Milford chronicle., 1953-07-31


ming OF just and lasting peace. That is the
hope OF all freedom loving persons, whether
Chey be American or citizens of any other
country.
MACHINERY CONQUERS FAMINE
Since recorded history began, mankind
has been fighting famine. And, difficult as it
may be for us to understand in Well-fed
America, much of the world still suffers from
famine or near-famine. A survey made some
time ago indicated that at least five out of
every ten people in the world are ill-fed.
Why has the United States escaped the
dread Specter of famine?
1t is not because we have the most fertile
sOil-Our yields per acre are lower than in
some other countries. It is not because we
have more land-with seven per cent of the
worlds people we have six per cent of it's
land area.
The answer is that we are world leaders.
IN the all-lmpOrtant matter of production per
tarm worker 1t is estimated that each of
these workers produces enough food and fiber
10 support at least Is persons, whereas in
Colonial days IS per cent of our working
Iorce was needed to produce the farm crops
which made possible a meager existence.
Our high production per worker. of
course is the direct result of our wide and
ever-lncreaSlng use of labOr-saving, time-sav-
ing and mOney-SaVing farm machinery. To-
day each farm worker has about 33 horse
power at his command, as compared with s.
per cent as recently as 1920. That is whv
with fixed land area, farm production has
gone up and up. And it is the way still great
er production, made necessary by a swiftly
growing population, will be achieved in the
years ahead.
PROPERTY is THE FRUIT OF LABOR"
Every left-winger is adept in catch
phrases. One standard example is the crv
tnat human rights" must be superior to
property rights"
This appeal to the unthinking evades the
fact that the right to own property is one of
the most basic and important of the human
rights. That idea was powerfully expressed
Dy ADfaham Lincoln, as great humanitar-
ian as ever lived, in these words "Propertv
is the fruit of labor; property is Desirable.
1t is a positive good in the world. That some
should be rich shows that others may become
rlch, and hence is just encouragement to in
GuSCfy and enterprise. Let not him who is
hOuseleSS pull down the house of another
but let him work diligently to build one for
himself, thus by example assuring that his
own Shall Oe safe from violence when built"
(SO&~G
ARE YOU GETTING YOURS?
are you wondering why, IN spite of stag
gerlng taxes, the deficit and the national debt
keep going up and up?
II SO, you might consider a book which
is being advertised by leading publisher. #
IS entitled How to Get It From the Govern
ment." According to the advertisements. it
tells all about the hundreds of benefits and
services provided by your government. YOu
never dreamed you could get so much helm
from your government in so many WAYS. All
kinds OF benefits and services are yours for
the asking" A subhead reads: care vou get-
ting your share of these billions of dollars?"
No criticism is implied of the publisher
and author of this book, who have a perfect
rlgnt TO sell as many copies as they can. But
the fact that such a work is possible shows
how sickeningly far we have straved from
the ideals which built America and which
made Americas independence and freedom
possible '''''i