Milford chronicle., 1946-03-08

FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1916
THE MONTH OF MARCH has been des-
ignated as Red Cross month by President
Truman This noble organization magnif-
cent work IS made possible by the develop
ment of human sympathy. There is some
thing In the American heart that goes out to
those in suffering and distress. 1t dislikes
the thought that any fellow citizens are un-
happy and IN distress, and it reaches out its
warm hands of friendship and practical and
scientific aid to render all the help possible
The war has left terrible wreckage be-
hind 1t. Life may go on comfortably now in
the average home, but there is still a vast
mass OF suffering that needs to be relieved.
Results OF war are seen in the hospitals where
SO many boys face weary months of recovery
from the wounds Of war Some of them will
be permanently crippled. The Red Cross
stretches out its warm hands Of help and
encouragement to these men, and aids them
to recover from their troubles.
It's splendid recreatiOnal program carried
on for more than 10000 men in the military
and veterans hospitals, accompshes great
results in promoting their recovery.
The Red Cross has done wonderful lob
in minStering to the families and dependents
of veterans. 1t has been a godSend to count
less families who have had misfortune. 1t
has been Of wonderful service in countless
disasters, where communities are plunged
INTO misery and suffering through some ter
rible calamity
The great services rendered by this grand
organization call for a great sum of money.
People should give generously, remembering
that blessing comes to those who give. The
millions of people who are helped to recovery
and welfare and happiness through the Red
Cross will thank them.
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IT MUST HAVE BEEN A SHOCK to
the socialists to be told by the United States
Supreme Court that business enterprises run
by states and municipalities in competition
with private enterprise, are subject to the
same Federal tax laws as private enterprise.
In holding New York States mineral water
business as taxable, the court said IF Con-
greSS makes no differentiation and, as in this
case, taxes all vendors of mineral water
alike, whether state vendors or private Ven
dofS, 1t simply says, in effect, to the state
1ou may carry out your notions of social
policy IN engaging in what is called business.
but YOU must pay your share in having a ma
ton which enables you to pursue YOUR pol
ICY. There is no reason why Federal busi-
ness competition with private citizens should
not also be taxable.
Socialists have long capitalized on the
taX-eXemptlOn privileges of government
owned enterprises. The IVA, Bonneville,
Grand Coulee and many other government
hydro-electric projects have created an illu-
sion OF cheap electricity because they have
not been forced to pay taxes comparable to
the private companies with which they COM
pete Their greatly publicized Glow" electric
rates could be duplicated or bettered by the
private electric industry if it did not have
TO hand over to government 20 cents in taxes
out OF every dollar received, taxes that must
be collected from its customers and which
must help to offset the tax-exemption priv
llegeS enjoyed by consumers of government
electricity.
IN HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS to the Ma
tlOnal Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Ho-
mer l.. Brlnkley of Lake Charles, Louisiana.
stressed the importance of cooperation not
only between farmers, but between farmers
and industry and the people, and bevond
that, between nations as is provided for in
the CNO charter.
While recognizing the need for coope;a
ton ton between government, farming and in
duStlY. Mr.. Brinkley was outspoken in on
position to the subsidy racket. He said
There has developed at various times in
the past a school of thought in some circles
10 the effect that the place of the farmer in
our modern economy is one Of unlimited pro-
auction OF food and fiber at low prices, with
N"AN4Nt, liIethlIlS up lll6 UIlleGenc0 between
those prices and what someone believes far
merS should have in the way of total income
Under such a condition farmers viii
inevitably become dependents of govern
ment. Such precedent of subsidization es-
taDllsheS principle of government that
BODIES Ill for all of us :. tits the very anti
thesis OF free enterprise, and it totally dis
regards the fact that the strength of a nation
is IN direct proportion to its agricultural
strength. Subsidized peasantry is not agri-
cultural strength, but fatal weakness.
In the immediate future we must fight
imitation and nfationaly forces as yiporons-
ly as we fought the war, recognizing that full
production IS the best weapon against in
llatlon. We must prOduce-all of US. and not
Just some OF US. We must battle the forces
OF imitation wherever we find them. Farmers
nave ~ 5s hluch to lose as any other group from
'hlS dread man-made disease