Milford chronicle., 1947-08-15
HUMAN GULLIBILITY sometimes has

OgnlZed this fact. Hitler was a past master
in the art of deception, and explained his for
mula in brutally frank passages in Mein
Kampf. 1t was simple. People are suspicious
of small lies but fall for the grand lie.
Right now, for example, lot of sincere
persons and some not so sincere are promot-
ing the colossal falsehOod that the way to
better society is through rapid expansion of
the authority of government. They have be-
come so confused or willy that they have iden-
titled their cause with the highest ideals of
the liberal They see to it that their every
act wears a halo of liberalism" or "pro-
gressivism" as cOntrasted to the conservative
''reactionaries''. The way the press at times
confirms the deception is more than a little |
sickening. Recently national wire service
release in large Western newspaper was
captioned, Liberals for Public Rail, Power
Seisure." The story quoted the Progressive
Citizens of America" who condemned Ameri- !
can public service industries and advocated
prompt seizure by government to create the |
conditions for a richer and better life for
all e. ."
There is no country in the world with a |
more efficient group of basic industries pow
er, rail- OIL coal-than the United States. The
products and services of these stringently
regulated, heavily taxed industries are small
items in the family budget, and families in
dreamed of anywhere else in the world So
why do the self-styled liberals attack these
industries with such intensity. What about
the really expensive necessities of life which
initiation has carried to staggering price lev
els? The bitter truth is that our SO-called
service industries are the key to the form of
government which we will eventually have in
this country. They are owned by hundreds
of thousands of private citizens. They en-
plOy millions directly and tens of millions in
directly. If government owns or dominates
them it will control the people. Absolute
economic power always leads to absolute po-
litical power.
America must be wary of abuses of liber-
alism and false slogans. These are the tools
with which tyrants delude fools.
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THE MOST CASUAL reading and COM
parison of highway regulatory measures of
the various States discloses their inefficiency
and often their ineptneSs. For highways in
adjoining States, often part of continuous
Federal road, such as u. S. l, or u. S. 20
were constructed under specifications ap-
proved by the United States Public Roads
Administration. Nevertheless, in operation
for allowable uses, they vary as much as 65
percent.
To illustrate: The legal length of sim
gle vehicle in Virginia is SO feet, in Maryland
it is555 feet; Ohio permits a combination of
vehicles OF tractor Semi-trailer and full trail
er with total of nine aXles and length of
90 feet; while in the adjoining state of Ken
lucky, no combinations with more than four
aXleS or length of more than SO feet is per-
mltted. The approximate allowable gross in
Ohio is $4,000 pounds; that, in Kentucky is
$4,000 pounds. ~ "i.'t
This in effect, is restraint in trade to the
detrlment of the public. There exists a total
OF 3O1 OF these interstate trade barriers.
Some may have Justification. MOST DO NOT.
These same restraints effect the full use and
enjoyment by the public of interstate high
way traffic. ''H q"
NOBODY FEELS VERY sorry for the
fellow who makes $4,000 year and has to
pay half of it to the government. That's a
lot OF dough, but it looks like he could live
pretty well on what he has left.
AS matter of fact, there aren't manv
people In this country making that kind of
money. And how much a high income man
has left to spend doesn't make much differ
ence to most of us personally.
But what is cause for our Worry-every
Americans worry-is that the highly paid
boss might not be able to spend some of his
money for the tools and machines We need
on our jobs
What if he finds he hasn't enough left
over, after ne pays his taxes, to invest in job
making businesses?
What if he decides that he isn't going to
take chance on some new product or new
business because by the time Uncle Sam gets
through with him, the returns are too small
to be worth it?
Where are the jobs coming from tomor-
roW-when machines wear Out-when your
children grow up and look for work?
These things are worth thinking about
now, whenever someone says: Lets soak the
rich"!
IN THE LONG RUN, our national tax
policy must take notice of certain clear facts
First of all, the present crushing burden
OF taxation is direct threat to new invest
ment and the growth of small business. This
is particularly true of venture enterprises
where considerable risk is involved A mar