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"QUITE A COMBINATION"

Sylvia Porter, the syndicated financial
cOlumnist forecasts with little fear of err
rOr" that Christmas retail sales this year will
run well ahead of last year for another all
time record. She cites various economic
forces-rising employment, big paychecks,
and so on-which she feels makes this in
: evitable. She says the retailers are deter
mined to use every device and promotion they
can dream up to pull us into the stores" She
then adds: Eager customers, lots of cash
around, alert mefchandisers-it's quite a
combination of bullish forces indeed"
We have here one more instance of the
amazing vigor of the American economy.
And we have something mora testimonial
to how competition at the retail level makes
that system click. If, for example, a retailer
had a nice tight little monopoly, he wouldn't
have to worry about advertising and prOmOt-
ing trade. The buying public would have to
come to him, for want of any other place to
go. And the situation would be much the
same under a system where government ra-
toned and fixed the prices of gOOds-there
would be no effective way for one retailer to
offer greater attractions than another. I'm
der free competition, on the other hand, ev-
cry retailer is at liberty to offer any induce
ment he can think of, and the one who does
the best job gets the most trade.
This, of course, has a great bearing on
profits and prices. Competition forces mer-
make a reasonable overall profit through big
competition is so stiff that many merchants
FIND that their net profits are less now than
in days when their total sales were nowhere
MOI
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osophies into the issue in order to
justify their position. The latest of
which, is their statement that, be-
cause the waters belong to the
people the power derived from the
development of these waters should
be owned, produced and distributed
by the state.
IS. if the argument they
use on the ownership of the waters
is true, wouldn't it be just as true
in the case Of coal, oil. minerals,
lumber, ores, etc? And, if
on that premise it is right for the
state to own and operate power
plants, why not coal mines, steel
mills, lumber factories, oil refin-
cries, and chemical plants?
Surely a reasonably analysis of
the arguments presented by those
favoring public power must reveal
that if they were to be successful,
it would be the opening wedge to
a program that would eventually
lead to the enslavement of all the
workers by making them vassals
of the state . until every right
we have and enjoy today would be
subjugated to the will of some
master politician.
WAS not the monster of the
Communist Empire created by the
philosophy of state ownership
were not the people of Russia and
Asia told that under that kind of
philosophy they would own every
thing in the state, only to sudden
" awaken and find themselves
owned by the state?
ct is true that we in the Light
and Power field are assuming the
brunt of the fight to preserve our
traditional free enterprise system
wherein working men and women
freely organized can bargain to
achieve social and economic i'm
provements, rights which are de-
MED to workers in state owned
plants.
It is rather unfortunate
that so many people outside of
our field of endeavOr do not recog-
nize that which we see as but a
step to ward the further expansion
of government ownership Today
it is our fight, but after Public
Power. who will be next? It might
be too late if we lost this fight. !"
"Ain't Seen Nuthin' Yet!0
Air Force Secretary Donald A..
Quarfes has released to the public
a 318 page book summarizing an
eight-year study, to the effect that
there amt no such thing as a flying
saucer.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-11-04

BabsOn Park, Mass, Nov. 3. AS
look out at the trees, from where
am writing amazed at their
balanced shapes. How to do the
limbs know when to stop growing
in order to keep the entire tree so
symmetrical l am told that if
sevral limbs should be cut off on
one side. the tree will partially
replace these limbs before grow
ing in height. I know that if you
pull OF one of the two big claws of
a lobster so as to throw it out of
balance, it will grow another claw
to get back into balance.
What About Us Humans?
We are surrounded by miracles
but the greatest miracle Of all is
seen when we look into a mirror!
Among many other wonders is the
fact that our two legs grow equally
SO as to balance in length, weight,
and girth. The same applies to
the arms, hands and feet. As food,
drink and air enters our bodies our
wonderful factory divides the pro-
TENS, fats, and minerals so that
the same quantity goes to both
sides of our bodies to keep them
in perfect balance.
But our brains do get out of
balance. The insane and seniIe
neople are the commonest illus
tration of this; but every one OF
us gets hipped on some one subject.
Furthermore, some persons get
enthusiastic over every new fad
and are always optimists; while
others are like nv friend. Mr.
Humphrey B. Neil Of Saxon River.
Vt. who has been successfully TAX
ing the contrary side" Of every
Question. I believe very few in
vestOrs nave made and kent a
fortune by always being either
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klckapOO Indian Reservation. They
will perform religious dances In
Which Indians pray for good crops
End plentiful game.
B Lynne currently is studying In
dams in school and it viii be of
special interest to her for that rea-
son. have always been very SYM
pathetic toward Indians since the
time we visited the Grand Canyon
and saw the barren territory we
had so Freely given for an Indian
Reservation in Arizona. Later we
saw more miserable land in Utah,
that. too, was Indian territory.
Sometime before we leave KAN
sas I hope to tour Haskell Tnsti-
tute in Lawrence, Kansas. IL is an
institute just for children Of Indian
parentage. But, they are not school
children Of the age you might mag
inc. Just in September I read an
article about a "a year old Navajo
Indian from the Arizona desert,
coming to Haskell to begin his first
grade education. There are 75 In
dian tribes represented at Haskell
and here they come to erase illit-
eracy from their tribes, and to
learn a trade so they can learn
to Earn, the schools mottO.
Wouldn't it be interesting to see?
I went to an Indian Trading
Post in Lawrence about two weeks
ago expecting to see work that the
Haskell Indians had completed for
sale and found not one piece Of
their work. Haskell does not en-
phassze negating Indian customs
and beliefs, but stresses positively
American mores, ideals, and tech
niques which has launched many
Indian men and women into sue
cessful positions among fellow
Americans.
Now it is time to hunt for my
ceramic pumpkin and have it in an
obvious spot when Lynne and Dawn
come home for lunch.
Until next week. Always, E. T. d.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-11-04

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
keted throughout this week:
VEAL CALVES
Choice: $2S.5O to $4,000, mostly
$500 per cwt.
Medium to good: $21.00 to $3.50
mostly S26.00 per cwt.
Rough and common: $1,000 to
$4,000, mostly $500 per cwt.
Monkeys: $500 to $3.50, mostly
$11.OO per cwt.
Medium: $1,000 to $3.50. mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
Common: $500 to $1,000, mostly
$1,000 per cwt.
Medium to good: $11.OO to s15.75,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Common: $3.50 to $1O.75, mostly
$1O.25 per cwt.
Gamers and cutters. s7.25 to
1925, mostly $500 per cwt-
STEERS
Light steers: $1,000 to $17.50
mostly $14.50 per cwt
FEEDER HELPERS
Dairy type: $3.50 10 S11.OO, most.
ly $1,000 per cwt.
Beef type: $1,000 to $17.75, most.
| w S1A 20 npr cyrt
BULLS
Over 1900 lbs.
Medium to good: S13.25 to $3.50
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
500 to 1000 lbs.
Medium to good: $1,000 to S16.25
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
STRAIGHT HOGS
(gOOd quality
120 to 10 lbs. $14.OO to $16.25
mostly $500 per cwt.
10 to 240 lbs: $1,000 to $3.50,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
240 to $50 lbs: $15.25 to $3.50,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
SOWS
(gOOd quality
200 to 800 lbs: $115O to $14.75,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
300 to 400 lbs: $11.00 to $14.25,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Over 400 lbs: $1,000 to S13.25,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
BOARS
(gOOd quality
Under $50 lbs: $500 to $1,000,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-11-04
Washington Letter : By Robert Nelson Taylor

This Problem We Can Solve
Just after World War III, many
people were wondering what in
the world we'd do with all the
aluminium we were producing. Dis
carded war planes added to the
supply and had to be gobbled up
by making saucepans and other
things. The wiGest-eyed optimist in
1916 would never have dared pre-
dict that just ten years later there
would be more than $4,000 plants
over five times as many as in
945-fabricating aluminium into
thousands of products and that
Furthermore, despite a doubling
of production facilities, plants
would be scrambling to get the
metal they needed. Today the
shortage may reach 100000 tons
in spite of production expansions
now underway or completed.
If the demand is there, will not
the supply be found? The bottle
neck to a greater supply is simply
cheap electricity--the most criti-
cal ingredient needed to make aiu-
minum. To produce a single ton OF
aluminium requires 10000 kilowatt
hours-about what you would use
to light your house for fifteen
years. An aluminium smelter re
quires over a hundred times as
much electricity per man hour
as the average of all other indus
tries.
Thus, if the demand is to be
met at present prices or even close
to them, new production must be
based on a continuous long-term
supply of cheap power. To date
hydroeIectric power has been the
best answer. Our own undeveloped
hydro electric potential is run
ming pretty low and most of what
we have is in the rapidly expand
ing Northwest, where power for
general use is already scarce.
We realize that there are other
sources of electricity, such as coal
and perhaps in the future, the
atom. However, their cost is higher
than the presently-used hydro
electricity. The answer, perhaps,
lies in our near neighbor, Canada.
Canadas potential of hydTorcwe1
is estimated at sixty-six million
horsepower, of which less than %
per cent has thus far been har-
messed. Equally important, the
Canadians, while opposed to ex-
porting this power across their
borders, are willing to share ii
with American companies that To-
cate plants inside Canada.
Certainly, nothing makes better
sense than closer cooperation with
our good neighbor to the North,
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and especially when it can also
relieve the growing aluminium
shortage, what more could we ask
Geneva Spirits
In the absence of something
more tangible to talk about, the
five hundred or more reporters
and commentators assigned to the
Foreign Ministers Conference in
Geneva are discussing art. More
specifically, they are offering each
other their critiques, commentaries
and wise-cracks on the symbolic
new six by fifteen foot mural that
has been hung over the bar of
the very plushy Maison de la
Presse.
Unity, as the opus is called,
shows four ladies who must have
just been in swimming, Or expect
10 go pretty soon, since they have
left their clothes some where. Right
now, they seem to be pulling in a
fish net, although you can't see the
net-much less whether there are
any fish in it. It may be, of course,
that the net is caught on a rock
under the water +. in which case
the artist should have hung a
round until it let go before start
ing to paint his picture.
Still, in spite of the voluminOus
criticisms, the descriptions reach
ing these shores suggest it is just
the thing to go over a bar; and
further, no matter what-if any
thing happens at the conference
any Monday morning quarterback
will be able to explain its symbo-
lism.
But, peering into our crystal bal
at this writing, we see two connois-
seUrs standing before the canvas
The Foreign Ministers have left
the council chamber of the Palace
of Nations, and the janitors have
taken over. you see!", says one
news-analyst to the other, 'they
haven't gotten those fish yeti"
"After Public Power 2"
We reprint below, without COM
ment, an editorial that appeared
in The Record official publication
of the New York local of the CIO
Utility Workers of America. It has
been cut for quick reading, but the
words are all the CLOS. Here it is:
at appears we are approaching
a most crucial point in the eco
nomic and social structure of our
nation. After many months of de-
bate, decision on the question of
the encroachment of Public Power
is about to be made.
1.-THE proponents of Public Power
have injected many idealistic phil
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% you to keep in banlance.
Real Estate Values

to you to keep in banlance.
Real Estate Values
Many letters come to me from
readers asking advice about SELL
ing their real estate. I cannot
answer these, not knowing the
conditions in different sections of
the city. This, however, 1 say: If
your property IS in a poor section
of the city which has run down
/ probably would advise against
selling now, but if it is in a boom
ing section, might advise you to
sell. All real estate prices will
tend to balance, as years go on.
Probably some outlying property,
now selling cheap, is a better buy
than downtown property in the
heart OF the business district.
A final illustration of the way
prices balance Up (if we let God
run them is the record of the auto
mobile. This has brought country
people Unto the business centers
TO buy. AS result, business real
estate has gone up in price. Now
automobiles have increased so, and
parking cars has become sucS a
nuisance, that main Street" pSop-
erty may be reaching it peak. /
forecast that many lots. formerly
having no buyers. viii sell at a pre-
MUM for parking purposes. So it
goes! The real estate wheel of
fortune is always slowly revolving
fortune is always slowly revolving.
Those few who have the courage to
buy low and sell high, make money.
Those optimists who buy when
everyone else is buying. usually
lose money. but the few who help
balance the wheel through good
times and bad make a fair profit
with serenity
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-11-04
Survey Shows Money
Problem Banks Cupid

MONTREAL II up - Saving suf-
fcient none, for marriage is a
problem facing many young people.
An organization devoted to the
welfare of young workers, La Jeu-
nesse Ouvriere Catholique, con-
Quoted a survey aTt9ng several
hundred single men and women TO
determine their ideas on marriage.
More than two-thirds Of the 3e5
men who replied to the questions
said il is necessary to save $1,000
before marriage. But two-fifth
agreed they could not see them
selves saving that sum. Three
quarters disclosed that they had
not even saved $500.
Even if the bachelors manage to
save $4,000, it appears doubtful that
il would last long because Of the
spending ideas of the young women
who filled the missionaries.
out OF s94 female workers. IA
per cent were in debt and 70 per
cent lived from day 70 day without
budget. Most Of The two-thirds
who saved money said they did So
on a temporary basis-tO buy
Christmas presents or an Easter
outfit. There was little serious
saving.
From the missionaries, the as
sociation has concluded that young
workers are not doing enough for
themselves. They must save more
money and give up their evenings
to attend classes to improve their
work
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Aaukss News lnsormuson Supplied by OF Markets
ssOss Beard Of Agriculture Dover. DolGwUEs

Over $50 lbs: $5.25 to $3.50.
mostly $500 per cwt
SHOATS
Medium to good: $500 to $1,000,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS
(6 to 1s weeks Old)
Choice: $3.50 to $3.50. mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
Medium to good: $500 to $500,
mostly $500 per .cWt.
Common; $3.50 to $3.50, mostly
$500 per cwt.
HORSES AND MULES
Work type: $4,000 to $4,000,
mostly $1,000 per head.
Butcher type: $1,000 to $500,
mostly $500 per head.
LIVE POULTRY
Heavy Breeds
Fowl: s1.OO to $3.50, mostly S125.
RQostersi, 500 to S1,2O, mostly
Light Breeds
Bantam chickens: SIS to $.45,
mostly $50.
Guineas: s1.OO to s1.2O, mostly
s1.2O.
Muscovy ducks: $40 to $1.OO,
mostly $50.
Muscovy brakes: s1.2O to s17O.
RABBITS
Large breeds: $50 to s1,OO. most
Small breeds: $50 to $40, most
Young rabbits: $50 to s.45, most
ly $.85.
Ungraded, mixed: $50 to $.6S
per dozen.
Large: S,68 per dozen.
Pullet: S.S8 to $.45 per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Apples: $50 to s.S5 per * bushel.
Peppers: $40 to $40 per y bu-
shell.
swe It potatoes; $50 to $50 per
Greens: s.45 to $.55 per x bu-
shell.
Turnips: $40 to SIS per * bu-
Cabbage: $40 to SIS per x bu-
Grapes: s.s5 to s1.25 per x bu-
Pumpkins: sos to $50 zach.
Tomatoes: $40 to $.55 per q bu-
Lima beans: $3.50 per bushel
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-11-04
To Make Blood
Bank Statewide

The directors of the Blood Bank
Of Delaware voted last week to
make the plan s1ate wide, effective
November Is. Announcement of
the decision was made by James F.
McCloskey, president of the organ
izatiOn.
The directors also elected Mrs.
w. Hartman Money Of Middletown
to membership on the board. Mrs.
Money is president of the Delaware
State Federation of Women's Clubs.
The decision to have the Blood
Bank begin operating in both Kent
and Sussex Counties by November
Is means that all residents of Kent
and Sussex who join the plan be-
fore that date will be charter men,
hers and eligible to receive bene-
fits Immediately.
Since the plan has been operating
in New Castle County since May IS,
anyone in the two lower counties
who joins after November Is will
have waiting period Oh 30 days
before receiving blood free.
Information about the plan may
be had by calling Wilmington
$4,000 Any adult who wishes to
Join may do so by sending his
name, address, telephone number
and number Of dependents-plus
one dollar first annual dues-tO the
Blood Bank office, 1909 Washington
street, Wilmington.
Approximately 1000 DeIawareans
are now enrolled in the Blood Bank
of Delaware. Members and their
average Of three dependents per
family give coyerage under the
plan to about $4,000 Delawareans
at the present time.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-11-04
"IN TIE AR FORCE"
By Elolno ToWnsand Diekarsol

Halloween 1856
1881 Mayo
Topeka, Kansas
Dear Friends
Did you happen to see ''Ws5s,
Wide World" yesterday afternoon
on television with Dave Garroway
narrating, It was just wonderful
for me because / reliVed our trip
of 1862 when we saw Hoover Dam,
just like we did on TV yesterday.
Tie camera also stopped in Las
Vegas and what should they pick
as their focal point for that neon
sign town, but the Golden Nugget:
the very first gambling house Hayes
and I had ever seen in the Wild
West. In the rear Of the Golden
Nugget is very, very lovely res
taurant. Everything is beautifully
served in a great array Of silver
serving dishes. It's just one Of the
better restaurants. Here we left
the children Zone of US leaving at
a time) and slipped into the gamb-
ling hall. 1t was just as crowded
and just as full of activity as the
television camera showed yester-
day
Also on the program Sunday
saw Salt Lake City again. They
demonstrated the acoustics Of the
tabernacle by dropping a pin 200
yards from the camera, the sound
being easily heard. We visited Tenn
pie Square and saw the exterior OF
the TemDle itself We even heard
the Latter Day Saints choir sing
the Mormon Hymn "All Is Well''
Hayes was working yesterday and
missed all the reminiscing. Lynne
and Dawn were with me and en-
jOyed the traditional dance the In
dians did when the camera took us
to Arizona. November the eleventh
in Horton, Kansas, we hope to see
a real honest to goodness KickapoO
Indian pOwwow. 1t will take place
at Horton, Kansas up near the Ne
braska border, where there is q
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-11-04

BETTER AND CHEAPER
TRANSPORTATION

The principal proposal made in the ex-
haustive report of the Presidential Advisory
Committee on Transport Policy and Organi-
cation is that the various carriers should be
allowed greater freedom in adjusting their
rates to meet competition.
That brings UP a highly important ques-
ton: Would this policy, if enacted into law,
tend to increase or decrease the rates?
The answer-in the view of many experts
lis that the tendency would be in favor of
decreased rates. The new policy would make
it possible for traffic to flow naturally to the
carrier which was best fitted to handle it
most efficiently and economically. Thus, each
form of transportation would enjoy an in
creased volume of the traffic it could handle
at the lowest real costs, and the increased
volume would work toward bringing about
lower charges than would otherwise be poss-
ible.
Secretary of Defense Wilson made this
point in testimony on behalf of the Commit
tees report He observed that effective price
competition has accelerated the economic
growth OF our nation" Applying that idea
to transportation, he said that greater flex-
Utility in rate making would enable the car
riers to adjust their rates more readily and
more in line with cost advantages wherever
they exist. This, he added, twill be advan-
tageOus to all users Of transportation. And
that means everybody in the country-fOr all
"a 10 CONSTANTLY use IAoASpOA CdC4Ou ulISCC4y
or indirectly.
THE PEACEFUL ATOM
Our newest industry is the Harvesting of
atomic power for peaceful purposes. 1t is
an infant industry. Yet it ''is enmeshed and
intertwined with government to a degree not
paralleled in history"
That statement was made by Robert Nc
Kinney, chairman of the Panel on the Impact
of the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy. The
panel, which is made of representatives of
manufacturers, service enterprises, organic
ed labor, and others, is to make an official
report to the Joint Congressional Committee
on Atomac Energy by next January 81.
1t is clear that national policy on atomic
energy use must be made with the greatest
Of care. AS an example, the highest hopes
are held out for atomic generation of electric
power. But the country certainly does not
want, nor can it afford, a State-Owned and
state-cOntrOlled atomic electric power indus
try which could operate only because of huge
government tax subsidy. That would do tire
mendOus damage to the induStries-such as
cOal-which are the backbone of power pro-
duction now, and, in the view of most experts,
Will remain 50 for many years to come. The
whole country would suffer.
Senator Anderson, chairman of the Joint
Committee, has said: 1--WE must make sure
that individual initiative and enterprise are
free to develop the atomic age, unimpeded
by public or private monopoly" And the
atomic energy industry must stand on its own
feet
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-11-04

There were 50 legal executions
ia the United States in 1854, As Of
which we're in Texas.
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PLENTY OF ROOM.


Leaders in retailing point out that this
enterprise offers great opportunities to young
people choosing careers. There's every rea-
son why that is true. A retailer operates on
the certain premise that things just don't
stand still. The business is in a constant
state of evOlutiOn-due both to new pro-
ducts and to new ideas. Being intensely
competitive, management must be ever on
its toes trying to do a better job, for the
consumer is always looking for lower price
more attractive displays, better service, and
other inducements he takes his trade
where he can get them.
A retail store must have its rules and
regulations and routines, like any other or
ganized activity. But the big thing is found
in the human factor-in people with ideas
and imagination and vitality and the urge
to Guido the other fellow.
Today's executives in the big chain and
other leading retail outlets came up from
the ranks. They started as salespeople,
warehousemen, and so on In retailing there's
plenty Of room at the top.