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Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25
TIME no REPEAT

The month of July marks the 21Oth ami
versary of the passing of one of Americas
greatest and least-remembered herOes-JOhn
Peter Zenger. In 1884, as the independent,
truculent" editor Of the New York Weekly
Journal, he was thrown into jail, charged
with criminal libel for airing the abuse of
power by the British governor of New York.
1t was his ultimate court victory in 1735,
that established the foundation for freedom
of the press in the New World And Zenger's
vindication before an hostile court resulted
from the insiStence of his counsel on the
right of the jury to inquire into the truth or
fGlsity of the published statements.
AS an editor we are grateful to Publish
er John w. McPherrin of The American
Magazine for the timely reminder of our
debt to Zenger in the current (July) editor
ial =. "Free-tO be RESPONSIBLE" 1t
was this latter point-that the press must be
responsible as well as free-that inspired the
first editorial in the first issue of the Colon
les first magazine. In 1741, three years be-
fore John Peter Zenger's death, and 35 years
before the Declaration of independence, the
first editor of The American Magazine wrote:
"While we are zealOusly endeavOring to
promote the Liberty, we shall as carefully
avoid contributing to the LicentiOusness of
the press. We have here particularly in view
DefamatOry Libelling as it comprehends the
gether.
''The promoting of the Liberty of Man
kind comprehends the highest Acts of Bene-
fcence that we can possibly exercise toward
our fellow creature . The Press, under
right Application, has beenzfound to have
an admirable influence on magistrates, re-
straining them in the bounds of their duty"
Writing in 1854, Mr. McPherrin says,
These historical quotations are not gener-
ally known. So far as / can determine, this
is the first time they have appeared in print
since that 1741 issue was published. Never
theless, we think the arguments presented
here are as valid today as they were PIG
years ago"
And if anybody asks us, we think they
are UGLldeT-if there is such a word. Ger
tainly in the face of today's complexities
at the local, national or international level
we are more dependent on our press than
ever a press tnat must have freedom to
serve us, and must be responsible to per-
petuate that freedom.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25
New Ford Tractor
Has Power Aplenty

A new tractor with plenty Of
economical power for heavy farm
wOrk-the Fordson Major Diesel
is being introduced in this area by
Bayard v. Wharton Co, Ford trac-
tor and Dearborn farm equipment
dealer.
The Fordson Major Diesel, manu-
featured by Ford Motor Company,
Ltd, at Dagenham, England, is
now on display at the Bayard v.
Wharton Co. leadership.
The 5,600-pound blue and orange
disel tractor. now being sold and
serviced in this country for the first
time, has earned a reputation as a
powerful yet economical source of
farm power Three-point linkage
and a vertically adjustable swing
ing drawbar permit the tractor to
be operated with wide variety of
implements, both mounted and
pull-type.
The Fordson Major Diesel has a
constant mesh transmission with
six forward and two reverse speeds.
Forward speeds at 1000 engine
r. p. m. range from 2.07 to 1916
m. p. h.
Years of diesel engine research
have resulted in many new fea-
lures to assure long, economical
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25
DDT For Litterbugs

For the first time since mass
packaging, and the mass move
ment of Americans over the land
scape began, we can cherish some
thing more than piOus hope that
our highways and by ways and
seashOres and sylvan dells can be
de-littered-and kept that way.
Amerlsan industry, whose genius
took our foods out of the barrel
and put them in packages, invented
millions of new products (also in
packages) for our comfort and con-
Venience, gave us containers for
milk and beer and soda pOp that
we don't have to take back to the
store, rescued us from germs via
the paper cup and the tissue hand
kerchief and gave us the means
of ranging whittier we list over the
countryside, is facing up to a
moral responsibility.
Keep America Beautiful, Inc. a
new non-prOft corporation is now
In business, to tackle the litter
problem on a lOng-range nation
wide scale. 1t is financed by indus
try and supported BY state and local
highway, park and, sanitation
boards, and by 35 national Organi.
cations including the Chamber OF
Commerce of the United States. the
Boy Scouts of America, the National
Council of state Garden Clubs anG
the Izaak Walton League.
In telegram of cOmmendatiOn
Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks
said: "The task is too big to ex.
pect a solution from individual
groups. 1t would seem that industry
from which have come so man1
ingenious devices to contribute con.
venience to modern living-car
supply the impetus for lOng-rangt
educational campaign to tell the
public not only how to use these
cOnveniences, but how to avoid mis-
using them"
For five months prior to its off
cial launching, KAB engaged in {
nationwide study of the littel
problem that has amassed more in
formation on the subject than hai
ever been collected before. It i,
discovered that American taxpayer
are spending $30,OOO,0OO a year fol
picking up litter-a pitifully small
proportion of it! And this does no
include the cost of garbage anC
trash collection in cities. Forty
three of the 4S states have little,
Notwithstanding from 81 to 81 .00t
and from 10 days to six months il
jail-but there are few arrests any
where and no coordination of stat,
| efforts.
William c. StOlk, chairman O
KAB's Board of Directors says
''The untidy habits of a segment o
our pOulation can be corrected onl.
bv education leading to mass dis
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25
"IN THE AIR FORCE'
By Eloins Townsend Dickerson

they place aghes from their FIRE
place and the rain on these drained
off as lye for soap, fertilizer for
their gardens, etc. Our guide told
us this was the part of the village
most understood by the visitors
They thought, like / did, that II was
just to catch rain water.
Jack Kelso, the fisherman and
philosopher lived in this village
and it was from him that lincoln
obtained literature and taught him-
self to read and write. The fre-
place, where Lincoln threw shaw
ings to brighten the flame to read
by, is housed in the Onstot Cooper
shop, where barrels were made
This was the village where Lincoln
met and loved Ann Rutledee and
It was here she became I'M with
some fever and died. Her grave is
in Petersburg, however. The de-
funct Lincoln-Berry store was in
teresting with the old clocks. calico
material and china placed on the
stores shelves. The store did mt
prosper because Lincoln was too
busy reading to wait on customers
and Berry too busy indulging In
spirits" The postoffice where Lin
coin was postmaster, is there.
There is wool house, a blacksmith
shop, and in this settlement thew
even made shoes; straight ones
that would At either foot.
/ learned here what a "Key loe''
IS: DO you know? Well, the houses,
all being made of wood, were often
easily set on fire by the chimney
mortar not being perfect. If a fire
did begin in the chimney. this
slightly elongated key log could be
pulled out from the flaming chin.
ney and it would fall away from
the house, preventing total damage
to the dwelling.
The towns duration. lasting onlv
ten years, resulted from the rail-
road coming to Petersburg and the
inhabitants moving there. Lincoln
moved after six years to study
law and became an apprentice n
Springfield.
Here at New Salem outside the
park there is an attractive place to
eat as we'll as a lodge where Won
may stay. Really, if you get the
opportunity to come to Illinois. YOU
should be sure you see New Salem
state Park. It's well worth every
minute of your time.
Until next week.
] Always, E. T. d.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25

half than at any time since the
193O's.
Sales And Inventories
C4) AS in the case of general busi-
ness discussed above, sales pros
poets will rule selective. With pur-
chasing power holding well, demand
for food products and soft goods
Will remain at a brisk pace. The
public, however, have learned some
thlng about watching their pennies.
They have become more price
conscious. For this reason, I predict
that the mass distributors, such as
the grocery and variety chains, will
run ahead of the others saleswise
during the last half-year.
(5) Retail sales in general. al
though about 40 lower dollarwise
have held up during the first half
in terms of physical volume as dis
counts and other concessions re-
duced the actual receipts. This is
encouraging since it shows that
consumers are still willing to spend
If the price is reasonable. In terms
of units, retail sales will hold up
through 1854. Inventories will con-
stantly be reduced during 1854. THE
RETAILERS WHO DO BEST IN
1854 WILL BE THOSE WITH THE
BEST PARKING FACILITIES FOR
THEIR CUSTOMERS.
Political Outlook
t6) I forecast that the more
liberal attitude on the part of the
Eisenhower Administration will
surely continue through November
and perhaps until the 1856 elections,
During the past six months rumors
have been spreading to the effect
that President Eisenhower will not
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25

operation. The 4-cylinder overhead
valve engine has a COMPRESSION
ratio Of 16:1 and a 220 Gu. in. pis-
ton displacement. A rigid cast iron
cylinder block is used with CEN
trlTugally cast, easily removable
cylinder sleeves.
The tive-ring aluminium pisfona
are recessed at the ton for maxi-
mum turbulence Of the fuel miTtrro
which is injected from a 4-hole noz-
zle injector Fuel passes through
-FOUR filters before reaching the
combustion chamber.
rests reveal this power.,l diesel
Is capable of developing more than
5000 pounds of sustained drawhar
tor. = az
Hydraulic power for mounted
implements is supplied BY a Gear
type pump, developing 1900 mounds
per square inch pressure. which IL
operated by the power take-off
shaft. 1t has provisions for attach
ing remote hydraulic cylinders for
use In controlling semi-mounted
and pull-type implements.
Ball and nut type steering with
q ~ to | ratio provides FEATHER
iignt positive control with less "a
tigue for the operator
For row-crop work, this 4-wheei
tractor is equipped with 100 az
rear tires. and the wheel treads
are adjustable from So 70 70 inchs
e es. Another model is equipped with
1400 80 rear tires. '''
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25
No Middle GrouDd

Nuetralism, prOpagated in Wes-
tern Europe on the mOnstrous de-
ceil that the present world crisis is
a conflict exclusively between the
U. 5. and Russia, is actually final
and abject surrender, an American
lndustrialist told a French and
American audience in Paris this
week. There can be no neutral
ground, declared Gilbert W. Chan
man, president of The Yale e.
Towne Manufacturing Company. in
tOday's cold war between those
who profoundly believe in the sane
tlty OF the individual and those who
oasicaIly despise the individual"
The conflict, said Mr.. CHAPMAN
is between those who respect tbe
capacities of the human mind. to
dream, aspire and create: against
those who have added to the WORLDS
collection of horrors that sadism
called the brain wash. The conflict
Is between freedom and slavery
right and wrong e.. e. hope and des-
pair The cold war will con-
tlnue until the basic cOncept of the
freedom of man to choose between
right and wrong has been victor
lous There will be no surren-
der"
Mr.. Chapman who was speaking
at luncheon commemorative half
century Of business relations he
tween Yale & TOwne and it's French
licensee, declared: Cooperation be-
tween two friendly companies has
brought about rare understanding
OF the problems of our two conn
tries. In fifty years we have found
that Frenchmen and Americans can
| strive toward the same princiDles
and goals with common interest and
ideals"
But he went on to deplore the
tendency of some Europeans to mis-
understand us, even though we are
he said, "a spiritual extension nj
Western Europe" He cited Ameri-
can history to point up the ridic-
ulousness of any charge that the
U. S. desires to dominate the world
and as vivid roof that there is nC
segment of American life that seeks
to impose our will on the rest OF
mankind"
It's too bad our Mr.. Chapman
couldn't have spoken sooner-and
in the French National Assembly
instead of the Automobile Club Of
France.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25
Obligations Never Me

OVA60NUMS NtfCE Die
While the Mutual Security Act
of 1854 is being whipped together
for Congressional action, the 1858
version is beginning to show it's
teeth abroad.
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles has announced that military
aid to the six members of the Euro
pean Defense Community is being
reduced under the provisions of
the Richards Amendment to the
1858 Act. The amendment requires
that military supplies to be paid for
in fiscal 1858 are to be cut off if
all of these nations have not signed
the edo pact. This means that
Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxem-
bOurg and West Germany, who
have signed, are penalized for
France and Italy who have not.
However, Mr.. Dulles pointed out
that a new amendment to be sub
mitted to Congress would reinstate
such aid to the signatOries and
penalize only the delinquents.
But there is another item of
legislation before the Congress
which might help the cause of
Western solidarity and American
prestige even more than lOcalizing
the heat on the nOn-coOperatOrs.
This is the Dirksen Bill, which
seeks to undo the mischief of the
orgenthau Plan (which might better
/ have been called the Harry Dexter
White Plan) under which alien
properties siezed during World War
ii were to. be retained as repair
atiOns. Although seized Italian
properties never have been, and
Senator Dirksen thinks it's about
| time.
While it is impossible at this
writing to state the amount in
vOlved, it could be anywhere from
200 to 400 millions. This, according
to a Washington spokesman for the
West German Government. would
be of tremendous economic aid tC
his country, but it's psychological
impact would be even greater. II
would silence German critics Oi
America, notably the Socialists, and
thus strengthen the AdenaueI
government. It would release an
additional $7O,OOO,OOO in securities
insurance and other private proper
ty owned by little people" in every
town in Germany. It would remove
barriers to trade and foreign in
vestment by its assurance that
property of foreigners would be
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25
DELAWARE FARM MARKET News
Market News information Supplied BY The Bureuu Of Nur
StOi0 Board OF Agriculture Dover DsIuNuro

The following is weekly round
up of livestock prices and miscel-
laneOus commodities prevailing
last week. This report shows avZ
erage prices received by Delaware
farmers for commodities that were
marketed throughout this week:
LIVESTOCK PRICES
VEALERS
Choice: $1,000 to $27.OO, mostly
S24.00 per cwt.
Medium to good: $17.OO to $21.5O,
mostly $500 per cwt.
Rough and common: $1,000 to
$3.50. mostly $500 per cwt.
Monkeys: $1,000 to $3.50, most
ly $14.50 per cwt.
LAMBS
Medium: $500 to $500, mostly
$4,000 per cwt.
COWS
(Slaughter)
Medium to good: $11.50 to SLABS,
mostly S12.25 per cwt.
Common: 1915 to $10.75, mostly
SlU.Z0 per cWJ.
Gamers and cutters: $3.50 to
$3.50, mostly SS.75 per cwt.
STEERS
Good to choice, light steers:
$1,000 to $21.25, mostly $3.50 per
cwt.
HEIFERS
(Feeder)
Dairy type: $500 to $1,000, most
ly $l1.OO per cwt.
Beef type: $500 to $16.75, most
ly $500 per cwt.
BULLS
lover 1000 lbs.)
Medium to good: $500 to S16.75
mostly $16.25 per cwt.
$500 to 1000 lbs.)
Medium to good: S11.25 to S14.25
mostly $1,000 per cwt,
STRAIGHT HOGS
(GOOd Quality
100 to 10 lbs: S21.75 to $1,000
mostly $21.75 per cwt.
17O to 240 lbs: $3.50 to $23.75
mostly $4,000 per cwt.
24O to $50 lbs: $17O0 to $23.OO
mostly $21.0O per cwt.
SOWS s
(GoOd Quality
200 to 300 lbs: S11.5O to St7.75
mostly $17.OO per cwt.
300 to 400 lbs: $14.5O to $500
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25
June 21, 1854
1918 Mayo
Topeka, Kansas

June II, 1904
1918 Mayo
Topeka, Kansas
Dear Friends:
In Springfield, Illinois, is the
only home A. Lincoln ever owned.
Here he lived for II years while
practicing law. At Oak Ridge
Cemetery, in the Capitol City of
Illinois, lies the remains Of Mr..
Lincoln, Mrs. Lincoln, and three
of their four sons, Eddie, who was
four when he died, Willie, who was
twelve, and Ted, who was eighteen.
The eldest son, Robert Todd Lin
coin, died at SO and is buried in
Arlington National Cemetery. He
served as Secretary of War and
Minister to Great Britain. All Of
Springfield is dotted with Lincoln
memorials, but none can compare
to the work done by Petersburg
Lincoln League in keeping alive
the memory of one of the greatest
presidents.
In 1881, twenty-five year old Abe
Lincoln arrived in the small viii
lage of New Salem. He lived here
for just six years, but it was here
that he educated himself for his
career as a lawyer and eventually
went to the White House. The Lin
coin League, with the financial aid
of William Randolph Hearst, has
reconstructed the village.
The village is completely hidden
from the road by a man-made
mound that helps eclipse the mod
ern world from one who visits New
Salem State Park. Dirt paths lead
to the thirteen cabins, the Rutledge
Tavern and to the ten shops. Vege-
table gardens, smoke houses fol
their meats, herb gardens at the
rear of the Doctors cabin. tree
stump steps enabling my Lady
to ascend to the stage coaches, OK.
en- hitched up to a covered wagon
all take you right back to tht
days when Lincoln was a resident
in the town, Fire hydrants are z
necessary part of this authentic
old village, but being a part Of
modern day living they are all en-.
cOmpassed in tree trunks. Some
thing I had never seen before were
ash hoppers and these were found
in the rear of each cabin, in tn,
yard. They were made by a circle
of boards placed at IS degree angle
and held there by four board.
nailed together like a triangle, two
feet on the ground. In the bottom
of this cone shaped group of board.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25

run again; but there is no agree
ment at this writing by either partv
as to who the next candidates will
be. ''''0' wiz
CO The President has won his
conflict with Senator Bricker: the
House approved his Tax Bill: the
Iatt-Hartley Labor Bill has been
shelved, to the relief of all: and
ne has so far kept out of the Nc
Carthy-Army row. I forecast that
for the balance of the year he will
leave domestic affairs to his as-
sociates and devote most of his
time to another Korea"
(S) During the first six months
of the year a New Look" has de-
veloped in connection with defense
expenditures; Appropriations for
foot soldiers and certain classes of
airplanes have been cut in favor
of items for atomic warfare and
guided missiles. Best authorities
agree that we will get more protec-
tion and fighting strength from this
change with less cost. AS a promise
to get our boys out of Korea was
a great factor in electing Dwight
Eisenhower as President, he natur-
ally will hesitate to send u. S. foot
soldiers into Indo-C China, at least
before the coming November cleo
tions.
War And Peace
CO. There will be no World War
in 1854 started by Russia or the
U. S. A. In the last half of 1854
however, the United States will
move closer and closer to the posi-
ton occupied by Great Britain
during the 18th Century. The
tcoutinped on page seventeen)
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25
BABSON'S FORECAST FOR SECOND HALF OF iQ51

BabsOn Park, Mass, June a..
While most of the cOlumnists and
business cOunselOrs last December
forecast a depression for 1854, I
constantly insisted that 1854 would
be "fair business year. This you
will find in my Forecast which then
appeared in this paper.
General Business
(1 Despite optimism with regard
TO prospects for business during the
last half-year, there will be many
crOsscurrents. The Improvement
over the first six month will be no
one-way street. Some industries
Will lag, or fail behind. Others are
slated for betterment. Building has
held up we'll, and was the backbone
OF business in the first half of
1854. The momentum generated
should carry through the balance
of the year.
~ Also deserving of attention as
IN line for continued high activity
or for Improvement, are the follow
ing industries: Electric power out
put, aircraft production. rubber
manufacturing, household equip
ment, electrical equipment, petro-
leum, natural gas, shoes, and tex
tiles. Even the sick coal industry
will enjoy some pickup from the
very depression levels experienced
during the first six months of 1854.
(3) Due to slip further down, or
slated to show the least improve
ment, are the following industries:
Machinery, machine tools, railroad
equipment, metal fabricating, steel
and iron, and autos and
auto parts. In particular, auto out
put will not match the first half,
with competition keener in the last
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25
RIVERS OF GRAM

Rivers of golden grain are flowing again
from the southern end of the Great Plains
the nations lavish "bread basket" By the
end of this summers harvest, the flow will
have tOtaled 930,000,00O bushels of wheat
enough to fill a train of box cars 1000 miles
long.
Wheat is one of the basic essentials of
life. Moving it constitutes the worlds big
geSt single transportation job. That job is
done by the all-impOrtant railroad system
that connects country grain elevators with
flour mills and city markets. The rails
handle it with such organized precision that
mountains are made to appear as mOlehills
Obviously, this calls for an enormous
amount of careful preparation. Long before
the harvesting season the railroads laid out
a plan to expedite the grain movement The
task has been made more urgent by modern
harvesting methods which have reduced the
overall harvesting time from months to
weeks. Yet railroad officials are confident
that, given sufficient storage space, the in
dustry will be able to handle smoothly all the
wheat offered for movement. Ample num-
bers of box cars are available and head
quarters have been established from which,
in cOmmand-pOst fashion, the flow of wheat
is directed and coOrdinated
This is one more example of why the
railroads are recognized as the basic trans
pOrtatiOn medium.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-25

Over 400 lbs: $500 to S17.OO.
mostly $16.50 per cwt.
BOARS
Good Quality
Under $50 lbs; $3.50 70 $3.50.
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Over $50 lbs: $S.75 to $1,000.
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
82 - STAGS
Good QUALITY
Over 350 lbs: $3.50 per cwt.
SHOATS
Medium to good: $1,000 to s17.25.
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS
(6 to 12 weeks old)
Choice: $1,000 each.
Medium to good: $500 to S1f.OO.
mostly $1,000 each.
Common: $500 to $500, mostly
$500 each.
HORSES AND MULES
Work type: $45.0O to $4,000. most
ly $4,000 each.
Butcher type: s2S.OO to $4,000.
mostly $4,000 each.
LIVE POULTRY
FOWL
Heavy breeds: s1.25 to s1.9O.
mostly $1.6O each.
Roosters: $1.OO to Sf.7O, mostly
S1.35 each.
GEESE
Light breeds: $1.5O to S24O.
mostly $L75 each.
DUCKS
MuscOvy ducks: $50 TO SfOO.
mostly $50 each.
BRAKES
Muscovy brakes: SIPS to Sf.55.
mostly $1.35 each.
RABBITS
Small breeds: $50 to $40. most
ly $40 each.
Young rabbits: $.25 to S.S5. most
ly $50 each.
EGGS
Ungraded, mixed: $.S4 to sac
/ per dozen.
Pullet: $.2S to $.S3 per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Peas; $1.2O per ss busheI
Sweet Potatoes: $.45 to $50 per
Greens: $.25 to $40 per * busbel
bushel. .
squashes; $50 per x bushel.
Strawberries: SIS per quart.
Lard: $500 to $500 per SO ID.
J can.