The Lexington advertiser., 1946-02-14
Current Comment
BY Henry willis

BY Henry Willis
With Our Conceded Weapons Low
and the Federal laws against posses
sion Of machine guns, with our
Sheriffs and Peace Officers, Judges
and Juries. rs they are, it does not
seem necessary to require honest
uitizens to register their guns under
threat Of heavy fine and year in
jail. Further, to keep the lists in two
places subject to public inspection!
Lawless groups could not possibly
ask any more than that.
An Airplons Hos Crossed the Con-
tinent with an average speed Of 584
miles an hour, nine and three quart
er miles minute. And they are sure
to 60 much faster than that. This
plane didn't stop for fuel--just plain
coal oil by the way.
Steve Brooms. an Old Time Ne
gro, disappeared in the Christmas.
He had no enemies and no money.
How he could just drop from sight
Is an unsolved mystery.
Tho Editor Gives Us Straicht Dope
about the amount Of whiskey sold
In Holmes county, $22.000.00 a
month, got from the Internal Reve-
nue. figures. Would 1t not be more
sensible to have liquor sales under
direct control Of state officers, say
from noon till 8 o'clock, none to
minors, none to q drunk person, no
dancing, no slot machines on the
premises? A place where decent
people could buy decent drink (in|
bottles) without feeling sneaky7
(There are decent people who drink
whiskey). Those Advertiser editor
ials show plenty Of grit, an active
desire to serve the community and
q willingness to take trouble to do
Il.
AThe Foe0ottsn Mau IN Labor Dis.
putes" Is the title Of q pamphlet by
Allen w. Rucker, Mississippian
residing In Boston and an authority
on Business Management (He mar
ried one Of the Murtagh girls from
Ebenaxer) Mr.. Rucker il consult
ant Of business firms and so has q
wide experience to draw from. He
points out there are more than 2 mill
lion non-farm businesses with 40
million employees. That the busi-
nesses are owned by so million
thrifty people, many of them labor
union members. The tools Of the
industry-their productive assets
amount to SITS billion dollars. Ruck-
er maintains, and fairly, that bar
gaining between the millions who
sUwn the tocls and ths utlasr millionei
who use them is correct procedure,
fair and just. But he believes that
arbitrary judgement of no harmful
Of men whether called Fact Find
ing" or an other name can be SUBJ
stituted. Free bargaining may not be
replaced by politics, not successfully.
Lands, buildings, machinery are the
tools Of production and are owned
by the so millions of thrifty Ameri-
cans, already mentioned, through
ownership of life insurance policies,
savings accounts, corporate bonds
and the like. Every workman knows
the tools he uses are the souce Of
his livelihood and tools are already
wearing out. typewriter. truck, steel
mill, must be often replaced. There
must be profit enough to pay the
owners for the use Of their tools,
else they will not furnish them, and
to replace them as they wear out.
else the workman will have no tools
to work with. BY Treasury reports
it has been is years since half the
corporations earned a taxable profit
except in the war year. The Federal
Government has been discriminate
ing against the so million thrifty
Americans, the unorganized tool
owners. There must be Square
Deal government policy or indus
trial tools will cease to be furnished
by the thrifty, 1t is time for the
President and Congress to encourage
thrift in the interest of the tool own
ers, the workmen who use the tools,
and the people in general. The
American way is with freedom of
bargaining, Brains, Sweat and Team
Work.
Tho Supervisor of Form Purchases
Mr.. T. B. Fatheree, of the Farm Sc
curity Administration was the Ro-
tary Clubs speaker last Friday. He
stressed the fact that at the time,
after World War /, when farms were
daily being sold for debt, Congress
set up the F. S. A. in order to make
credit available to any farmer who