Milford chronicle., 1955-10-07
HE BURFAUCRAT'S DREAM

THE BUREAUCRAT'S DREAM
When a householder buys natural gas
from a utility company, he buys it at price
and under conditions which are regulated by
public service commissions, just as in the
case of electricity. The pipelines which carry
gas in interstate commerce are federally reg
ulated.
Nd one objects to this. But when the gov
ernment is given the power to regulate
natural gas at the wellhead in the field
which, has happened as the result of a Su-
preme Court decision-the situation is enOr-
mously different.
Natural gas in the field is a commodity
that is no different from potatoes In the
ground, fish in the ocean, wool on the sheep,
or any other commodity that is sold compet-
itivey in the open market. There is exact
ly as much justification for government price
control over a thousand and one other COM
mOdit5es as there is for it on gas at the
wellhead. Thus, the precedent is set for price
controls over all commodities, and therefore
over all business.
On top of that, if federal regulation is
coptinu ued, gas shortages are inevitable
Only one we'll in Al leads to a substantial
field. Only the incentive of a profit commen-
surate with so great a risk will keep pro-
ducers hunting for more gas.
Legislation has been introduced in Con-
gress To free the Independent gas producers
of well-head regulation, and leaders in both
parties support it. So does the Presidents
Fuels Policy Committee, which said that
producers should be thus exempted ''in the
interests Of sound fuels policy and the pro-
lection of the national defense and consumer
interest"
WHY TOLERATE MOUNTEBANK?
Too many political managers seem to
think this country should be run for the ben
eft of parties and candidates seeking votes
regardless of what happens to the people
or the principles on which our nation was
founded They work on the theory that II a
lie, or d subterfuge, or half-truth can fool
enough voters to win an election it is smart
strategy.
For too long it has been considered good
politics to belittle and discredit American
business and industry on the theory that by
so doing government can be extended into
the field of private enterprise, thereby en-
larging the control of Office holders over the
individual. This is the doctrine of socialism
whicE ultimately leads to communism.
Why wouldn't it be better politics to
reverse this process for change and build
pride ih American institutions and enter
prise as the force that has given our nation
/ freedOnl from socialism with its ultimate
threat 0f communism?
Why should be tolerate lawmakers who
u knowingly or unknOWlngly glOIIIy -all-pOW'
erful government to the ultimate destruc
ton of private enterprise and liberty of the
individual? They are not liberals as they
like to label themselves to fool the unwary
They are reactionaries. Their philosophy 0.
4 government is, basically, the same as tina
our fOrefathers fought against and defeatet
i'm the American. Revolution. The Declara
A ton of independence and the Constitution
were written to protect the individua
against governmental oppression. Freedom
is our heritage-but any heritage can be los
by the blind and the weak.
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