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LOOKING * GEORGE & BENSON Pmidftt? Htrdinf C*Utf< Stsrtf, Aiktittt | How Much Government? ' H's 2.2*2 miles from New York dte&tlt Lake City, Utah. Yet,. if all p> civilian employees in the execu |jkre branch of our federal govern )J?erit were six feet tall (they're not), Jmd you placed them head to toe on *U. S Highway 30, they'd reach the ?distance easily with 1.4 miles to spare. This comparison is conserv ative. It 'was based on an estimate of 2' million government workers in the executive branch alone. Perhaps nobody can ever know Just how many there are. During the first four months of '.his year, they increased at a rate of more than 450 a day. Use another com parison. There is one executive ?worker in the federal government lor every 21 income taxpayers. In other words, these 21 taxpayers are graying the Salary of the 22nd man. lAnd that's just in the executive ?arm of the federal government. Paying the Piper I Each and every American citizen 9nust not fail to be interested fci this ^problem of mushrooming govern ment As long as we fool ourselves Into the habit of asking for more ^government, we'll see more and pnore added to the payrolls and we'll iP*y higher and higher taxes. We !toeed to decide how much govern iment we want. Certainly the more ?of it we set up thp more we have to I j|>ay for. At the rate we have been .going in the last decade, most of us 1 'Will be working for the government j lin a few years. i That would be one of the simplest ! . -ways to take the country into so- j ?cialism. Let most of us be drawing jpaychecks from the government, in | (salaries and various benefits, and ?we would have socialism right here ? Without voting for it. What we newi j "instantly to remember is that tnfe gfc?emment has not a cent to spend j ijanept what it collects from you ! ?9M MM and from our neighbors. It's l'|i to- Congress l(v next Congress will have a 9h1 test, and a real opportunity. j?.ast year, the 80th Congress pro vided this historic opportunity by l??tah)ii hing a commission to study ithe reorganization of the executive [eide of our government. Member ?ship of the Commission includes jnome of our most public spirited icitizens. These experts are giving ,the structure and functions of many '? government agency a thorough 'going over. They are also studying .expenditures, with the idea of pro iposing changes that will bring both ?economy and efficiency. Must Say: "No!" ' The 81st Congress will have the ?Jot. ol acting upon whatever recom tirienilations the Commission may ?present. It is not an easy task. Any iexrcutivc finds it hard to lop ofT an joffice here,, and an office there. (When the government starts a serv ice, it is hard to find e stopping ph. ce. Moreover, each and every (department will fight to the finish ?for inert ased personnel and more (money. I May the coming Congress * find enough gizzard and gristle to stand up and say no. We must end waste innd extravagance in government. "When nearly thirty cents o\it of every dollar you earn goes directly or indirectly toward support of fed v^aJ government, that is too much, cannot continue to be the strong financially stable nation we be. unless something is done to Spplftil the spread of government. Ofjar consumption in the United States from October, 1948, through July, 1949, was about 2 per cent low J than in th<? same months a yea; rlier. Meat production under Federal in ft poet ion for the week ending Au jfcist 27 totaled 290 million pounds. TV 1949 series of 4 H Club Pullet flhows and Sales was opened in Chatham County recently when 19 <4ub members exhibited and soid ^?58 choice pullets. In The Columns Ol The KINGS MOUNTAIN Ml ? ? HERALD Phones 167 ox 283 CHILDREN LEARN ABOUT FRENCH HORN? A French Horn player from the Little Symphony pi the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra explains the mysteries of the horn to a music class. Child ren xt ho hare never seen Instruments or an orchestra now hare that opportunity with the North Car. olina J.Jttle Symphony. The Orchestra under the direction of Benjamin Swalin will play in Kings Mountain next season. Memberships in the Symphony Socisty will make free programs for children pAwtMs and may be purchased during tb? membership campaign beginning next week. Acre Permanent Pasture Is Goal By B. P. Jenkins, Jr. As stated before, the goal lor Cle veland County is at least one acre of Permanent Pa.fiure and some a)* falfa on every farm In the county. There are lots of reasons why ev ery farmer should have some of I these crops. The first one is that al ; falfa and pasture furnish the cheap es: source of f?<ed for livestock: (2) we need more of these feeds to furn ish feed for our present livestock; | <3) by seeding some of our land to these two crops we will have a sod tha< will prevent, soil erosion < and this is an important thing on every farm in the county; (4) if we ever gen. into a system of control Jed ac reage on all Crops, a farmer will wed a hay and pasture history, or he may find it difficult to add. live stock to his farming program. Tak ing these reasons, along with PMA providing financial assistance for lime, seed and fertilizer, 1 think ev ery one will agree that every farm ter should make an effort to Seed at least one actv of pasture and some alfalfa this year. In the pass many people have felt that seeding alfalfa was a risky business. Since that time, the Ex periment Stations haev done much work on growing alfalfa and have proven than, If we will carry out a few fundamental practices, alfalfa can be grown on any farm. One of j the first things to <k> is to select a j piece of land that is well drained, as alfalfa will not grow on wet land. If at all possible, we should select land that has had a legume crop growing on it the previous year. To this wife should add 2 tons of lime stone, working this into the top 4 ? 6 inches of soil with a ripper and disk harrow. If the land that you select has not had a legume crop growing on it last year, it should be a good idea to add a libera) application of stable manure. This should be Work ed into the soil at the same time as the lime. Before seeding alfalfa, we should apply some 800 1000 lbs. of 2-12-J2 fertilizer per acre, and 30-40 lbs. of Borax. If you buy fertilizer that con j tains Borax, lin<; ocu the amount of I Borax per 100 lbs. uf fertilizer and j fertilize accordingly. Being sure not ! to get over 40 lbs. of Borax per acre.. 30 to 35 lbs. of either JCansas of Ok j lahoma grown common alfalfa should be seeded per acre, either by drill, seed sower, or seeding at i idchment on a cultipacker. It is best ! to divide the seed and cross sow ? J sowing at right angles so as to get j A uniform stand. A small, but important, item in having success with alfalfa is to get the seed innoculated properly. To do this, you should purchase from your dealer, some commercial innOculation and the directions for applying this will be on the contain i er. ? ? ? . 0 . ] Alfalfa should be seeded anytime j during September and since we I have had a good season during the past few days, a good time to sow would be as soon as the land can be prepared. By carrying out >he?e recommen dations, alfalfa can be produced profitably on any farm In C level an! county. Phones 167 & 283 ? Spare Time. Training at Home YVith Regular Army Equipment ? Extra Money at Regular Army Rates of Pay ? Credit Toward Retirement Pay at No Cost to You ? Promotions as You Learn Skills Aiding Yrtu in Your Civilian Job See or Call Hq. & Hq. Co.. 3rd Bn. 130th 'National Guard Armory West Mountain Street V rKINGS nOUHTATHl r?s sroae DRUG COMPANY P-tONE 41 & 6 1 ? TH? CITY'S MODERN STCRE NOW ! TONI TWICEAS *3** VALUf ONLY ? N?w Toni RoMt KH. New Photo Method Directional show how Torn now waves hair in i* little M 30 ?"""*?< . ...... HJl Maw 7 ?r?i SPIN Cortex. No mare rubber bands? all plastic . ? all-io-one ! 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