Milford chronicle., 1960-08-05
TIME-MosT VALUABLE POSSESSION

TIME-MOST VALUABLE POSSESSION
Did you ever stop and try to think of
the most valuable thing on earth? Is it a
diamond? Is it gold? Some say it would
be power, riches, or friends.
You might think it would be love- Ger
tainly, faith and love- which are tied closely
together, are the greatest virtues, of which
there are many-like unselfishness, SINGER
ity, kindness, etc.
But what is the one most valuable thing? Z?
Dismissing faith, which transcends all else,
of course, what is there left more valuable
than anything else?
Time. Times the most valuable thing
you own. The amount of it you have left
may depend on you.
When you waste a day, or week, you
will never recover those hours and days.
They have been spent, never to return, and
if you learned nothing in that time, failed
to improve yourself in some way, or'failed
to better your position in life, you lived
wastefully in that time.
In spite of ali mans inventions, and
knowledge, he can still do little with time.
Time was the subject which probably fas-
cinated the late Albert EinSten most of all.
1t brings about life, causes deaths, makes
plants and animals grow, takes care of ev-
erything. Time will heal any wound will
solve any problem, if applied in great
enough measure.
If man could ever capture the secret of
the ravages of time he could prolong life,
perhaps stop the process of ageing.
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POSTAL CHARGES AND DEFICITS
Congressman Walter, Norblad of Ore
CONS First District recently polled his con-
stituentS in order to get their views on a
lengthy list of important public issues One
question read: Should Congress increase
postal rates to help meet postal deficits 2"
In answer, so per cent of the voters answer
ing said Yes, AZ per cent said No, and the
remaining three per cent were undecided.
Sentiment pro and con was virtually
equal, and there's good reason to believe that
this particular Oregon District is reasonably
representative of grass roots thinking in the
nation at large. And the fact that almost
half of the voters opposed postal increases,
even though the post office deficit is running
at huge levels, reflects the old theory that
the carrying of mails, newspapers and mag
aZines amounts to an essential public service,
which contributes to public education and
enlightenment, and hence need not be self
supporting.
This argument is an effective one, when
applied to the basic post Office function. How
ever, there is one post Office function which
makes major contributions to the total de-
That is the parcel post service. 1t is purely
commercial function, directly competitive
with private, taXpaying parcel service on the
national state and local levels. Certainly it
If no other-post Office activity should pay
its own way in every particular And by see
ing that it did just that, the government
would bring about salutary and substan-
tial reduction of the heavy post Office deficit.
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rrTTr, ANN ANrTN N6nN1T1xy
Throughout history farming has been an
honorable occupation, and remains so today,
even though this is an age of rockets, mis-
siles, jets and satellites.
In spite of all the progress, the farmers
product is still vital, his annual toll manda-
tory for our survival. Suppose for example,
that all farmers decided to strike during one
harvest season, such as some unions do. The
population would soon begin to become des-
titute.
But the farmer doesn't strike. He is
largely unorganized. He is independent
minded, sometimes too much so. Usually he
doesn't make lot of money-unleSS he is
big farmer, with much land and machinery.
What, then, are his compensations? Why do
capable young people still decide to farm?
There are rewards. One is the outdoor
life. Another is the inspirational value of
working the land with nature against ma
ture, and with and against the weather. An
other is the lack of petty scheming in the
daily occupational grind-for much of the
work of the farmer is physical
And the wonders of nature, the changes
every season, and the wisdom and secrets of
the earth and sky and sun and winds, are
usually better understood and appreciated
by the farmer He can breathe good air,
knows where and how to hunt and fish. and
often enjoys animals, especially horses, far
more than his city-slicker cousin.
And at the end of life, even if there isn't
pile of money, the farmer has usually lived
full life, better life, than that of many
soot-covered metropolitan"