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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26
WHAT is WEALTH?

The wealth of any nation consists OF those things Whch
its people able have their bare needs for es
tence the surplus of food clothing etc. plus luxures
and semi-uxures which people able to accumulate
Part of this must be used seedcorn to be poWed
back order necessities and xuries for future
years Just long this seedcorn is taken from surplus
nation progressing the right drectonthe lights
are showing But when nation forced to take seedcon
supplies really essential to proper subsistence OF
its people, it is on dangerous road with red lights SHOW
All wealth formerly created by human labor but
TODAY an everncreasing proportion created by human
imagination With the advent and development of the
chine labor has become mostly mechanical and now is OF
value chiefly for carrying out the ideas OF human magm
alton ,
instance stop consider the amount of labor that
goes into the making of book An author writes book
best seller While his imagination at work.
aboring months and ahead of the book coming OFT
the presses the forests had been cutting down trees
other paper mills took these trees made them into
pulp and then into paper Other transported the
from mil to printing plant While this was being done
other workers digging in the ground mining the lead
for the type; still others making the ink.
Finally linotype operators set the type on machines
made by other and pressman ran the book Oft presses
that were by still other mechanics All of these
put work through the imagination of but
the author of the book Even then the author not fin
>shed putting people to work had transport the
books from the printing plant to the bookstores of the
ton where sales clerks employed in the selling of the
book
1t takes far imagination to build up and conduct
successful business than to write best seller AS in the
of the book of the work which into any
manufactured product is planned months sometimes
ahead of the day the finished article rolls off the assembly
line Since it's about $4,000 for plant and machinery
to put to work wealth must be created constant
y, else there be jobs rising standard of
living In recent there has been an artificial tenn
poray creation of jobs in America 1t has happened
because have made and still making of of
the soredup wealth of the credit arising herefro
Jobs This means essence that have
eating eed-con This only end in disaster long
continued. The red lights up
If continue to eat seed-corn presently
doing inevitably the day will when will have
enough left plant the already under cultivation and
with fewer planted standard of living will take
tumble. So is with capital and industry The
flow of capital into industry must be increased the
using up of present capital be discouraged else
will live to the unhappy time when there will be
sufficient capital keep the wheels of industry moving
Only by giving capital opportunity to make profit
mensurate with the risk taken, venture money
be lured into taking the chance of backing enterprises
and expanding old ones the two ways-the only ways
by which wealth can be created George Peck
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26
STANDING ALONE


Holer 1t smeed than of the medicine he was
selin and it offul.
The had dickens of time to entertain the Holer
they hecn him all the time He got dSgusted
and asked the people with
he doin his best-bad So got heads
together after that and agreed that would all keep
while the show but when it old Zeke
to get and real old fashioned Indian yell and
would all join in with him.
finally The show and old Zeke
the danedes yell did 'Dog
hide if another stood let out 1t
left Zeke standin there like the old reehe
sumped. He will live that down.
Told like feller a his life
Way of Life and then all sudden he discovers he stand
supported feler citizen
thankful for those who have
day due to their unselfish sacrifice.
Yours for true greatness,
Uncle Sam" Stlle
Lower Salem, Ohio
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26

ton. No mention is made of uni
verSal military training, because
the Army has other uses for any
increased appropriations which
may be allotted to it.
But the message still advO-
Gates repeal of the Taft-Hartley
law and the restoration to labor
union officials of the one-Sided
arbitrary power conferred by
previous legislation.
1t still advocates the Brannan
Plan, mandatory price supports for
additional commodities, and pro
duction payments" 1t still i'm
pliedly advocates the nationaliza-
ton of medical care. 1t still advo-
Gates deficit spending.
THERE is a strange inconsistency
in the claim that Federal eX-
penditures will be held to the
lowest levels looking to balanced
budget and the long list of public
works and handout expenditures.
The Brannan Plan might cost Sc
billion. Direct government loans
for housing represent a direct
draft on the Treasury in place of
FHA insurance which utilized pri-
vate capital. Large-scale public
power development is advocated
throughout the country, and spe-
cial support for the Columbia
Valley Authority and the st. Law
renee Seaway.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26

Old-age benefits are to be in
creased and extended, requiring
increased payroll taxes, as does
also the proposal to increase the
benefits of unemployment insur-
ance. A system of medical insur-
ance would cost Sc to 81 billion
more in payroll taxes.
In the foreign field, the Presi-
dent seems to suggest an in
creased expense i'm the military
assistance program "to put into
effect the commoL defense plans
that are being worked out"
He emphasizes a new program
for assistance to undeveloped
countries which, he says, will re-
quire the movement of large
amounts of capital, particularly
from the United States. The ex-
pense of extending "the full bene-
fits of the democratic way of life
to millions who do not now enjoy
them, and preserve mankind from
dictatorship and tyranny" seems
almost beyond calculation.
IN FACT, the message itself says
that the Presidents program
necessarily requires large expen-
ditures of funds" The message al
most becomes farcical when the
President says "the fiscal policy I
am recommending is the quickest
and safest way of achieving a bal
anced budget"
AS write this, Congress has not
yet received the economic mes
sage or the budget message which
should interpret the Presidents
program into more definite figures.
1t seems clear, however, that
his program is utterly inconsis-
tent. While expatiating at great
length on the wonderful results
of free system in America, he
advocates program similar to
labor socialist government of
Britain which has destroyed
freedom. While talking of econ
Omy and a balanced budget, it
proposes to open the fioodgates
of government handOut.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26
THE POETS CORNER
PROVIDENCE

The appeared to lift like golden fire
And burn brazen light across the sky.
The meadow lay serene as dead desire
Where bunting failed to question why
The crimson feast was laid above the snow.
The shumac lived to bear its winter fruit
And give the gift its branches could bestow
Despite the hate of man. hoof of brute.
But when | think of life and how | find
An unexpected banquet freely spread
To ease the heart and rest the weary mind
know man lives by something more than bread
This maze, called life, is hard to understands;
Kind Providence, please take me by the hand
Mary Oliphant Young in Scimitar and Song
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26

Iwrote that over an article in the
Clarion last week, but / didn't like
doing it. After all, the man it was
aimed at - Slim Henderson is a
good friend of mine.
Slim came into quite windfall
last month, and bought the old
Clarke place. The deed gave him
title to oil the land-right down to
the street. Then Slim started to
take up the sidewalk to make his
lawn look better.
seit it wasn't fair to the town
and said so in my article. Next
morning Slim comes around and
wants to know what mean-get-
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26

During the last session of
Congress l wrote weekly col
umn and this is the first in a
new series which | will continue
during the present session. will
try to present fairly those ques-
tions of most Importance to my
district and the country and to
cover as many important angles
as possible which are not usual
ly contained in daily news dis
patches.
During the past week two
things have occurred here in
Washington which can have an
important bearing on the future
of the 18th District.
Dillon Dam
The Budget Bureau recon-
mended two and one-half mil
lion dollars for construction of
the Dillon Dam on the Licking
River above GAINESVILLE. l ap-
peared before the sub-commit-
tee on appropriations and gave
testimony in which l urged ap-
proval of this appropriation. The
Dillon Dam will give GAINESVILLE
and the Muskingum Valley %
percent more flood control than
is now afforded by the IA dams
already constructed on the trib-
utaries of the Muskingum River.
Of great importance to our fu-
ture industrial development, this
dam will add a % percent re-
serve to our water supply in
time of drought. In addition to
emphasizing the Importance of
this project, / reaffirmed two
rules which l feel the engineers
should follow. l urged that a fair
price be paid for land taken by
the government and that the
money be paid to the land own
ers before they are compelled to
leave their land. The Licking
Dam is designed to take care of
a flood 80 percent greater than
the record flood of 1913. The res
ervoir area will be 10,400 acres
and the permanent pool 1,500
acres. This means that a great
part of the land in the reservoir
can be cultivated. Seventy-five
percent of all rentals must be re-
turned to the state by the feder-
al government. The state is sup
posed to give this money to the
schools and political subdivisions
in the area to compensate for
any loss in taxes.
Glass and Pottery
During my service in Congress
l have consistently opposed ev-
cry Reciprocal Trade Agreement
bill inasmuch as I was firmly
convinced that legislation of this
type was a threat to the pottery
and glass industries of my dis
trict My concern over the well
fare of these two industries is
one of the reasons why l oppos-
ed the spending of billions of
American dollars throughout the
world. The wage scale for glass |
and pottery workers in japan is
seven cents per hour. The wage |
scale in Czechoslovakia is % !
cents per hour. 1t is impossible |
TOR American industry to COM
pete with these low wage scales
without adequate tariff .protec-
ion. Pottery and glass is produc-
ed in only a few Congressional
districts in the country and be-
,ause of this a small minority of
is in Congress have had an up
ill fight. Under the Marshall
,lan, machinery and raw mater
ais IN great quantities are being
h;pped to nations that now se-d
Manufactured products back TO L
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26

any different
treatment from
what it has ac-
tually received,
or any different
program for the
future.
No mention is
made of price
contro OILS, be-
cause apparent
ly there is not
at the moment
any immediate
threat of inha-
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26
WISE or
OTHERWISE
BY E. o. BOND

A man who boasts only of his
ancestors confesses that he be-
longs to a family that is better
dead than alive.
No man who is always in a
hurry is quite civilized.
It's just as well to forget your
old troubles, because there are
a lot more coming.
1t is not marriage that fails; it
is people that fail. All that mar
riage does is to show people up.
There is no man so poor as he
who has only money.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26
From where | sit ...M Joe Marsh
Give Us Back
Our Sidewalks, Slim!
Advertisement

ting folks riled against him. ] felt
ornery myself, and we had quite a
set-to over the whole business.
From where | sit, that was fool
ish. Once we'd cooled off Cover
lunch and bottle of beer at Andy's
Tavern), Slim decided the sidewalk
should stay-for the common good
and / promised next time I'd take
a good look at the other fellows
point of view before writing any
articles about him!
9e M44e
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26
BRIEFS OF TEN YEARS AGO

Howard G. Riggs, of the Mt.
Ephraim community, was hon
ored Saturday at the annual
meeting of the Noble county
board of education by being re-
hired for five additional years
as superintendent of the schools
here.
- -
Miss Mary Willis Mason, rs,
aunt of Mrs. Willis Hupp, Fair
ground street, was found frozen
to death in her home between
Summerfield and Whigville on
Sunday morning by Richmond
Miller, neighbor.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26

We are born crying, live COM
planning and die disappointed.
Some one has said, IF We
haven't that within US, which IS
above Us, we will soon yield to
that which is around us"
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26
Who does he think he's fooiing?

the United States. These cheap
products are causing unemploy-
ment in many other industries
causing them to join forces with
the pottery and glass industry.
On Jan. II a meeting here in
Washington was sponsored joint
ly by labor and management of
at least dozen industries, in
Guiding representatives of the
glassware, pottery, fisheries,
wallpaper and scientific instru-
ment makers. l attended the
meeting. A temporary committee
of ten labor leaders and ten in
dustrialists was established to
work out program for the pro-
lection of the industries whose
existence is threatened by cheap
foreign imports. This is the most
encouraging development l can
remember. By uniting the efforts
of labor, management and inter
ested Congressman, a better case
can be presented to the Tariff
commission and to the State De-
partment when Reciprocal Trade
Agreements are being negotiat-
ed. 1t will also assure greater
strength in Congress itself. Rep
resentatives of pottery and glass
districts will get added strength
from representatives whose dis
tricts contain other industries
faced with similar problems.
This united effort should bring
favorable results -azr@
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26
WASHINGTON
r REPORT
BY SENATOR ROBERT A. IAFT I

THE Presidents message the State of the Union mild
tone and contains many statements of which every Ame
must approve But under language which avoids
any mention by of TaftHarey Brannan or compul
sorry health insurance there to be included nearly all
the programs the President advocated much violent
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26
Will you leave these to your children?

Will you leave these to your children?
Men have died leave you these symbols of freedoms
A door key--yom right to lock your door aganat
Illegal government force and prying.
Fourth Amendment u S. Constiution)
A Holy BibIe-symbol of your right to
worship as you wish
(Fra Amendment, U S. Conaitution)
peneil-freedom to speak write what you think.
whether you agree with the government or not
First Amendment, U. S. Constitution)
And free boIIof-your right to choose
the kind of government you want-your protection
against government tyranny.
LArticle l. u. s. Constitution
IHEsE SYMBOLS have meaning in countries where gov
ernment controls everything-for there the individual
man or woman has freedoms
But there are people who trying to give the u. 5.
government and more control American life.
'Let the government start, they say 'by taking
certain industries and servces-the DOCTORS the railroads.
the electric light and power companies.
Most of these people-like most Americans
socastic u. S. A. They have other for
control But when government, movingep by step,
controls enough things you have socially government,
whether you want it not You'll be controlled, too.
Then what freedoms will you be able to pass to your
children?
G
ns OHIO POWER Co
~
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26
NEW YORK

BY Glen Wilkinson

Cecil B. Demille's Samson
and Delilah" is one of the best
pictures of last year and one of
the best ever filmed. The des-
truction of the temple scenes are
the most spectacular ever to
come to the screen. This movie
can be added to Mr.. De Miles
other masterpieces based on the
Bible.
Hedy Lemarr, Victor Mature,
Angela Lansbury and George
Wilcoxon give supurb perform
ances in Samson and Delilah".
Samson and Delilah" is play
ing at the Paramount and Rivoli
theatres to record crowds. Both
theatres are located in the heart
of New York.
Russ Case and his orchestra
are appearing at the Paramount
with Samson and Delilah". Due
to the length of the film, the or
chestra is the only stages attrac-
ton and without the usual inter-
ruptions with the routine COM
edy, etc. The orchestra is one of
the best stage attractions to ap-
pear at the Paramount for a
long time. Mr.. Cases best num-
Der was 'The Breeze and T., a
popular number from the early
40's based on Leucona's "Anda-
lusea".
'The Happy Time, the new
comedy by Richard Rodgers and
Oscar Hammerstein will open at
the Plymouth Theatre on Broad
way late this month.
Records worth listening to: Il
Said My Pajamas", Tony Martin.
Fran Warren; johnson Rag,
Claude Thornhill; Lets Har-
monize", Vera Lynn, Ann Shell
don.
Top tune in New York this
week: Dear Hearts and Gentle
People, followed by I've Got
a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts", /,
wedding Samba", "Old Master
Painter, "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo,
Slipping Around" and johnson
Rag.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26

tone Just after the 1913 eIectlon.
The olive branch is also held out
to business, but l cannot see that
business is justified in expecting
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26

Health Commissioner DR.. E.
G. Ditch said today that Belle
Valley schools would be reopen
ed Monday morning, Jan. 20,
provided no new cases of scarlet
fever break out.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26


THE SHANTY was new, just
finished by John Lovendusky,
Orin's brother. 1t had a wood
frame and was completely COW
cred with black roofing. The
! wood floor was just two feet
short. There was open water in
a hole Orin had chopped in the
eight-inch ice. The fishing hole
was about two feet by four feet.
The shanty was warm and
dark. A tiny wood stove pro-
vided heat. We peered into the
lake water. We could easily see
the bottom through 16 feet of
water. There were no fish at first
so we used the decoy'
Mr.. Thomas sat on a kitchen
chair and lowered a minnow-
baited hook on a hand line. He
operated the decoy with his other
hand. Quick, skillful jerks of a
stick made an imitation fish
(made of wood and TIM swim
life-like through the water. Soon
striped lake perch came nosing
around. Man. did they look big!
David also had a hand line in
the water.
1--WE got one" he said. But as
he saying that, the perch seemed
reluctant to eat the minnow.
Later, we discovered why. The
perch wasn't big enough to swal
low the minnow. The water mag
nified; it made a five-inch fish
look two feet long.
MRS. JOHN LOVENDUSKY
had told us: II don't like to fish
through the ice. 1t takes the
mystery out of fishing" But l
enjoyed seeing them bite. We
took turns operating the decoy
and the handlines. Bigger perch
appeared. We caught seven or
eight of them. Finally a perch
that looks four feet long (magni-
fied) lazily approached my min
now. / failed to land him. He
swallowed the minnow three
times. Once he swan away with
it. But / failed.
We switched from a silver de-
coy to a red one; then back to
silver one. We wanted to at
tract pike. There was DEVILS
pitchfork with rope attached for
spearine the big babies. We
jerked the decoy again and again
"A school will come along"
Tommy said.
mot likely, this is Saturday"
| said.
"Then we'll try tomorrow for
a Sunday school," Tommy said.
But you know, they never did
come along. l guess we didn't
have the faith of Lawrence
Crum. They never did come
along. We fished till dark that
night, then came back to the
shanty the next day-both morn
ing and afternoon. We just didn't !
have luck.
l always thought that fish, in
the winter, would be almighty |
hungry, and that they would bite
on anything. All you had to have
was strength enough to horse
them out.
'Taint so. My observation was
that fish, winter or summer, con-
tinue to eat the little fish. They
ignore poor fishermen.
We are born crying, live COM
pIsining and die disappointed
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26

Deaths - Mrs. Clarence E.
Wharton, So, Elba; Samuel E.
Barton, So, Byesville; William B.
Stoneking, 81, Hoskinsville; Mrs.
Martha H. Vaughn, 81, Dexter
City; Mrs. Fred Joy, ID, Cleve-
land; Reese Williams, Pleasant
City, John Pekari, SO, Temper
anceville.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26

ORIN LOVENDUSKY, VIII o
lives by Big Platte Lake the
year around. came driving to
Tommy's cabin with trailer be-
hind his car. There was a fish
ing shanty on the trailer. Orin
had little to say; just told us to
follow him.
We drove to Frankfort on Lake
Michigan for minnows. Back at
Big Platte. we saw the shanty
200 yards out on the frozen lake.
We faced a strong, cold wind to
reach it. Grin popped out of the
door.
you can talk but don't stomp
your feet" Orin said. Then he
disappeared. So Tommy, David,
and l, went inside the shanty and
closed the door. We were ice
fishermen.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26

copyrgRt, 1850. United ssstes Brewers Fouraatiar
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26

"The Happy Time, the new
comedy by Richard Rodgers and
Oscar Hammerstein will open at
the Plymouth Theatre on Broad
way late this month.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26
Gaping the
CAPITAL
With BEN HAYES

COLUMBUS - / always won
dered when Duck Creek was
frozen and we skated on the ice,
what kind of luck a guy would
have if he fished through the ice.
Finally I have become an ice
fisherman in an amateur sort of
way. My son. David, and | went
into upper Michigan last week
with A. c. Thomas, Columbus in
surance man, to try our luck at
the lake perch and pike in Big
Platte Lake which lies in west
ern Michigan not too far from
Traverse City.
The important thing, maybe, is
what we learned, not what we
caught-for we didn't catch
much. Just a few little fish
Down in the water 10 or IL feet
they looked big. Man, oh man,
how that clear lake water mag
nifies!
From Columbus, we drove 434
miles north-through Ann Arbor.
The home of the mighty Michi-
gan football team, and through
S saginaw, where my father
helped drill the downtown oil
field of Is years ago. The land
changes northwest of Saginaw
into a land of birch and pine, a
vacation land of lakes and sand
hills with deer and trout abound
ing.
The thermometer fell to zero.
but we had a warm base of
operations, pine log cabin
owned by Mr.. Thomas.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26

Samson and Delilah" is play
ing at the Paramount and Rivoli
theatres to record crowds. Both
theatres are located in the heart
of New York.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26

I wonder what they, mean now
days when they speak of a wo-
mans hidden charms.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-01-26

Hedy Lemarr, Victor Mature,
Angela Lansbury and George
Wilcoxon give supurb perform
ances in Samson and Delilah".
The Arizona post., 1950-06-16
.Revamp Aid To
The PaleStinian
War Refuqees

Tel Aviv, (JTA)-A nine-man
U.N. Relief and Works delegation
concerned with relief for Pal
estine refugees left Israel after
comforting with Israel officials on
providing work relief for an esti-
mated $4,000 refugees of the war
who are now in the Jewish state
The Israelis proposed to the
delegation a gradual reduction of
direct relief to the refugees in the
Jewish state and their progressive
placement on works projects. An
Israel spokesman estimated that
of the $4,000 refugees $4,000 were
Arabs and 5000 were Jews.