Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-12-31
THOUGHT FOR NEW YEAR

Fred c. Crawford, President OF thompson rloou''''
Inc largest employer of labor IN the CleVeaho' Oo' %
4n 49, +or Of an American family which explodes the
faacv Of socaistic planning He introduces us TO tne
Hunter family his wife, Mrs Bargain HUNTER ana
pa Work-Hard- And-Save Hunter
This family along with the Preacher, Labor Leader
Politician and Professor attend Town Hall Meeuhg
called by Planner we'll meaning visionary, WHO Aho"SI
nothing from experience about the oaslc laws u plo
ton distribution and consumption yet believes ne ana ms
bright Young men have found the to usher IN brgnt
New Future in which one will work Tor prolit every
man shall have lob and human rights will come before
property rights -
Planner tells Joe to start work Joe asks what 90 you
want me to make?" Palmer asks Mrs Bargain hunter
what she would like buy. She she wants cot1ee
Dot At the end of hours hand work, Joe has MADE
coeenot and wants dollar Mrs Hunter refuses to pay
more than Is cents Mr. Palmer suggests that Joe
rs cents for an hours work Joe refuses and goes on SIT
down strike because he has been told high wages get ous
ness going.
In desperation Palmer turns to Grandpa Hunter sug
gests he get some his savings out of the sugar bowl
prme the pump and keep Joe working He tells Grandpa,
"Human rights are involved they come first and your
money is just property right Grandpa refuses plurts
out that this money his es toll and sacrifice his food
and shelter for old and no crackpot scheme ges any
off it.
Panner loses his temper accuses the Hunters of being
uncooperative of following human impulses He states|
he will decree dicatorial powers take the money away
from Grandpa and make Mrs Hunter buy the pot at al
certain price Bedam breaks loose the Hunter family
They shout: cts free country-l str1ke- refuse o
invest want bargains
Tho Preacher Professor and Politician then speak upl
and say: "Wal Street is to blame free enterprise is al
failure the frontiers are gone We know WHAT'S wrong
but the Hunters are too dumb to understand. Well get
the WPA started again and use government deficits to-
prime the pump; the New Shuttle can handle this
At this juncure quiet self-possessed man rose ana
said: 81 am Business Man. Mrs Hunter said Let that
man talk He did swell job production
Business Man says: Its all quite simple; all my life II
have been hiring workers and producing useful things
always customers have demanded bargains labor has
sought top wages stockholders have wanted dividends
That's right it's human nature. That's what makes indus
try progress But you can't have unless produce
more. When America was free we learned the precious
secret of the Production of Wealth. 1t only works IN Tree
country Twenty ago theorists and bureaucras who
never produce anything took and have almost wreck
ed u.s.
He turns to Palmer and asks him to call off his rules
regulations and edcts He to Grandpa and promises
him fair chance to make profits his Investments The
old gentleman gladly turns his money and the Busl
Man says he will buy machinery with which Joe
can his hours into coffeepots per hour
Production engineers bring metal conveyers, motor
over the protest of the Labor Leader who denouncs
chimes In hour, Joe makes two coffeepots Mrs Hun
ter buys for herself and for her neighbour Mrs
Kelly and pays $50 The Business Man gives Joe
Sl1O IA raise OF lO cenCS) gives GRANDPA dlne dVl
dend, puts aside 80 cents for himself, and ma
terias and states that so OF New Wealth he's been
born.
He turns to the Preacher Professor and Politician and
says That is the way Ne Wealth IS produced the way
this country frcn crackpot social and eco
nomic schemers The Hunter family look each other and
then at the Business Man and say in unson eve did this
ourselves
The Business Man says he is glad they realize the
Palmer useless bureaucrat 'You Hunters the
government why don't you fire him."
To Grandpas question to what part he plays in the
picture, the Business Man replies 81 send out and ge
Mothers ORDERS get Grandpa to invest his hardearned
savings in the factory and then put Joe to work don't
pay the wages simply collect from the consumer
of it to Grandpa in dividends, to Joe in
Wages pay for the material pay myself salary and set
the balance aside for taxes future needs and expansion
You pay me for my work. just work for the Hunter
family"