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Milford chronicle., 1957-07-19
pay For DRILLING

A clue to where economies can actually
be made in the armed services was given re-
Gently when the Army announced that some
$4,000 reserve officers would be cut off from
pay they were receiving for drilling.
1t is obvious in this atomic age that lush
payments to officers who are not active, and
VINO only get together periodically for the
pay involved, do not do much for national
defense. While there are some lectures and
some lessons, from which something can be
learned, the functioning of these local re-
serve groups does not constitute irst-line
defense support.
The same may be said for some reserve
programs of enlisted men, And, ironically,
cases can be found where some reserve Off
Ger, who has not been on active duty for a
long time, has steadily gained promotion over
the years, has high rank and draws sur
prising pay, although he contributes almost
nothing to the defense effort-other than his
meetings. filling out forms, and so on.
This is where a substantial saving could
be made in the armed services. The National
Guard, which is fighting outfit and which
has saved the country in almost every war,
including World War l, World War III and
the Korean War, should get the benefit of
Federal financial aid-and not be the target
of attempts to white it down, so that the
hodgepodge reserve units, and the reserve
program we now have would take its place.
Milford chronicle., 1957-07-19
paying per ton for the acre.
Other Factors To Consider

paying per ton Tor the acre.
Other Factors To Consider
There are other factors to con-
slider. such as distance from a
railroad, ia navigable river, OF even
highways. Before a metal can be
marketed, the ore must be brought
to the surface and refined and the
metal transported ia morket. Each
step is expensive, but very inn
portant. Then, of course, the a
mount of 'overburden" is import
ant; that is, how much earth must
be removed before the ore can be
taken out. The diamond drilling
will give the figures on this. The
main thing to keep in mind is: Buy
reserves of ore and study the price
you are paying for these reserves.
Forget the stock market and i'm
4gine that you are merely metal
merchant buying copper or one
If the other metals. For instance.
f you are studying a coal company.
instead of figuring too much on the
price of the stock, figure how much
you are paying for ton of coal.
Investors who take the trouble
to get this informr.tion should real
w be able to make a lot of money.
Sometime in the next 80 years most
metals will be selling at several
times their present prices. There
are only so many tons under
ground of every metal. and the a
mount is being reduced every day
L really believe that $4,000 in
vested properly in Canadian Oils
and Metals, will. at some period
during the next 80 years, be worth
a million dollars. Such an invest
ment. however requires much care
in the selection and supervision Of
Milford chronicle., 1957-07-19
PLENTY ON THE CuFF

After year-long study, the Federal Re-
serve System has made interesting diSclOS-
ures about buying on the installment plan. 1t
found that nearly half of all U. S. families
have installment debts, and that about 13
per cent of Individual income after taxes is
now being paid out in installments.
The Federal Reserve survey disclosed
that almost three out of every five families
in the $4,000 to $500 income range have in
Stallment debts. Among younger married
couples, almost seven out of ten with small
children are buying on the installment plan.
Credit of this kind is being used increasing
ly, it was found, and the old moral stigma on
consumer debts is disappearing.
Many other findings were reported, but
the core of the report is that installment debt
is high and is steadily rising. The report is
certain to stimulate new discussion as to whe-
ther the Federal government should have the
power to regulate buying on credit. 1t was
this question that prompted President ElSen-
hover to order survey about year ago.
The Federal Reserve System staff ex-
pressed no opinion, in the report, as to whe
ther the amount of installment buying we
now have is bad for the nations economy
However, some economists have expressed
concern about the large amount the Ameri-
can people have on the cuff Congress will
soon have to decide whether some sort of
regulation is called for.
5000
CAPITAL SUBSTITUTES FOR LABOR
A newsletter written by two members of
the Department of Agricultural Economics
of Purdue University observes: Every i'm
proyement in the efficiency of farm prOduc-
tion which has occurred since man first titled
the soil with the crooked stick has meant the
substitution of capital for human labor. This
substitution has been so rapid in the United
States during the past Is years that in 1865
each farm worker in agriculture supplied 10
other persons with food compared to only
ten in 1940 During this same Is years, labor
requirements, percentagewise, were reduced
almost as much as during the previous 120
years. A large share of this increased eff
cheney resulted from improved farm equip
ment."
Agriculture has become a skilled, highly
mechanized busineSs-and like other buSi-
ness, represents a substantial capital invest
ment. Measured in dollars of constant value.
the investment per agricultural worker in
machinery increased $50 per cent between
1910 and 1856. Here is one of the principal
reasons why it has been possible to greatly
increase farm production from a virtually
fixed farm acreage.
The Purdue authorities also state: "The
knowledge on the part of many farmers of
the savings to be gained through full utili-
zation of optimum size machines has brought
tremendous pressure to increase the size of
the family farm in the level areas of the
United States We occasionally hear it said
that the family farm is passing. What ac-
tually has happened is that it is changing
with the times, and for the better
Milford chronicle., 1957-07-19
Writ OF Abandonment

1t is now high time, we say, for
the distinguished jurists of the u.
S. Supreme Court to- hang up their
robes and go home for the summer
at least.
They have concluded a. series of
stunning late-season decisions that
have disarmed the nation's defense
against internal Communism with
favorite gesture of old-time
vaudeville flag finish. But, un-
fortunate1y-and consistent with
the Jencks case ruling that Grip
pied the FBI, the Watkins case that
clipped the wings of Congressional
investigators and the Smith Act
decision freeing five convicted
Communists and ordering retrial
for nine more-tiIe finale of this
inglorious session involved a -four
ish, not of the good old Stars and
Stripes, but of Japar's Rising SUM
In IAN 80 decision, with Justice
Douglas absent, the High Court
reversed the ruling of U. S. Dis
trict Judge Joseph G. McGarraghy
in an issue that may yet bring some
reversals in u. S. foreign policy.
This was, of course. the case of
Army Specialist William Girard
charged with manslnughter while
on duty on u. S. firing range in
Japan, and whom judge Me-
Garraghy had ruled must be tried
| by U. S. Army court martial-de-
spite the desire of Secretary OF
State Dulles and Secretary of De-
tense Wilson and the order of
President Eisenhower that he be
turned over to Japanese civil
courts.
It was the view of the Supreme
Court that mo constitutional or
or statutory barrier" prevailed
against the Executive authority
since the Status of Forces agree
ment with Japan was made sub
sequent to the security treaty
signed with Japan on September g.
1851 and ratified by the Senate the
following March. In approving the
treaty. the Senate apparently was
held to have endorsed whatever a.
greements were contemplated un-
der it-even to an Interpretation
Of official duty published by the
| Army only last January.
The term official duty. says this
wease1ing document, sis meant to
apply only to acts which are re-
1uired to he done as a function Of
hose duties which the individuals
arc performing"
The satisfaction of Jar'n was
made known to us with incredible
qpeed following the decision. JUS
ice Yuzo Kawachi. who will try
Girard in the Maebashi District
Milford chronicle., 1957-07-19
BABSON DISCUSSES CANADIAN NBARGAlNS"

are building mills or refineries
There are probably many that are
selling for less than a dollar q
share which will some day sell fol
many times this. But only experts
can pick them at this time. For the
ordinary investor to buy them a
random is a good deal like betting
on a horse race. Some horses viii
surely win; but which one is an.
other matter.
Relation Between Price And
Reserves
Even if a mining stock is sell
ing cheap, that is, below a dOlla.
per share, yet one should first fine
out how many shares are Outstand
ing. The brokers here tell me thi
most of the buyers look only 2
the prices and do not consider tn
number of shares outstanding. D
course, the number of shares shoul'
be multiplied by the price to Sc.
what the mine or the prospect
selling for. Certain stocks which
now nav no dividends are probabl.
the best buys.
The most important thing fo
the investor to know is the amour
Of real ore reserves, whether iron
copper, lead, zinc. uranium, nicke
or whatever the metal may be
These ore reserves can be deter
mind pretty well by diamond drill
ing. An honest broker will tell yol
approximately the amount of th'
reserves. In addition to knowing
the quantity of the reserves, cn6
should know the percentage of ore
TO a ton of earth. With this infor
nation the investor can divide the
Drice at which the mine is selling
5v the reserves and secure a rough
estimate of the price that he is
Milford chronicle., 1957-07-19


Toronto. Canada, July Is. I am
getting so many inquiries regard
ing cheap stocks listed on the
Toronto Stock Exchange that l
'Aave come up to Toronto to make
some inquiries. There certainly is
great interest in these cheap stocks.
So much money is being sent to
Canada by American investors that
the Canadian dollar is now worth
premium of 5 per cent over the
American dollar.
Different Kinds OF Canadian
Investments
The safest is prob bly, an in
vestment in the producing oils
which are more or less controlled
by the larger American companies.
These are selling on fair basis
md should have even greater
growth; but they should be bought
for income rather than for specu-
alton. There is no question but that
there is a lot of oil in Western
Canada; but most wells are wait
ing for transportation to good mar
Iets. To build pipe lines takes time
and money. The wells viii not be
allowed to produce much unit
hese pipe lines have been con-
structed. There are also large fields
IF natural gas: but these also are
awaiting pipe lines. Oil can be put
i'm barrels and transported by
-ruck: but natural gas is absolutely
dependent on pipe lines or else up
on very expensive compression.
The most popular investments
are in metal-mining companies. in
cluding gold, copper. zine, lead
Uranium and even the rare metals
Most of these stocks do not now
represent producing properties, al
though some of the non-producers
Milford chronicle., 1957-07-19
1881 Mayo
Topeka, Kansas
July 13, 1867

1851 Mayo
Topeka, Kansas
July 1s. 1867
Dear Friends:
Four years ago today there was
big excitement in the Milford Me-
mortal Hospital and l was there
to help enjoy it. Little James Mar
shall Townsend was born TO my
brother, Ted, and his wife and not
only were Hayes and | in the hos
pital to yell and shout about the
news, but Hayes sister was my
sister-in-law' nurse and my sis
ter, Anne, vas in the hospital with
her first child (Karen, born three
days earlier), and her husband,
Bill. was there, too. Figure that
family circle out and you'll know
that seven brothers and sisters
~ere present This all happened
while we were home on leave. We
surely timed that leave right,
didn't we?
We're quite excited now about
the possibility of getting a summer
leave this year. We had been plan
ming all spring and summer on a
Thanksgiving leave, since it looked
very doubtful that Hayes would get
away this summer. Now all of a
sudden they have announced that
we might be leaving for home the
weekend of the 9th of Julyt We
are coming home via Toronto.
Canada. Heavy summer traffic and
terrific summer heat makes it inn
perative that we fly the kite home
again! - / quote.
We are planning this time to go
into Canada. We can't ever seem
to make the trip in one day so
Hayes has routed us north. We can
go through customs at Detroit and
then fly up to Toronto. Ontario,
and land at Toronto Islands. The
travel book says-fToronto has Ii
miles of frontage on Lake Ontario.
Toronto Islands is / mile south of
the city. reached by ferry and has
Milford chronicle., 1957-07-19
Kruch Is No Helm

While Hopeful Harold" Stasseu.
who has been t4lking disarmament
in London since March IS, still
hopes for that first step" in spite
of the reiteration by Russia's 70
rim of his initial position-that nu-
clear tests must be uncondition-
ally suspended before other steps
can be taken-cockv Comrade
Khrushchev has been rocking the
boat.
In "a speech at Prague, Russia's
dictator charged President Eisen-
hover with "stupidities when
he speaks of a clean hydrogen
bomb. He said it is "a contradic-
tion to call dirty things clean" and
added that "H-bombs mean whole
sale humiliation of children and
women"
While the Comrade should know
whereof he speaks in respect to
dirty things" and wholesale ami
hilation", nettled White House
composed a statement that was
read by Press Secretary James G..
H agerty. " 1t is rather amazing"
the statement says, ''that Mr.. Kru-
shchev would think that efforts by
American scientists to eliminate
dangerous fall-out from atomic ex-
plosions are "a stupid thing"
If Krush-who was photograph
ed the other day wipinga a tear from
his eye when a little girl presented
him a bouquets really anxious
to yield to his humanitarian in
stincts, he could tell his man 70
rim to cooperate in London in
stead of obfusente.
But we suspect what Russia's s
boss really considers as stupidity
on our part in taking the trouble to
make "clean" bombs with which
to reply to his dirty "ones".
Milford chronicle., 1957-07-19
APATHY AND POLIO

We Americans were generous when we
contributed millions of dollars to fight par
alytic polio.
We were triumphant when, after years
of research, our scientists developed vac
cine against it and the number of cases drop
ped az per cent last year.
Now we are shocked to hear that, accord
ing to a recent estimate, So million Americans
under 40 who should get this simple, effec-
tive protection have neglected to do so.
What is the word for this neglect? Polio
authorities like the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis; call it apathy. The die
tionary defines apathy as lack of interest"
or indifference"
But can anybody afford to be indifferent
about polio? When it strikes it leaves ruin
in its wake-crippled bodies, disrupted
homes, wage-earners unable to go on with
their chosen work.
Indifference in the face of this kind of
risk is folly. Better roll up your sleeve and
vaccinate before it's too late!
Milford chronicle., 1957-07-19
JOURNEYS END

NOGALES, Mexico -(P)- Robert
C. Martindale assigned 10 the U. S.
Consulate in this border town.
packed his furniture in Buenos
Aires and loaded it on 70 a ship
to New York. It came Dy rail to
Nogales and then was loaded on
to truck.
After the furniture had travelled
halfway around the world, the
truck overturned few miles from
Martindale's new home and his
belongings were carted to another
destination instead-the junkyard.
The know-how is less important
than the do-it-now.
Milford chronicle., 1957-07-19
ALWAYS SOMETHING 6

WATERLOO, Neb. - up - Sew
eral years of drought t0sned lot
of Nebraska farmers to irrigation.
This year the shoe has been on
the other foot and abnormally
heavy rains have caused flooding
and left water standing in many
fields.
A number of farmers, like Ciar-
ence Glover who lives south of
Waterloo, had the ready-made REM
edy: They simply use their irriga-
tion equipment in reverse and pump
the water out of their fields.
Careful driving pays dividends TO
those who drive carefully.
Milford chronicle., 1957-07-19
Washington Letter = BY Robert Nelson Taylor


enjoy a ride to and from their
Offices via a special loop bus
equipped lin the morning g-with a
hostess who provides free news
papers and coee. On their hungry
way home, they will rarely resist
the markets gustatory displays.
In addition to providing a mouth
watering excursion to out-of-town
visitors, Lexington Market affords
to Americans everywhere eloquent
proof. that independent retailers
can still flourish. To the super
market, the customer. is a statistic.
To the independent, he (or she) is
not merely a person, but a yIP,
with individual preferences Ind an
appreciation of service. And people
still like personal attention.
Milford chronicle., 1957-07-19

Court In Tokyo beginning August
18th, said the ruling was just what
he expected, Every good. Sun
dry American officials have re-
peated their SNUG assurances of
the fair treatment Girard will re-
ceive at the hands of a jury-less
Japanese Court.
Defense Secretary Wilson said
he was "glad" the Girard affair
had been settled.
AS if it hadl
Customers Are Still People
In this day of the supermarket.
when food-buying is So widely as
sociated with trundling a wire
buggy up and down endless i'm
personal aisles of serve-yourself
shelves. open-topped freezer c2bi-
nets and counters of pre-cut, ready
wrapped meats, Americas most re-
assuring contrast is Baltimore's S
world-famOus Lexington Market.
1t is reassuring because the ma
tion's oldest market-older than
the Constitution and founded by
Maryland's revolutionary hero,
General John Eager Howard, when
he came home from the war in
17S2-is not only still fourishing,
but remains as always an import
ant civic center.
Old dairies reveal that famous
Baltimore hosts took their guests
! to the market-such notables as
Washington, Jefferson and Frank
/ Into aid in selecting the viands
for their dinner parties. And long
ago. Baltimore's grande DANES in
stituted the custom of taking their
prospective daughters-in-law to the
Lexington Market to introduce
them to the proper people among
the purveyors of the choicest se@-
foods, green groceries, meats and
other delicacies-a tradition that
still prevails. And tOday's brides
are being introduced along the
three miles of aisles with their 416
owner-operated stalls to the grand
sons and great. great grandsons of
the original vendors. One stall has
been in the same family for 102
years, another for 96, and 81 stalls
have been owned and operated by
the same families for more than
half a century.
! But here, modern enterprise
goes lsand in hand with hoary ira
dition. Beneath the up-to-date
steel, concrete and brick buildings
that cover the two-bIock market
area-and which replaced the an
cient wooden buildings wiped out
by fire in 1949-is a 1.400 car gar
age. Baltimoreans driving to work
may park and lock their cars here
and for the monthly parking fee
Milford chronicle., 1957-07-19
DON'T FEED IMITATION

u
In March the governments cost of living
index rose to a new all-time high for the
seventh consecutive month. The increase
over March of 1866 was substantial--37 per
cent
This simply means that imitation has
again become a very real domestic problem
and that every effort must be madefto avoid
anything that will feed imitation if what is
left of the dollars value is to be preserved.
An example of Misunderstanding legisla-
tion is the proposal to extend the Federal
Fair Labor Standards Act (generally known
as the wage-hour law to retail business. Re-
failing, along with other service businesses,
was exempted by Congress in 1888 and later,
in 1910, Congress again affirmed its intent
that local business should not be subjected to
this act.
All retail stores-including the outlets of
the chain-are local enterprises. They serve
a limited, local community. A store sue
ceeds or fails depending on how well or poor
ly it meets local needs, desires and cOndi-
tionS. The wages it pays, like the selling
prices it gets for its stocks, are largely deter
mined by the local competitive situation.
In addition, the wages and earnings of
retail workers must be related to skill re-
quirementS and to productivity. Retailing
offers work to part-time employees, to be-
ginners, to the unskiled-and the value of
such employees is very limited. So an arbi-
trary minimum wage that took no account of
productivity would force retailers to pare
this kind of employment to the limit. and
deprive many people of an opportunity to ac-
quire skills.
Finally, retail profits are so small now
that it would be impossible for stores to alb
sorb cost increases. The increases would
have to be passed on to the consumer-and
more imitation would follow. In this field min
imum wage legislation, when needed, should
be the province of local units of government
which know local needs and conditions.
Milford chronicle., 1957-07-19
FATS IN THE DIET

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Milford chronicle., 1957-07-19
ME FLAME WAS our


The gradual fading of memory is both a
blessing and a tragedy for mankind. Life
would soon become unbearable if we remenl-
bered keenly all the sad and terrible things
that happen. The tragedy lies in the fact that
sometimes this natural dulling of recollection
obscures memories that we once most pass
ionately desired to keep fresh and green.
Fifteen years ago the Nazis destroyed the
Czechsovakian village of Lidice and ma
chine-gunne6 every man in the village. AT
forwards they boasted that "the name Lidice
has been extingnished forever" But citi-
zens Of an Illinois town detied this pronounce
ment by remaining their town Lidice and
dedicating a monument with an eternal
fame"
The other day a Czech refugee now living
in this country visited Lidlce, Ill, to pay his
respects at the monument. He found it ILL
kempt, and with the flame extinguished.
In sense this is shameful thing Yet
who is to blame? The monument was dedl-
Gated in all sincerity at time when hatred
of the Nazis and love of freedom had reached
a common peak of fervor. Now decade and
half has passed. the people of Lidiee, ILL.,,
like the rest of us, are immersed in other
concerns. They are not alone to blame be-
cause the Lidice monument has not been kept
up as it should have been. We are all more
or less to blame because we have become
preoccupied with other matters.
The incident at Lidice, Ill., should serve
as a reminder, however painful of all we
owe to those who suffered and died in the
great war against Nazi tyranny and the
Nazi denial of individual freedom and dig
nifty.
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