Milford chronicle., 1949-08-19


matter of fact Mr.. Lewis has performed a
great public service. He has dramatized, as
no one else could, the monopoly power that
resides in labor union leaders. More than
any other man he has brought closer the |
time when that power will be restricted.
Comment of similar character has appear
ed in every section of the country. Mr.. Lewis
has again demonstrated that labor mono
poles can be fully as dangerous as any in
dustrial or financial monopolies that have
ever existed. There is only one solution
organized labor must be subjected to the
same antitrust laws that control the man.
ayers and owners of enterprise.
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A SPIDER IN THE PAPER
Many years ago Mark Twain was editor
of small-tOwn newspaper. A reader wrote
in saying that he had found spider in his
paper, and wanted to know if that was an
omen of good or bad luck. Mark Twain ans
wered: Finding a spider in your newspaper
is neither good nor bad luck. The spider was
merely looking over our paper to see which
merchant was not advertising so he could
go to that store, spin his web across the door
and lead life of undisturbed peace ever af-
terward." Retailing has come long way
since those days, and the art of advertising
has undergone great development. And ad-
vertising, by stores or any other kind of bus
mess, is typical OutgrOwth of the cOmpeti-
tive system. 1t is the best possible means of
reaching the people who want goods and
services, of urging the merits of one brand
as against another, and of encouraging the
consumer to go to some particular retail
outlet. That it benefits the consumer goes
without saying. No stOrekeeper could long
charge an excessive price with competitors
offering in print the same or an equivalent
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vertising always defeats it's own purpose
The wise merchant advertises aggressively,
but he bases his story on appeal, not fiction.
The growth of the chain system did much to
encourage retail advertising. The chains ad-
vertised their merits in the search for trade
and the Independents did the same thing
in order to hold and to expand their own busi-
ness. This was good for all concerned-con-
sumers, stores, and newspapers. Salesman
ship is driving force in keeping the Amer
lean economy running. Advertising is the
heart of it.
OUR NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
There is plenty of controversy and a good
many objections regarding Tom Clark as a
member of the Supreme Court. AS Attorney
General, Mr.. Clark has set in motion a grand
total OF 100 antitrust actions, as compared
with the average of AZ such such cases for
each of his predecessors in the job. Of
course the new Court Justice has the right
to exclude himself in the trial of cases that
he is responsible for having initiated. Those
pending, in the lower courts include such
prime actions as the recent suit to break ur
the DUPONT industrial empire; move tC
force the Aluminium Company of America
to dispose of many of its plants and proper
ties; the demand that American Telephone
and Telegraph Co. divorce it's longtime sub
sidiary, Western Electric; a rate-fxins
charge against the Association of American
Railroads; and dissolution actions agains
the Investment Bankers Association of Am
erica and the Chicago Mortgage Bankers
Association. And the above is only part O.
the complications which involve Mr.. Clarl
inasmuch as he was kept active in some O
the Communist and treason prosecutions
Clark has been involved in such a broa,
variety of prosecutions that the Nationa
Capital was somewhat surprised when h
was selected by the President for place Of
the Supreme Court.
GOOD NEWS-BUT!1
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