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i.W«shington, D. C., June 2S.—
Termed the bitterest battle since
the Price control light of 1-94 2,
tte struggle to determine wheth
er American agriculture wps to
government, like War Pood Ad
ministrator Chester Davis, frank
ly opposed subsidies except when
used as “floors” to protect high
risk crops. As a result, bow long
be tied to subsidies and centralli- Davis may remain in office is an
«d autocratic control continued, open question.
this week. Organised labor end
many officials of government re
peated their demands for a hand
out program tc roll back food
firlces, while industry, the ferm-
4n aad a great majority of Con
gress snapped, “No!”
Equariy, In the farm groups
and aniong industralists, there
were tliose who admitted that,
rather than tece actual cash loss,
subsidies would be accepted.
RED HOT SHOTS PLY
Both sides In the subsidy brt
/On both sides of the fence there tie blasted with their heaviest ar-
vrere those who wavered. Men in tillery. In Cqngress, before Com-
T
laJttMi,
the Daii? Food Fo«n
I^w Jtrt'fofr
•ay. * . - ■ .-W,..-. ']
4S«o. BMen D. Buetletd., ovctr;
morted, ^^'eusidi^e—old
shell Its- «» '
Towaf-lfeeting of the
Air, Donald Montgomery, CIOi
counW,’’admitted tiidt the pfo-1
jeeted program would be a con--
snineiis’ rather then a faratert*
subeidy, but contended that tbto
was the 'only Way to restrain th-
flation-rr-and keep' organised,.ta
bor from, demanding highe^
wages. t- , ' - u.
Before a , Seaate jCqmmltteh;
Secty. of Commerce Jesse’JoneS/
while stating that he would fol
low {orders, said, "If you let the
law of supply and demand take
Its course, no subsidies are needn
ed. The subsidy ptan.will reduce
production instead of Iheredslng
it.
LEADERS TELL OOMMTTTKB—
Leaders of three major farm
organizations appeared before the
Senate Banking Committee to air
their objections to the subsidy
program. The Farmers thilon filed
a brief backing labor’s stand.
First to appear was Edward A.
O’Neal, President of the Ameri
can Farm Bureau Federation. He
pointed out great Inequalities be
tween labor and agriculture quot
ing figures from the Bureau of
Labor Statistics to show that in
dustrial wages bad risen in leaps
and bounds compared to crop
prices.
Following O’Neal came Charles
W. I^olman, secretary of the Nat
ional Cooperative Milk Producers
Federation. Holman was drama
tic. ‘‘While the drums of infla
tion ,roll out the grim dirge of
waste, we now witness the great
crucifixion of American agricul
ture,” he asserted.
Attacking the testimony given
I Green, president of the American
! Federation of Labor, Holman con
tinued; “ . . . labor has wrested
wage increases during the last
four years so great that It now
has e net profit of 40.6 percent
j above the total rise in the urban
cost of living in the same period
. . . Mr. Green and his colleagues
now ask for additional gains In
real wages through price roll-back
(and subsidies.’’
I GOSS HITS H.qRD
I Albert S. Goss, National Grange
Moster, tore into the program
with both fists. He pmnted out
that there will be an ^estimated
17 to 27 billion dollars of pnr-
cbasing power in excess of goods
available. Any subsidies paid
“ MeJ. **• Ludroto,
piotiwHrn hli wetttig cluthet, «h
Bumed eemmander ef eB D. 8. aemy
tmpB ■■ tJM Mead et Att« by Sec
ret -sy •( War Hewy L. Stimaea.
In this mrnner. .,
ENGLAND .IS NOT U, S. A.—
As to the oft repeated conten
tion that subsidies worked suc
cessfully In England, the Grange
Master said: •,
‘‘Many of our people came to
America to escape from condi
tions which prevail In England.
We have built a country to suit
ourselves. Our experience Is that
most Americans who go to Eng
land are mighty glad to get back.”
Some of the figures given by
the Grange leader follow; 60 per
cent of the Englishman’s income
goes for food, leaving 40 percent
for ell other uses, while only 22
percent of our income is spent
for food. This is believed to be
afford ^'iiubBiiriSe tSinnM
it jhe e6«ld acoomptieh such
"iBehood, If.Wngland did not im-
,|Port 4« 9ereett'ot.her'fH)4, .
liir^rpm ua, aha woaU atarv«)^.
"Third, Koglgnd glm jtot iqlTe
to horrq1r{t«’-pey sdMi--
didS,, and 19t8a wtdw -thir. In^-
tlonary j^pt An a matter oLfact;
vTf -are anbeldtes.
Daring the twi9;y3Rm eadinK Mar
1, .1848), we .ehlp^d to: Btetod
ni^er . f 1,448,$d4,ii00
in , govem-
ment sellr thie food 'own
people for Cash,' ahd' dh'i^iig these
two f earn lAe paid food iteheldiee
eatimated at «i^yl,’8fli1.90.d,008^
90 she has had wdag^^ fneoiiie
from her sate of lead-ledse fdod
alone to pay the sabetdldfl'h’etriy
twice otef: '‘■. f'-y.
- ^Fourth, England hu-lerg^y
cl^d her ' inDationary gap ,^by
tabes.” • *
' Goss Concluded with the state
ment that jBngland Ims hot held
her'costs down as.well as claim
ed despite all these 'devices, 'and
on top of, it all Englishmen are
the smallest percent in the world,
on the previous day by Willlam+England has had labor and indus
trial conscription for three years.
England’s standards of living are
far below onrs. For example, an
Englishman is allowed 23 cents
worth of meat per week including
the bone, or .one penny’s worth
per meal if he eats in a restau
rant.
COMPARI.SQN IS IMPOSSIBLE—
“We have great respect for
what the English are doing, but
we see no reason for adopting
English methods for this coun
try.” Goss told the Committee.
“There are many reasons why
conditons are not comparable.
“First, England Is an indus
trial nation with a food defici
ency. Only 7 per cent of her peo
ple are farmers. Her Interests
would merely add to this already jjg holding the world levels of
swollen and unspendable income.
Turning the record,^ Goss
said he believed the intent and
purpose of Congress was being
violated in making use of subsi
dies. He quoted the original
Price Control Act of Jan. 1942
' noting that the sole purpose for
which subsidies may be paid is
to get maximum production.
‘‘There is no authority what
ever for paying subsidies to re
duce prices to consumers.” he
stated. “The arguments for sub
sidy payments were largely based
on the need for subsidizing high
I cost copper producers without up
setting the markets. It was gen
erally supposed that agricultural
subsidies, if used, would be used
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE
North Carolina, Wilkes County. _
Under authority contained in
that certain Mortgage Deed exe
cuted by N. T. Wood (Dec’d.) and
Nancy Wood dated May 19, 1937,
and recorded in Book 166 at Pag^
262 in the office of the Register
of Deeds of Wilkes county. North
Carolina, securing the payment of
a certain note, made payable to
the Meadows Mill Company, Inc.,
and on account of the default of
the payment of said note and at
the request of the holder of same.
the undersigned will offer at pub
lic sale for cash to the highest
bidder at the tVilkes County Court
House door at 11:30 a. m., on the
17th day of July, 1943, Saturday,
the real estate hereinafter de
scribed:
Beginning on a sourwood, qlso
W. V. Caudill’s line and Calvin
Adams’ corner, running north 51%
degrees east with Caudill’s line
5 .3-4 poles to a stone; then north
45 degrees east with same 12%
poles; then north 58% degprees
east with same 10 poles; thence
north 65% degrees east with same
22 poles; thence north 63% de
grees east with same 9 1-4 poles
to a sourwood; thence south 87%
degrees east with same 48 3-4
noles to a chestnut, W. V. Cau
dill’s comer (down and a stone set
in its place); thence north 5 de
grees east 1 1-4 poles to a sour
wood (down and pointers marked)
now J. C. Adams’ comer; thence
oouth 87% degrees east with his
line 30 poles to a stake in the mid
dle of the public road; thence with
said road nearly south to W. V.
Caudill’s comer in said road;
thence with W. V. Caudill’s line to
s sourwood; thence with said Cau-
dil’s line to a Spanish oak; thence
with Caudill’s line to- a Spanish
oak in Calvin .Adams’ line; thence
with his line to a Spanish oak
stump: thence crossing ■ a small
branch with his line 9% poles;
hence north 4 degrees with
mme 7 poles; thence north .17 de-
*rees east with same 6% poles to
the beginning, containing 52 acres,
more or less, excepting 12 acres
m the southeast side joining the
'ands of R. E. Faw, Jr., sold to
tndy H. Cook.
Tne sale of the above described
•eal estate will be sold subject to
'.II prior liens including taxes.
MBADQ5FS MILL CO., Inc
3y T. E. Story, Atiy.- ■ ^MtT
food prices down. ‘The 83 per
Cfxi^ ill the
«y be ^a4«4 18 tllllr
system, books
aJtV U
me)
nunUht for wnaU metal or piletie
tokeiv,, colored are the pres
ent stamps. These tokens wHI be
Obtainable at all storee, an^
fe: your pocket ten be spent
(aldtiA ilrith the cash to Wck them
hpr). Just as the present day, hard-
to-connt coupons are spent.
NiBAL’’ 18
Cmiliain J. ^1, «bo hdtMwIy:
miased beecpljig Ooxeeher
New H^nuNshirStO^ "‘F-
pointed by the F^dpht as Dep-
oty^Admid^rdtor ht the Rnrol
ElectriUcation Administration last
Saturday. Neal^is Master of the
N. H. * State, O^ge,. and Presi
dent of the K/B, Electric Co-bp.
V’
aiMTOWail
lU Owii'il^pting
, '-i
bu^ng a lot of food in black
markets WbiCh haVe become so
serious in the last year that viola
tion penalties run as high as 14
years in jail and a $20,000 fine.
FORUM GOES ACSROSS—
The tWo day Food Poru.m con
ducted by the Dairymen’s League
Co-op. in New York last week
went over in a big w§y. Sparked
by the leadership of Dairylee
President Fred Sexauer, speaker
after speaker told audiences pack
ing the- grand ballroom of the Ho
tel New Yorker what the score
was on our food front.
United States Sen. George D.
Aiken (IR. Vt.), as highlight of
the meeting, called subsidies a
‘‘hoax’’ which would in the end
rob the poor for whom they were
intended. 'He also foresaw a 15-
30 per cent smaller harvest this
year. As to the President’s chal
lenge to “find a better role” than
subsidies, he suggested a revival
of the stamp plan to take care of
those who could not afford a de
cent meal at current prices. Not
Included would be $100 per week
war Industry workers, nor mil-
lionaries.
OPA PI>ANS BIG CHANGE—
It is understood that OPA will
soon announce abandonment of
ration coupons. Retail stores
have gone slowly mad trying to
count the elusive little stamps,
and the cost of counting and sort
ing has amounted 'O more than 1
percent of gross business. It is
asserted.
In place of the present coupon
Washington.—An allied block
buster bomb conceivably conld
start an eruption of a voleaiUf,‘
such as Mount Vesnvius in Italy
—but the odds ere between 3,-
000,000. and 4,000,000 to V
against it.
. ’hiis ctlqnlation was mode by
Dr. Gerald F. Lougblin, chief
geologist .of the Geological Sur
vey. ,
He described speculation eboni
the possibility of starting np
volcano b^ bombs as “a good deal
of loose talk'”’_
"The earth forces Involved,”!
Dr. Lougblin said, ‘‘e!te so enor-4
If ye« MS eUflUe
■krs MW «M
let M hate
iM94> flahMpIteC
oe
Really funny how aome little
every-d^y tli^gs can affect the
course of tiiatory. For inetanoe,
did you know that one of the
main repaons for the. Pilgrims
landing on Pljrmouth Rock was
because the Mayflower ‘was run
ning out of beer?
our vlctaals,being much spent,
... especially our beer . .
Yeesir, you can read it in an
origmal manuscript of 16^, an
accoimt of the,settling of Ply
mouth—where it says: • we
could not now take time for fur
ther search or consideration;
Just ^oep to show how good
bea lias be^ a part of American,
'life light'firlom the beginning.
Yes, and it’s had a big part in
making us a tolerant, moderate
people, happy to live and let
'live. Because beer is a drink of
moderation and good fellowship.
eiM* aMwiMi
-N.C.
Pay Your 1943
Taxes and Receive
2% DISCOUNT WILL BE ALLOWED ON 1943 COUNTY
TiOtES PAID ON OR BEFORE JULY 1
Real Estate Soon To
For Papent ot 1942 County Taxes
If you have not paid your county taxes for t^e
1942. nlease do so at once. It will soon be necessi
year
1942, please do so at once. It will soon be necess^ to
advertise according to law all real estate on whicK-tbe
tax for the year 1942 has not been paid. Also to ad
vertise, levy, and garnishee foi* personal and poll t^es
for the same year. Come in and ijuJce paynaent i|ow—
you can save extra penalties and the cost of adverting.
TAJC SUPERVISOR