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Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10

DR.. George W. Crane IS a widely svndi.
Gated columnist who often writes on Gues.
tons and problems suggested to him bv
readers. Recently he dealt with the com.
plant OF farmer. The farmer said that
steers ne sold for 25 cents a pound wound
up IN the butcher shops in the shane of dollar
a pound steaks, and reasoned from this that
tne packers We're making huge profits.
Br Crane looked into the matter. He
found that at the start of this year the pack
ers paid 9258 for a 1000 pound steer. THAT
steer dressed out at only $50 pounds for
Wnlcn, at the average wholesale price the
packers received $241.9O In other words.
tney sold It for S1610 less than thew paid for
u. Ihat difference, plus very small profit.
was made up by selling hide hair and other
non-edible by-products.
On being told this, the farmer said that
It must be the retailer who was maxine the
Dlg money out OF beef. Again Dr. Crane in
Vestlgated. This time he found that water
loss and unstable bones and trimming cut
,sle 5SO pound carcass to $50 pounds of mar
ketaole meat Only little of this provided
nlgn-prlced steaks, while much of it became
hamburger and moderately-price cuts. So
I9e butcher got total of S291.4 40 out of his
9141.SV sCeer-a gross profit of $50. And
thaC nad TO cover rent, wages, insurance.
taxes and all his other expenses, not lust a
profit. NV ''oV Z"
DR.. Crane made the point in these words
Too many Americans see Onlv the coeb
register gross sales. They fail to deduct the
many costs and overhead charges"
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10
IN THE AIR FORCE
By Elaine Townsend Dleksron
20 IeWnsona DIeker.on

ural outlet and subsequently aris5
up, leaving an enormous denosif ~
SAT- and other minerals. The salt
Lake Desert is the bed 81 the ex-
tinct Lake Bonneville. i was an
Kious % swim in salt Lake. hnt we
lelt we just could not soarp fbe
time. There were signs at the Vari-
GUS piers around the lake SAVING
Diving Prohibited. lust because
q the great amount of salt rs the
water and the bu0yancy there fs
Usually we have travelled through
Keno salt Lake and Denver Tbis
tiIne we decided to take the north
eTn Route 80 through WYOMING
seate we mad never been in before.
1 remember when Margaret Anne
ana broadus Jones lived IN Casper
wyoming, and was anxious to see
Wnat u was like because thev had
liVed there. 10 seemed. that Wvo-
mings chief source Of income was
coal mining, cattle and sheen rail-
roadlng and oil The altitude on onr
route was high and yet we had
practically no mountain driving
our Triple A strip map said Rock
springs, Wyoming, had II nm
population and we decided fbat
would be the town for onr aaeoa5
stop-over. Usually in a town ~ fhir
size you have a selection of mo5ols
from which to choose. "Best west
ern" mOtels are usually the onee
we select in the west. The motel
we stayed in, in this coal mininr
town, was clean, but the tiniesf
rooms we have ever seen. We cot
adjoining rooms and bath hnf snsf
mad to move out Of each ofberss
way the whole evening we LODGED
there. We paid ten dollars for
cramped quarters.
Al Wlnnemucca we had a gorge
Gus room for twelve dollars. WALL
to-Wall earpeting, laVishlv deeora-
Tea with large lamps, brightly nm
nolstered chairs, lovely bedspreadq
0raw drapes that covered 4 fan.
IoOt-iong window that overIooi-ea
hover garden. Our motel room -
ROCK Springs was furnished lfke
cottage at some beach resort. iusf
to rent TO tourists.
Inc following morning our first
visit was to the hospital al Rawfsns
wyoming. Hayes was requested ~
Doctor there to stay a dav n
their hospital and have A minor
operation performed. He's hale ana
nearly now, but III tell Won more
ABOUT S his brief stay in the Rawlins
hospital next week.
Until then.
Always, 3. T. D.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10

ers are effective against decay iq
pure speculation. Certain saIee and
advertising claims were branded
as ridiculous" and recommends
lions were made that they be CON
sldered by the Pure Food and Drug
Administration.
Certain Automobile Statesmen
Complaints about bait advertisino.
are currently flooding Better Bnsi7
ness Bureaus across the counfrv
only a short time ago our Secratay.v
OF the Interior made a blistering
attack on the ethics of automobiIe
salemen In a declining market
Boldly dishonest and scarehead adj
vertising has appeared in recent
weeks from coast to coast.
Unfortunately, even a few large
city, thoroughly reliable news
papers, have been used to promote
questionable ethical practices. For
instance one electrical appliance
was recently advertised for sale.
statesmen were instructed to use
the "on sale" merely as bait The
sales technique was to upgrade the
customer to more expensive
model # the salesman failed to do
this, and was forced to sell the con
sale" model to his customer. he
was nned. This fine was placed IN
g kitty and was given to the sales
man who sold the greatest number
oL the more expensive models. The
manager who conceives this kind
y safes gimmick either has hole
" ms mead, or ought maybe. to
nave one put there! There Is moth
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10
NO TIME no WASTE

authority after authority, from Presi-
dent Eisenhower on down. has stated IN
eqQNocally that we need a large and unto
GATE merchant marine in time of peace and
that would be absolutely vital in-.tinoe of
war obviously, this means that new ships
must regularly replace those which become
obsolete. Yet the ship-building industrI Is
deep in the doldrums
Three facts tell the story. The troop-lift-
ing ability of our merchant marine IS now
less than when World War III began Total
employment ~ the yards is less than 10 ppr
cent Of the World War III peak and is drop-
ping And during the last 1S months not
one single order for a seagOing III. s. mer-
enant snip OF any type has been placed in a
Y. ). shipyard.
To make matters still more serious It
taxes long time to raise the shipbuildinqf in
olstly from ldleness to high production. Each
SNIP g tallor-made job There is no pro
1ection me Craftsmen with wide diver
sly q nlgnly specialized slIills are required
Ol.ce sucn men have gone into other enter
Prise, particularly Of a type that seems to
promise greater permanence and security
Y Is extremely difficult to reassemble them.
b0th private and governmental agencies
nave presented comprehensive plans for
tetneeylng this situation and assuring as Of
ah adequate merchant marine. The nlanq
vary "a detail, but they are based on one
ihescapa0le premise government assistance
ls necessary, because of the far greater COSTS
american shlpbuilders and ship operators
must meet as compared with those Of forai0n
nag competitors. And there is no time Ia
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10
BABSON DISCUSSES BUSINESS FTHTCS

Babson Park, Mass, September 9.
1854. wonder how many of my
readers have been mislead lately
by the rash Of exaggerated claims
and bait advertising on radio. tele-
vision, and in certain magazines.
Yes, and in the mail-order adver-
tising also.
ExaggeratiOn Magniloquent!
How glowing should the adiec-
tives be that a company uses to
describe its product? When do these
superlatives trespass upon the
bounds of good taste? How far
can the truth be stretched and still
resemble credibility? At what point
does the customer lose his faith
not just in some product, but in
the businessmen as a whole? All
gasolines can't be the best? All
tobaccOs can't be the mildest! All
cars can't give the greatest number
Of miles per gallon. All detergents
can't wash the whitest. Or, Is some-
thing happening to the English Ian
guage-Or to our ethics, maybe?
Take tOOthpastes. for example.
First It was ammoniated then it
was chlOrophyllated; tomorrow, ii
viii be flUoridated And. at this
point the American Dental Associ-
alton doesn't think it at all funny.
The doctors have been carrying on
their own research with the claims
q various manufacturer Their
findings were keynoted at their
S4th Annual Convention when they
said that any inference that am
moniated Of chloroDhyllated clean
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10

tdlstlllatiOn, and most oil refneries
got rid Of it any way they could.
Some of the stuff was used. how
ever in generators that converted
It into Illuminating gas for man
slons," and along the seacoast
"naphtha" launches produced a
trickle Of demand.
Even the 'horseless carriage
failed to make gasoline a com
modify. After all, this smelly, snort
/ ing contraptiOn was a rich man 8
toy-and he had to search for
sources of supply Even after the
nrst million motor cars were on the
roads, the filling station" usuaIIv
( consisted Of a barrel of gasoline in
I the backyard of the hardware store
( and Service" was a matter of
nlling a tive-gallon can (that looked
IKE an diversified milk bucketl
/ Juggling it to the machine and pour-
ing 1t into the tank through a
tunnel into which the wise motorist
thrust a piece Of chamois as a filter.
Mass production coming in. met
the kerosene lamp going ont AMI
at once, gasoline became the vital
concern of the petroleum industry.
and Kerosene the byproduct. By 1912
] tWhen the famous Model T had been
IN production three years), Service
stations" were beginning to appear.
but a barrel of crude oil produced
little more than five gallons Of gaso-
line. Increasing demand was catch
ing up with the industry's effort to
increase production and petroleum
technology began-pretty much in
self-defense.
Today's prOcessessin which gaso-
line is constructed rather than re-
fned, in which petroleum is broken
down to its atoms rearranged to
suit the autOmotive engineer. is
giving US more than three times as
much fuel per barrel as they used
to get. Modern fuel. drop for drop.
is so much better there's no com
parisOn with the real old stun. In
other words, there's as much mile
age in a barrel of crude today. as
Lnree barrels could produce in 1912.
But so what? We've heard all that
before. What matters now is finding
a gas station that sells our favorite
brand, on the right side of the
road, at the very instant we're ready
to stop; where they'll snap to at
tention before we stop rolling.
check engine. radiator, battery and
tires, wash the windshield and win
doWs, wipe the headlights, give
us maps local information. weather
predictions and provide plumbing
facilities for both genders-alI for
free-and in hopes we'll buy some
gasoline.
No wonder they call 'em service"
stations! And If the 100000 that
seem to be wherever you might need
one sold most Of the 43 billion
gallons of gasoline used on high /
ways last year, we're mighty glad
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10
JUsT GOOD BTlsINRss

L
0OAebess mas given people who receive
income ln tne form Of stock dividends q mod
est measure OF tax relief There is hone that
"a tne future there win be sufficient in1Drova-
llsiis ln tne governments fiscal affairs to
MAKE possible more relief But one thin0 is
setlalf-tne old cry chat this is 3 fapranf
example oI taVOflng the rich at the exnanea
q tlie poor viii be sounded again and apaip
The answer to that is found in faefiisi
survey q the families which own shares IS
coi pofations whose stocks are BOUGHT and
soio ln the United States. Here's the sifila-
sloh. 54t per cent Of those families have
alnOai incomes ranging from less than
9e,0gg 70 $1,000; 43.8 per cent are IN the
92,V0J-9lO,O00 bracket and only 2I ner
cent, trltle more than fifth. have n,ora
than $4,000 i''oi 8
lais llbes with ~. S. Treasury statistics
showing That nearly so per cent Of All income
leA payers reporting dividends are members
= taIniles earning Under $4,000
Wnat has happened is that millions of
PsQpis WIN average Jobs and incomes peri-
oqlcal put part Of what they are able to
ss.Ns e stocks-just as they put a part in
ss accounts, insurance policies, real es-
tase ano oJner forms of investment and prom
sity me number Of stockholders has been
growing RAPIDLY this year, due in part to fhe
lllaas safation ot pay-as-yOu-g0 buvino svs-
TEN q stock No longer is the stock exc6anoe
tae province Of the few BIZ IS market nisee
tot tne millions and fair tax laws for sfoeir
aoieels are no less than q matter of 0ood
business tor the nation-they ENCOURAGE ~
N2sgnent ~ productive enterprises
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10
NoOOG
YOU CAN'T GET SOMETHING FOR
NOTHING

You can't get something for nothing aver
from the Federal government. And the re.
nance OF the states on Federal funds Is !
deOlhtaJlng element in our national life.
Those are, in essence, the major points
maze IN study of Federal Grant-in-Aid
Programs which was recently published bv
the Chamber of Commerce of the United
States
It is significant that leaders Of both mar
ties strongly feel that reassessment of Fed
era-State relationships is in order In uro-
ing the creation of commission to deal
with the matter President Eisenhower OBJ
served: The present division of activities
between Federal and State governments. in
Guiding their local subdivisions. is the nrO-
duct OF more than a century and a half
o. plecemeal and often haphazard growth.
inns growth in recent decades has proceeded
az q speed defying order and efficiency. Now
gLleIe is need to review and assess, with pru-
0ence and foresight, the proper roles Of the
Federal, State and local governments. . Cow
efnor stevenson, in 1852 campaign speech.
SCated tnat the Federal government "should
De unencumbered in the discharge of its
!nonstfOus major duties by a lot of other
JOBS II need not do, and the states are the
0lkes which we can build more STRONGLY
against the flood waters sweeping toward
tne district OF Columbia" The Chambers
study says: THE present tasks of the Con-
gfess IN the sphere of national defense and
foreign relations are CRUSHING. CONGRESS r..ee
must be freed from time-consuninp concern
with those governmental functions which
can De performed by states and local com
munities."
lne trend toward reliance on the central
government has been enormously accelerated
ID 9 relatively short period of time In the
~ s. Federal grants to the states were con-
med TO about 10 functions and amounted to
only 9lOO,OOO,OO0 a year, of which rs per
SellJ was eafInarked for highways Last year
Jnese grants came to S2,600,000,OOO and COW
elsa ~ programs. The fields of health, edu-
eaClon and welfare, all historically local re-
sponslbilties, accounted for rs per cent of
the money.
Along with this has come drastic
cSlnange IN the tax situation Prior to 1919
tnere was little tax duplication between the
1eQeral government and the states. Now
Qupllcauon IS the rule rather than the excep-
llOn--as witness personal income taxes. cor
pOEate income taxes, estate and gasoline
taxes, and so on. And, to quote the Cham
ger study again, the federal grants, rather
1lan 0elng gifts, are in reality "a partial
lsg.In 4, OF money taken from the states and
ers" 90 e"viiei
"AAsst tsSOAt4slco 6lOulQ again be re-
gafQeq as purely state and local functions *
matter in which there are vast diveroences
oL opinion But it is obvious that very I'M
poftant changes must be made if anything
even resembling the old separation of povy,
ers philosophy which the fonrTino fotbo,..
viewed as the cornerstone of olr I;borf;es y
" rs iegalned. we VIII have to work on the
that nothing which If Is nosqiblo -
accomplish on the state and local levels 80,
be delegated to another authoritv. And tbet
if it happens, win be sweeping adinstras,,3
indeed.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10
Washington Letter : By Robert Nelson ToyIor
Which WaY9

Wnlcn Wayf
Among the contention that tn,
Congress chose to sweep under tn,
rug so the gentlemen could get t,
their campaigning, is the question
OF whether or not we should return
to the former enemy-alien owner.
half billion dollars worth of prop.
erty seized by the Department o,
Justice at the outset of World Wal
ii and since administered by the
Oft1ce of Alien Property.
1t now begins to appear that the
Dlrksen bill, providing for the resti-
tuition of this property or the pro-
ceeds therefrOm to former enemy
nationals, could be the most vital
and pivotal legislation in American
history.
In a report to the Senate, Chair
man Everett Mckinley Dirksen, OF
the Judiciary subcommittee which
drafted the bill, stated that Secre-
tary Of State John Foster Dulles had
endorsed the principle of the sane
tity Of private property, and added
that this was ''the core around
which Senate bill 1928 was built"
The Senator explained at some
length that this principle had been
the guiding policy of the U. S. from
Alexander Hamiltons day until
that cOndign rascal, Harry Dexter
White reversed the whole con-
cept" and sold Henry MOrgenthau
on his theory of confscation'.
We have thusfar spent 3 bilssSa
dollars in the economic rehabillta-
tiOn of West Germany, and have
been similarly liberal in the rebuilz-
Ing Of Japan. Yet, it is widely felt
that in recognizing the property
rights Of former enemy nationals
(seized Italian properties were re-
turned in 1947), we could add far
more lUster to American prestige
and at the same time disarm the
socialists and communists of their
most effective weapon against us.
But, the basic issue lies closer
home Consider that this totally
unAmerican idea of government,
confiscatiOn Of private property,
was foisted upon as by an agent
of the KFemlin, and is still-nine
years after vi Day-the law Of
this land-of-tha-free And consider
too that this Dirksen bill, designed
TO correct a shameful mistake must
also make us face up to reaflrming
or denying our traditional belief IN
the property rights Of the individual
ANY individual, here or abroad.
We have the opportunity of re-
suming the road charted for us by
the Declaration of independence.
the Bill of Rights and the Consti-
tuition or Of turning left as so
many people would like us to.
Now LOOk2
A few people with thinning hair
fand some without anv) can re-
member when gasoline was
troublesome by product Of kerosene
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10

Ihs lnaC VIII Kill a customers faith
raster in a company or a product
than that kind Of Misrepresentation
Ethics And Discounts
"Bootlegging" is not alwavs !
Ialr term. What is illegal about an
honest laissez-faire policy? Free
trade has always been held to be
ooth legal and beneficial, and the
law Of the land has heretofore nro-
tected this free enterprise. 1T strikes
me that the kind Of selling thar
some people are calling aboot-
legging" or discounting" NAV rs
more IN keeping with American free
enterprise than price-fxing and
tne legislation of profit margins.
however, may be wrong.
Ihese are times to weigh adj
Fertising, to question certain sales
men, and to buy cautiously a
buyers market does not mean the
end or good business or Of good
business ethics. It does mean. an
parently, that the boys in business
VII try the tricks Of boys. The trne
businessmen will survive because
they know that fair deal. cour-
teous service, and honesty TODAY
are bound to return ia the form az
loyal customers and better sales to-
morrow.
Ninety per cent Of the newspapers
turn down all advertising which
they feel viii not benefit their
readers. Yet, these newspapers
like dollars as well as you do I
appeal to you to help support these
local pop"re - every possible way
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10

Of it-and Wen bet they sell NOR,
next year! Here are competitior
and free enterprise at work AT /,
level all Americans are familiar
with and in terms that all car
understand.
First Iron War-HOrse
/ Amid all the flags and brass ant
( splendOr of the most colossal
parade since the Civil War. the
Washington crowds that watched
! 10000 Legionnaires strut their stun
witnessed too another reminder tbat
old soldiers never die"-and some
don't even fade away.
Purring proudly down the CAM.
tals historic parade route. came 4
battle-scarred veteran of the 1915
Mexican Punitive Expedition in it's
original olive-drab warpaint and
fooled by two former buck priyates
OF the expedition in uniforms of
that era of chOker-cOIIars and cam
paign hats.
But few. if any of the hundreds
ot thousands Of onlookers realized
tnat this quaint-lOoking 1915 Dodge
touringcar" figured in the first
mechanized calvary attack in mill
Jary history {. that it was one
OF three command cars that an
lrrepresslble young cavalry officer.
a first lieutenant named George 8.
Patton, borrowed from his boss.
General John J. Pershing, for a
surprise attack on the enemy.
The story Of Patton's motorized
Ioray against the headquarters of
Col. Julio Cardenas was wired to
Motor Age magazine the same dav.
May 9th 1916 by A. H. Beckett
who reported that Lieut.. Patton.
with 10 men armed with Springfield
rifles in each car, took off over the
rough terrain and charged the last
mile at 40 mph. The Mexicans. f.
seems, had turned back a u. s.
calvary charge shortly before. and
the newly-invented mechanical war
rare took them completely by sur
prise. The whole Mexican force was
routed and Col Cardenas was killed
in the attack Lieut. Patton was
quoted at the time as predicting
that the motor car" would ulti-
mately replace the calvary.
This modest foFe-runner of the
tank. that chugged so complacently
down Pennsylvania and Censtitu-
ton Avenues, was presented to
The American Legion last MAY bv
President William C. Newberg of
Dodge. Shortly before the parade.
National Commander Arthur r
Connell Of the Legion, formally pre-
sented the still snorting warhorse
to the Department Of Defense. Tn
accepting the gift on behalf Of
Secretary Robert T. Stevens. Mai
Gen. ], H. Henrichs declared that
It would be "a valuable addition to
the historic treasures already in
Army museums"
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10
AN AMAZING SYSTEM

More and more economists are agreeing
tnat the key to high employment and good
times in this country is consumption - the
sound kind Of consumption that stems. not
from government pump-priming or any
other such inaatiOnary activity but from
progressive free enterprise coupled with
high employment at good wages.
Our magnificent productive machine
would grind to a halt in short order If the
goods didn't move in huge volume into the
hands of consumers.
This simply means that the Job done bv
our retail industry and independ-
ents, big stores and little stores, CITY stores
and village stOres-will decide how our eco
nomy and the living standards of the people
VII IaTe. Luckily we have the finest retail
establishment on earth-and an amazino
system of mass distribution, pioneered bv
chain stores, that is the full partner of mass
production.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-10

mum iire-6ghting equipment for
every farm includes.
7. An adequate supply 81 water
available for the use of lire trucks
ana portable pumps
2. Approved fire extinguisbers
conveniently placed near an haz-
ardous locations such IS the barn
machine shed and storage tanks 81
gasoline and kerosene. Ask tie Are
department to be sure you have the
right type Of extinguisher Is faht
the kinds Of Ere you are most iixeiv.
% have, Recharge extineuishers
yearly where required
3 Enough garden hose and
nlleq water bucket for each 400 81
o09 square feet Of building.
{ Ladders long enough Tor rea-
cue purposes to reach the hiehest
uamniable roof top.
2. e back-pack pump and Hre
sWatter. wet broOms Of wet burIsn
bags 70 light field fires.