Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13

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breasted wool suit, whose price was not cut,
will cost him almost $500 and a pair of shoes
S85 Little wonder that the Moscow censOrs
restricted correspondents there to cabling
the percentages by which prices were cut ra-
ther than the new reduced quotations" In
Russia the state runs all the factories, and
owns or controls all of the farms. 1t decides
what will be produced, of what quality, and
how much the price will be- Competition does
not exist on the production level. And, of
equal Importance, competition does not exist
on the retail level either Consumers must
patrOnlze designated state stores and paw
designated price for a designated ration
And Russia has made it policy to charge
eXhOfDltant retail prices in order to drain off
consumer income. Compare that with the
United States, where all kinds and sizes of
stores are competing vigorously for trade
and, imitation or no initiation, are doing their
best to undersell the other fellow. Here's
one reason why our living standards are so
lar ahead OF cOmmunisms as to make COM
parisOn difficult
OUR MOST IMPORTANT SAFEGUARD
No dictator can get along with an indie
pendent press. This observation prOnpted
by what happened to La Prensa of Buenos
Aires, newspaper which was founded in
1869 and has long had a worldwide reputa-
tlOn for integrity and accuracy. La Prensa
achieved very large circulation and it pros
pered accordingly. But it did the unfOrgiv-
albeit was often critical of Juan PerOn's
dictatorship in Argentina. So finally # has
been done to death as a free medium of news
and opinion. 1t has been taken over bv Pc
ron's government and is now being run un-
DER the supervision of a committee from Pc
ron's FubOer-stamp Congress. It's distinguish
ed editor, Dr. GalnZa PaZ, escaped to Uruguay
after close brush with Argentine police who
were trying to arrest him. The press of Ar
gentlna, with single exception, is now
wholly controlled by the government. There
VIII be no dissenting voice, no matter what
the dictator does. Of all the safeguards
winch people have against oppression, the
Tree press is the most important 1t is not p |
coincidence that every dictator-communist
IaSclst, or what have-yOu-starts to muZzle
the press as soon as he takes over the gov
efnment That is a matter of sheer neces-
slCy. For when men can speak and publish
what they believe to be the truth Injustice
cannot long flower. Truth is what all dicta-
tors fear the most This sentence shouId he
remembered by everyone: 'No dictator can
get along with an independent press"
ASlNINE!
At a recent hearing before the Federal
POWER Commission, the Department of the
Interior asked that Virginia private utility
be denied permission to build a power dam.
Durlng the course Of the argument, it was
pointed out that the residents of the region
wanted the utility to build the dam because.
among other reasons, it would pay taxes,
While II the dam were built and the power
produced by government agency, it would .
be tax free. In answer to this, Interiors at
torney said blithely that the utility doesn't
pay the taxes The $713,000 they turned over
TO the government last year was actually paid
0y the consumers. Of this, the Scotland
Neck, North Carolina, Commonwealth OBJ
served, That was clearly an asinine state b
ment." For, if Interiors attorney is right.
no enterprise pays taxes-not the motor
not the oil company, not the
farmer, not the corner store 1t Just collects
Jhe money from the customers and gives gov
part Of iC. Reasoning on from this
point, II is now clear that we need not worry
at all when government destroys taxpaying
industry. Let the government run the farms,
Jhe stores, the newspapers, the factories
everything. After all, if the government is
to supply your power, it could just as logical
y supply your shoes, your food, and your ra-
dlO programs and comic strips. And what
nave we now? The answer can be expressed
IN word. We have communism. The Scot
land Neck Commonwealth also said that the
attorneys argument ''is about the most alb
surd ever advanced as an excuse.fo govern
ment ownership and operation" AmenM
5000
INITIATION STARTS IN WASHINGTON
The politically inspired notion that infa-
ton is primarily the result of greed and black
marketeering and can be controlled by de-
cree from Washington, is rapidly running its
course to disillusionment. A memorandum
from the economists of Chicago University
points to the real cause.-the rising volume
OF money. During the last six months of
1850 this increase corresponded very closelv|
TO the increase in prices. cit is no accident"
says the Chicago memorandum, "that these
figures are so nearly of the same magnitude.
This is about as clear a case of purely none
Lary imitation as one can find" 1t is time to