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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-20
IF You Think Things Are High Now
How About Looking Back Just A Bit

sand in 1885; three days work on a
canoe, from cutting down tree to
launching it, $3.50 in 1885; bacon,
10 cents pound, wheat rs to 81
IL cents a bushel and corn so
cents a bushel in 1843.
1.-THE cost of an education was
similarly low. Rufus Barringer,
later Confederate general, care
fully entered in a small notebook,
the record of his expenses for a
four-year course at the University
of North Carolina between 1888 and
1912. The total was SLOTS, which
is less than most students spend in
a single year now. The notebook,
lent to the Historical association by
Barringer's son, Osmond L. Bar
ringer, Charlotte, listed among
other entries $3.50 for making
pants, $2.25 for a pair of pumps,
10 cents paid for liquor (sick) and,
later, Is cents paid for liquor
without explanation.
In 1859, just before the war,
prices in the South were still low,
according to the Polk-Yeatman COL
lection, a gift of Mr.. and Mrs. T.
P. Yeatman and Miss Jennie Yeat-
man of Columbia, Tenn.
"A ledger kept on the Sherwood
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-20

Atlantic City which offers real relief
comes from Brazil's Ambassador to
Mexico, Sebastiao Sampaio. He would
have UNRRA give representation to
Latin America which, he declares, now
has no part in solving the problems
assigned to the organization. You have
not one voice." he says, from all Latin
America sitting on the committee
which must decide the food problems
Of the world.'
Clearly there was major blunder
in organizing UNRRA when this vast
food producing region was left out OF
the reckoning. Even without Argen-
tina, which is fascist and could be de-
pended on to do her part, South
America produces almost unlimited
quantities of grain which, by all &C
counts, is the chief need. Omission of
this continent from the UNRRA pro-
gram shows how inadequate was the
planning and faulty the administration.
It would not be unwise to adjourn
the Atlantic City session and await Mr..
Hoover's return. Any delay would be
unfortunate, but it would be infinitely
better to await his report than make
further mistakes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-20
Russian Censorship

Better understanding of how Mos
COW clicks and what Russian leaders
propose for themselves would be pos
sible if foreign correspondents could
get their dispatches out of the Russian
capital uncensored.
AS it is, news is not only censored
The correspondents are not permitted
to see what is left of their origina
dispatches. When the censors finish
their job the dispatches are sent abroad
dlrect and no correspondent knows
what ne is credited with writing.
British correspondents in Moscow
have sent word to their editors thai
they accept no responsibility for the
copy" reaching the papers they serve
Russia believes in a free press. Of
course-free to publish what Russia
dictates.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-20
QUOTATIONS

The best way to obtain permanent peace
is to concentrate on peacetime uses of atomic
energy, reveal the basic principles, which
in reality are public knowledge, and concen'
trate on preventing the rext war which would
lbe lost by both sdes.-Robert M. Hutchins,
chancellor, U. Of Chicago.
We will be obliged to help the Philippines
regain their economic health for years te
come It is to our interest to do so and to
take such measures as are necessary to help
the Philippines shake off the shackles of a
feudalistic past-Paul v. McNutt, Philippines
High Commissioner.
If we want to keep our comparative ad.
vantages in various lines of production, and
at the same time to let other countries keep
theirs, we must have expanding inter-
national trade, with imports as we'll as
exports increased.
Horticulture Secretary Clinton P Anderson.
We need onlv wheat and fats. II the house.
wife will only save these she can have any,
thing else in the stores. see no necessity for
noeat rationine or for a Tightening in the
sugar ration.-Hubert Hoover, honorary chair
man Famine Emergency Committee.
T., the western or southern Allied-ruled zones
Modification OF the economic elite has not
onlv been circumvented frequently, but has
not introduced any basic institutional changes
Hans Meyerhoff, Office of Strategic Services
I We have more trouble with the Fornos.rs
Eand Koreans shipping home than we do VIII
The Japanese.-Maj. James P. Prowell Of piotl
maond Tex. at sasebo. Japan, repatriat tI,,,
center.
4 Our government with its suscentibi1;+,, -
pressure groups must meet new ch.1soy 70
lit is to become an effective instruraage Il
president Colgate U. te'' Case'
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-20

farm in Maury county, Tenn.
recorded the price of bacon as II
cents per pound. ham II cents
beef four cents, and pork five ano
half cents, and meal rs cents per
bushel. However, corn had risen tc
So bushel.
''Then came the war and the re-
suit is shown in a table compiled
by DR.. Hamilton from an open
market price list at Raleigh or
March q, 1865.
Bacon was $3.50 per pound,
beef $500 per pound, corn $50 a
bushel, fowls S. each, Irish pota-
toes $50 per bushel, sweet potatoes
$35 per bushel, lard $3.50 per
pound, molasses $25 gallon,
wheat $50 a bushel, flour $500 a
barrel, pork $3.50 a pound; sugar
$50 a pound, and brandy or whis-
key $500 per gallon.
There was an attempt at price
control then, too. The Legislature
attempted to enact laws agains'
speculation that days name COR
black market operations - bu+
they were utterly futile and
prices stayed up, according to DR..
Hamilton.
There is no doubt that control
was needed, because, according tc
an entry in the Polk-Yeatmaa ledg.
er in 1865. the pay for days la
Dor was $3.50, only 81 more than
it had been 80 years before.
SO, you see, things aren't so bad
now but what they could have been
worse. And, somehow, those folks
back IN the days following the Civil
war managed to live through it all,
AS matter of actual fact, they
nad much more to put up with.
You may think bacon and ham and
sugar are not only high now but
also hard to get.
But if you do think so. what do
you think those folks around 1865
had confronting them.
us really about the same ole
thing IN every age and time Folks
manage somehow to put up with
conoltlons that absolutely are TN.
bearable. And live on and on to
zen Inc tale, which they usually
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-20
The Right Man

Bernard M. Baruch, who smilingly
saws he does no work himself but who
has accomplished more in public ser
vice than almost any dozen other men,
is to head the United States group on
the United Nations Atomic Bomb Com
mission which was established in Lon
don by the United Nations General
Assembly last January. The chief
problem of the commission will be to
find ways to make the atom work for
peace.
Mr.. Baruch's services to the nation,
which were outstanding in the first
World War when President Wilson
drafted him, have been no less effec-
tual since the Second World War open
ed, during the course of which he
brought order out of the rubber chaos
and performed other invaluable duties,
has selected his associates from among
his friends in whose efficiency he has
complete confidence, from the country
top scientist for their research capa-
utilities, and the Army experts most
familiar with the manufacture of atomic
|energy. 1t is one of his finest traits that
he knows how to pick his aides in any
undertaking.
President Truman is to be commend
ed for selecting Mr. Baruch, and Mr..
Baruch for accepting the post, even
though he has richly earned the right
to retire and divide his time hence
forth between Lafayette Square, Wash
ington, where he feeds the pigeons,
and his estate near Georgetown, South
Carolina, where he is never happier
than when entertaining guests.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-20
Looking Ahead Militarily

If the world stage were set. for peace
there would be no need to continue Sc
lective service, save for requirements IN
the forces of occupation in Germany
and Japan. It might even be that volun-
tary enlistments would meet this need.
But instead of peace the world is
in such an unsettled state that while no
major nation is in shape to go to war,
a conflict which might draw in all
of them is not impossible. Because of
this, abandonment of selective service
on May Is, when the present draft
law goes out of effect, could be disas-
trous unless an alternative program
were adopted.
The United States does not want war,
but it must have sufficient defense
forces to protect it's shores against in
vasion. At this time it lacks adequate
forces. All branches of the military es-
tablishment are below par. Military,
all duu naval duC1lOIltlcS
this fact, and they are not casting them
selves in the role of alarmist when they
so declare. Rehabilitation has moved
so fast that all branches are under
manned for defense. Something must
be done to recruit the ranks.
If the decision should be to drop
the draft there is still President Tru-
mans proposal for universal military
training, which would be worse. In
stead, as the Star has advocated from
the start, the nation would do well tc
build up the R. O. T. c., National Guard
and naval and air reserve, through
which powerful defense forces could be
trained for auxiliary support of the
regular Army and Navy and Air Forces
By this means the United States woulc
be prepared for any emergency, with.
out losing it's traditional practice of de.
pending in largest measure on citi.
zens' military establishment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-20
By JOHN SKIES

There are a few the-World-isn't t.
necessarily going to the dogs
items I've been meaning to pass
on to you for several days; ever
since I picked them up from an
Associated Press article by Hoke
Norris, who date lines his story
from Chapel Hill. I haven't seen
the article in any of the papers so
maybe it's news to you as it was
to me, although I'd suspected
something of the kind.
1t has to do with the prices Of
things, mainly necessities. And, &C.
cording to Mr.. Norris article, if
you think prices are high now. con-
slider what happened to the cost of
living in the South during and just
after the Civil war.
Mr.. Norris delved into the book,
Reconstruction in North Caro-
Ina, by DR.. j. G.. de r. Hamil-
ton, who is director of the Univer.
sity of North Cardinals Southern
historical collection.
In this study you find that the
price of bacon rose $500 per cent
after the pre- Civil War period.
Other increases: wheat, $500 per
cent; chickens, $500 per cent;
corn, 5000 per cent; whiskey, TO-
900 per cent. During this initiation
airy period wages, however, in
creased only 300 per cent.
But let us read what Mr.. Nor
ris' article has to say about his
findings:
According to the Lenoir family
papers, a gift 60 the collection)
of Rufus L. Patterson, New York,
two gallons of whiskey cost 'one
hundred cents in December, 1925;
the manufacture of two pairs Of
shoes, 81. so in 1926; a dozen chick
ems 'one hundred cents in the
same year; 'stilling' and other la
Dor, so cents per day in 1929;
white pine shingles. So per thou
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-20
Religion
DayBy Day
Bv WILLIAM T. ELLIS
A. BUNCH OF POsIES

| he
He was only an old Florida
cracker, sitting on a bench in Or
lando, waiting for a bus. His face
was leathery, and bis gnarled, cal
loused hands were trembly. In one
| he held a homemade cane.
In the other hand, absorbing his
attention, was a little bunch OF
bright flowers, evidently a bouquet
bought from a street-hawker. He
looked fondly at the bouquet, and
occasionally put it to his nose.
OF course, the story was on the
surface. The old man was taking
the flowers home to his VIE. 1t
was bit of romance peeplng out
amidst the city's crowded life.
That bunch of posies proclaimed
the reality and endurance OF love.
His life had been full OF hard
times, yet love had prevailed
through it all. The pitiful little
cluster of blooms spoke a deeper
message to me than the sight OF
a young man carrying box OF
orchids or gardenias to his lady
love. For the aroma Of years of
devotion chung to the old mans
tiny bouquet.
For love that lasts, and survives
and surmounts the years we
thank Thee, o Incarnate Love.
Help us ever to keep loves IRA
GRANGE and tender ministries In
our lives. Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-20
TheLiterary
Guidepost
BY VILLA MARTIN
MY AFRICA, by MbOnu DIX
John Day: S3.75).

NO ASJ po''Sjs
Mbonu Dixie was studying at
Ohio State university when ne de-
cided that, though he had much
to learn about the western world,
the western world understood MS
native Africa even less. The olS'
tortion, he feels, is largely due 70
missionaries, hunters and moving
picture makers Who seek out the
exotic and neglect the modem
phases of African life.
Mbonu was a schoolboy in q
Gold Coast village when ne saw
his first white man. He ATTENDED
missionary schools at the suggeS
ton of two older brothers who a.
fled their fathers wishes and TOOK
him with them. He acted n nllr
sion school versions Of "Juln
Caesar" and "The Merchant o.
Venice" took correspondents
courses in Latin from the UnlVer
sity of Oxford. At IS he wen! ="
Europe, then came to AmefS'
where he received his BA.' Wf0s
his book and is now ready 70 y
back and put his education a.s
experience to work for the 0Pl'''
ment of his people. -,
Mbonu Dixie wants America DIV
his continent to have a closer IL ..
lationship ard feels that the l AZ
that, next 10 Anglo-Sax0nS' Vi. @
Aframerican is the largest e,p-,
group in America, should !"
help toward understanding
He says it will pay Amefl. '',.1
enable Africa to attain maSI HUT
production through induj'n'4
cation and large scale and SIX,
tific farming. Modern Africa S'
heaven for engineers. o~'p, >.
must be drained, deserts , ~
claimed, transcontiaental rars ,..
systems built, air transport ''l''
tanned. .m
Africans, he tells us, are wv wv
gressive, eager to learn and ,a9,it .53
abiding. Our graft and Po''t. N
corruption mock Africans. ,,,, M
African, he says, is co'.''T H.
sense animal with no preten's,, n.
considers the western IDEAL p"
cial equality hypocritlcaL .,s.
Though he never saw an .. M ~,
plant until he ran into one ' ~
London ZOO, Mbonu Ojike k ~ an
much of Africa and tells . IL lis is
Interesting, rambling style 10 he
book radiates with the pf'uIh INV.
.eels in being an African W-l', , an
ng once taken up western ;i i,
Robinson Caruso) and fellS, nd
'eturaed to his original r 1ilio.
blended his ideals OF relis''
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-20
STAR Dust
NO DIFFERENCE

Harold Ickes, the co1umnist u,.<
explaining some of the dieferenoas
mel ne found in the Truman and Roose.
welt cabinets. N 1'ooSe'
ne said he rarely could discuss
with Truman matters uh;ch 40,
not involve the Department OF IN.
terror, and that with Roosevelt be
could discuss any matters which
involved the national welfare Onca
when 1ckes began such a die.
cusslon with Roosevelt, he nrs
raced it: ''Mr. President, I'm hesi.
tant about sticking NV nose into
other peoples business" Roosevelt
told him: We'll, Harold, You've
done it before and youth do II
again, so why should you hesitate ~
now" 'i'a 'e
Lyon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-20
Doctor Says
GROUP IS USUALLY
! EASILY DIAGNOSE
BY WILLIAM A. o'BRIFN :,

BY WILLIAM A o'BRlES, n
Although serious infection, 49,
larynx also cause breathin, t; a.
Guilty. ordinary Group u,usr s'p
easy to recognize.
The child with Group is .,.,
ed with a barking cough and rS' Ky
Guilty in breathing sssly sDG !, 'a 4
night. He sits up in bed, cl tp ~
for as ne struggles to BREATH =. ley
After a variable time II.
relaxes and the child's brs 'pa's
improves, but the relief eaI
only temporary, as several ' wv y
can occur in one night, 'P'l
BY morning the spasm ,,.n,,
has disappeared, and onlr "s W
hoarseness and coughing rsm 'asa
During the day the child snn.t
to be almost as we'll as ever pP' sl
a spell generally occurs tbs ~ ,.ui 'V
ing night. Attacks three Or ,'4 NV,
nights in a row are not VI ,,,. lse
mon with some children, ''a'
Mild cases of Group ma, ~.
awaken the child from his lis! a.. aN
although spasm Of the Jarv asFa
present and difficult breatSina, u
heard. ''s .
Group is most common il Il,
dren between two and to,, ~ n .a'
OF age, and those past six s. Is,a
nave it. Spells are CAUSED IVY y.
Illumination of the larynx, ana s a.
resulting spasm is more ,.r ~
than the inflammation. ~
An attack Of Group is often ~.
ceded by a mild upper respir,t s,,
injection, Less commonly i !,
complication of ordinary . "
laryngitis inflammation n ' %'
larynx>. U'
Difficulty in breathing d, "A
inflammation of the laTvny M.
be a complication of diphtb,ri,
or OF streptococcic throat jnfp.
ton. Unless child show, MI,
the signs and symptoms Of ori,
nary Group, which are relieved
rather promptly, a physician
should be called.
Children with tetaay Ia form d
nervousness) may have attacks n
spasm of the larynx, but these ana
of short duration and are NOT a..
companied by signs Of infanm,
ton.
During an attack, 8 child with
the Group should be kept in i.
warm room and given steam in.
lhalations. If a child sound,
'croupy' before going to sleep, he
should be given a sedative.
Children who are subject 10
Group should not sleep in cold
|rooms with windows open, as this
seems to precipitate attacks,
especially when respiratory intec.
lions are present.
Induced vomiting seems 10
shorten the spells, and the old.
fashioned treatment Of wringins
out a towel in cold water and
placing it over the chest and
throat has brought relief to many
children.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-20
Editorial Comment
CHARLIE KEPT THE FAITH

me big milk strike was on in Detroit. but
Cnarhe, sorrel horse veteran of is years
on milk wagon hadn't heard about it. Whe.
MS driver failed to show up the other morn.
ing, Charlie started off all alone on his ia
m!llar route. Police caught up with him A
minutes later. y
Possibly the issues are so deep.seated, tia
the strike was inevitable but both sides should
have realized, before allowing their negotia
tons to reach final break, that it is not al
easy matter to obtain public sympathy ant
understanding in cases of this sort.
Maybe old Charlie was just showing horse
sense.-St. Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-20
NOT TO BE CAIJCHr

The young politician stood flush
ed with pride and happiness as b;s
friends gathered about him to con.
gra1ulate MN upon his nomina-
ton to the state legislature.
Were you surprised when thew
nominated your" a friend inquired
"Was II" exclaimed the not-so.
dumb vote-seeker. II was 50 SIR.
prised that my acceptance speech
nearly fell out of my hand"
Wall Street Journal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-20
LOSS OF PRovOCATIvITY

Now that Esquire has won its battle with
the Post Office Department its pretty girls
somehow don't look half as provocative az
we formerly thought Observation-Disclosures Eve
ming Star.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-01
CIO Drive Hits
New Win Figure

ATLANTA, Oct. 80 (LPA)-
The CLOS southern drive victor
les shot past the 200 mark last
week with 20 to 25 NLRB cleo
tions falling to the CIO each
week recently, Drive Director
Van Bittner announced last
week.
The CIO scoreboard w
shows 211 election victories a
gainst 33 defeats, with 221 peti-
tions for certification now pend
ing before the NLRB. "A COM
parison of the elections held
early in the campaign and those
held during the past month or
so, Bittner declared, Shows
that the number of employees
participating in each election is
steadily increasing. This means
we are making steady progress
and that our campaign is pick
ing up speed"
Unions 'chalking up new vic
tories last week included United
A u t o Workers, Amalgamated
Clothing Workers. International
Woodworkers, Retail Wholesale
& Department Store Union, Mine
Mill & Smelter, United Paper
workers, United Steel Workers,
and Optical & Instrument Work
ers.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-01
Here's A Guy
That's Good

DANVILLE, VA, October 80
(LPA)-There's a story among
CIO southern drive organizers
that one of their recently-acqulr-
ed members was thrown out of
the army just at the point where
he had organized an entire regi-
ment into the United Infantry
men-CIO.
That accomplishment was al
most duplicated here last week
by Sam Nadelman, organizer for
the Food, Tobacco e. Agricultur-
al Workers-CIO, who was up to
his ears organizing the employees
of the j. p. Taylor Tobacco
Co. at South Boston, Va, when
he was stricken with appendi-
citiS.
He was hospitalized in this
city but before he had recuper-
ated sufficiently to be discharg-
ed Nadelman had organized all
the hospital orderlies and at
tendants and turned the applica-
tions over to a representative of
the United Public Workers CIO,
which Immediately set up a To-
cal.
To cap Nadelman's whirlwind
campaigning, the CIO won the
Taylor Tobacco election 385 to
10.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-01
ScureS
GUrdqemen
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
the least the LAM could do for
any of us, to give us a free mem
bership in their union after pull
ing a phony strike and gypping
us out of two weeks wages"
Grateful to LMC
A former member of the IAN
in a downtown garage who is
now in the UAW-CIO expressed
his gratitude to the LMC, says
ing, "If it wasn't for the LMC,
we would still be walking the
streets ON strike while the lam
big shots were trying to find
some way to save face for pull
ing a strike that won nothing for
them or for us. | wonder what
the outcome would have been if
we didn't have the LMC."
Meantime, sentiment against
the lam is growing in all the
garages, including those in
which few of their ad-
herents are threatening to strong
arm any mechanics who favor
the UAW-CIO. Put in the words
of a worker from one of the
worst of these shops, "We are
not arguing with the lam
stooges, but when we get a
chance to vote, / think we will
surprise everybody"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-01

cease at once the manufacture
of the bomb" the organization
said in a statement. Murray
made it clear that the new group
does not contemplate organiza-
ton of a third party.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-01
Defiance Picked
For Region Meet
Continued from Page One

Legislation, political action
and other important topics will
be on the conference agenda ac-
cording to UAW-CIO officials in
charge of compiling the subject
matter for the meeting.
Sessions of the conference
will be held In Memorial Hall
beginning at 1000 am. and con-
tinuing throughout the day to
500 pm.
Richard GoSser, UAW-CIO
director, will preside at the
meeting and deliver the key
note address during the morn
ing session.
Entertainment will be provid-
ed for the delegates and their
visitors by officers and members
Of Defiance UAW-CIO Locals
I110, 638 and 779 who will be
hosts to the conference. The
meeting will be the first held
by the Auto Workers in Defi-
ance,
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-11-01

Editors Note: Did you ever stop to think
what It means to be strike and walking the
picket line for 10 months? That's more than
900 days Think of it, Three hundred days
without q pay check. Three hundred days of
waiting. watching and wondering what the out
come was going to be. Three hundreds days of
growing insecurity hoping that you will not
he forgotten by other more fortunate workers
who have Jobs. Three hundred days extending
from deep winter and the problem of getting
coal and warm clothes for the wife and kdddies
LocaI IL Toledo.