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Milford chronicle., 1955-06-24
BABSON DISCUSSES THE FUTURE

ganization are lunching with me
today; and they are having break
fast in LondM tomorrow morning.
Furthermore, the difficulties of
communicating with the people of
other nations, which handicapped
the two previous industrial revo-
lutions, have been eliminated by
radio and televisiOn.
The stock market, of course, will
have bad breaks. Then will be the
time to buy more of the stocks
which will profit from this new
Industrial Revolution. The main
purpose of this weeks column is
to get you to become world con-
scious and to recognize the great
possibilities ahead. Some look upon
advances in electricity as bringing
on a new era; but no, electricity
is simply a new method of dis
tributing power already manufac-
tured by coal, oil or gravity. This
same applies to electronics and
pie are going crazy about. Ac-
tually, these are incidental Great
new eras are based on the use of
new power; material, spiritual.
political or combination of all,
as Billy" Gnlham is preaching.
How To Lose Money
All kinds of speculative promo
tions followed the inventions of
Watt, Stephenson, and especially
Columbus. Hundreds of new COM
panies were formed and fioated to
get gold from Mexico or Peru, to
enjoy the Fountain-o n-of-Youth in
Florida. to import sugar, spices
and slaves from the West Indies,
to get timber and ore from Vir-
ginia or New England. The settle
ment of Gloucester-my home city
was undertaken by an English
COMP any to make money by gather
ing the cod. haiibut, and mackerel
which were said to fill Gloucester
Harbor. A few of these companies
made money, but of them, including
the Gloucester enterprise, went
broke.
Too many investors Of those days
thought only of themselves and
tried TO get rich by speculating in
individual companies; but they lost
out. Those, however. who did not
attempt to speculate in these new
companies but who got the vision
that a new industrial revolution
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-24

some areas, and Missouri and
Ranger are other promising yellow
varieties ripening at the same time.
Ranger appears well adapted TO
Delaware.
For the July season, Sunhigh is
a hIgh-quality buyers fayorite
grown from the Central States east
ward. though il is susceptible 20
bacterial spot and spring frosts.
Other good peaches for this season
are Southland and Ozark for the
South and Red Globe for the West
Haiehaven still best of its season
in Delaware.
Elberta is still the most popular
for its season, though Redskin
shows promise which may develop
with further testing. Loring. Poppy,
and NJ. A. Blake ripen about a week
earlier than Elberta, but may not
be as profitable as Kalhaven.
Good-qualitys late varieties are
still needed, and breeders are work
ing to improve both trees and fruit
for this season. Meanwhile Rio Oso
Gem has proved best in many areas.
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-24
OVERWHELMING APPROVAL

In Mid-April, the White House released
the report of the Presidential Advisory Com
mittee on Transport Policy and Organiza-
ton. Made at the Cabinet level, this COM
prehensive and closely-reasOned study is
predicated on the belief that there should be
major changes III regulatory laws in order
compete for business. Newspaper reaction
to the report, significantly, has generally
been one of enthusiastic approval. few
typical views follow:
The Washington Daily News said: "The
importance of the rails to the nations de-
fense as well as its economy require that
they be strong and sound-and the best way
for the government to help them is to give
them more freedom" The New York Her
said: "The object is :. to pat
the emphasis on competition instead of con-
trolls. Certainly this is philosophically cor
rect-to place all parts of transportation on
more of an equal basis and to spur private en-
terprise." The Cleveland Plain Dealer said:
81. will prove of immeasurable benefit to
the national economy once its recommended
tions are translated into legislation" The
Christian Science Monitor said :" ... regu-
lation need no longer be so detailed and so
rigid" The Baltimore Sun said: 81 it is
high time to revise the regulatory system"
The Roanoke Times said: Conditions re-
quire basic revision of the regulatory struc-
ture."
It's a safe bet that few legislative pro-
rosals of so important nature have been
given such overwhelming editorial endorse
ment
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-24

was tanning out before them, ap-
piled this vision to their own
business, whether banking. insur-
ance, manufacturing, merchan-
ding, or foreign trade They be
came wealthy. | forecast that those
who now get and so usefully apply
this vision will be likewise re-
warded
Let Us Now Be Optimistic
So, | close with this appeal. Let
us forget, for the present, World
War III, Russian Communism,
threatened Stock Market Collapses,
Juvenile Delinquency, and all other
pessimism featured today. Instead,
let us think of what Aviation,
Chemistry. Wonder Drugs, Tele-
vision, Weather Control. Cyber-
natics, Automatic Factories, and.
the greatest of all, uranium Will
do for us who get this vision and
are anxious to work. Even this
does not mean bothering your head
to find some uranium stock to buy.
The fact is, future history may
look back upon the present stock
markets as you and look back
on horses and buggies! Therefore,
may we awaken to new vision.
May we think how we can use
airplanes. unnium, and especially
advertising, to develop our own
business. and help our children and
grandchildren Without doubt some
stocks are good short sales at
the present time: but don't now
sell the world short
One more thought: On the 9Th
of last December l completed SO
years in very active business. This
year, 1855. l am devoting to selec-
ting 1000 enthusiastic persons
preferably those physically handi-
capped as I have always been, but
who have the Vision-to represent
me and the United Information
Service in 1000 cities. A list OF
these selected cities will be sent
on request, by my Babson Park
Massachusetts,, Office Any reader
who can help in this work will
be doing a good thing both for the
person selected and for the mer-
chants of the community in which
he or she lives. If you doubt it
read in the Bible the first sentence
of Verse IS, Chapter 29, of the
Book of Proverbs.
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-24
The Jury Is Still Out

Within a few hours of the de-
parture of President Eisenhower,
his cabinet, hisH>adviSOrs and as
sorted key" bureaucrats to the
total of about $4,000 from the
National Capital in the recent
"Oper4tion Alert, Civil Defense
Administrator Val Peterson ac-
knowledged the nationwide exer-
else to be success.
Since it was the Administrator s
own show, and since perhaps only
he knew what he intended to prove,
it may be a little reckless to ques-
ton his decision. But we do not see
how judgment can be rendered
until there is some means of learn
ing whether public confidence in
the Civil Defense operation has
been strengthened or weakened.
Such an elaborate effort has been
made to simulate even the details
of disaster from the sixty or so
stricken" areas, that we are be-
ginning to wonder whether the
plan of action for a genuine atomic
emergency contemplates leaving the
congress III session at Ino OdpIlOi
(as it has been in recent days.,
while the appointive VIP's scram
for the hills. OF the 81 secret
relocation centers" within a 800
mile radius of Washington, we have
heard on none for our Congress
men and Senators.
While the argument of the ex-
perts over cut4and-run VS.. sit
tight continues, we are in no posi-
tion to even suggest that the law
makers might be safer in the caver-
nous depths of the Capitol. But we
would like to make the point that
it is the Congress that is the blood,
bone and sinew of our COnStitu-
tional Government The legally
established emergency succession
to the presidency lies within the
Congress. And no matter how many
bureaucrats might be lost through
enemy action, a president once
sworn, could Immediately appoint
as many more as he might want.
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-24
New Peach
Varieties Bred For
Special Purposes

Research is making peaches a
more versatile crop. New varieties
are being bred to meet specialized
markets and special growing con-
ditions. The result should be great
er popularity for the fruit, a long
er marketing season, and greater
returns to growers, according TO DR..
Chester w. Hitz, associate profess
sor of horticulture at the Univer-
sity of Delaware.
4 number of new varieties are
already available. More are coming.
DR.. H:tz suggests that growers can
keep abreast of developments in
peach breeding and new varieties
adapted 10 Delaware through their
county agent or reliable local nur-
serymen. The Agricultural Expert
ment Station at the University is
doing several studies on the growth
and vigOr of peach trees and is
working on peach varieties.
Among very early '1peners now
planted widely are Erly-Red-Fre, a
white-fieshed semi-freestone, and
Dixired, a yellow cling. A rival
variety is Cardinal, which has per-
formed well in Georgia tests. Hi
land and Redcap need less cold to
set buds. and Maygold, which needs
even less chilling, is being tried in
south Georgia and Florida Low
chilling varieties are not recon-
mended for planting in Delaware
Sunrise is being tried by some
growers.
Redhaven is an outstandingly
successful early freestone through
out the country except in the Deep
South. Coronet is popular in the
warm Southeast. Prairie Dawn is
winterhardy and resistant TO bac-
terial spot TTiogem is replacing
the coarser-fiesh Golden Jubilee in
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-24

Babson Park, Mass, June %.
great address at Pennsylvania
State University last week, | have
been much more hopeful of the
years ahead. This world may be
entering a new Industrial Revolu-
1ion commensurate with the two
previous great Industrial Revolu-
tions of century and more ago.
Great Industrial Revolutions
The first was based upon the
invention of printing by movable
type. upon the development of
education combined with Bible
reading, and upon the discovery of
America Thus, the three great
men of that day were Gutenberg,
John Rogers (my ancestor), and
Columbus The second Industrial
Revolution was due to the harness
ing of steam and steel, the develop
ment of democracy, and the building
of railroads and steamships. Thus,
the three great men of that time
were Watt, Washington and Ste
phenson.
My purpose this week is to i'm
press upon readers that future
history may show we are now en-
tering a third great Industrial
Revolution. This could come from
the harnessing of uranium, the
development of labor unions ac-
companied by the redistribution OF
property, and the possibilities OF
aviation The three men respon-
sible for these development were
Einstein. Roosevelt, an6 the Wright
Brothers. The first two Industrial
Revolutions, with the exception OF
the discoveries of Columbus, were
largely confined to nations and
bounded by national lines.
Airplanes Making Great Changes
Let me now state that any third
revolution will know no national
boundaries. but must be a world
revolution. For instance, uranium
is found everywhere and can be
used anywhere: the masses all
over the world are demanding
property, education, and oppor-
tunity; while airplanes, telephones
and television know no boundaries
They are reducing the size of an
sverage country a generation ago
Today I call London by telephone
as freely as I called New York a
few years ago. Members of my or
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-24
40S Lake Avenue
Milford, Delaware
June 81, 1855

4US LIKE avenue
Milford, Delaware
June 21, 1855
Dear Friends:
June is such a wonderful month
for weddings. This coming Satur-
day is the StevenSon-Atkins we'd
ding. last Saturday was our we'd
ding day. this coming Sunday is
Hayes parents anniversary.
We were fortunate in 1916 TO
have a sunny, sunny wedding day,
in fact il was the hottest day of
that year! We can laugh about it
now, but | remember during the
ceremony looking up at Hayes and
watching water just drip from his
face. We were married at home and
had just as many guests as the
house would allow, so il was quite
warm with so many people around
the improvised altar.
It's funny the things you remem-
Der as years go by. We went TO Vir-
ginia Beach on our honeymoon and
when we returned we went TO a
wonderful party at Slaughter Beach
that Mrs. Frances Martin had at
ltI tOlldSt. Alter uluutI anu NlSil-
ing with friends at the party we
all went to Rehoboth for the eve
ming. | think there must have been
twenty of us together that evening.
Some how my. groom got the idea it
would be fun TO have guests for
dinner our first weekend in our
little home in Newark. 1t was de-
cided that Anne, my sister, and her
beau, Bill Minner (now her hus-
band), and Sara Barcus and her
date. and Harry Quillen and his
date would meet us at our home in
George Reid Village in Newark the
following Saturday evening FOR
DINNER
Prior TO my wedding date / be-
licve | had cooked four breakfasts
for Mother and Dadi / don't re-
member being the least little bit
perturbed about having six guests
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-24
Washinqton Letter = BY Robert Nelson Taylor

will outlast any lamp, and that the
tube will not burn out
In addition to providing one more
fabulous and mystifying conven-
fence for our daily living, it may
well be that ''Touchtron" has also
touched off a new era of inven-
tions-to-order. Perhaps, from here
ON, TO procure new miracles, it
will only be necessary to list what
we want them to do and the
scientists will obligel At any rate,
the conveniences already in hand
satisfy US that falling off a log
has become a comparatively diff
cult thing to do.
IS
Exploration Only!
OF all the piOus predictions made
by Western statesmen on the sub
ject of the looming summit" con-
ference that opens in Geneva on
July 18th, our best hope thus far
lies in the statement of Britain's
Foreign Secretary Macmillan that
it will not be possible for the dis
tinguished confereees to reach any
decisions.
In the same speech to the House
of Lords, however, the Foreign
Secretary also said there would
be no appeasement of Russia or
any settlements that are not just
and honorable. In view of Britain's
recognition of Red China and her
trade arrangements with that out
law nation. we may draw our own
conclusions as to the elasticity of
the official conscience.
Later, in New York, on his way
to the San Francisco pre-Geneva
conference of the Big Four foreign
ministers, reporters pressed him
about questions that might come up
at the summit 1t was his under
standing, he said, that there would
be no fixed agenda and that any
thing might come up" Under SINH
lar questioning about the San
Francisco "sub-summit" meeting
with Russia's Molotov. he said
nothing is ruled OUT.
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-24
WATCH OUT FOR WALKERS

LEXINGTON. KY. - up - The
warrant charged a pedestrian with
damaging private property after he
walked into the side of an automo-
bile.
The driver said his windshield
and rear view mirror were broken.
The pedestrian, bruised and
scratched on an arm, said he didn't
see the moving car.
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-24
MYSTERY BULLET

HOUSTON, Texas - tP) = Mrs.
Patsy Ruth Walker. 10. told sher-
IFS deputies she was sitting on the
patio at the ranch where she work
ed. bent down to scratch a mos
quito bite and found she'd been
shot A doctor removed a stray
bullet. Nobody heard a gun fired.
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-24


ers for commodities that were mar
keted throughout this week:
LIVESTOCK PRICES
VEAL CALVES
Veaiers Choice: $4,000 to s27O0,
mostly S26.00 per cwt.
Medium to Good: $1,000 to
s19.75, mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Rough and Common: $500 to
$3.50, mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Monkeys: $500 to S23.00, mostly
$1,000 per cwt.
LAMBS
Medium: s19.25 to s24OO, most
ly S2375 per .cwt.
cows
Slaughter
Medium to Good: $1,000 to $3.50,
mostly SLABS per cwt.
Common: $1,000 to S11.75, most
ly SLIPS per cwt.
Gamers and Cutters: $500 to
1915, mostly $3.50 per cwt.
STEERS
Good-Light Steers: $1,000 to
SPOTS, mostly s1s.75 per cwt.
FEEDER HELPERS
Dairy Type: $3.50 to s14.00,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Beef Type: s14.0O to $500, most
ly S16.75 per cwt.
SLAUGHTER HELPERS
Good to Choice: s14.OO to s16.5O,
mostly s15.75 per cwt.
BULLS
over 1000 lbs.
Medium to Good: s12.75 to s16.75,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
800 to 1000 lbs
Medium to Good: s11.00 to Sic 25.
per cwt.
STRAIGHT HOGS
(gOOd quality
120 to 10 lbs, $4,000 to s21.50.
mostly s2125 per cwt.
40 to 240 lbs, s21.75 to s22.25,
mostly S2225 per cwt.
24O to $50 lbs. s1975 to s21.25.
mostly S21.00 per cwt.
SOWS
(gOod quality
200 to 800 lbs, $1,000 to s16.75.
mostly s15.25 per cwt.
300 to 400 lbs. s1325 to s16.25,
mostly $500 per cwt.
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-24
SAVE OUR PASTURES

Once burned, twice shy, the saving goes
And it seems to work out pretty much that
way with people who have had actual day to
day experience with government regulation
and control of their lives. Such people ap-
preciate to the fullest traditional American
freedoms which many of us take for grant
ed.
An editor of Finnish language newspa-
per in a western town, who has much per-
Sonal knowledge of Scandinavian countries
as well as above average information con-
corning many other European countries, re-
Gently remarked that socialism may work
out all right in Sweden, but that similar
system in this country would wreck us in
two years. He can't understand why any
American would want to promote policies
which would change the free economic sys-
tenn which now allows any individual to work
in whatever activity he wishes and to reap
rewards from his own abilities and enter
prise. He also pointed to the agricultural
difficulties in Soviet Russia which simply
illustrate the fact that everybody's pasture is
nobody's pasture.
It's time we took good look at how the
growth of government is affecting the title
to our own pastures whether they be farm
ing operation, business, or a job in a
private industry. The bill for an all-power-
full state is paid for in the precious coin of
frecdona-not Just money.
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-24
GUTTER POLITICS

Next year Republican and a Democrat
will seek the presidency. Wouldn't it be Won
derful if the campaign could be conducted
with minimum of personal attacks, with
an emphasis on the issues rather than on
personalities?
Those who deplore mud singing politics
all too often put the blame on professional
politicians 1t is true that some politicians
resort to this kind of electioneering if
they do it is because they have found it to be
politically profitable. If there were not weak,
mentally-sick people ready to buy dope there
would beno dope peddlers; if there were not
a sizable body of voters willing to listen to
the vilifier and the Slanderer these unwhole-
some types would vanish from the political
scene
Candidates for the presidency are some
times goaded into Incorporate remarks and
sometimes even fall from the high plane of
their own accord. But for the most part they
view gutter politics with the distaste that
might be expected from men who seek such
a responsible position. 1t is the underlings
who most frequently engage in name-calling
THE Democrats favor the Communists;
1.-The Republicans are responsible for polio"
What nonSenSei
Good citizens can raise the level of cam
paigns by letting political leaders,, even those
they favor, know that any appeal aimed at
the worst instincts of voters will be
rejected.
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-24
WIDOW-NOT MAGNATEi

Writing in the Oregon Voter, Ralph T.
Moore makes this striking observation: "A
ray of hope for freedoms safety comes from
the quiet revolution now changing our big
business structures from ownership by the
wealthy few to ownership by the inaffluent
many. Millions of Americans are now stock
holders where once there were only thou
sands. The cartoonists' concept of big busi-
ness as the be-jeweled magnate is obsolete
The modestly attired widow of very limited
means pictures today's business owner
Widespread stock ownership by typical
American families means greater economic
democracy. That in turn, vastly strengthens
our political democracy and shores up the
structure on which all freedoms rest The
man or woman with a few shares in an Am
erican business is not only interested in the
welfare of that particular business-he is
directly concerned with the preservation of
the system which makes its existence poss-
ible
A great step forward was taken a little
more than year ago when the monthly in
vestment plan was inaugurated. Under it,
people can buy stocks over a period of time
by investing modest sums each month or
quarter. If, for any reason, they drop the
plan they receive the number of shares they
have paid for. Many thousands of people
have taken advantage of this opportunity so
far, and the number grows apace
Yes, the mOdestly attired widow, not
the be-jeweled magnate, is symbolic of to-
days owner of corporate enterprise And
that's all to the good
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-24

The following is a weekly round
up of livestock prices and miscella-
neous commodities prevailing last
week. This report shows average
prices received by Delaware farm
ers for commodities that were mar
Milford chronicle., 1955-06-24
THE GREATEST DANGER OF ALL

A late Hoover Commission report deals
with the problem of government owned and
operated commercial businesses. One section
of it is devoted to the shipbuilding and re-
pair yards run by the Navy, and to the law
which makes it mandatory for the govern
ment to build the first and each succeeding
alternate vessel of the types 1T authorizes
This can be waived only in rare cases, when
the President decides that the stipulation is
not consistent with the public interest.
In the Commissions view, this 'repre-
sents a destructive intrusion into the private
shipbuildng industry of this country" 1t
points out that, in case of war, the Navy
could not produce sufficient shipping to meet
our needs, and we would have to depend pri-
marily on private yards. Yet, it continues,
these yards 'lack the construction and repair
activity needed to maintain their capacity,
skills and mobilization utility" and are in a
distressed condition"
1t has been argued that the Navy should
and must do its experimenting and develop
ing. The Commission refutes this, and of
fers the opinion that the work can be done
as well and possibly better in private yards
Its solution to the problem is to allow private
shipbuilders the right to bid on all vessels
the government buys, not just some of them
Finally, the report states that the un-
necessary intrusion of government into bus
mess Injuries ''the very system upon which
our future security and prosperity is based.
Of that view, the Wall Street Journal said
THAT is TIE greatest danger of all; for if
there were 70 strong private enterprise sys-
TEN to provide the taxes, the Government
could not be in tie shipbuilding business
nor the bread baking business, and perhaps
not even be in the business of governing"