is not one of the favored
few who comes within the rigid raonng
regulations directly interested and should join in the de-
mands G.
The people of the country certainly willing sacrifice tt
it's protection but they ready be imposed IL
monopoly interests They going put with the h
quanderng of 600 for the production of
900 tons of rubber from petroleum. when oneh of the t
sufficient for its production from repaceabe ii
If which there is tremendous socaled surplus They
less and less with the welfare om
position the monopoly field of the Standard Oil after ia
They going become concerned b
immediate and economical production of materials hi
the successful prosecution of against ensave til
for the provision of materials which will facilitate
production efficiently and with the least disturbance