Milford chronicle., 1948-10-15

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TURNING BACK THE CLOCK
The main argument against the capital
ist, free enterprise economic system is that
it is Old-fashiOned, has Outlived whatever
usefulness it may have had, and can't offer
the bulk of the people enough benefits to JUS
tify it's continued existence. That seems to
be the point of view of all the left-wingers,
ranging from pale pink to the deep shades OF
red, and they obviously think it carries al
Sunday punch. -,
However, as Harold Stassen recently said,
"Only a great, free productive nation, hui
manitarian in it's impulses, could possibly
provide more than eighteen billions OF dol
lars worth of food, clothing, and materials
for others since VI day and yet continue to
enjoy the highest standard Of living IN the
entire world"
Every Soviet newspaper constantly harpS
on the brutal way capitalism treats Its work.
ers. Yet there is no other economic system
in the world which has so improved the lot
of the masses of people, or which has re-
suited in so wide distribution OF wealth, or
which has given practically all OF us possess
sions which would seem like the most un-
reachable luxuries to the average worker IN
most other countries. Only under capitalism
can a worker quit his job if he pleaSes and
90 to work somewhere else. And only under
capitalism do millions of people go to work
in their own automobiles and, at the end OF
the week. go home with a paycheck which
makes possible our standard OF living. In
Russia, which claims to be the workers
paradise, you work where the state tells you
to. You put in as many hours as the state
wants. If you complain, you get shot, or go
to prison, or you become a member OF a
fOrced-labOr gang beyond the UralS And,
unless you're one of the few with high rank
in the communist hierarchy, you get paid
just enough to keep body and soul together
and no more.
The whole western world is looking to
this country for it's salvation. 1t is looking
to capitalism to produce the goods it must
have to live. 1t is looking to the American
worker, the American employer, and the
American way of doing things, to save it
from civil war, starvation, and another dark
age. What country which has Succumbed
to the paralysis of socialism, communism OF
any other ism can say One-hundredth as
much?
Finally, capitalism is more than a system
of economics. 1t is the way of life which
guarantees and protects the freedom of al
the people, It is the base which supports
contrast, has turned back the clock, and car
exist only in an atmosphere Of oppression
and slavery.
WHAT TIME Is IT?-"
Nowadays, there isn't anything very com
plicated about the time of day Most of tn
year the country runs on Standard Time, anC
during the summer a large section of i
moves the hands ahead an hour and switche
to Dayight-Saving Time. AS we cross tn
nation, the time zones change at established
intervals and in all cases the change is on
hour It's simple enough.
But it wasn't always that way-and /
might not be that way yet if it hadn't beel
for the railroads. Sixty-five years ago Stand
ard Time didn't exist. Every town had it
own time, and so, even, did many busines
concerns. Railroad stations held a cOnfUsin
series of clOcks-eaCh line used the time i
effect where it's home office was located
Matters went to such lengths, as an example
that in Pittsburgh there were six differen
times in use. Few people knew what time
really was. You couldn't be sure when a
appointment was scheduled unless, by luck
chance, the person you were to meet use
the same time you did,
The railroads realized that something ha
to be done to bring order out of this chaO
The hundreds of different times in effeC
throughout the country were a constant an
growing headache The movement to stanC
ardize time began in 1872. And eleven yeal
later on November 18, 1888, every railrOa
clock was stopped at a given hour. Whe
they started again, Standard Time, with il
four time zones, was a going concern in tt
United States. 1t was gradually accepted
the people, and 35 years later Congress re
Ognized Standard Time and made it Officis
The railroads had fOreseen an important NJ
tiOnal need, and through voluntary agre
ments they furnished a workable solution.