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Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02
REMEMBER WHEN

Congressman BrysOn of South
South Carolina reminded the House
of Representatives a few days ago
that those living in the South have
shown their patriotism dow
through time.
He told his fellow Congressmen
that statistic show that there have
been more volunteers for military
service from his section of the Ma
ton than from any other part OF
the country. Most OF the industrial
people in my district" he declared,
"are employed in textile mills.
where wages are reasonable but
not high." The Congressman said
that lit is difficult to realize how
most of our folks are living nova
days in view of the constant in
crease in the cost of the necessities
of life" and he added: "Unless run
away prices are controlled, l fear
the consequences" He made a de-
mand that Congress should put
first and adjust the grave differ
ences." He also said: cit looks like
the same dollar, but it goes twice
as fast as it did in 1889"
In that year the same dollar
dollar brought twice as much goods
as it does today.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02

basic causes, Even their proponents consider
them as nothing more than a palliative
against rising prices. However, the emer-
gency which exists today is not likely to be
temporary; it may last for years. The ma
ton, to secure itself against aggression and
to safeguard the welfare and living stand
ards OF the people, must rely on increased
production and expansion of private produc-
tlon facilities. Direct wage and price con-
trols, as our experience after the surrender
OF Germany clearly proved, restrict produc-
ton and the incentive for expanding our pro-
ductlve capacity. If we had proceeded to set
up sound system of priOrities and alloca-
uons, to control the extension of credit to
control government expenditures, to finance
the cost OF government out of current tax
revenue, then there would have been no need
for price and wage controls. However. f is
not too late If the government will take
these necessary steps now, then wage and
price controls can and should be removed
minimizing the damage they can do to the
future productivity of the country. and re-
storing freedom of choice to management
labor, and the housewife.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02

will refer now to our definition of infatiOn you will
see that this shift of employment will further reduce
the supply of consumer goods without reducing pur-
chasing power. This makes for still further price
increases.
Then you ask why not put lid on wages and
prces?" The answer is that lid on wages results
in decreased production per dollar Of wages Thus.
little is gained thereby. A lid on prices, on the
other hand develops "black markets." with resultant
graft, neficiency and dishonesty. From these
"back market" operators, the Government gets no
taxes Although such feelings are popular politi-
cay, they are real solution to the problem High
er prices are inevitable.
DEFICIT FINANCING COMING
All these schemes lead finally to deficit or phony
financing which means a further decline in produc-
ton per hour and further increase in purchasing
power. This is just the reverse of what honest
financing requires Those in the war plants. al
though making only goods, must be paid market
wages At this point after all the "quack cures"
have been tried and failed the value of the dollar
begins to decline. If we are forced into World War
H. our dollar could easily fall to twenty-five cents
or less during the postwar years
People then get scared Not content to spend
only their wages, they draw out their savings and
buy homes and productive land This is wbv the
prices of houses and land have doubled since 1g4O
and could easily double again during the next ten
years One final thOught-although putting a cell
ing on wages and prices tends to keep them down
during War-yet when the war is over this damned
up demand makes the postwar price increase in
real estate, automobiles, and all household appli-
ances go sky.high-much more than prices would
have gone if not aruhcially held down during the
war.
NO human plans can ever long succeed in break
ing either the Ten Commandments or the Law of
Supply and Demand
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02
THESE CRITICAL TIMES

Attorney General J. Howard Nc
Grath delivered an outstanding ad-
dress before the Savannah Bar AS
sOciatiOn. He stated that the siren
9Th of the United States has gradu-
lly grown so that we have achiev-
ed unequaled civilian enterprise
and manpower-plus the faith and
determination of Americans that
peace and justice will prevail in
the World He declared that Am
erican champions the Democratic
way of life. upon which our Nation
was conceived and founded; but
the accomplishment of the task
which cOnfrOnts us now, as a Ma
ton, may take many years" The
Attorney General declared that we
must be resolved in the process of
becoming strong. and in helping
other Nations to become strong
and stick to our determination to
preserve Democratic processes and
institutions which our Nation has
developed.
The Attorney General, took oc-
casiOn to analyze the unique respOn
sibility which lawyers are defend
ing with the skill of men trained to
think, and with a sense of cOntinu-
ity of the law and social institute
ions. In the opinion of Attorney
General McGrath the lawyers of
other Nations are creating patterns
for future decisions or actions fan
afield and beyond the scope of our
expectations. He outlined the ex-
treme strength and quality and a.
bilitY shown through the course of
histOry-achieved bv lawyers and
our legislators that have been man
ed by officers of our Government
who have saved and preserved our
rights and freedoms. In short, the
law which protects personal and
property rights has been upheld in
a large part by the legal officers of
the Government. The Attorney OBJ
served: ut is the function of the
Attorney General to enforce FEEDER
al law and likewise to act as legal
advisor to the President and heads
of the Departments of the Govern
ment." He described the RESPONSE
bilities of the administrators and
protectors of the Nation itself-and
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02
GREAT AMERICAN ASSETS

The strains of mobilization will produce
many changes in the way we live We will
have less money to spend on the things we
want. Some commodities will become scarce.
few may disappear altogether. But one
thing is certain-the American standard of
living will still be the highest on earth. We
have magnificent prOductice machine
which is capable of meeting the maximum
demands of the defense effort, and, at the
same time, of providing the civilian popu-
latiOn with more goods and services than
any other people enjoy This is the miracle
called mass production, which free enter
prise has devised. And we have something
else as Well-sOmething which is also an in
dustrial miracle, and which is also the pro-
duct Of free, competitive enterprise. This
is mass distribution. 1t is represented on
every Main Street and country crossroads in
America. 1t is the machine which makes di-
rectly available to the people the vast out
pourings of our farms and factories. 1t isl
made up of many different kinds of enter
prlse-one-man stores, regional and NATIONAL
chain systems, department stores, mail-OrderI
houses, sUpernarkets. All of these stores
all the tens of thousands of them-have anl
important place in the scheme of things.
Each serves q public, whether large or small.
Each makes its contribution to the welfarel
and comfort of the people. Here is one of
the greatest American assets.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02
DELAWARE FARM MARREY NEWS
Market News information Supplied by The Bureau Of Murss
Sfuie soord Of Agriculture, Dover, Delaware

The following is a weekly round
up of livestock prices and miscel-
laneous commodities prevailing last
week. This report shows average
prices received by Delaware farm
ers for commodities that were mar
keted throughout this week:
LIVESTOCK PRICES
VEALERS
Choice, $38.OO to S43.5O. mostly
$4,000 per cwt; medium to good,
$1,000 to $37.75, mostly $34.5O per
cWt.; rough and common, $4,000 to
S31.5O, mostly $3.50 per cwt.
MONKEYS
$2S.00 to $4,000. mostly $4,000
per cwt.
LAMBS
Medium, $3125 to $S4.25, mostly
SS4.25 per cwt.; common, $3.50 to
$500, mostly $500 per cwt.
COWS
Slaughter, medium to good, S24OO
to $S1.O0, mostly $500 per cwt.
common, $4,000 to S2S.80, mostly
$22.50 per cwt.; Gamers and cnt-
ters, $500 to $3.50, mostly SIS 90
per cwt
STEERS
Light, $25.75 to $31.75, mostly
$29.75 per cwt.
FEEDER HEIFERS
Dairy type, $23,O0 to $2S.75, most
ly $26.00 per cwt.
BULLS
over 1000 pounds, medium to
good, $2S.75 to S28.70, mostly S27 SO
per cwt.; 500 to 1000 pounds. med
ium to good, $21.50 to $4,000. most-
ly $26.00 per scwt.
STRAIGHT HOGS
Good Quality
100 to 40 pounds, $1,000 to
S2S.75, mostly $500 per cwt: 10
to 240 pounds, s2s.O0 to S24.5O.
mostly $23.75 per cwt.; $40 to $50
pounds, S19.75 to $28.0O. mostly
S22.75 per cwt.
SOWS
Good Qnality)
200 to 500 pounds, Sl725 to
SlS.25, mostly s1S.25 per cwt. 300
to 400 pounds, $1700 to S1S75
mostly $500 per ewt,: over 400
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02
SHORT HAUL MAn,

The U. S. Post Office Department
has announced that large part of
its short haul mail traffic will be
switched fom rail to truck tran
sporatiOn. One of the high officials
of the Department said that the
field in which the short haul mail
can be conducted covers territory
that amounts to $1OO million a year
Apparently the recent switchmen's
strike had much to do with the di-
version of mail to the trucks.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02
SPENDTHRIFT u N

The United Nations appear to be
doing a full size job in pulling
Uncle Sans leg. A Senate sub COM
mittee wants to know whether bo-
ondoggling is going on a World
scale.
Originally the United States tax
payers would pick up 40 per cent
of the tab for operating the big
movement The Russians h ad
things rugged so they would only
pay 10 per cent Now it turns out
that the United States has been
paying about 81 per cent of the
total coast of the U. N. The way it
has been done is shown in schemes
by the Soviet groups who have been
dEcking their responsibilities and
agreements while it has been short
changing the United Nations.
Washington newspapers are urg-
ing Congress to go after the
Russian swindlers and make them
put up their part of the dough.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02
Washington Letter ByLE. Jones

said the people of our Nation vii!
always save the World from des-
truction. He declared: "Our prob
lens take the form of a paradox in
that those who aim to destroy our
form of Government will be destroy
ed-and that in the end the law
abiding people of our own Nation
will be the saviours of the World"
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02

And the railroads are now. using
all their influence in behalf of pro-
posed increases for mail transpor-
tation amounting. to 95 per cent
over the 1947 rates.
The method of handling the mail
in all sorts of transportation has
been changing for several years
just another story of how "de
World do move"
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02
CHICKS PLACED AND BROTLERS MARKETEn nv
DEL.MAR.VA PRODUCERS
PERCENT or
PLACEMENTS
MARKEWWm
JANUARY EMPLOYMENT REPORT BY THE DEPARTMENr


new high record of employment January set when 20
nlon people month
continued It's normal mdwinter
january WIN further cUTtaiment
nooay M in trade Even though employment about 1
oh from the december level the SO million
exceeded the January 1850 level by Much
oOk place in
OF workers
ence are the labor force only temporarily because of this
increased only slightly. 4
earlier. - - t"iu - : " year
LOCAL BROILER.FEED RATIO
by Maryland State Department Of Markets
week ended February
OTOer mash averaged S1O692 1b broiers
weeks averages were broes 279c; $O453 broe
pounds feed 1900 " 9tS = %
BOSTON EGG MARKET-USDA
Wholesale Special February 555c February 27 52c
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02

pounds. sl7.Oo to $500. mostly
$1775 per cWt.
BOARS
Good Quality
Under $50 pounds, $1O.59 to
$16.25, mostly $3.50 per cwt.: over
$50 pounds, $500 to $11.75. mostly
$3.50 per cWt.
SHOATS
Medium to good, $1,000 to S16.5O.
mostly $500 per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS
Is to 70 weeks ODD
Choice, $500 to $500 mostly
$llO0 each; medium to good Sc 30
to $775, mostly $3.50 each; COM
mon, $3.50 to $500, mostly $3.50
each.
HORSES AND MULES
Work type, $4,000 to $1,000. most
" $4,000 each; butcher type. $500
TO $S5.00 mostly $4,000 each
LIVE POULTRY
HEAVY BREEDS
Fowl S1.S0 to S2.1O, mostly $3.50
cockerels, s1.s5 to $40, mostly
$1.60 each.
LIGHT BREEDS
Bantam Chickens, 25c to 60c.
mostly 85c each.
GEESE $3.50 to $500, mostly
$500 each.
DUCKS: Muscovy. soc to $3.50.
mostly SI2O each.
DRAKES: Muscovv s1s0 ~
$3.50. mostly $1.60 each.
TURKEYS: Hens, $500 each.
RABBITS: Large breeds. s1.l0 to
Sl.65, mostly S1.25 each: small
breeds 60c 10 SOC, mostly soc each
young, 45c TO 55c, mostly 55c each
EGGS: Ungraded. mixed, lOc b
doc per doron; large, acc to 40 per
dozen: pullet, 35c per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
RED POTATOES: CSC to zoe per
ss bushel
SWEET POTATOES: soc to 90e
per IS bushel.
WHITE POTATOES: 45c to Coo
per Is bushel.
can.
TURNIPs. eoc per q bushel
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02
STOPGAP MEASURE

The present price-Wage freeze is largely
a stOpgap measure, as top government Off
clalS charged with the laws administration
have recently said. AS soon as possible. the
whole control policy will be reviewed and
necessary changes made Some express the
hope that many controls may be removed in
the near future Be that as it may those
consumers who have believed that all that
was needed to stop the price spiral was to
issue an edict are clearly due for a disap-
pOlntment. The roots of imitation 90 far be-
yOnd the farmer, manufacturer, the retailer.
and the others involved in the lob of pro-
duclng and distributing all the things we
use. 1t cannot be too often repeated that
high prices are a symptom of a disease-nOt
the disease itself. The disease lies princi-
pally In government spending, government
credit policies, so called "cheap money. and
all the rest of governments activities i'm the
broad field of fiscal policy Business is next
to helpless when it comes to doing something
about prices The manufacturer must pay
rising wages and costs all along the line
The retailer, who is most often blamed by
consumers for high prices, is caught in the
same SqueeZe-When his wholesale costs 90
up, there's nothing he can do except pass the
increase along to his customers. The consul
mer may complain, and cut his buying as
much as pOssible-bUt that doesn't change
conditions. 1t is an unfortunate fact that the
public was misled by some very high officials,
who argued that price control was the ans
Wer to practically everything. We now be-
gin to see how mistaken that view u.s. And
we have yet to go after the real causes of
initiation.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02
POULTRY NEWS

wool d Proer producers 356SOOO chicks during the
enoed February 244 the previon gae and 5t
e s % as year earlier Chicks 89 above the prey
in 5o hspments dropped 219o below the All
the n+a year ago aatcherymen 4O4OO eggs-2 less than
~ pi0ous week out 2l6 than week last wear
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR DFTNAPvH
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02
CHICKS PLACED IN ADDITIONAL ARgAs 1o,1


DeiVa producers marketed
week enoed February 242S previous week and
eSS han the same week
retarded by the truck drivers number marketed as
OV70 OF the average weekly placements ~
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02
RUSSIA AND OTHER CROOKS

Stain has finally come to be-
lieve in the unpopularity of the
Korean war. But he is playing his
own cards all the time. The
Russians continue to encourage
China to continue its war against
the United Nations. Russians seem
to get away with many of Stalin's
schemes.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02
5000
PLANNED SOCIALISM FOR
UNITED STATES

Sometime ago the President created a
water Resources Policy Commission and
gave 1t the big and extremely important iOb
OF studying these resources and detern1in-
ing how they should be used and develOped
Tor the future. In this work, the question of
nydfOelectrlc power is naturally high on the
!lst OF topics. The membership of the board
Is made up of several university officials, the
manager OF large municipal utility system
ana at least two men who have always plug
ged hard for government power DEVELOPMENT.
II oOes not contain single representative
from the private electric industry-despite
the 1act that this industry supplies 80 per
cent OF the nations power requirements !!
FOR that matter it doesn't have a represen-
IaClVe OF any KIND from a private taXpaying
enterprise What we have here is one more
rugged commission. The organization re-
Gently issued a lengthy report which recon-
mends by direction and indirectiOn more Fed
eral power systems, more authorities of the
Iva characteF-in other words more So
clalIzatlOn OF our resources and enterprises.
Private industry comes in for some kind
words, but they are few and far between.
Ihe whole weight of emphasis is on the1
virtues OF blg-time government planning
inns is one way in which the insidiOus, cleV-I
erly-maoutaged campaign for socialism is |
moving ahead If the planners have their
way, we will have statism on the British
model Senator George described the situ-I
alton accurately when he said in Congress
IL the Federal government continues to
move at the rate it is going the great
industries of this country will be federaliz-
ed, because Independent industry cannot
compete with the government and we will
nave system OF national socialism"
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02
BABSON Discusses "Barn Yard" Economics

BABSON PARK, Fla, March
2-We must start with the die
tiOnary explanation of INFLA-
TION. 1t is the name for a rise
in prices due to demand exceed
ing production. Please keep this
definition in mind as we follow
through why a war causes
prices to rise.
WHAT ABOUT TAXES!
We complain about federal
taxes; but even these have a
cheerful side, as 800 of all
such taxes are dependent upon
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02


it's or personal income from dividends ETC. In other
words, unless the Government allows us profits the
Government would go broke. Hence we can abso-
lutely depend upon good profits during war times
Next you ask But what will prevent the Gov
ernment from raising these taxes to much higher
percentage of profts?" The answer is that when
taxes increase above certain point, the Law Of
Diminishing Returns begins to work. If manage
ment is not allowed to increase wages and prices
to offset any further tax increase then production
falls off and costs increases under our present "mass-
production" system. Then more money must be
raised by more taxes and the Government starts to
kill the geese which lay the golden eggs" When
this occurs taxes are raised no more The Govern
ment then begins to print money aud sell bonds
This always increases the peoples purchasing power
faster than increasing the supply of goods and re-
suits in still higher prices
RAISING AN ARMY
The next financial curse of war comes from
pulling five million men and women Of the best
producers away from normal industry-putting half
in training camps and half in factories making war
supplies This not only reduces the production Of
civilian supplies, but these people must be housed
clothed, and fed BY being paid real money. If you
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02

A BIG STORY IN A FEW WORDS
Congressman BOykin of Alabama
rises to remark that he doubts if
there is single workers home
anywhere in this country where the
cost of food and other necessities
is not a matter of daily family con-
cern and discussion"
Evening star., 1951-12-03
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