Milford chronicle., 1946-07-05
THOUGHTFUL MERCHANTS recognize

that sharp and abrupt price increases place
ammunition in the hands OF the 'perma-
nent control advocates" to extend their hold
over production and sale Of goods. In the
normal course of events as production costs
increase. the retail price of goods advances
proportionately step by step. But IN order TO
Justify price regulation, normal advances III
retail prices based on production costs have
been delayed by catch phrases such as 'hOld
the line" orders, "cOSt absorption orders,
ETC.
When the prices of milk, butter and cheese
should have been rising, they were held Sta-
tionary and the farmer was paid subsidies 10
make the people think that living costs were
actually being held down. But adjustment III
prices is as inevitable as is the fact that a
flowing stream will eventually go over the
highest DAM The longer the delay in price
adjustments the greater will be the increases
when they come That is why 1t was finally
necessary for the now deferred OPA to IN
crease butter lie pound and cheddar cheese
&c a pound in one order. These products had
been undelpriced so long that they had prac-
ticay disappeared from the market.
No one likes high prices but retail prices
must follow wages, tax increases, ana olhef
costs of production as surely as night f0l-
lows day Long impounded prices are now
going over the top of the price control dam.
No matter how much advocates OF perma-
the retailer for price increases, they can
not stop the trend until the cost OF produc-
tion stops rising. Either we will pay what
it costs to produce or we will not get prOduc-
ton. You can pass law to price butter at
25c pound and nylon stockings at 2oc a
pair, but you will get neither butter nor
stockings. The regulators cannot do the I'M
possible any more than can the producers
or retailers
WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS is more
individuals who feel that adherence to prln-
ciple is more important than personal po-
litical prestige Cynical realism and pOlltl
cal eXpediency have brought the United
States to the brink Of collapse. AS one Am
ercan housewife asks in desperate earnest
ness, 'Where are the lobbyists for America
for Justice and for truth?" Missions ask this
same question. They are frightened by The
atmosphere of horse trading and the jockey
ing for power SO evident in high government
and labor circles at a time when the WOrlt
is crying for craftsmanship as we'll as food
1t is like a breath of clean mountain al
when responsible person in public or pri
vate life speaks out unequivOcaly for Wha
he believes to be right and in accOrdanc
with basic principles of the American idea o
government even though it may not be tn
popular thing to say at the moment. Suc
people are rare today. That is why the cOun
bankruptcy.
There is no one lobbying effectively fo
solvent government; for the right of the il
dividual to join or not join a labor union
for an end to the Strangling clutch of GOV
ernment bureaus on the activities of ever
private citizen. 1t is not popular to lobby fC
these things because too many people hav
the idea that in bureaucracy and organize
cOmpulsiOn lie sanctuary from initiation.
Fear of the hazards Of the most WAY WOll
has led to confused restrictions and suppre
sion of natural forces which can only reSu
in an explosion of some kind. When it come
those millions who believe in this countl
and its form of government will have
lobby for America" as they never lobbit
before
THE UNITED STATES and Britain a
the most intelligent nations, and the be
governed in all the world They have brougl
together about so nations. Americas be
statesmen have used every possible effo
to create honest understandings througho
the world, and bring peace on earth al
good will towards men," In every instance
which Russia has kicked over the traces al
refused to cooperate with the United n
tiOns that country has shown its UNIV wortf
ness to be trusted or to be included in tt
organization of United Nations. If they we
to be custodans of the atomic bomb, tn
Germany should expect to be let in on t
secrets
Our own Senators and Representative
have gone the limit in trying to tame Russ
but most major efforts, so far, have failt
Russian cannot be trusted.
The time has come to quit fuSSing Wi
the COmmuniStS-and that includes fuSSi
with Americans who support those ancie
Semi-Savage programs.
The United Nations can win the obj
tives of peace without the consent of RI
sia If they don't want to advance cvili
tion by outlawing wars, it is practical to
them go their own simple ways.