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PAGE TWO THE CHATHAM RECORD O. J. PETERSON Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: One Year $1.50 Six Months •*** THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1929 A lubly pair hafe de saints in de Bishop and de Priest. ® Better look out or the pat terrollers will get you. Two thousand car drivers were ar rested the first week of the State patrol. One hundred and seven cars were tagged in one night in Durham. A man with bad lights, for instance, is giv en 48 hours to remedy them. ® — Please take note that the “Review of Durham Business” has its own editors. The Record sold the space to the solicitors, and the estimates given therein are not those of the Chatham Record but of the compilers. However, this is not meant to detract from the estimates expressed, but to place the responsibility where it belongs. The editor of the Record has not the in formation which would justify the assumption of the respon sibility for the “write ups” in the ‘‘Review”. That responsi bility lies with the advertisers and the compilers. The Textile Department of State College reports that there are many more demands for its graduates than they have men. The Record is confident that many of the young people who have been going to college these latter days are spending money for which they will nev er get any adequate return in either money or gratification from increased knowledge. The lover of learning makes no mistake in making any sacri fice to attend college. Also, the man who wishes to prepare for a technical or professional profession. With respect to the latter, we know of no more promising field than the textile industry. Experts are in de mand, whatever the situation with regard to the ordinary mill employee. Ls.£.fc. - The Board of Temperance and Social Service of the Methodist Church, which met at Lake Junaluska last week and of which Bishop Cannon is presiding officer, passed re solutions of confidence in the Bishop and attributed the criticisms of the Bishop for his stock gambling to* perse cution on the part of politi cians and the wet press. All we have to say is: If the other big Methodist guns present cannot see the immorality of the Bishop’s attempt to reap where he has n®t sown, to ge* rich quick, the moral percep tion of the politicians Js super ior to that of theirs. Getting the “root of all evil” without digging for it is wherein the “evil” consists. Money itself is no “evil”, but all methods of getting it that do not in clude a return of value for value are “evil”. : Andrew Johnson is coming into his own. Joseph M. Dixon, a native of the Snow Camp community and former gover nor of Montana, who spoke at the Guilford Battle Ground July 4, named Washington, Webster, Jackson, Lincoln, and Andrew Johnson as the five great stars in the political firmament of America. Judge Winston has recently written a much praised biography of Johnson. Also recently he was applauded at a celebration held at Raleigh in connection with the setting up of a me morial at his birth place. The hospility of Seward and other fanatical Yankees, together with the suspicion of the South, long kept Johnson’s merits under a cloud. Possibly, also, his personal habits has some thing to do with the tardiness of the recognition of his great ness, for according to late Senator Stewart, who went to bring Johnson after the shooting of Lincoln, the vice president was so drunk when the committee found him that they had difficulty in per forming their task. ALTERNATIVES \ ♦ “When, in this country, equality of men before the law and equality of oppor • tunitv cease to .exist,” said Mr. J. W. Bailey in his Fourth of July address at the Uni -1 versity, “then it will be evi dent ‘that the government founded upon the principles of the Declaration of Inde pendence has failed.” The eloquent and thoughtful speaker professed as yet to see no striking indications of such failure. Yet preventives are still more efficacious than cures, and the matter that has concerned the writer in this series of articles is not the present state, but what the tendencies of the time indicate for the future. Nor is that future limited to a few years, but to a thousand. We are in a transition period, and the state of civilization for ages will be largely determined by the direction taken upon the turn of this age. Now is the time for the rational consid eration of the course, or di rection, our civilization is to take in the near future. It will be too late for rational plans to prevail, smoothly and effectually, when the turn has been made down a rocky and precipitous road. At the fork of the highway the choice of destinations must be made, and the fork is apparently only a few short years hence. The question was asked in a Sunday school class a Sun day or two ago as to what has held this country together the century and a half of its independence. Apart from the civil war period and the at tempt of the Southern States to set up house-keeping for themselves, there have been no serious occasions of fric tion. Yet it is easy to see that in a land of unlimited virgin resources, with an old world glad to share in the bounties of a scheme of pro duction unparalleled in the history of the world, there has been no lack of opportunity for every individual -of inita tive and enterprise. Modern revolutions hinge upon eco nomic conditions. There is no danger of any real revolu tionary disturbance in this country so long as that equal ity of opportunity spoken of by Mr. Bailey exists to any considerable extent, or if ex isting is unrecognized. The full dinner pail is a panacea for revolution in a country possessing political and re ligious freedom. The question of ability to produce enough for all is no longer a disturbing question. The menace, as formerly pointed out, is the monopoliza tion of the wealth producing resources of the country, or even of the world, by a small nercentage of the people and the development of machine production to that point that only a part of the population shall be needed to produce all the goods necessary to fill the channels of trade. Os course, till there is a monopoly of lands, there is always the re course of the surplus popu lation’s returning to peasan try, the eking out of a existence by primitive means on a few acres, reverting to the former custom of living entirely from their own scan ty products. Produce from such farming necessarily could not compete with that from the industrialized areas. But before men, afforded as are those of this age with means of education and aware 1 of the ability of the resources of the country, or -of the world, to produce an abund ance for all, revolution would precede a return of great multitudes to primitive con ditions on the farms. The danger attending the monopolization ’of resources and of production upon a mer chantable basis may be thus illustrated. One has perhaps seen it happen that a sow hav ing only ten udders would farrow twelve pigs. The sow is giving enough milk, let it be granted, for all her numer ous progeny, at least enough to keep them alive till they can root for themselves. But the ten teats are monopolized by ten of the pigs, naturally by the ten stronger ones, and however bountiful the supply iof mother’s milk the two per -9 THE CHATHAM RECORD, PITTSBORO, N. C. ish. Or maybe there are two tiny teats that give only a few drops of milk and the two become hopeless runts, while the others fatten on the rich supply from the produc tive udders. On the other hand, one has seen a great, well-fed sow with only three or four pigs, and teats that might bountifully support oth ers unutilized. The* latter typifies the state of affairs in America in the preceding days not far in the future. There was no occasion for economic disturbances in those days when resources were goi n g abegging and men’s wants were few. But this brings us again to the restatement of the right of every child of mother earth to participate in her bounties. England, as said, has already recognized this right by the support of millions of unem ployed since the war. Herein that blessed land has again pioneered in the recognition and the enforcement of human rights. If people are pigs,' runts and starvelings are nec-| essarily the result of the con-j dition prevailing in Great Briton the past ten years. Ev ery industrial plant finding outlet for its products was fully manned. But as evi-l denced by the result, even in i sea-girt Briton, the produce' of wealth was sufficient to, support all, even when billions were diverted to pay war debts. Under earlier methods of production the whole pop-! illation would have been em- ! ployed in producing the goods' actually produced, and all would have shared in the, bounties. Under present meth-| ods, a comparatively few; could produce sufficient to; fill the channels of British I trade. The earth cow was giving milk sufficient for all, 1 but the use of an electric milk- i er necessitated the idleness of the former milkmaid, she, ; however, got at least her por tion of the skimmed milk. As previously said, it makes comparatively little difference who owns the cow, provided | alUwho should share in the milk get their rightful part. J The earth cow is now being I corraled by Big Business, and it will soon be in the power of that same Big Business to decree who shall share in the milk, and to what extent. Al ready the majority of the people are hirelings. It is in deed the exceptional man, 1 taking the country as a whole with its 130,000,000 millions of people, who still control, t without the handicap of mort-; gage, the means of his liveli hood. And he is becoming! rarer. At such a crisis the re cognition of the right of a share in the earth’s bounties' by her every child becomes of vital importance. The right of the calf antedates that of the owner of the cow. While there were teats to j spare it was the individuals, own fault if he failed to get his share of the milk. But when the productive udders' jpf she earth-mother shall bej monopolized, as they are fastj becoming, by a few who shall have it within their power to’ deny even a tiny teat to whom ■ they will, and when electric j milkers and seperators, with a minimum number of human agents, shall amass the whole product into the creamery of the masters, it will then be no indiviaual’s fault if he finds himself like the udderless pigs cited. In such case, the pro blem will/belong to the society as a w T hole. And upon its prop er solution depends the con tinuance of our happy and | peaceful civilization. But it .will be unfortunately late to solve the problem after multi tudes have become runts or .have actually starved. I But revolution will precede ; if the solution shall not be found in time. The people will not forego their inalein lable right to share in Mother Earth’s bounty. Necessarily, then, the monopolizers of the ■ | earth’s resources are con i' fronted with the alternatives r ] of providing in due time for ( the proper sustenance of those 'jwho shall find themselves pre ’ eluded from the opportunity i ( of utilizing for their support r , portions of the earth’s re ■■ sources or of facing a revo lution that will restore those resources to those who, as earth-children, have a prior right to them. The earth be longs to the race, and no few men will be permitted to monopolize it to the exclusion of any considerable number of the masses from a share in its bounties. Time was when such monopoly was possible. But the French Revolution and the more recent Russian Rev olution indicate what can happen when oppression has reached fruition. And the French and the Russians were masses of ignorance and in competence. Fortunately, the emphasized ability of the resources of the earth to produce, even with only a part of the people sharing in the industry, an abundance for all makes it comparatively easy for the monopolists to surrender 1 gracefully due proportions of the products of the resources | which they are so fast hog-1 ging. Moreover, the mass in dustries are vitally concerned 1 in maintaining a maximum consumption. Only that makes' possible mass production, or; 'production on the present eco-j inomical basis. Let the ability* |to monopolize the market through mass production once cease, and the situation would right itself Yet it would be sheer folly to return to aj | method of production that ne-j jcessitates more labor or fewer' goods. | That the monopolization of the sources of wealth is im rapid progress, proof sufficient! ,has been produced in these articles. All government bonds, national, state, munici- 1 pal, and district, belong to the few, as do all the mortgages, .deeds of trust and other evi-j jdences of debt, also the cur rency of the nation. But the 'actual ownership of property and the subjection of every | individual to tribute through ; bonds and other forms of credit have not sufficed alone to bind the masses in a servi tude of tribute. What means I the increase since January 1, 11925, of $55,000,000,000 in the value of the stocks of a thousand corporations whose , shares are traded in on Wall Street? Is the increase due to actual. addition of material value to the properties represented? Os course, that i-s true in a measure, but in only a small measure. The enhanced value j is actually a resultant of the! condition noted in these arti-j cles, that of ability of the j mass producers to dominate: the channels of trade so thor-; oughly that they make what-l j soever profits they see fit. Accordingly, when they dou ,ble profits, the price of the 'stock naturally follows suit. And when the new values are stabilized, it absolutely means the subjection of the consum ers to a double tribute. True! it is, that all those connected I with any of the monopolized industries can pay the others the enforced tribute without inconvenience, but the levy of this additional tribute is ( slavery to the agriculturalists land all others who can not 'assure themselves a market | for their goods or their serv ices at their own prices. But 'the end of the process ap- • nvnJipTlPS! | We set out, at the request of a reader, to review the situation and to discover rem edies, if possible, for the con dition foreseen, that of the monopolization of the sources of wealth, as distinguished from impermanent and un productive property holdings. We have discovered only three remedies that might be 'applied by governmental agencies, namely, the assump tion by the state of unearned increments in land values through, say, a three per cent tax; the reduction of the pro tective tariff in such a gradual way as not to disrupt the industrial organization; the greater guarding of the un fair use of credits by the banking element, which has bqen permitted to assume the! governmental function of is suing currency and which by means of its control of the money of the country can make poor or rich. But all three of these remedies, as-1 suming that they could be equitably applied, would not! serve to correct an evil al ready so far advanced. In the immediately preceding article, a sufficient remedy was point ed out in the realm of morals, an extension of the good old precept “Love your neighbor as yourself”, so as to make it as dishonorable to get and hold without giving value re ceived as it now to do the same thing by stealing out right. j It was that precept that finally destroyed the feudal system; it was that that made slavery illegal. And when men’s hearts and minds have become so enlightened that ,they will feel it disgraceful to levy tribute upon the public through fortunate speculation or overcharges, the problem |will be solved. When the pro fits, and subsequently the price, of any stock doubles, it argues one of three things, or all three: The industry is ! paying too little for the raw .products, wages are too low, ’or prices of the finished pro jduct too high. Any one of these means the subjection of a part of the people to a tri bute to the owners of the stock in that industry, and all ithree of them in the case of ' a product of universal con sumption a tribute upon all the people. But revolution would pre cede such a reform in the .hearts of men. Consequently, ,we come back to the alter natives that will ultimately ! confront the masters of the [sources of wealth. They must consent, in good time, to a scheme that will assure all j 'earth-born of their inherent right to sustenance, or face a revolution. It will be the task ! of the next article to indicate how a beginning may be made in the former respect, and a comparatively painless one. «> Frankfurter Salad 6 large frankfurters, I 4 cooked potatoes, * 1 medium sized mild onion, 1 cucumber, 1 medium sized pickle. Steam the frankfurters and set aside to cool. Skin them and cut into slices. Slice the cold potatoes, onion, cucumber and pickle and mix with the frankfurters. Mask thick ly with mayonnaise and serve on crisp lettuce leaves. Recipe makes 6 servings. The clothes upon my neighbor’s line Are so different from mine. | Hers, linen tablecloths that blow In a long decorous row, Embroidered towel, a man’s White shirt, ‘ Lace dresser scarves*, truffled -skirt, And hemstitched sheets and pillow slips, !In my yard the same wind flisp, j Whirligigs at small gay socks, ! Little perky pantry frocks, i And romper suits that fall and rise, jLike a cloud of butterflies, [Yellow, blu da enpaeeh ozll i I look across the fence and think I I’m so sorry for her line'*' Do you suppose she envies mine? —Ethel Romig Fuller. mi TIMBER FOR SALE? Is so, phone, write, or wire TODAY GOLDSTON BROTHERS Goldston, N. C. 4 « AT YOOR FINGER TIPS With a savings account in this strong bank, you have money at your finger tips, to use when and where you wish it. And while it is on deposit here it is earning money for you. Why not start an account today? It takes but little, and then you are playing j safe. ! THE BANK OF MONCURE ! • ■ i THURSDAY, JULY H, i oo<t N. C. Most Profitable Poultry Farm ... ■ - , , (From The Hamlet News-Messenger 1 From records on file in Countv ’ Agent J. L. Dove’s office we fi n s that Richmond county has one of +h . best managed, and most profit able poultry farms in North Carolina In fact there is just one demonstrn tion farm in the State with a better record than that of Mrs. B. F. Palmer near Rockingham, and under the management of H. R. Wittman, as per the reports which have just beer published from the State College Ex tension division. During the past year County Agent Dove has been working in co-opera tion with the State College Poultry Extension division in the conduct of a number of poultry demonstrations in this county. They have all shown splendid results, but that of Mr< Palmer is outstanding. On the Palm ' er-Wittman farm records of expendi tures for feed, equipment, time, etc.' have been kept in a thorough man ner by Mr. Wittman, and these have in turn been reported to the extension office, and there compared with records from other farms in the State. j The record of the Palmer-Wittman farm for the month of May shows that 264 White Leghorns hens were : kept. From these birds 5616 eggs | were obtained and sold during the month at 35 cents per dozen, or for a total of $163.36. The returns above feed cost of 21 cents per bird shows Ithat a profit of $108.36, or 41 cents per hen, was made during the month. I Mr. Dove contributes Mr. Witt j man’s success with poultry to good 'birds, and to good management; and jto the fact that there is feed crops; ‘a-plenty produced on the farm and by the organization. As Mrs. Palmer,, ( in her farming operations, does not ' desire or permit the farm to be con j fined to poultry alone. She has fine j fields of wheat, barley, oats, corn, j and pastures of carpet grass and les pedeza, and other crops to help keep ; the farm organization employed 12 'months per year; and thereby furnish the necessary food and feed for the keeping of chickens, hogs, and cows on her farm. It Mayße \ % JwacWMwBKB When your Children Cry for It Castoria is a comfort when Baby is fretful. No sooner taken than the little one is at ease. If restless, a few drops soon bring contentment. #No harm done, for Castoria is a baby remedy, meant for babies. Perfectly safe to give the youngest infant; you have the doctors’ word for that! It is a vegetable product and you could use it every day. But it’s in an emergency that Castoria means most. Some night when constitpation must be relieved —or colic pain—or other suffering. Never be without it; some mothers keep an extra bottle, unopened, to make sure there will always be Castoria in the house. It is effective for older children, too;: read the book that comes with it. cvVL v-t"I CASTORIA!