Milford chronicle., 1951-12-28
FRIDAY, DECEMBER %, 1851
HAPPY NEW WEAR

HAPPY NEW YEAR
When we open that door marked 1852,
and step in, we will be entering one of the
most significant years in all American his
tory. In 1862 we shall have to decide whe-
Their or not we want any more of that cynl-
cally-named Fair Deal" with a continuance
of Darkroom government by those strange
bedfellOwS, AcheSon and the Missouri Gang
We shall have to decide whether America is
going to yield to continued infatiOnary pres
sures that can only end in wheel-barrOw cur
rency and collapse. We shall have to decide
whether to crawl out of Korea, as we are
presently trying to do, or whether to face
the fact that,we are III as desperate war as
ever we have been, even though it began as
an unconstitutional gesture of arrogance. In
1852, Americans will have to decide whether
they like socialism (which is kid-glOve COM
munism), whether freedom" is just pref
ty word or whether it is something that is
important enough to put before soft living.
In 1852 we will still have the opportunity of
deciding whether our country is worth saw
ing. We might not have the chance again.
GREEN LIGHT
In mid-NOvember cattle raisers and other
meat experts expressed the belief that the
national meat shortage had endd. During
the first two weeks of the month beef out
put was 10 per cent above the same period
in October, and 9 per cent greater than
year earlier.
This was the result of various favorable
influences, one of them being the fact that
our cattle population now totals 90,O0O,OOO,
close to the all-time high. But one important
factor deserves special mention. In the
words of New York Times editorial, "While
we have heard much about the Gripping of
control legislation at the hands of Congress,
a case can be made to show that the present
turn for the better in the meat outlook is
attributable in part at least to one of the re-
laxing amendments passed by Congress. The
OPS some months ago had under cOnsidera-
ton placing ceilings on meat at the live cat
tie level. Threat of such action, it is main
tanned by some in the packing industry,
brought almost to standstill the purchase
of lean cattle for purposes of fattening up
for market. In the revision of the Defence
Production Act authority to impose such
ceilings was repealed This was the green
light" it is cOntended which induced the
feeding industry to resume full-Scale Oper-
atiOns. Heavy buying began in July and has
continued ever since through the entire range
country"
In other words, here was a case where
less cOntrol-nOt more cOntrOl-acted as the
spur which helped bring abundance where
there had been scarcity. There is a lesson in
that for those who hopefully think that the
easy way to solve any problem is to pass
more laws and to saddle enterprise with
more regulations, more red-tape and more
edicts. No economic system ever devised
by man has worked half so we'll as supply
and demand in the free market. The dra-
matte change which took place in the beef
situation after Congress wisely restrained
OPS from imposing ceilings on live cattle
is evidence of that fact. Controls may be
well-meant-b they just don't work.
TURN THEM OUT
Harry S. Truman will have served TX
years as President of the United States by
June of 1852. In that period, his Admins
tratiOn has collected double the amount Of
taxes taken by the Roosevelt Administra
tion in IL years. Truman taxation has &C
counted for triple the amount collected il
144 years by all Presidents prior to Frank
lin Roosevelt.
Harry S. Truman has taxed the 'Ameri
can people, in 7A years, total of $31O,O0O
100000. This is S25 billion more than tn
amount collected in all 1876 years of Unite
States history prior to Humankind in
cludes the New Deal-World War II spend
ing.
earned by the American people will be take
by tax collectors. 1t amounts to about 3
per cent of the total national income. An
it means that everyone employed is workin
at least two months every year for the Demo
crat Administration.
The taxpayer must ask himself-wha
am getting in return?
Peace? Security for the future? Homes
incorruptible government?
The answer is obvious. The solution lie
in the ballot.
Let US turn them out,