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1935
Wednesday, August 21, 1935
A good business man always has time
to be courteous.
Every man thinks that he has to work
harder than anyone else.
Tobacco prices at last are making it
possible for warehousemen to live up to
their promises. J
There should be a general hot (air) j'
spell over the entire nation during the
next few days as Congressmen, leave ,
Washington to return to their respective (
homes. 1
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Better Truck Routes
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Within the next few days an official 1
of the state department of education will
be sent to Brunswick county for the purpose
of mapping out school bus routes
for the coming year. This is being done *
in every county in North Carolina. Men
in charge of this work are efficiency experts,
whose sole object is to see that ^
school busses serve the maximum number 0
of school children at a minimum cost to s
the state. c
It happens that in many instances that 0
school buses are routed over some of the e
worst stretches of roads in the county.
This, according to numerous reports, was c
true in Brunswick county last year.
In order to insure safer and more com- *
fortable transportation for the school *
children during the coming year, we sug- *
gest that the citizens appeal to officials *
of the state highway commission to keep ^
the bus routes in the best possible condi- c
tion. Money alloted for road maintenance
can be spent for no better purpose than '
to provide good, safe roads over which ?
school children must travel to school. r
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Commendable Action
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Members of the board of aldermen for 8
the City of Southport are to be commended
upon their efforts to secure a PWA 8
project for the purpose of modernizing
and enlarging the municipal power plant. 1
The present equipment is old and in r
need of repairs. Power units include one v
seventeen-year-old 150-horsepower semi- ^
diesel engine and one fourteen-year-old 8
100-horsepower engine of the same type. 1
Under normal conditions, the small en- 8
gine is able to provide sufficient power *
for the city in the day time and the *
larger one is for night duty. When the (
150-horsepower unit is out of commis- e.
sion and the smaller engine must be pressed
into night service, the city is with- C
out sufficient power for street lights.
Farsighted members of the board saw C
an opportunity to secure needed improve- |
ments immediately and at a great savings
to the city, provided the project is
granted. Of the $40,000 asked for, the (
sum of $18,000, or 45 per cent of the to- 1
tal funds necessary, will be donated by 1
the government. Furthermore, revenue 1
anticipation bonds for the remaining '
$22,000 will be handled by the govern- '
ment at the low interest rate of 4 per (
cent and at no cost to the taxpayer.
The proposed improvements not only :
would insure better service to .those who
are now patrons of the local power plant
but would make it large enough to supply
electric power for other uses as future
occasions demand.
The Truth Of The Matter
Much of the public support behind
"share-the-wealth" tax measures has
arisen from a misunderstanding of what
would actually result?misunderstanding
that has been largely caused by baised,
exaggerated and altogether erroneous
statements by enthusiasts and by politiIcians.
It is a statistical fact that an absolute
me uniiea siaies uovernineia, naving
already put an end to yellow fever, is
now making a concerted effort to counteract
malaria in this country, It has
proved the use of Federal Relief funds
for this purpose by the United States
Public Health Service through its agents,
the state boards of health. An experienced
staff of engineers and malariologists
is maintained by the North Carolina
Board of Health to supervise malaria control
work. That department asks that any
malarial condition existing in the state
and not yet known to the board of health
be reported.
Malaria is prevalent in Brunswick
county. Citizens should do everything in
their power to keep from being bitten by
mosquitoes and should practice the simpler
rules of mosquito control.
wheel-horses have suppressed the
young lawyers and economists
who played havoc with the New
Deal in its earlier years.
It is generally conceded that
the Administration took a chance
with court reversals when orders
were issued to pass bills of doubtful
constitutionality. The legislators
were particularly skeptical of
the Guffey measure to control
the bituminous coal industry. It
was facetiously called the "Goofey
bill," and taken as a forerunner
of regulation of other industries.
By some, the coal bill
is considered as a substitute for
the defunct NRA act. Reports
are current that the Roosevelt
camp has not abandoned the
NRA ideal and will press for
something of the kind at the
next session. This opinion is probably
predicted on the whispers
that several Congressional committees
will be called back two
months before the next formal
meeting. It is bruited about town
that the remnants of the NRA
machinery now making intensive
studies of selected industries
have been ordered to finish their
preliminary work by November.
Not knowing what use will be
made of their information, indusI
tries are not going beyond the
bounds of courtesy in cooperating
with the NRA investigators,
Elderly folks who expect to
qualify as beneficiaries under the
social security law are due for
I heart-aches. Certain hard and
fast rules regarding co-operation
with states have been laid down
in the new statute and the states
!must comply with the standards
so set. Considering the fact that
42 state legislatures meet only
at two-year intervals, it is obvious
that some time must elapse
before a majority of the states
can find their way clear to qualify
for Federal grants. About 35
states have some form of old
age assistance but revision will
be necessary to conform to the
enumerated requirements of the
'Federal act. The statute also faci
es long-drawn court contests.
An official statement issued
August 26 shows that the Agricultural
Adjustment Administraj
tion paid out $563,438,812 during
I the fiscal year ended June 30 in
I rental and benefit payments tc
i farmers under adjustment conII
tracts in five commodity proi
grams. In addition, $148,520,000
expenses for drought relief, food
conservation and disease eradication
activities wtere reported. As
an illustration or, variable humar
nature, scouts returning from political
surveys report disquieting
symptoms among the beneficiaries
Resentment has been notec
' among farmers who "plowed un'
der" for a consideration. Theii
, peevishness is due to sky-rocket'
. ing prices for their products anc
no pigs or other profitable item*
' on hand to meet a boom market
L Our diplomatic activities having
. to do with delicate questions 01
r foreign policy will undoubtedly b<
handled more expenditiously witi
: Congress away. Unfamiliar with
i the political motives back ol
Congressional interference wit!
statecraft, the diplomats felt thai
: European chancellories and peo
l pie might easily misconstrue th<
r blustering at the Capitol. So sentitive
are people on the brink ol
war that even a few speeches bj
ill-informed demagogues might
THE STATE PORT
ly equal sharing of corporate earnings
would make little difference in the wage
earner's pay envelope. If all salaries
dividends and interest paid by Americar
industry during 1928, a boom year, anc
1932, a depression year, had gone te
labor, the average worker would have
received approximately $10 per montl
more?two cents an hour.
In brief, those who believe that "share
the-wealth" schemes will make us al
rich, are vastly misled. At present, the
share of the national income going to labor
is extremely high?and it tends tc
increase. The share that goes to capital
?in the form of dividends and interest?
is, on a percentage basis, extremely moderate,
and is tending to decrease. Industry,
as a matter of fact, is voluntarily
"sharing the wealth" in a sound waythrough
higher hourly wages, shorter
working weeks, pension plans, and other
benefits received by the worker.
Corporations and individuals of great
wealth are much rarer than the politicians
would have us believe?and degression
has thinned their already small
anks. Further, the money invested in the
iverage American corporation has been
rut there primarily by thousands of ordilary
people, many of whom work for the
iompany, or patronize it. Under the
American system, the worker gradually
>ecomes a capitalist in his own right,
hrough home and security ownership?
md it is these little capitalists, rather
han the few men of millions, who earn
ind receive all but a small part of our
otal national income.
Malaria Control
The major health problem now facing
he Government is the successful control
f malaria, found chiefly in the southern
tates. Control of this disease will be acomplished
only through the co-operation
if the people with trained government
xperts.
Through long and tedious study famtus
scientists have given to the world
ather complete information concerning
his disease and its spread. In spite of the
act that it has been scientifically proved
hat malaria is spread by a mosquito of
he genus Anopheles, there are still those
vho will swear that malaria is caused by
:ontaminated drinking water.
In the August issue of the Health Buletin,
published by the North Carolina
State Board of Health, M. R. Cowper,
nember of the board, gives the following
lescription of malaria and its effects:
"Malaria is perhaps the most general
lisease now existing in the United States,
ilthough its prevalence is practically
imited to the Southern States. It is not
l killer, as many of the other diseases,
>ut one which renders its victims almost
iseless, a disease that greatly impairs the
uental and physical ability of persons
vho have it. Its effect has always been
he same, namely, that people residing in
i malarious territory are very lazy and
inambitious. Studies have shown that the
ibility of a person to earn a living when
le is a victim of malaria is only about
wo-thirds as good as a person similar in
very respect who does not have the disease.
Therefore, one can understand that
t is not the mortality rate which conerns
health authorities, but rather the
:ondition of its victims. It is also an econ>mic
concern in that the financial returns
>n every malaria control investment have
)een enormous."
Since the disease is spread by means
>f mosquitoes, a well-planned program of
nosquito control offers the only permanent
relief. Well screened houses and the
ase of insecticides bring temporary relief
but proper drainage or other means of
destroying their breeding grounds are the
nnly means of stamping out the disease.
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) Washington, Aug. 28.?Witl
the shouting and tumult of i
hectic eight-months session of thi
I Congress gradually fading, atten
tion is centered on the doings o:
the administrative branch of th<
- government. Departmental offici
| als have been busy pleading foi
more authority and money. Thej
now have full opportunity to de
. vote their energies to the under
j takings sanctioned by the legisla
tive wing. New agencies havi
I sprung up and housing space li
. at a premium. The Federal exe
cutives are confronted with a tre
mendous task in evolving proced
" ures and rules which will harmo
r nize with the statutes. The lawmakers
were free-handed in be
stowing control over industry
banking and the social life o;
the people.
In fairness to the legislators it
must be stated that the new fun
ctions of the central government
were not granted without challenge.
The New Dealers openlj
solicited the increased burdens oi
public administration as part oi
their social and economic program.
The four-months absence
of the Congress will not provide
sufficient time to test tneir experiments
before the solons return
to their official duties. Because
of the loud and bitter comf
plaints among Congressional minorities
that coercive influences
were largely responsible for the
extraordinary grants of power, it
j is not likely that the Adminis|
tration will be heedless of observant
critics. There is an election
in the offing. A flock of adverse
court decisions leveled against
measures sanctioned by the previous
sessions also contributes to
the caution The veteran Dolitical
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