Milford chronicle., 1946-02-01
1T SEEMS ALMOST CHILDISH for

IL SEEMS ALMOS1 C11lLDlS1l lOf
price control agencies to try to regulate the
economy of the nation on one hand, while
government goes on borrowing and print
ing and spending and giving away money
as it sees fit.
Hold-the-lne orders for pound of but
ter, pair of stockings, or an automobile
may temporarily get public acclaim. But it
isn't long before the public finds it can't get
butter, stockings or automobiles when out
of-line prices block production. And it makes
no difference whether the articles are ration
ed OF sold in free market.
What our regulators of human activities
should concentrate on is encouraging prOduc-
tion and admitting that the abnormal costs
of war have caused some initiation which can
be controlled if the costs of government can
be controlled and if the people will work
hard and produce. Our regulators Of human
activity must allow sufficient return to The
producer and to the wage Garner, based on
our present initiation due to the national debt,
so that both producers and workers will do
their best to turn out goods, thus removing
the ScarcitieS which now aggravate initiation
The country can still lick initiation if the
people will 90 to work and if government will
encourage rather than discourage business.
We will have to make up our minds, how
ever-We will either have to definitely eX-
press ourselves in favor of retaining our pr-
vate enterprise and profit system, or we will
have to accept government dictation and a
foil Ct Of ,l,Cti t,I4
a free economy. One-sided price controls
which ignore government debt and spending
and cost of production, while trying to re-
strict the individual, drive us closer to social
ism.
AS q people, have we the courage to re-
turn to the risks md rewards Of private
enterprise or, seeking to dodge responsible
lty for our own destiny, will we go farther
toward the dole system and RECOMMENDATION?
IT Is HARD for the American people to
realize that for the past decade there has
been as definite a pattern to establish state
socialism in the United States as there was
in Russian under its various "five-year
plans"
Advocates of the Russian system in the
United States do not tell the people, 1--WE pro-
pose to do away with private property, pri-
vate profits and free enterprise"
No, indeed, they assume a vltuouS atti-
tude Of attacking scaawags in private enter
prise. Instead of correcting alleged abuses,
they seek legislation and public funds to fl
nance their government ownership schemes
as the remedy. The outstanding example is
government development of electric power
under the guise Of flood control, navigation,
irrigation or soil conservation to cloak their
real objective.
How well they have succeeded is shown
by the fact that in Il few short wears GOV
eminent power projects have increased to
Where they are producing upwards of twenty
per cent of the nations electric power Adj
dltional tax-eNempt projects scheduled to
blanket the nation. and which will require
billions of tax dollars, are being pushed in
Congress-
In England where the new SOcastic GOV
ernment is taking over the basic means Of
product on, land owners have been warned
that if they do not farm their propertv in
accordance with the demands of government
they Will be subject to diSpoSSessiOn. That
Is logical step under socialism, for apr
culture Is the basis Of all other industrial
activity. Members of our own CONGRESS- who
lack the courage to run ON a socialist o.. con,-
munlSt ticket, freely support the plans which
establish state socialism,
Once government ownership Of an indus-
Try is established in our country. if will bo
no SWeeter than if it was cIassed under IFS
rlghttul designation, SOCIALISM," or com
munism."
HE AIR IS THICK WITH PLANS for
the government to spend money. Individuals
private groups, communities, states. all have
their hands out for public money If is = ro-
het to note that some of the most important
industries in the country not only are NOT
after any Federal money, but are CARVING
on and expanding with their own money.
The railroads are an example. They are
strictly private enterprise The money of
hundreds of thousands of private citizens
went into their building More was invested